Dangerous Minds’ reader Rhodri turned me on to this slowed down (from 45 r.p.m to 33 r.p.m) version of The Osmonds’ “Crazy Horses.” A pretty great rock song has now become a monolithic slab of heavy metal with Cookie Monster vocals.

I added some video as eye candy and I think it works quite nicely.

Armageddon rock from America’s favorite Mormons. Considering the song is about the deadly effects of automobile pollution, this slooooowed down version is suitably doom-laden.
 

Best thing on the internet today. Great job!

There was a NWOBHM band called Tank that covered this song on their ‘82 album Power of the Hunter. It actually sounds a lot like this slowed down version…

I’m watching the Never Mind the Buzzcocks episode with Jimmy Osmond on it. Weird.

How did everyone miss this?

This Osmond remix now sounds like Beck’s Novacane song.

Check it out…

Beck’s song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkkqRwoiKCE

Doubled up insanity:
http://youtubedoubler.com/35aN

Much better than the original. The cave woman dance is truly mesmerizing.

Holy shit, it’s a new Melvins tune!!

That’s fantastic!  Although the solo Donny version is still my favorite:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmdHhCSS2RE

I’ve actually never heard the original, but I cannot imagine it being as good as this.

That is majestic.

When I was a kid we got a turntable that was being thrown out by the public library.  It had 16rpm, I guess for spoken word records, and soon everything got the slowed-down treatment.  To this day I still like to play 45s at 33, DJ Screw ain’t got nuthin’ on me.

“Punk rock” band Headcheese covered it in the 80s http://soundcloud.com/chuck-e-jesus/06-crazy-horses

can’t believe no one’s mentioned the slow edit of RUSH’s ‘Working Man’ yet…

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oh hell, try this instead…

http://youtu.be/1YIjte73IPg

Nice one! Happy to oblige! I always thought it sounded like Kyuss playing with the Memphis Horns…

This is great! It works especially well with instrumental singles, like “Out of Limits” by the Marketts.  Best of all time, though, is the Music Machine’s B-side, “Masculine Intuition.”(It’s the flip of their second single from 1967, “The People In Me.” Just try it. It’s INSANELY HEAVY slowed down to 33. 

—Artie

On Sucking the 70’s-Puny Human does a great version

@ Marc Campbell, where did you get the footage from?