As Tonic reported a couple of weeks ago, Microsoft held an open audition to come up with a jingle for its heavily promoted Bing search service. The winner, announced on Aug. 5, is Jonathan Mann’s “Bing Goes the Internet.” It’s super cheesy but also oddly endearing:
But for all of you who prefer the first two or three episodes of each season of American Idol — you know, featuring often-cruel and voyeuristic vignettes of hopelessly untalented crooners and croakers — we present to you 10 choice rejects, as compiled by Silicon Alley Insider. Enjoy!
“B b b Bing” by Mike Vardy:
“Bing(le) Jingle with subitles” by Hannah and Kellen Campbell:
“I Like to Bing it Bing it” by [anonymous]:
“Say Hello to Bing” by [anonymous]:
“Bing Ballad” by Ryan Duncan:
“Trippy Post-It Notes” by [anonymous]:
“What the H-E-C-K?” by [anonymous]:
“Bing Bing Sensitive Mix” by John Clinebell:
“The Sound of Found” by [anonymous]:
“N is for Anything” by [anonymous]:
Image courtesy of Microsoft.
