Switched on Pop

The (murder) Ballad of Joe Exotic “Tiger King” (with Robert Moor)

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37:11 | Apr 5th, 2020

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Scandal and intrigue surround Joe Exotic, the central character of the new Netflix documentary Tiger King. Among the many bizarre traits of this zoo keeper, Exotic tries his hand at country music. Int...Show More



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rmmiller364 recommended:Jun 22nd, 2020

I have a lot of thoughts about Joe Exotic that don’t need to be aired here, but I will say that when I watched the Netflix show, I was shocked that Joe was actually a competent musician (not that I think the songs were good, but I was surprised that they sounded like actual songs). Sooooo.... I’m n...Show More

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mmJun 22nd, 2020

He didn't perform the songs either? WHAT?!?

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rmmiller364Jun 22nd, 2020

@mm apparently not!! I should have realized that. The podcast makes the point that Joe has a very high pitched speaking voice and the singing voice in those songs is a very rich baritone.

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mmJun 22nd, 2020

@rmmiller364 Interesting...I just thought you can have separate speaking and singing voices...

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rmmiller364Jun 23rd, 2020

@mm there’s a part where they like auto-tune Joe’s speaking voice to be as deep as the singing voice in the songs and the two voices sound nothing alike!

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