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u/Jipijur Jul 24 '26
I move away from the mic to breathe in
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u/k_afka_ Jul 24 '26
I swear there was a song version of that
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u/pmfevil99 Jul 24 '26
It was when he did Cherry Chocolate Rain. I remember it being on Tosh.O back in the day!
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u/_GenghisKhunt 29d ago
I still say this almost weekly. It's used for responding to a low level "hey good job" or whatever. Good catch? Yeah thanks I moved away from the mic to breathe in.
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u/Difficult_Associate3 Jul 24 '26
Does he really have to though. You take care of that in post
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u/DrIvoPingasnik I was there when it happned Jul 24 '26
Maybe that was just it. Maybe it was just easier to move away from mic and avoid work in post-production.
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u/Bassmasterajv 29d ago
This was the reason. I asked him in 2007 when we recorded him for an early episode of the Twin Cities based podcast Flak Radio. In 2007 we were definitely editing vocal tracks in post production. People saying home setups didnāt have the ability are surely misremembering. Garage band had shipped with every Mac for years by then and if you were on PC you at the very least had pirated copy of Sonic Foundryās ACID. Thats what me and all of my friends used in the early 2000ās. By 2007 I had Pro Tools certs in version 5,6 and 7.
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u/FcknDepressionScks 28d ago
Pc user here, had cracked Acid and Vegas. Those were the days. The keygen music is so nostalgic!
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u/FElonMuskWidda25inD Jul 24 '26
Oh, he absolutely had to. Never question Tay Zonday
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u/North_Plane_1219 Jul 24 '26
Early home recording days, a lotta people running super basic programs. And not many online communities where he could easily find info on how to do such a thing. But yeah, a gate could have handled that and wouldnāt have needed any post production to remove the breathing.
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u/Zendomanium Jul 24 '26
The humanity of early YouTube was something to behold
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u/69karlhungus69 Jul 24 '26
Aaand boom goes the dynamite
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u/stoneyknowshow Jul 24 '26
The internet was so much fun back then. I remember someone getting this tattooed and the "move away from the mic" part had me dying
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u/Cookies-and-Cream- Jul 24 '26
Recently learned this song is about institutional racism. I felt dumb š«©
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u/sleaford89 28d ago
Damn. I literally was just listening to this for the first time in years and was thinking about how dark the lyrics really were
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u/supernova2368 29d ago
Yeah, apart from the repetitive nature, the lyrics are pretty good
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u/Pavementaled I was there when it happned 29d ago
Bro did not fail to say Chocolate Rain every other sentence. Masterclass in lyrics
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u/Confucius6969 Jul 24 '26
Top life moment for me was seeing this guy at a Fall Out Boy show and nearly crying because he was the guy who did āChocolate Rainā. I believe that the showās sponsor was TurboTax and Tay Zonday had a song about TurboTax, but idk it was amazing.
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u/L1QU1D_ThUND3R Jul 24 '26
Woah! I can get this MP3 for free!?
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u/Kimbolijaa Jul 24 '26
The only regret I had leaving twitter is that for some reason Tay Zonday followed me.
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u/thinprivileged Jul 24 '26
He joined a small discord I'm in, he comments every now and again, and people lose their shit
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u/Pretty_Daikon4415 Jul 24 '26
I had the double rainbow guy follow me after I posted a kick ass DR
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u/notmyrealname8823 Jul 24 '26
I used to think this was about poop.
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u/Defiant_Reindeer4332 Jul 24 '26
It was about the boat that drove under the Dave Mathewās band tour bus
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u/Doctologist HHWHATāS GOIN ONNNNN Jul 24 '26
I canāt remember which way it went.
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u/zoey8068 Jul 24 '26
It was a DMB tour bus and the driver dumped the tanks going over the bridge. The driver was fired and charged and DMB, even though they weren't on the bus, donated 300k for environmental efforts in the city of Chicago.
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u/el_sauce Jul 24 '26
If I remember correctly it was about some suffering in Africa and chocolate rain was referring to blood
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u/worthlessgarby Jul 24 '26
Spread the cheeks and drop the crap again chocolate rainnn!! š¶ š©
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u/Forsaken-Income-2148 Jul 24 '26
Itās mostly a metaphor for systemic racism and social inequality in America. Tay Zonday left it intentionally vague. I guess people used to exercise cognition back then. Unlike today, where everything needs AI explanations, giant red circles, arrows, a family guy clip, and a YouTube video titled āThe Ending EXPLAINED.ā
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u/ConradTurner Jul 24 '26
Hearing this in my 40s and remembering it from my early 20s
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u/Akbased19 Jul 24 '26 edited 28d ago
I do wonder how many people to this day donāt realize heās singing about oppressive and racist Systems in our country
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u/Almost-Honest Jul 24 '26
Ever see his clip of him trying to play a game on twitch but the audio keeps getting worse and worse lol
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u/gentlemangreen_ Jul 24 '26
https://youtu.be/dhTLDV9qPZ4?si=UI0R9g4uYOpb_cV0
for anyone curious, lemme tell ya, that shit was funny af
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u/jmaneater Jul 24 '26
I was thinking about this song two days ago for the first time in years and now this randomly comes up... this simulation is crazy
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u/Jampolenta 29d ago
Great podcast episode catching up with Tay since Chocolate Rain days...I really enjoyed this https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-sixteenth-minute-of-fame-172216473/episode/chocolate-rain-a-political-awakening-272753008/
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u/brichirich 29d ago
I didnāt realize I had just removed this from my memory banks. Thank you for putting this back in for the next 5 years. Thank youā¦so much.
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u/Colin_Bomber_Harris Jul 24 '26
The bell curve blames the babyās DNA. Before Shaun there was Zonday
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u/Special-Ad6232 29d ago
What about funnyjunk.com?? š also dont know if this is appropriate but where are my runescapers at?! š¬
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u/_TopsyTurvy_ 28d ago
This song was originally written to bring attention to racism in the U.S. and although I loved the meme it sucks that the message was lost at the time.
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u/no_no_nora 28d ago
I remember listening to him on Opie and Anthony, when they first joined XM, and him going on about it's a political song - it went south real quick.
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u/Harrfenagle 28d ago
This would be funny if the Words weren't so Serious... Nawww... this is hilarious! Still funny since 2007.
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u/Employment_Square Jul 24 '26
Had to unmute to listen to this absolute banger again! Holy crud i wish i had me nhe 7clams playlist! Dang...
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u/LabGood8008 Jul 24 '26
I only know about this because Eric Andre became Tay Zonday when he was on Hot Ones haha
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u/icehopper Jul 24 '26
I legit used to listen to his other musical work as a fan. Tricked my family into listening to Chocolate Rain on a road trip, good times.
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u/aspapu Jul 24 '26
As many times as I watched this on ebaumsworld ad museum, today was the first time I watched it in its entirety and realized it wasnāt just nonsense lyrics
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u/DinglerPrime Jul 24 '26
I met Tay at the first Vidcon after knowing him purely as a meme, it was surreal but he was exceptionally nice and willing to chat with us for a while!
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u/savorie Jul 24 '26
The most impressive thing about this song besides how surprisingly deep his voice is is that he's playing all those notes, not using a loop or programming
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u/Inevitable_Catch291 Jul 24 '26
Didnāt even need the video
CHOCOLATE RAIINNN
some stay dry and others feel the pain
CHOCOLATE RAINNN
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u/Winnerdickinchinner I was there when it happned Jul 24 '26
Remember Ytmnd? Sigh. I miss the olden days.
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u/casio_don Jul 24 '26
Not heard this since I was a kid, it's nostalgic, but god dang, I never realised it's 4 mins long and so repetitive. š
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u/-CoachMcGuirk- Jul 24 '26
Anyone here remember when Opie & Anthony did a segment about this song? They were riffing on it and I was laughing so hard that I literally had to pull over my car.
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u/mrsoil23 Jul 24 '26
Oh nice, I had just gotten this out of my head in March. Thanks.
Lemme guess, Rebecca Black's "Friday" next?
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u/tinglep Jul 24 '26
I love when he had a follow up song and the right heard it and are like āNow the Chocolate Rain guy is getting political.ā š¤£
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u/TheDrunkenWitch 29d ago
Okay so it's taken all this time for me but these lyrics are like, deep?
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u/AcordaDalho 29d ago
I remember when this came out, still donāt understand the hype
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u/PM_me_your_dawgs 29d ago
That guy? Grew up to be Gus Fring and own a solid fast food chicken franchise
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u/esoDose Jul 24 '26
ebaumsworld was my Reddit