The Original T-Pain(e)

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Using the “I Am T-Pain” App for the iPhone, I “performed” a song using the paragraph below about the T(homas)-Pain(e) of the 1770s.  How is it that even with Auto-Tune my voice still sounds awful?!

In January 1776 a recent emigrant, Thomas Paine, signing himself “Common Sense,” published a violent diatribe against British control, arguing that there was no alternative to independence. Echoing popular arguments, he asked what logic there was in an island governing a continent; he derided George III as a “royal brute” and urged a simple republican government for the colonies. This pamphlet was immediately popular, selling more than 150,000 copies through 1778 when the sale of a few hundred copies was remarkable. In addition to a readership, many pamphlets reached even wider audiences when read aloud in gathering places; Paine’s crude and harshly expressed language was well suited to oral proclamation. After Paine, other writers dropped their mannerly tone.

Jones, Robert F. “Political Pamphlets.” Encyclopedia of the New American Nation. Ed. Paul Finkelman. Vol. 2. Detroit: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2006. 556-558. Gale U.S. History In Context.

Comments

[Vanessa P5]

Hahaha! That was really funny and good!

[Sean K]

Go Paine!

[Kate B]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!! GO PAINE! GO PAINE!

[Claire E.]

This is hilarious and awesome Mr. Bally!!!!!!!! I love it.

[LEAH H]

Hhahahah. By far the funniest thing a teacher has ever done. Very educational might I add

[Genoveve G.]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH THIS IS HILARIOUSS!! I CANT STOP LAUGHING!!! I KEEP ON PLAYING IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. =] AND I SHOWED IT TO MY MOM AND SHE WAS CRACKING UP TO.

[Kate D, Haley R, Cristin S]

Nice one D-bally go paine go paine woooohooo!

[nicole m]

You're an amazing singer Mr.Bally!!!!! go Paine !

[Charlotte]

This needs to be on iTunes.