The corporate anthem is a neglected art form. I've been collecting samples for a while, and I wanted to share.
First up is the infamous Nixon/Peabody anthem, a tune so ear-bleedingly awful that the law firm has sued anyone posting the full song. A copy has survived, however.
Ernst and Young is, um, saving our souls or something.
Nothing says quality like investment banking rap.
KPMG seems to be channeling the bastard offspring of Journey and the Carpenters. Not as aesthetically offensive as the others, but evil in its own right. I dare you to listen to the whole thing.
The World Glaucoma Association ought to be ashamed of themselves. Who, in their right mind, creates a hymn to glaucoma?
Drupa is doing more of an Abba kind of thing. Good production values, but still, evil. Europop about the virtues of Dusseldorf and the paper industry ... I dunno.
Starbucks uses We Built This City on Rock and Roll to, um, get their message across. They lose points in the lemurs book, however, for not coming up with their own melody.
SAP software gets its gangsta rap on. This one's kinda horrible. More than most. "Whatevah, Oracle! We'll take care of your peeps over here!"
You think SalesForce.com is gonna take that laying down? Nuh-uh. "Cut my teeth on Java / Got it from my mama / I've got the dev life in my bloodstream / I'm living out the coder's daydream." Rawk on baby!
Anybody got any more? Or am I the only sick Orgah who collects these things?
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