If you've not seen our gleeful coverage of the Microsoft program Songsmith's unintended proliferation on YouTube, then best have a look both here and here quick smart. But really, nothing will ever be as great as the actual ad for the awful product:



Wow. Still.

Since becoming addicted to the internet's wonderful manipulation of such a crappy program, we find ourselves checking in on a regular basis. Here's some recent favourites.

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Queen's classic becomes a late night Leonard Cohen-esque salsa. I think my favourite aspect is how the slight tempo shit makes Freddie Mercury sound nervous.


Queen - 'We Will Rock You' via Songsmith

Best YouTube comment: WaltTFB - Mamma mia! That's a spicy meatball!

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I never quite realised how Metallica's 'And Justice For All' spawned Crabcore. Or that the young James Hetfield sounds like an angry carnival worker. Bonus points for using a synced up live version that makes Jason Newstead appear to be a caffeinated slap bassist.


Metallica - 'And Justice For All' via Songsmith

Best YouTube comment: Wizrdcat - Shame on songsmith! SATANT IS SONGSMITH

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Johnny Cash's take on Nine Inch Nails 'Hurt' gets the knee-slappin' treatment. I laughed out loud, no lie. Sorry Johnny.


Johnny Cash - 'Hurt' via Songsmith

Best YouTube comment: stardappledgreen - who knew dying of cancer could be so zany?

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This is actually amazing. 'Blondie?' I thought. ''Heart of Glass' already sounds a like a kinda cheesy Songsmith tune, this won't deliver.' How wrong I was.


Blondie - 'Heart Of Glass' via Songsmith

Best YouTube comment: DoctorKidkill - If there were a download link to this version, it would be on my iPod right now.

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AC/DC meets...Pet Shop Boys?


AC/DC - 'You Shook Me All Night Long' via Songsmith

Best YouTube comment: snoerl007 - I would like to vomit, after getting deaf!

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This take on The Beatles 'A Day In Life' sounds like it's being piped through John Lennon's coffin from the afterlife's waiting room.


The Beatles - 'A Day In The Life' via songsmith

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They say that a song's true worth is only revealed when it can survive being stripped back to an acoustic guitar. Nirvana prove that the same adage is true when we replace 'acoustic' with 'Songsmith'. Could've inspired a generation to take up the steel drums.

 
Nirvana - 'In Bloom' via Songsmith

Best YouTube comment: eruption257 - This is simultaneously the worst and best thing. I call it borst.