Next To You

**JCirri** · Joined: 04 Feb 2006 Posts: 4576

**rabies** · Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 7:07 pm Post subject:

This song is seriously pissing me off. THe only thing preventing me from a easy FC is that stupid OW! in the middle. I tried 10 times last night..and every run was a FC except for that ow..which I've never gotten better than messy on. Anybody who can nail that consistantly shed any light?

I did the following:
Yelling AAAAAA! (similiar to how it actually sounds)....gets me messy
Yelling OOOOO! nets me weak
Yelling OOOOOWWWWW! nets me weak
Yelling AAAAAWWWWWW! Net me weak

Saying (rather than yelling) any of the above nets me the same results.

Talky parts have gotten easier for me since adjusting mic sensitivity and focusing on trying to emulate the original artist as close as possible Still a bit finicky..as I sometimes get 'strong' instead of 'awesome'...but this OW is really killing me.
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**Elilasol** · Joined: 25 Nov 2007 Posts: 580

Same here, i just cant figure out how to hit that simple little OW! in the middle.

**wildbillkickoff** · Joined: 08 Dec 2007 Posts: 469 Location: Tampa, FL

Same exact boat. Apparently, when Sting screams "OW!" we're supposed to recite Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech backwards.
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**DemonHybrid** · Joined: 19 Aug 2006 Posts: 2871 Location: Matamoras, PA

Are you yelling (or saying) loud enough? Volume has a lot to do with it...I find that sometimes I jumble my words during talky parts (I'm not good at rapping type stuff, I mix up words and lose the beat) and because I sing close to the mic, it picks it up as Awesome anyway. Just try a few times where you're making a lot of noise, even if it sounds silly. I managed to get it the last time I played.

**wintertwilight** · Joined: 03 Jan 2008 Posts: 26

Meh, the "ow" always screws up my FC too :/

**wuLFe** · Joined: 18 Aug 2006 Posts: 2679 Location: Richmond, IN

I tried Huwonks suggestion of Aaaah Oooow, and it netted me an Okay, but still nowhere near hitting that phrase.

I still say that talky bits are fundamentally broken, and should just have been omitted entirely - it's the one thing that really keeps me from thoroughly enjoying vocals, as you have to pretty much guess what the game wants from you

**deathbypig** · Joined: 31 Dec 2007 Posts: 48

I got an okay when I sand the "ow" like the "ooh" in Enter Sandman.
I have listend to the song OVER, and OVER and every time I do it like Sting, nothing but messy.
If I could get this phrase I could get first in the world on the 360 version...currently stuck at second by 500 points. :p

**mr-apples** · Joined: 16 Mar 2007 Posts: 963

Yeah, that "ow" phrase is just totally fucked up. And I don't use the word fucked lightly.

**themoron111** · Joined: 15 Sep 2007 Posts: 34

Say the word so low and so monotonously. It actually works (to be fair, Im on the PS2, but I can do it 3/4 times in friend's Xbox 360)

**deathbypig** · Joined: 31 Dec 2007 Posts: 48

**themoron111** · Joined: 15 Sep 2007 Posts: 34

**deathbypig** · Joined: 31 Dec 2007 Posts: 48

**themoron111** · Joined: 15 Sep 2007 Posts: 34

**Doughboy** · Joined: 27 May 2007 Posts: 605

I got the oww sightread, although I'm on PS2, which might make some sort of difference. Here's what I did:
Ever played football and someone went head first into your stomach trying to tackle you? Or been kicked in the stomach? That groan/ grunt thingy is what I made the Oww sound like.. not TOO low or TOO slow. And it was loud compared to the rest of my singing.

Hope this helps.

(I would try to make a vid of me making the sound, but no camera. Plus, c'mon, I'd look like a COMPLETE idiot. I hope the description is good, so one of you Ubervoxers can FC this. I know I can't).