Microsofts SongSmith

Microsoft's terrible new Songsmith program - in which it chooses the backing track to put behind your vocals - is turning up some unexpectedly awesome gems.

From the so bad it's good department comes this hijacking of the Songsmith software. By now you've seen the gag-inducing ad. Intended for people to record their vocals into and then turn into a shitty song, canny audiologists are instead taking vocals from famous songs and letting the software see what monsters it can come up with.

Techno versions of Oasis! Lounge music from Van Halen!! Eurotrash from Metallica!!! But I'll be damned if this mariachi version of The Police's 'Roxanne' isn't the best song so far this year. I'm not even joking.

I feel a meme coming on.


http://www.thevine.com.au/music/article ... esome.aspx

Original Ad - http://www.thevine.com.au/tv/entertainm ... th-ad.aspx



Here are the Songsmith edits of some famous songs

The Police - Roxanne
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=ypycpKQxXR0

Oasis - Wonderwall
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=e1e_h1OJfS4

Metallica - Enter Sandman
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=WmC28cXWqLc

Van Halen - Runnin' With the Devil
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=8kxqMpGAL3I

Beastie Boys - Intergalatic
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=6iCJHTzH5DY

Survivor - Eye of the Tiger
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=_V1DuHUs22Q

Michael Jackson - Beat It
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=WHQiIKbZ2XY

Emimem - Ass like that (white boys don't rap, they make blue grass)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ScVTBg2vxk&feature=related



RICK ROLL Songsmith style
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=WVMfpne6aEc

glorious.