You probably know this song. I heard it last night on the radio and a strange connection hit me. Go ahead, watch the video and see if you make any connections. If you aren't a mildly avid web user you'll not get it...yet.
You don't have to listen to the whole thing to get that voice stuck in your head. It's very rememberable and it matches the content of the song well. I heard it last night and it got me thinking... is there some connection between the singer of the Grinch Song and Chocolate Rain? Have a listen:
The voices seem strangely familiar right? Well, upon further investigation I found that there seems to be very little connection between chocolate rain and You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch.
The Grinch song was originally sang by Thurl Arthur Ravenscroft who was a little more accomplished but maybe not as widely popular unless you count the fact that he was also the voice of TONY THE TIGER for a million years telling us that Frosted Flakes are Grrrrrrreat!
Tay Zonday, the singer and songwriter of Chocolate Rain is pretty much nobody except a kid w/ a strange voice, and a little extra time and money on his hands. Actually, he probably has a lot more money on his hands now that he had one of the most popular videos on YouTube in 2007. If you can stand more than 20 seconds into the video you'll see the caption "I move away from the mic when I breathe" which seems like a joke that someone put on after it was made, but it isn't. He was just courteous enough to let his viewers know what he was doing so the video wouldn't seem odd...that certainly helped...
So no, there is no connection between Thurl and Tay, but if they ever need a stand in for Tony the Tiger or a singer for You're A Mean One, Mr Grinch - then maybe Tay can pick up where Thurl left off.
BTW - did you know that Sixpence None the Richer (famous for the song Kiss Me) did their own version of the Grinch Song. Unfortunately, Leigh Nash's voice doesn't come out quite as sinister as ol' Thurl's and the song basically sucks.
