Microsoft Songsmith is a research project that generates accompanying music to a singer’s voice (and optionally instruments), presumably using the same approach a chromatic tuner uses to identify notes. Some genius decided to feed Radiohead’s classic song “Creep” into it, to see what it would do. This is the simultaneously horrifying and incredibly funny result:
Jump to 1:55 for the ultimate effect. Oh, the humanity.
Edit: click here for more musical attrocities. Your ears will hate you, but it’s a laugh innit?
January 30th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
I’m a genius! Thanks for the compliment.
January 30th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
You do realise I can’t think of this song now without thinking of those backing chords. *shudder*
I see you’re busy butchering a lot of other classics too
Blasphemous, but very funny, nice job.
January 31st, 2009 at 3:07 am
Rehearing the original fixed that for me. At least it made me realise how much a good song is a group effort.
Yorke has an awesome voice, but with the wrong background it sounds bleak anyway.
January 31st, 2009 at 4:10 am
Wow that was the funniest thing I’ve seen in a while! Its funny seeing the band members do a lot of dramative poses with that background music.