Comments on: Funny commercial for Microsoft's Songsmith http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/funny-commercial-for.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 05:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: zyodei http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/funny-commercial-for.html#comment-683783 zyodei Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-683783 Freaky. Just a few hours ago, while lying in bed, I had an idea for a very similar software, just out of the blue. Freaky. Just a few hours ago, while lying in bed, I had an idea for a very similar software, just out of the blue.

]]> By: Hal Eckhart http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/funny-commercial-for.html#comment-377607 Hal Eckhart Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-377607 <a href="http://music.metafilter.com/2943/Runnin-With-The-Songsmith" rel="nofollow">Here's</a> an example of this tool in use. Fair warning though, you will need a unicorn chaser for your ears. Here’s an example of this tool in use. Fair warning though, you will need a unicorn chaser for your ears.

]]> By: vettekaas http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/funny-commercial-for.html#comment-377608 vettekaas Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-377608 Sounds like it may be a vaguely fun idea.. but yeah the commercial is disturbing at best. Why on earth do these people go to public places to try it out?? They should have put out hats and collected change while they were at it. Sounds like it may be a vaguely fun idea.. but yeah the commercial is disturbing at best. Why on earth do these people go to public places to try it out?? They should have put out hats and collected change while they were at it.

]]> By: Cowicide http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/funny-commercial-for.html#comment-377612 Cowicide Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-377612 @#28 POSTED BY DCE I work for Microsoft and I think I can speak for all of us when I say: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnCk0uGwFZI @#28 POSTED BY DCE

I work for Microsoft and I think I can speak for all of us when I say:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnCk0uGwFZI

]]> By: CitizenOne http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/funny-commercial-for.html#comment-377871 CitizenOne Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-377871 This is the most offensive video I have ever seen this isn't funny it's shocking! What a sad piece of software, horrid! This is the most offensive video I have ever seen this isn’t funny it’s shocking!

What a sad piece of software, horrid!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/funny-commercial-for.html#comment-377616 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-377616 Is that a Macbook pro? Is that a Macbook pro?

]]> By: Cowicide http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/funny-commercial-for.html#comment-377617 Cowicide Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-377617 By the way, anyone remix this video with Anal **** yet? I was tempted, but couldn't find the time. By the way, anyone remix this video with Anal **** yet? I was tempted, but couldn’t find the time.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/funny-commercial-for.html#comment-378129 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-378129 Who owns the copyright once it's done? Who owns the copyright once it’s done?

]]> By: smonkey http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/funny-commercial-for.html#comment-377619 smonkey Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-377619 Its not lacking irony, its so utterly ironic it looks silly. Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog has spawned its first child. And it is an ad for Microsoft. How sad life is today. How very very sad. Its not lacking irony, its so utterly ironic it looks silly.

Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog has spawned its first child. And it is an ad for Microsoft. How sad life is today. How very very sad.

]]> By: zikzak http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/funny-commercial-for.html#comment-377624 zikzak Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-377624 Never mind, I tried this thing out and it's pretty worthless. At worst it's a completely inappropriate but uninteresting Casio demo playing over whatever sounds you record. At best it's a completely inappropriate but uninteresting Casio demo playing over whatever sounds you record. Never mind, I tried this thing out and it’s pretty worthless.

At worst it’s a completely inappropriate but uninteresting Casio demo playing over whatever sounds you record. At best it’s a completely inappropriate but uninteresting Casio demo playing over whatever sounds you record.

]]> By: Teapunk http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/funny-commercial-for.html#comment-377625 Teapunk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-377625 "Microsoft, huh? So it's easy to use." Still laughing about this one. The whole thing is a nightmare version of the Buffy episode "Once more with feeling", only by the Demon of Long Elaborate Boredom. “Microsoft, huh? So it’s easy to use.”
Still laughing about this one.

The whole thing is a nightmare version of the Buffy episode “Once more with feeling”, only by the Demon of Long Elaborate Boredom.

]]> By: zenbeatnik http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/funny-commercial-for.html#comment-377884 zenbeatnik Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-377884 Wow! Reverse karaoke! Instead of playing schlocky background pablum and displaying hackneyed lyrics for you to sing, you sing the hackneyed lyrics and it comes up with the schlocky background pablum accompaniment! Truly an awesome achievement emblematic of Microsoft's keen understanding of just what we need in a computer to make our lives better. But I, too, found this to be an intentionally silly and self-deprecating demo film, and in that sense it was a success. Wow! Reverse karaoke! Instead of playing schlocky background pablum and displaying hackneyed lyrics for you to sing, you sing the hackneyed lyrics and it comes up with the schlocky background pablum accompaniment! Truly an awesome achievement emblematic of Microsoft’s keen understanding of just what we need in a computer to make our lives better.

But I, too, found this to be an intentionally silly and self-deprecating demo film, and in that sense it was a success.

]]> By: Chorske http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/funny-commercial-for.html#comment-377629 Chorske Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-377629 I tried. I couldn't get through the whole thing. My cringe is all worn out now. I tried. I couldn’t get through the whole thing.

My cringe is all worn out now.

]]> By: tempfoot http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/funny-commercial-for.html#comment-378400 tempfoot Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-378400 Creating horrid church youth group musicals will never be easier.... Creating horrid church youth group musicals will never be easier….

]]> By: Bugs http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/funny-commercial-for.html#comment-377634 Bugs Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-377634 New project idea: 1) Record some ambient street noise, dogs barking, Large Hadron Collider Implosion sounds, etc. 2a) Feed through pitch corrector software 2b) Feed pitch-corrected sounds into Songsmith 3) Repeat 2a and 2b for around 40 cycles 4) Add in some <a href="http://www.sha-crawford.co.uk/lyrics/" rel="nofollow">auto-generated lyrics</a> 5) Release into the singles chart 6) Profit!!! and go to live on your newly-bought volcanic island with absolutely no secret nuclear lair at all, would I lie to you officer? 7) ???? 8) World Domination New project idea:

1) Record some ambient street noise, dogs barking, Large Hadron Collider Implosion sounds, etc.
2a) Feed through pitch corrector software
2b) Feed pitch-corrected sounds into Songsmith
3) Repeat 2a and 2b for around 40 cycles
4) Add in some auto-generated lyrics
5) Release into the singles chart
6) Profit!!! and go to live on your newly-bought volcanic island with absolutely no secret nuclear lair at all, would I lie to you officer?
7) ????
8) World Domination

]]> By: zenbeatnik http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/funny-commercial-for.html#comment-377890 zenbeatnik Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-377890 And another thing. Songsmith (C) or (TM) or (R) or whatever presumes that you have enough "talent" to at least come up with a basic melody and some lyrics that have a meter. If you don't have that, what will this do for you? And another thing. Songsmith (C) or (TM) or (R) or whatever presumes that you have enough “talent” to at least come up with a basic melody and some lyrics that have a meter. If you don’t have that, what will this do for you?

]]> By: ZoopyFunk http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/funny-commercial-for.html#comment-378149 ZoopyFunk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-378149 Its interesting how there used to be so many negative Microsoft posts on BB in the past few years...then the Microsoft sponsorships and ads showed up, and suddenly they can do no wrong. Its interesting how there used to be so many negative Microsoft posts on BB in the past few years…then the Microsoft sponsorships and ads showed up, and suddenly they can do no wrong.

]]> By: brooklyntwang http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/funny-commercial-for.html#comment-377639 brooklyntwang Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-377639 Its like the Buffy musical episode, minus good songwriting, humor, and intelligence. Its like the Buffy musical episode, minus good songwriting, humor, and intelligence.

]]> By: slamorte http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/funny-commercial-for.html#comment-398376 slamorte Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-398376 this is a saturday night live parody, right? right? this is a saturday night live parody, right?

right?

]]> By: Bonnie http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/funny-commercial-for.html#comment-377896 Bonnie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-377896 Finally! Microsoft the Musical! Finally! Microsoft the Musical!

]]> By: anchorchief http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/funny-commercial-for.html#comment-378152 anchorchief Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-378152 Didn't you hear? Girl Talk will be in the next ad for this product. They're paying him in blank CD-Rs. Didn’t you hear? Girl Talk will be in the next ad for this product. They’re paying him in blank CD-Rs.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/funny-commercial-for.html#comment-378154 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-378154 Golden! I'm puzzled when that one actor says, "Microsoft, huh? So it's pretty easy to use?" Are there really any consumers who still associate the Microsoft brand with ease of use? Golden!

I’m puzzled when that one actor says, “Microsoft, huh? So it’s pretty easy to use?” Are there really any consumers who still associate the Microsoft brand with ease of use?

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/funny-commercial-for.html#comment-377643 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-377643 Finally, an application for making music worthy of the Zune. Let's see apple try to control the digital music market NOW! Finally, an application for making music worthy of the Zune. Let’s see apple try to control the digital music market NOW!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/funny-commercial-for.html#comment-377645 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-377645 Someone PLEASE send this to Hodgman! Someone PLEASE send this to Hodgman!

]]> By: arkizzle http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/funny-commercial-for.html#comment-378159 arkizzle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-378159 Zoopy, have you missed the snark? Should we ramp it up? Zoopy, have you missed the snark? Should we ramp it up?

]]> By: 5000! http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/funny-commercial-for.html#comment-377648 5000! Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-377648 With a running time of ~4.5 minutes, I'm guessing this isn't a "commercial," but instead some kind of sales training video or the like. Doesn't make it any less bad, but at least we can be relieved that we probably won't run across it on television. With a running time of ~4.5 minutes, I’m guessing this isn’t a “commercial,” but instead some kind of sales training video or the like. Doesn’t make it any less bad, but at least we can be relieved that we probably won’t run across it on television.

]]> By: slamorte http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/funny-commercial-for.html#comment-398386 slamorte Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-398386 this is a saturday night live parody, right? right? this is a saturday night live parody, right?

right?

]]> By: El_Cid http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/funny-commercial-for.html#comment-377650 El_Cid Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-377650 I can easily see this leading to a lot of people in coffee shops being told to shut the hell up with the singing, and that Songsmith Karaoke night is every 2nd Thursday of the month at 8 pm. I can easily see this leading to a lot of people in coffee shops being told to shut the hell up with the singing, and that Songsmith Karaoke night is every 2nd Thursday of the month at 8 pm.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/funny-commercial-for.html#comment-543027 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-543027 why is she using a MacBook Pro, and I find that her name is Lisa, (an Apple computer from the 80's) why is she using a MacBook Pro, and I find that her name is Lisa, (an Apple computer from the 80′s)

]]> By: batu b http://boingboing.net/2009/01/13/funny-commercial-for.html#comment-377909 batu b Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-377909 I didn't realize irony had an uncanny valley...until now! I didn’t realize irony had an uncanny valley…until now!

]]>