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Apple Mac users are familiar with it's text to speech features. With the Mac being used for so much music production, it was a fairly predictable move for recording artists to exploit the voices of Fred, Vicki, Bruce, et. al. I hear them from time to time and instantly recognize these Mac "voices". Am I the only one? Some examples are in Air's "How Does It Make You Feel?" or Erasure's "Treasure". Anyway, it's been a long term goal of mine to compile a playlist of all these pieces of music with Mac "vocals". This may be a long shot, but can anyone help me with more tunes here? Here's one I'll share with you. It's from a most excellent electronica outfit, Clinton. Enjoy [8D]

Hip Hop Bricks
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The classic example to me is Radiohead's "Fitter Happier" from OK Computer. Not really a song I guess, but a perfect fit in that album. I don't of many Macheads who don't like that album.

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i think pet shop boys used one with their b-side cover of serge gainsbourg's je'taime.. i have that at home

Yeah, excellent call Apollo. I already have that on my list. Chris Lowe is a big Mac advocate. He runs entire shows off of whatever Powerbook he has at the time. What a great composer, he really understands dance and pop music. Here's my list so far:

Treasure, Erasure
I'm A Disco Dancer (And A Sweet Romancer), Christopherr Just
Vienna Calling, Christopher Just
How Does It Make You Feel?, Air
Satisfaction, Benny Benassi
Hop Hop Bricks, Clinton
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt. 1, The Flaming Lips
Birds, M83
1234, Golden Boy w/Miss Kittin (thanx to Manekineko, wow what a sophisticated listener she is)
Je t'aime...moi non plus, Pet Shop Boys
Fitter Happier, Radiohead

There are so many more, I hear them in my own music collection and add them as I come across them. But my collection is damned big, that the process is so slow. I've been building this playlist (and others) very slowly. I have all these themes. I just put iTunes on random and listen to whatever comes up as I'm working, putting the tracks in appropriate playlists applicable.

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