Chords for Roger Troutman on The Talkbox [Video Soul - 1987]

The voice box, _ the first time I ever heard it, you were doing it.
And you've used it in most of your stuff.
_ Why?
Let's see.
_ _ I had heard it with Peter Frampton and a couple other artists.
And I would use it before we had hit records, playing in nightclubs doing cover songs.
And every time I would use the voice box, people would be dancing until I used it.
And when I started using it, they would look up and they would seem to hypnotize them in a way.
And it really works.
Watch this.
Ladies and gentlemen, you're [N] watching Video Soul.
And it makes you feel good.
Yes, it does.
Don't you believe it?
_ _ _ _ _ But yeah, I always use it on_
I was really using it on songs like_
When we first started, it was like_
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And it just seemed to work.
And I started using it on cover [G#] songs like Hurting Through The Grapevine.
_ And I don't know, people started saying,
Well, you can't sing, man.
You're trying to prove_
You're trying to do this gimmick.
So I said, Well, I'm just going to turn the whole thing around.
I'm going to do a love song with it.
And that's when we came out with the Penetrating Syrupy jam that came out like_
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_ _ _ _ And it just seemed to_
It gave the voice box a whole new character.
It seemed to give it more of a sexy character in a way. _
You asked me something like_
You used it on everything.
Do you think we will hear Roger without the voice box?
Or let me ask another question before you even answer that one.
Yeah, sure.
What happens when people decide,
We've heard that sound enough from Roger.
Don't you worry about when it is a gimmicky kind of sound like that,
that people may get tired of it?
Let me see.
What would I do?
I think then I will become a stand-up comedian.
Or maybe I could go to Walt Disney and become Donald Duck's voice.
_ _ _ _ _ _ I'll find something to do.
Maybe I'll put them both together like this. _ _ _
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And that will be a whole new sound.
What? _ _
Good luck.
Hey man, thanks so much for being on the show today.
I appreciate it.
This has been one of the precious interviews I've ever done, man.
This is great.
I love it.
I want to take this and take home.
Continued success to you and to your whole crew.
Shirley Murdoch and everyone you work with.
Roger Trautman on Video Saw.
We'll be back in a minute with Shirley Murdoch.
This is [C] someone that he produces. Yeah.
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