My God Microsoft Songsmith is straight from hell. These “Reverse Karaokes” where they substitute in computer-generated music over the original music, but leave the original vocals, are like a train wreck. This is what MTV is like in Hell. This must be what it’s like to be tone deaf and have no taste in music. No, strike that. Even a tone death person with no music taste should still be horrified by what can be done. Oh, the horror. This particular one had me, Carolyn, Tabbitha, and John The Canadien laughing our ASSES off. I was crying by the end.
This Metallica song, Blackened, known by many, doesn’t have an official music video. So the guy made one. My God, it adds to the horror of Microsoft Songsmith-generated music by also adding funny visuals:
And if that had you in tears, you might want to see The Ace Of Spades, by Motorhead — with very soft [Microsoft Songsmith-generated] music:
Wow.
Nirvana‘s In Bloom:
“Kurt would kill himself again after listening to this shit.”
Yes… I think Kurt would.
Ian: There’s a Sonic Youth one too. (more…)