The smallest decisions can alter music history forever. Cher’s hit “Believe” includes a vocal effect that revolutionized the industry. Cher discussed the sound of the song and what she was thinking when she created it.
Cher said young people don’t understand the importance of ‘Believe’
“Believe” was one of the most prominent dance songs of the 1990s. Its main legacy was popularizing the pitch correction software Auto-Tune. During a 2023 interview with The New York Times, Cher was asked if she expected “Believe” to change music.
“No, of course not,” she said. “We were just trying to fix a problem. The other day, [singer] Alexander [Roachford] was telling me that sometimes, when someone can’t sing all that well, they use it. That was something I didn’t really know.”
Cher was asked if she liked being associated with Auto-Tune. “Are you kidding?” she replied. “I love it. I mean, young...
Cher said young people don’t understand the importance of ‘Believe’
“Believe” was one of the most prominent dance songs of the 1990s. Its main legacy was popularizing the pitch correction software Auto-Tune. During a 2023 interview with The New York Times, Cher was asked if she expected “Believe” to change music.
“No, of course not,” she said. “We were just trying to fix a problem. The other day, [singer] Alexander [Roachford] was telling me that sometimes, when someone can’t sing all that well, they use it. That was something I didn’t really know.”
Cher was asked if she liked being associated with Auto-Tune. “Are you kidding?” she replied. “I love it. I mean, young...
- 12/26/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Fish out your chamois leather driving gloves and Roachford CDs because Norwich's finest, Alan Partridge, is returning for a second helping of cinematic mayhem. Henry Normal, the co-founder of Steve Coogan’s production house Baby Cow, told the Guardian that a sequel to Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa and a new Sky series are both in the pipeline.“We are planning a sequel, yes, that will be great,” Normal revealed at Advertising Week Europe. “We are also looking at doing more Mid Morning Matters and another Sky special, a little bit like Coast with Alan Partridge, except I don't think he goes out of Norfolk.”According to Normal, the writing team will fire up almost immediately. “We start writing now”, he said, “[and] I think we make it at the end of summer.”Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa, which pooled the scribing skills of Coogan, Armando Iannucci and brothers Neil and Rob Gibbons,...
- 4/3/2014
- EmpireOnline
Winners announced at the 2014 Music+Sound Awards.
Comedy Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa picked up a top prize at the third Music+Sound Awards last night at the Troxy cinema in London.
The scene, in which Partridge (Steve Coogan) sings along to Roachford’s Cuddly Toy, won Best Sync / Use of Existing Music: Feature Film Soundtrack.
The award for Best Original Competition: Short Film Score went to Graham Hadfield for his work on sci-fi short Orbit Ever After.
The awards recognise and celebrate the role that music and sound design play in UK visual media. More than 50 industry figures including James Bond composer David Arnold and music supervisors Liz Gallacher of Velvet Ears (Elysium) and Abi Leland of Leland Music (Touching The Void, Last King of Scotland) selected the line-up of finalists.
Click here for the full list of winners.
Comedy Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa picked up a top prize at the third Music+Sound Awards last night at the Troxy cinema in London.
The scene, in which Partridge (Steve Coogan) sings along to Roachford’s Cuddly Toy, won Best Sync / Use of Existing Music: Feature Film Soundtrack.
The award for Best Original Competition: Short Film Score went to Graham Hadfield for his work on sci-fi short Orbit Ever After.
The awards recognise and celebrate the role that music and sound design play in UK visual media. More than 50 industry figures including James Bond composer David Arnold and music supervisors Liz Gallacher of Velvet Ears (Elysium) and Abi Leland of Leland Music (Touching The Void, Last King of Scotland) selected the line-up of finalists.
Click here for the full list of winners.
- 2/28/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Oscar favourites mingle with little-known movies on the reader-voted shortlist for the Guardian Film Awards
Its Oscar prospects may be looking shakier following Gravity's triumphant haul at Sunday's Baftas, but 12 Years a Slave does dominate the shortlist for the Guardian Film Awards. Steve McQueen's slavery drama has converted every one of its longlist mentions into a place among the final five in each category, meaning it's in the running for best film, best director, best scene, best line of dialogue and biggest game-changer. It also scores two nominations in the best supporting actor group - for Michael Fassbender and Lupita Nyong'o.
The Guardian Film Awards, currently in their inaugural year, differ from traditional awards ceremonies both in criteria and eligibility. The best director and best film categories are open to fact, fiction and foreign language, while the best actor and best supporting actor categories follow Guardian style in referring...
Its Oscar prospects may be looking shakier following Gravity's triumphant haul at Sunday's Baftas, but 12 Years a Slave does dominate the shortlist for the Guardian Film Awards. Steve McQueen's slavery drama has converted every one of its longlist mentions into a place among the final five in each category, meaning it's in the running for best film, best director, best scene, best line of dialogue and biggest game-changer. It also scores two nominations in the best supporting actor group - for Michael Fassbender and Lupita Nyong'o.
The Guardian Film Awards, currently in their inaugural year, differ from traditional awards ceremonies both in criteria and eligibility. The best director and best film categories are open to fact, fiction and foreign language, while the best actor and best supporting actor categories follow Guardian style in referring...
- 2/19/2014
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
Thank you all for taking the time to vote in our first ever Film Awards. Watch out for the winners which will be announced on March 7 in G2 Film and Music
Best film
• 12 Years a Slave
• Blue is the Warmest Colour
• Gravity
• The Act of Killing
• The Great Beauty
Best actor
• Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
• Bruce Dern, Nebraska
• Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
• Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
• Adèle Exarchopoulos, Blue is the Warmest Colour
Best supporting actor
• Matt Damon, Behind the Candelabra
• Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave
• Jared Leto, The Dallas Buyers Club
• Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave
• June Squibb, Nebraska
Best director
• Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
• Spike Jonze, Her
• Alexander Payne, Nebraska
• Joshua Oppenheimer, The Act of Killing
• Paulo Sorrentino, The Great Beauty
Best scene
• Patsy returning with the soap in 12 Years a Slave
• Alan Partridge lip-synching to Roachford in Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
• The...
Best film
• 12 Years a Slave
• Blue is the Warmest Colour
• Gravity
• The Act of Killing
• The Great Beauty
Best actor
• Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
• Bruce Dern, Nebraska
• Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
• Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
• Adèle Exarchopoulos, Blue is the Warmest Colour
Best supporting actor
• Matt Damon, Behind the Candelabra
• Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave
• Jared Leto, The Dallas Buyers Club
• Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave
• June Squibb, Nebraska
Best director
• Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
• Spike Jonze, Her
• Alexander Payne, Nebraska
• Joshua Oppenheimer, The Act of Killing
• Paulo Sorrentino, The Great Beauty
Best scene
• Patsy returning with the soap in 12 Years a Slave
• Alan Partridge lip-synching to Roachford in Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
• The...
- 2/19/2014
- The Guardian - Film News
A week or so ago, we launched the inaugural Guardian Film Awards. Now, we're taking a closer look at the longlist in each category. Today: best scene
A movie in microcosm. A watercooler fave. A possibly-dodgy YouTube rip. An endlessly emailed link. What are the moments that stick with you from this season's contenders? And which great sequences are missing from our longlist?
Alan Partridge lip-synching to Roachford in the car in Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
Simple pleasures here: just a man silently singing along to an 80s classic. But what a man, and what a lip-synch. This acts as a lovely re-introduction to the character - faintly more funky yet still the old Alan ("Your fog lamps are on") - as well as a stirring start to a feelgood movie.
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The opening scene of Gravity
This, surely, is how Alfonso Cuaron always...
A movie in microcosm. A watercooler fave. A possibly-dodgy YouTube rip. An endlessly emailed link. What are the moments that stick with you from this season's contenders? And which great sequences are missing from our longlist?
Alan Partridge lip-synching to Roachford in the car in Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
Simple pleasures here: just a man silently singing along to an 80s classic. But what a man, and what a lip-synch. This acts as a lovely re-introduction to the character - faintly more funky yet still the old Alan ("Your fog lamps are on") - as well as a stirring start to a feelgood movie.
Reading on mobile? Click here to watch
The opening scene of Gravity
This, surely, is how Alfonso Cuaron always...
- 1/27/2014
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
• 12 Years a Slave takes eight nominations in the inaugural longlist, but there's also recognition for The Selfish Giant, Wadjda, Alan Partidge: Alpha Papa and many more
• Claudia Winkleman and Adam Curtis join Guardian staff and readers to vote for a set of awards that aim to act as antidote
Visit the official awards site
12 Years a Slave may have been just pipped to the post at this year's Oscar nominations, but there is consolation for Steve McQueen: his film dominates the longlist for the first ever Guardian Film Awards.
The awards, which aim to act as an antidote rather than an addition to the established slate of ceremonies, will be handed out at a winners-only event in London just after this year's Academy Awards. The awards reflect Guardian values in two ways: first in terms of categories - Best Actor, for instance, is open to both genders, reflecting Guardian...
• Claudia Winkleman and Adam Curtis join Guardian staff and readers to vote for a set of awards that aim to act as antidote
Visit the official awards site
12 Years a Slave may have been just pipped to the post at this year's Oscar nominations, but there is consolation for Steve McQueen: his film dominates the longlist for the first ever Guardian Film Awards.
The awards, which aim to act as an antidote rather than an addition to the established slate of ceremonies, will be handed out at a winners-only event in London just after this year's Academy Awards. The awards reflect Guardian values in two ways: first in terms of categories - Best Actor, for instance, is open to both genders, reflecting Guardian...
- 1/17/2014
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
Armando Iannucci interview: 'We didn't want Alpha Papa to be the equivalent of Holiday on the Buses'
The Alan Partridge writer on turning 50, 'Alanistas' and why Peter Capaldi will make a great Doctor Who
You turned 50 recently. How did you celebrate?
I went to the cinema in the middle of the day to see the new Woody Allen film, Blue Jasmine. As a special treat, my wife and I went to the cinema to sit among an audience of unemployed men and pensioners. And there was I, somewhere in the middle. Straddling both. My 50s feel Ok so far. Middle age has always been my natural age anyway.
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa was a huge hit this year, both critically and at the box office. Was that a relief?
We genuinely didn't know what to expect so the reaction was very refreshing. There's an Alan Partridge fanbase, obviously. There's still a collective out there of Alan aficionados. Afic-alan-ados. Alan-istas. But you don't know how much of that...
You turned 50 recently. How did you celebrate?
I went to the cinema in the middle of the day to see the new Woody Allen film, Blue Jasmine. As a special treat, my wife and I went to the cinema to sit among an audience of unemployed men and pensioners. And there was I, somewhere in the middle. Straddling both. My 50s feel Ok so far. Middle age has always been my natural age anyway.
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa was a huge hit this year, both critically and at the box office. Was that a relief?
We genuinely didn't know what to expect so the reaction was very refreshing. There's an Alan Partridge fanbase, obviously. There's still a collective out there of Alan aficionados. Afic-alan-ados. Alan-istas. But you don't know how much of that...
- 12/22/2013
- by Michael Hogan
- The Guardian - Film News
Laserbeams, a Roachford CD and massive dancing Alans illuminate an East Anglian crowd for 'the biggest turning-on of lights since the end of the three-day week'
A giant image of Alan Partridge's face that shoots 25m dancing Alans into the sky is the highlight of this year's Norwich Christmas lights display.
Hundreds of people – a crowd that might have rather disappointed Steve Coogan's famously egocentric radio jock, sport presenter and chat show host – turned out to see the festive display switched on by BT Sport frontman Jake Humphrey last night. Christmas Alan also "performs" a version of the song Cuddly Toy by 90s pop-funk band Roachford, in a nod to his lip-synch scene at the beginning of Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa, in which he drives to his hometown of Norwich.
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Partridge was unable to attend the event himself, but his geordie friend Michael (Simon Greenall...
A giant image of Alan Partridge's face that shoots 25m dancing Alans into the sky is the highlight of this year's Norwich Christmas lights display.
Hundreds of people – a crowd that might have rather disappointed Steve Coogan's famously egocentric radio jock, sport presenter and chat show host – turned out to see the festive display switched on by BT Sport frontman Jake Humphrey last night. Christmas Alan also "performs" a version of the song Cuddly Toy by 90s pop-funk band Roachford, in a nod to his lip-synch scene at the beginning of Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa, in which he drives to his hometown of Norwich.
Reading on mobile? Click here.
Partridge was unable to attend the event himself, but his geordie friend Michael (Simon Greenall...
- 11/22/2013
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
The face of Alan Partridge has been used for this year's Norwich Christmas lights display.
Steve Coogan's fictional radio DJ appears in an eight-metre-high light sculpture, which sings Roachford's 'Cuddly Toy' and features a laser projection.
Hundreds of people turned out to see Jake Humphrey switch on the Christmas lights in Norwich.
The lasers shot from Alan's eyes projected 80ft giant dancing Alans across the town centre and into the skies.
Partridge was unable to attend the event, but his friend Michael (Simon Greenall) read out a note from the star, saying: "Dear people of Norwich, and to a lesser extent anyone here from Suffolk - welcome!
"I'm genuinely heart-broken not to be there with you, but it's quiz night at the Rose & Crown and I'm the designated driver. You're about to witness the biggest turning on of lights since the end of the three-day week.
"The electricity...
Steve Coogan's fictional radio DJ appears in an eight-metre-high light sculpture, which sings Roachford's 'Cuddly Toy' and features a laser projection.
Hundreds of people turned out to see Jake Humphrey switch on the Christmas lights in Norwich.
The lasers shot from Alan's eyes projected 80ft giant dancing Alans across the town centre and into the skies.
Partridge was unable to attend the event, but his friend Michael (Simon Greenall) read out a note from the star, saying: "Dear people of Norwich, and to a lesser extent anyone here from Suffolk - welcome!
"I'm genuinely heart-broken not to be there with you, but it's quiz night at the Rose & Crown and I'm the designated driver. You're about to witness the biggest turning on of lights since the end of the three-day week.
"The electricity...
- 11/22/2013
- Digital Spy
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