Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Mon, Jan 26, 2009
Casey Rae-Hunter, LOLZ, Music, Our Sad Society, Pop?, Recording, Series of Tubes, Technology, Vague Announcements, Video
This ad for Microsoft’s Songsmith application has been flying around the Innernette™ for a good little while, but I kept forgetting to post it. Its excruciating lameness begs the question: BK campaign-style irony, or utter cluelessness? Only Steve Balmer knows for sure.
[...] inane Microsoft video promoting a product called Songsmith until I saw a post about it on the Contrarian’s blog. Like Casey, I can’t decide if this is a hamfisted attempt at being ironic, or if [...]
[...] out this “impossibly awful” video about Microsoft’s Songsmith. My favorite part of the video is the guy who’s in the band [...]
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January 26th, 2009 at 4:16 pm
Don’t dis on the Songsmith—it’s how I write all of my Solah tracks.
January 26th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
I dress & do my hair exactly like that little girl when I record The Ten Thousand Things.
On a more serious note, I think this video aged me at least three or four years.
Two best parts: the stickers on Dad’s laptop, and the fact that, when giving his presentation, the boss looks absolutely horrified.