Van Halen - The Microsoft Songsmith Sessions vol. 1

[Rilriia]

I don't know what's worse, David Lee Roth and his open shirt or the music....

[2BCBattlefield]

I especially love the ending :D

[regimentd]

I almost pissed myself at 1:41

[MezzoForte4]

Is it strange that I prefer this one instead of the original?

[KnightOneDark]

Laughter explosion. This is a killer.

[MusicMinder]

I nearly pissed myself laughing!!!! I used to play guitar in a rock band doing Van Halen covers! Songsmith is actually a cool little tool that's been taking too much flack. Sure the backgrounds are lame but the programming is deep and it's really aimed at a more amateur market. Hey, all I had to record on in my youth was a crappy little cassette player. Any background tracks popping out immediately lived in my imagination. Songsmith rocks!

[1ROCKSHARK]

you should be bitch slapped for this...!!!!!

[sloiselle1]

I laughed until I cried - literally, had to wipe the desk because tears were falling - haven't laughed that hard in a longtime - awesome!

[ElZappata]

This is how David Lee Roth would have sounded if he was a Lounge Lizard....oh wait.

[Medalion]

I dunno why but I laugh the hardest during the "solo" when Dave lets loose that kazoo and goes WOOOOOOOO! with that mellow backing

[LayneTheMathNerd]

I stuck around until 1:40 like you asked, but it didn't get any better.

[tyrannicoystercult]

this is video of the century haha

[fhistleb]

You know, this sounds way too classy now. HA!

[gen1f69]

Not sure what songsmith is but it really does suck..........

[dlechler1]

I just lost my horny.

[ClaudePrieur]

Like a karakoe

[rositadog]

gooooood joooob its greatest funny but ..........ha ha ha ha

[CoopsInc]

I almost died when I heard this song for the first time :D

Van Halen is good but this is legendary

Thanks for the post

[Troggie42]

I feel like if you ran "I ain't got nobody" through there on the same settings it would be unaffected. Well done good sir.

[childsplaymusic]

agamoto - you are a rawk'n roooooll GOD! Can you do White Room for me? Pretty please? I want to hear what Microwank does with Jack Bruce's bass line. You're a sick man.

[sultanofsick]

jesus fucking christ. this video is an insult to van halen and rock music in general, and its creator should be put to death. "dislike" just doesn't quite say it.

[MuddyGunz]

@sultanofsick Van Halen is an insult to van halen.

[CaliTXman]

This is hilarious. Also check out Runnin' With The Dre.

[minwav]

This has got to be the single most disturbing thing I have ever witnessed.

[1ROCKSHARK]

WHAT THE HELL ,THIS PERSON JUST COMITED BLASPHEMY .IDIOT.

[NikkiBastion]

There was a time once when we all thought DLR was a sexual god, creaming over these videos and posters...but now, seeing the same video we once panted over against the songsmith backdrop, makes me want to just go open a vein. This and this alone has forever destroyed what was once a pretty sexy band. And I can't unsee it. Ever.

[NikkiBastion]

OMFG LMFAO. The VH bros should sue the shit out of Microsoft

[luckyisretarded]

makes me wonder what something like deathcore would sound like

[NikkiBastion]

@luckyisretarded

Exactly the same...

[prettyemeraldkitty]

Make it stop! Make it stop!

[BarnaclesGarona]

This sounds like something that should be sent to Howard Stern IMMEDIATELY. I miss having him on Q 107. As well, the scream at 1:08 to 1:24 is hilarious.

[Smertn1k]

Oh man, this is hilarious

[LovexThatxKills]

Sounds like a number one hit to me.

[boitahaki]

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[AlxFitz]

I've never heard the original (or any Van Halen that I recall), it's up there but I think I'll live in ignorance, WEEEEEE!

[ydin9]

Makes David Lee Roth sound like a karaoke singer on coke. No, wait.... 

[princesstamika]

@ydin9 LOL

He's a rock n roll clown and he does cocaine.

[adamsonxxfifteen]

Dying of laughter.

[CallmeTHEwizard]

This is so bad it's like a dark comedy. Makes me wonder what songsmithed Slayer sounds like.

[Ronnie11789]

i can't stop laughing...GOD HELP ME!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...MY jaws are aching...

[theWalletRat]

This was the best thing I've seen in the last 2 hours of being awake.... hahaha

[Chaeley]

The prissy ending combined with his possessed screaming made me cry with laughter.

[YeshuaChuy]

Songsmith is going to put Richard Cheese out of business.

[puuuuuuch]

Dammit, this video totally made my day :D :D :D IT"S EFFING HILARIOUS

[puuuuuuch]

This is pretty awesome, actually :D I've never heard the original before, but I like THIS :D

[SkynyrdGirl]

ROFL! His dancing unmatches the music even more than his voice. XD And the ending was "genius"

[SkynyrdGirl]

ROFL! His dancing unmatches the music even more than his voice. XD

[angie4josh]

Picture David Lee Roth singing this in a nursing home.

best shit ever

[22infection]

man i hate how people today say that music will never be as a good as wat it was dont get me wrong i hate modern music nothin over 1990 for me but instead of wineing bout the music lets go out there and show these fucking record companys wat music really is start bands bring rock/metal back for the next gen and ours if u like this post it spread it round learn instruments start bands and maybe the companys will c that rock aint dead and that its coming back

[l82corvette]

this is exactly how dave wants it too. vegas style

[musicluva13579]

Like this comment if you think this is better than Justin bieber.

[RajunCajun64]

Are you retarded?

[RajunCajun64]

Were you dropped as a baby?

[sojudave]

o gawd, o gawd, o gawd, I'm laughing

[AlbertWesker47]

In these comments: People  who don't do research.

[vcuvcu]

dude  it suounds just like the albums that david did awesome xD

[MegatonMadMan]

I like to imagine her turned Eddie and Micheal's mics down to satisfy his own ego.

[kevino1973]

As a lifelong Van Halen nerd... this makes me very happy. And, I do not think it's too far off from something Dave would actually do!! Thanks for making my Thurday!!

[killyourtyrant]

I'm sorry but this just horrible!!! It's just sooooooo out of sync!!! Music and vocal just does not fit at all.

[tmwnat]

fail

[eruption257]

David Lee Roth was always a bad lounge act, you just put him in his environment.

[beowulf151]

Bloody awful. You burn Bibles, too?

[motorbastard]

The song is in 4/4 and the backing is in a shuffle. Doesn't really work :/

[megac47]

Genius! And I don't throw that word around a lot.

[sentient02970]

what's great is how spot on Songsmith is to Lee Roth's style of delivery..smooth, loungey and freeform screamin

[musicluva13579]

Did he say lucario as in the pokemon at 1:05 and 2:06

[GoNaR1234]

W......T.......F????

[speedzonefilms]

lol omg this is so strange

[Champane97]

Can you all put a stop to this?! The original and the best (The Beatles & Van Halen version) stands out as the best, as for the rest it's getting boring and cringe worth.

[LeaveMeAlone99a]

Can you imagine back in the day, David Lee Roth bringing this on a Demo Tape to the executives at Warner Brothers.

DLR: "Oh wow, man. Here is our DEMO TAPE! You are gonna really be impressed, man!"

Exec: "Get the hell out of my office and go to Vegas with this S#$%^&. Try to be sober next time!"

[spankrod]

This is pretty-much how Van Halen started to sound to me, when Roth took over as frontman.

[otonielcastro89]

WTF

[KillerGX]

I havent laughed this hard in years!!!

[Sejr]

1:37 and 1:40

EPIC.

[here4thedonuts]

Hilarious

[satrestudios]

The prime example of what songsmith should be used for.

[kjg369]

After you created the acapella, how did you get it into Songsmith?

[westofthefields]

With all the love you can pound up your ass with a hammer.  God, David Lee Roth really is a horrible vocalist.

[68raindogs]

Are you kidding? What are you 25? That magic sound is the voice of the eighties! Throw in a couple John Hughs movies, a Camero IROC-Z, a shirt from Chess King and a line of coke and you have ...well never you mind what you have. Just stop going around dissing DLR ...(damned kids)! And get off of my lawn!

[furrysega7]

weird how singers sound like w/o music

[simmonssixx]

xDDDDD whats that??jajaj is so cool!

[songpidgeon]

woweeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[cramit88]

Dean Martin...Spandex edition.

[feramascara]

SONGSMITH IS GOD

[briankane]

i've been waiting all my life for this video ....

[akornphoto]

NO NO NO NO NO

[YouGotJEWD]

You keep your dumb mouth shut.

[pinklover1691]

who, me?

[salemcripple]

this is so horrible it's funny. So much of an epic fail, it's a win!

[deads10]

Whaaaaa? Ok, you got me. This video sucks!

[BPRenewal]

hey i thought it was funny finding this when i was looking for the song. and it fits pretty good in a way. good job

[agamoto]

Trust me, I don't put this crap up in order to cultivate views. I wouldn't care if anyone watched it ever again.

[raseanguy]

What in the world of flying fucks is this supposed to be???

[ViceWorld]

my thoughts exactly! Its like taking your favorite ice cream and dipping it in caviar.

[iggytretiak]

You don't know about songsmith, then...

[simonejp91]

hahahahaha

[minwav]

I actually fell off my chair laughing at 2:43 - 2:54.

[allenda77]

Heeeeeeeeeeeeyyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaa.... woooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooo­oo HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy­yyyaaaaaaaaaaaaa LOOOOOOOL

[agamoto]

Thanks for confirming the fact that you're a fucking idiot. I sure hope you don't live to reproduce, because your particular brand of stupid could be detrimental to human progress. The description states it's "derision by parody".

Foolish of me to think you might be able to comprehend what that means, but you really should learn to think before you run your mouth off since you're the one that doesn't get it.

Whatever, I'm a bigger fool for even bothering to respond to someone so daft.

[Sduibek]

@agamoto LOLFAG

[ViceWorld]

this is not a song, this is utter shit, PLAY THE ACTUAL FUCKING SONG PRICK

[agamoto]

Go look up the actual song someplace else.. It's titled "the microsoft songsmith" version for a reason, you bonehead.

[ViceWorld]

i did look it up elsewhere and it made my day.

And you actually enjoy the sound this shit is making, i don't know whos the real bonehead here....

[sickNTired017]

@agamoto

Clearly, another survivor of abortion that has grown into a mentally challenged life form that wouldn't know humor from the adult toys up his ass.

[spentonmediocrity]

Leave it to david lee roth to go to far with his lounge act music :-)

[FluffyxTheKrazehxKid]

!WTF!

[1M4N0LBluesaK]

OMG!

XD

[scarymonkeypro]

lol i luv this

[TKi]

ROFL !

[80schikANDrockrgal]

ok i was just looking for running with the devil not a freakin' lounge song thats really retarted!!! THIS SUCKS ASS!!!

[agamoto]

Yeah, we know... that's the point.

[motleycrue24]

@80schikANDrockrgal whine whine whine

[HUTINAK]

Sounds like an annoying Lounge Act ... lol

[tilerxy]

holly shit,

i have never heard someone singing so out of tune like Dave !!

holly shit LOL

hes talent is to looks like smart

but not to sing

[cliffistheman]

out of tune? get your ears checked

[Hanschr79]

Well he's not totally out of tune but it's not a great voice and he sometimes is out of tune.

[dethcomic973]

kind of reminded me of rokzo the clown lol

[Sprite141]

Ahahahahahahaha! I love the whistle noises around 1:40.

[remodrums33]

Absolutely hilarious!

[tfifriday09]

ahhhhhhhhhhhh ! fuck me thats terrible ... but funny lol!

[BMOCroc]

OMFG LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL i love it!!!!

[TheTofuGod]

I feel like a pinup doll.

[UKReferendum]

More Info just passin' Thru' Rothschild's Day at the Race's ...

[amertexos]

Der Kerl ist einfach nur ein Blender ohne nennenswertes Potential. Ach ja, ......nett konnte er einstens hüpfen.......

[readerwriter]

Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should.

Using drugs helps one when listening to something like this!@

[redbirdfan126]

LOL Awesome; just awesome.

[bushputz]

You owe me a lung for the one I coughed up laughing....

[spankrod]

Finally, David Lee Roth gets the treatment he deserves.

[SweeneyTheJuggernaut]

XD This is actually quite good

[kukubird31]

hahaha

[beefyben]

This is the best thing I have ever seen in my life.

[scarymonkeypro]

hahAahahah

[Muslim91]

seriously what this guy has done is a fucking sin

[agamoto]

Hey man, microsoft did it, not me.

[JManGuitar5150]

Completely off-beat.

[agamoto]

We're not making art here man, settle down and laugh

[JManGuitar5150]

I just don't find it funny...

[agamoto]

Maybe you don't quite get it. You see, Microsoft thought they'd be clever and create this software called 'Songsmith' that listens to raw vocals and creates a dynamic musical accompaniment out of thin air... This is the music it created for DLR's vocals. Now, Van Halen rocks, no question about that, but this is a demonstration of how much fail there is in Songsmith. Watch 1:40 to 1:50 and if that doesn't make you laugh, then I give up. They say if you have to explain a joke...

[JManGuitar5150]

Oh... Okay... Sorry, I thought you put this together... lol

[fmgton12]

Dumbest fuckin' thing that I have ever heard.

[agamoto]

Guess you had to be there.

[spankrod]

"I've lived, a life that's full ... I've travelled each and every highway ..."

[windowmaker90]

LOOOOOOL

[vhEDDIEvh]

IT BURNS US IT BURNSSSS US!!!

[spankrod]

This exudes a level of awesomeness not seen since the days of ... well, ever!

[nudist0885]

Could you imagine Van Halen appearing on a late night tv show (like Conan or Craig Ferguson) and doing this version of the song. Here's the line-up

Piano and vocals; David Roth

STAND-UP acoustic bass: Micheal Anthony

Drums: Al Halen

Orchestra Conductor: Edward Halen

(8^)

[ThisBirdHasFIown]

This is the best SongSmith disaster out there!

[zircle1]

i lasted 14 seconds,and had to turn it off lol

[woahdelay]

1:45 = Internet Zenith

[TheRealCrazybilly]

fail tht sucks

[saulocpp]

AHUEhuHAUHeuhuAHUEh

[werewolf9205]

lol funny

[FandangoJon]

I'm a recording engineer.. and after hearing 'Diamond Dave's' vocal track... I can totally imagine this jackass in the studio recording track after track of him going 'oooh yeah' and 'woo hoo'... while the rest of 'his' band just waits for all of it to be over. 'Diamond' Dave = epic fail.

[ForeverDiamond18]

ha.ha.ha.

a recording engineer should check out his other stuff. And remember, its 1978-people havent heard enough of it to be sick of it yet. you wanna hear something someone might get sick of? Listen to the WHOLE band singing "On Fire." if you need the info, its track 11 from 1978, and produced by none other than Ted Templeman. Hey. You. Shut up.

[JManGuitar5150]

Are you saying that On Fire is bad? Van Halen rocks!

[Serr8d]

This really sucks.

[lespaulman1]

is this real? or is it just an overdub?

[dom543210]

i cant believe all that idiots are complaining about ruining the song..they just dont get it.

as if this is supposed to be a serious remix or so.

still find it funny.i aint lyin to ya i am tellin you just one time..aarrghhhou!

[chrism07924]

LMAO. Sammy would be proud.

[invis648]

EPIC!

[profectto]

epic fail hahahahahhaha

[kent387]

dude, David Lee Roth is a fuckin' disgrace, and this briliiant remix just showcases that.

[ScrapGoldBass]

this is the funniest songsmith video ive seen

[Antiks72]

Motorhead's was fucking classic.

[oiMikiPiki]

ma non avete un cazzo da fare?!

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck ignorantoniiiiiii

[lulaline2]

sounds like David Lee Roth's solo stuff to me.

[nickstro22]

A stroke of genius.

[UncleVinnie666]

Trust Microsoft to come up with pointless shit like Songsmith.

[abz48]

My body hurts from laughing

[dddominusss]

Damn, so fucking awful & no sense job dude...

[aroundtheworls]

Fekkin hilarious!!!!

[analyzingfunny]

Well, he WAS a lounge lizard anyway.