Archive for 2009
Many of you will have seen Microsoft’s achingly cringeworthy video encouraging people to hold Windows 7 launch parties. It really is jaw-droppingly awful. But wait! Don’t go and watch that. I haz written a Windows 7 launch party song especially for you. And here it is.
In the unlikely event that you want to play it yourself – or the more likely event that you can’t make out the lyrics – you can read the chords and lyrics here.
I couldn’t let it lie. Having recorded my Large Hadron Collider Song the other day, I wondered if I could take advantage of my lovely Zoom H2
So, with nothing better to do this morning, I re-recorded the song with a more syncopated ukulele track. I added in some vocals – 12 rather than 40 voices – and then decided to fill the music out a bit with a guitar line (actually two tracks in the end). The guitar and the uke tuning weren’t quite together so I ended up lowering the pitch of the ukulele track by a semitone. What a cheat.
In case you can’t make out the words, I’ve published a Google Doc with the lyrics and chords.
Anyhoo, for your listening pleasure…
The other day I mentioned The Pod Delusion, a new podcast to which I’m contributing.
Episode 2 is out today and subjects include homeopathy, NHS cuts and the BNP on Question Time. My piece – “if it’s not sung, if it’s spoken, it’s a piece” – is a quick guide to party conference, and in particular Lib Dem conference, for those who’ve never been to one.
Linky linky: Pod Delusion website – podcast RSS feed – iTunes directory
As a freelance scientist – er, ex-physicist – I can’t help taking an interest in the particle physics research planned for the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. And as one of teh internets’ numerous ukuleleists, I can’t help writing a short song about it and putting it on my blog. Happy Friday.
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