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Corporate Anthems Go Corporate

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the telecommuters-can-just-hum dept.

Peter Judge writes: "Corporate Anthems are once again online at ZDNet UK. Last year, the Corporate Anthems page exposed a big bunch of amusing songs composed for corporate promotion. However, the music files had to go offline due to bandwidth limits. Now, ZDnet UK has stepped in, to host the anthems in all their glory. We hope to flush out and publicise new ones, and will be updating the chart in the coming weeks, according to the 'popularity' of different tracks. We have included more lyrics -- transcribed with some effort (and several lines which surely can't be for real)."

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  1. devo by laserweasel · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Does it enrage anyone else that Devo's sarcastic "Beautiful World" is used by freaking TARGET?

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    ["Marge, I agree with you - in theory. In theory, communism works. In theory." - Homer]
  2. Re:So you slashdot the mp3s by Ratface · · Score: 2, Interesting

    In a bedroom in London to be precise! It was to avoid these sorts of bandwidth problems that Chris got ZDNet to take it over! I thought he had pulled down the old site though, but no! Slashdot have to link to both of them! Oh well ;-) He'll weather the storm!

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  3. Don't know about the others... by tuxlove · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I only listened to the SGI anthem, and found I couldn't hate it. I'm known for mocking stupid music (it's a good/bad habit of mine), but I couldn't seem to do it this time. The song is so lame that it mocks itself, no need for me to help it along. There is no doubt in my mind that they intended it to be stupid. At least, that's what I *want* to believe. Nobody could be as lame as to write a song like that with any seriousness. For their sake, I hope that's the case.

  4. Re:I keep hearing the MSN Anthem on TV by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    A friend of mine posted this a few minutes ago.

    He showed me the memo he got from his manager and it looks like the "learn it..." crap is written in there on the page. Funny, I didn't think they were such corporate worms like KPMG or PWC. Hey, you learn something new everyday.

    I'm waiting to hear the whole MS album!

  5. Deutsche Bank's Anthem by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I work for DB. Previously I was a happy corporate banker merging companies who didn't want to be merged and doing other useful activities. Thanks to these songs now I want to maim myself. Thanks for pointing out how much I am now a part of my corporation, now that the tune got stuck in my head.

    1984

  6. Reminds me of.... by fwc · · Score: 3, Interesting
    That great article about Scott Adams brainwashing Logitech executives into writing a mission statement... And then committing to put it to music. (Wayback machine version here.)

    Makes you wonder how many of these anthems were as a result of some Dilbertism in the workplace... Hmmm.....

  7. Lipsync (SGI songs) by Tribbles · · Score: 2, Interesting

    We have an ex-employee from SGI working for us, and he's told me that SGI have an event called "Lip sync", where departments have to come up with the most outrageous and over the top songs for their department. Notable entries were "CAD to the bone" ('bad to the bone') and "Drugs do work"...