The strange history of Disney's cyber-psychedelic "Computers Are People Too"

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OMG! My you tube video was posted to Boing Boing by Cory!

*Faints*

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Iā€™d still like an explanation for this one

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An explanation?.. for the best song in the history of the universe!!! Is one really needed? haha oh man, that song really made my day.

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Simple explanation: the version you remember and love was on the 12", clocking in at nearly 6 minutes. What you have posted above is closer to the 7" single version running a measly 4:18. Disappointing, I know.

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THAT was the equation!

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Canā€™t give you one - I liked the song better the first time around.

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I like computers.

Iā€™d like to thank this documentary for introducing me to the force of nature that is Michael Iceberg.

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Ha! I have Michael ā€œIcebergā€'s LP, it was sold at Disneyworld. One of the true gems of vanity records out there. Equal parts live lounge singer, comedy, and analog synth blowout.

This brings back some memoriesā€¦In the 80ā€™s I went to Siggraph every year. In the 70ā€™s, when I was a ski bum/musician in Snowmass, Colorado, I was lucky enough to see Michael Iceberg set up and play a few times at ā€œThe Last Resortā€. I agree with the ā€œforce of natureā€ comment above. Iceberg was amazing! He displayed great musicianship while simultaneously operating an extremely complex collection of machinery, singing, and carrying on a comedy routine. He would spend quite a while every night tuning and repairing his kit before his set. I have always loved Mellotrons and his beat-up Chamberlin was heaven to my earsā€¦

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Thanks for posting that, that rendition of Baroque Hoedown was out there.

I wore out the Magic Kingdom Main St. Electrical Parade record playing that part over and over as a kid.

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