Death Cab for Cutie Speak Out Against Auto-Tune, Accidentally Raise Male Breast Cancer Awareness

While Twitter kept you informed about the Grammy Awards against your will, you probably didn't see Death Cab for Cutie sauntering around wearing light-blue ribbons. The cause: an anti-Auto-Tune campaign.

The digital manipulation of people's voices is affecting thousands of singers, Ben Gibbard told MSN UK, "So we just want to raise awareness while we're here and try to bring back the blue note... The note that's not so perfectly in pitch and just gives the recording some soul and some kind of real character."

It was only a matter of time before some sort of Auto-Tune backlash emerged. Let's look at its pros and cons:

Pros:
- Makes people "sound good"
- Can be used as an instrument
- Ribbons bring out your eyes

Cons:
- Not what "real people" sound like
- Nation looks to American Idol for talent
- Sounding like T-Pain

No word yet on the 5K run against Auto-Tune

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