matthew’s alibi

Ever wondered what the Sex Pistols would sound like if Sid Vicious were replaced with the guy who pronounces the words on dictionary.com? No?

Someone has. What’s truly frightening, though, is that they’ve spent the time to actually give the world an example: dictionaraoke.com.

Perhaps the coolest part of dictionaraoke is that the 100 versions songs that they’ve produced so far are non-copyrighted, for anyone to enjoy however they please. And, as strange as it sounds, the songs are actually pretty enjoyable– or funny, at least.

In any case, it may be your best chance to find out what the hell Barry Manilow in singing in Copacabana.

The absolute worst kind of musical remakes are the ones where the song is left virtually unchanged. The whole value of a remake is a fresh perspective on a well known tune, or a second chance for a lesser known one.

Hence the beauty of Swedish Radio’s “Let Them Sing it for You” feature, which puts any lyric (or poem, diatribe, grafitto, or memo) you bother to type in through the grinder of bad pop, and reassembles it as a song from all of your favorite artists. Absolutely trippy.

Don’t go to this site unless you have decent speakers and some serious time to kill!

Search google for ‘miserable failure,’ and you’ll see that someone at google has a sense of humor– or at least a sense of reality. Wonder how long this will last?

Search google for ‘miserable failure’

Does anyone have any other irreverent google searches? I know I’ve seen others related to Microsoft, etc…