Microsoft Songsmith - Barack Obama Speech (Chicago, IL)

[KevsBitsOfDesign]

Ah the end of the great Obama movie... The Kings Speech needed Songsmith...

[DreamStarcraft]

Reminds me of Lemon Jelly

[33hegemon]

This reminds me of that "Sunscreen" song by Baz Luhrman.

[barbroxursox]

ahhh so inspiring...

[killertr]

This is amazing when you're high.

[newolowa]

@killertr Drugs are baaad.

[hhwha1]

@newolowa mmmmmmmmmmkay

[BagginsX]

@newolowa Drugs are good

[alexiteric]

@killertr ....oh yeah!!!!

[chocolate11pie]

It actually sounds pretty catchy, really.

[MatheusMK3]

Songsmith Win! Lol

Really good done!

[PimpGravy]

Somebody hand the man a keytar.

[papatia]

He should deliver all his speeches in this manner. It would be even better if he could try to make it rhyme a bit more too

[musicluva13579]

LOLOLOLOL

[TheOneSevenNine]

The song itself is really pretty catchy

[mysticvintage]

does he use metronome during speech?

[TomBernert]

@mysticvintage Possibly, many speakers to do make their speaches flow

[hardstreetbambi]

his speech just went 80s

[kalsikum]

OMG! That is realllllly coool!!!

[stardappledgreen]

Unquestionably Obama's best moment

(What happened afterward...well...)

[MattyboyTV]

lol sounds kind of like zelda OOT gerudo desert at about 0:34

[metalmilitiapeter]

This isn't altered at all, this is exactly what the original speech was like when he delivered it...

[toocheaptobuyatripod]

What he says has no meaning but it has a nice beat!

[tomfletchervideos]

I wonder if he uses a metronome for his speechs

[tomfletchervideos]

Haha thats pretty funny.

[JohnyLettish]

Wat fürn käse

[cupster07]

he still sucks the markist bastard.

[oabrahamsson]

@cupster07 Surely you mean Marxist, no? Not only don't you know what the word means, you can't even spell it to look it up on Wikipedia... Ignorant fool.

(I declare myself socialist/Marxist, so I should know.)

[TheSludger]

@cupster07 Blablabla..crap.

[snowyowl0]

Uh-oh. This actually sounds pretty good. Since Obama's speech actually has some sort of rhythm to it, this would make a good rap.

[Grykus7]

@snowyowl0

I find it funny that the first Black President almost has a beat in his speech.

[terror0earth]

How did you put in his voice? I cant seem to put in anything other than audio that comes through the Mic for me.

[newolowa]

As I recall, I used the program audacity, and recorded using the "What-U-Hear" setting.

That's as much information as I can provide.

Unfortunately, I reformatted my PC and lost all my audio settings.

[terror0earth]

Oh, i just did some research on that and found out my computer cant do that -__-

Thanks anyways.. :]

[blo0magic]

someone should autotune this. would be quite funny.

[knowuh]

gaybags, all of you.

[cesarpinto]

songsmith: sold!

[russjcameo]

I wish he wasnt full o crap. this is such a neat video.

[newolowa]

Prior to Obama being elected, and during the period of election, the hype was unbelievable. From the way the news reported, it seemed as if Obama would single handedly end the war in Iraq, reform America and, hell, save the world period.

Of course, in retrospect, it's apparant that such goals are completely outrageous but if you actually spent some time understanding what Obama's goals were to begin with, then the expectations of him may not have been so high.

[jeffhamula]

do you know if there are any good tunes that have come out of using songsmith? I can only find jokes and humor...

[tsunami2011]

@newolowa but thats said with any president. the problem is that what we need is going to take more than even 8 years to correctly go into effect. what hes trying to do is start something that will helo us in the end. everyone thinks that the other guy would have saved us all. no president can

[davethomas]

@russjcameo Really? Do vague blanket statements actually do anything? It does not promote open dialogue. What is it about him that you feel he's lying about?

[russjcameo]

@davethomas wow, you are right! that wasnt helpful at all! but i dont have time to talk to strangers about politics on the internet. maybe i will just never comment again. oh wait... yes i will. (on a side note: daveisthemusic is a great musician.)

[RobinScott93]

For some reason, I just burst out laughing when I saw the smiley at the start of the video. Lol.

[newolowa]

Now why would you say that?

[Gamma412]

lol nice

[AfroWolfe]

Fail troll..

[sstamant]

this has to be one of the best songsmiths i've heard

[V2Blast]

Obama's voice is very rhythmic.

=D

[anacarooolx3]

lol, so funny

[judenihalmusic]

this was really funny. it seems that songsmith works well with speeches with the exception of the words being out of beat. it sounds like obama is just talking/rapping, not actually singing, but songsmith sucks altogether with the fact that i like to create my own music.

[spentonmediocrity]

We need David Duke Microsoft Songsmith...

[NYlatinothug]

i cant get my Auto-Tune trial to start >=( and this is a good job!

[esroberto1]

Melodyne kicks the horsefuck out of AutoTune.

[ClankTube]

Obama is all about change.

Songsmith sounds just like Changes by 2Pac.

wtf lol

[jaspa0tha0ghost]

this is actuALLY a REALLY good idea for a speech! it makes it so much more interesting!

[67lifedeath]

YEAH Go the obama band xD

[Arthurgc2008]

0:10 lol

[gardinal]

wow, this is the first songsmith song that I actually really like.

[Jeshikun]

This gives me a good idea.

Auto-tune + Songsmith!

[Templaris05]

Do It.

Now.

>:D

[Jeshikun]

I'd love to but I don't have Auto-tune and my computer can't run Songsmith.

[Abysmaltormentor]

Yes! Properly fucking YES! Got to be the best speech ever.

..now know something to spark up my speeches a little when I'm old :D

[IWML]

total fucken GENIUS.

[Coodude26]

Italian, industrial, scientific...none of those matter. We have truly reached the tools necessary for the musical revolution - nay - RENAISSANCE.

[alexryterski]

No longer is music based on passion and an understanding of the science and theory of music, but merely a pre-programmed toy that will hopefully make talentless, impatient and lazy individuals feel purpose.

Songsmith is a sugar-injection taking us one step back towards muzak.

[Astennoth]

Yeah, but you have to admit it's still hilarious doing stupid shit like this.

[nateman742]

Woah woah woah buddy, it's widely known that SongSmith is ass.

No worries.

[ytCarnage]

Research suggests that the modern 12-tone scale is based closely on the natural tones the human voice tunes to during speech. What this video shows is that Obama is very melodic and rhythmic in his speech. That's probably one thing that makes him a good speaker.

[tdnpeon]

Actually, research (as well as fairly common musical knowledge) illustrates that the voice more closely follows just intonation or the overtone series.

[deefman]

....so the crowd is also a good speaker?

[Deloreansyk]

That was the best placed smiley I've ever seen in my life.

[rikmomentary]

Yes

[FluffyBunniesOnFire]

This might be even better it Barack was autotuned to the music.

[Greensmurf]

I was thinking the same thing. It must happen!!

[wa0000]

We have now entered the avant garde.

[newolowa]

Avant garde?

[wa0000]

Sorry... i mean.just before the guards come to take you away to your padded cell...

Actually, this is the most interesting and musical output I have yet heard from this app.

[wertstahl]

Actually, this is not really *new* but it is nonetheless pretty cool. The smiley in the beginning also adds pretty much to the atmosphere... Wonder if that could have been optimised if one timeshifted (not cut!) the pauses to make the speech fit the beat more close, without making it a collage. And i would add fades and titles. DO IT! This rawx!

[franciscomercado130]

this is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!

[marilltwilight]

that's really funny XD

he is a great singer... with Songsmith ;-)

[Tailsgeek]

lolololol THE OBAMA SONG obama Obama lol the amazing uplifting OBAMA! YAAAAAAAAAAAY!

[ExPlunk]

ahahahahahahaha hilarious

[ponkothewretched]

haha

[xTEHWAFFLESx2]

infinite lulz!

[bobzilla211]

for some reason the first 30 seconds or so really reminds me of talking heads.

[Gibbonito]

HAHAHAHAHAHA

[m00tc0w86]

hahahah!

[trfccurt07]

Haha Brilliant

[Filthenburg]

That beat made me shit my pants in laughter!

[alemao939]

"Hello Chicago!!" uhauhauhauha

really seems to be a musical concert

[jamiemurphyxxx]

this video has a good amount of views

[antonio610]

It's like a mix of world music and porn movie soundtrack.

[solene7]

magina que vc leu a superinteressante

[QuemSou]

0:09

hehehehehehehe

[ginasty]

haha love the ending

[RaddiKat]

Reminds me of Sims?O:

lol.

[newolowa]

If you look waay back to the first comment, that's exactly what I thought too. ;-P

[Vulcandor]

Idk why but reminds of the sims 2 lol... maybe the loading theme =/

[chernicharo85]

Crap

I thought the same shit

really

[gax908]

yea it does...

[dmoogle2006]

I hadn't thought anything could be more obvious than a troll, but I guess I was wrong. An obvious troll who states the obvious is obviously a troll.

[kwertallent]

You just blew my mind.

[Flo2393]

Amazing! Best video, it´s just great

[imontape]

this is just sick XD

[rsspoland]

AHAHAHAHA this smiley ROX!

[rufensiean]

ZOMG!

[erick103]

*PEES PANTS FROM LAUGHTER*

[anttRVD]

lolol badass

[xhiea666]

this is actually amazing

[satanspilz]

haha very funny the smiley in the beginning :-D

[max29297]

lmao please let me download this.

[clajack]

awesome

[vs9590]

XD not that bad at all

[OMGulator]

Try using a Billy Mays advert next. :D

[FinHit]

This is an instant classic! Good job!

[moonlitmurloc]

After the incomparable success of the Seinfeld/Gates Vista commercials, Microsoft has asked Barack Obama to star in their next mind-numbingly long commercial for Songsmith and he accepted!

[trinaclaren]

in honor of Obama, Windows Obama would be released in the future by Microsoft, or maybe after Windows 7

[marieantoinette510]

dämlich.

[sistermol]

wow...

i like it

[fishynumber2]

Oh my god it's so good!

[sleighte]

good lord this is amazing, all speeches should be backed up by songsmith

[Colosphe]

I actually payed attention to his speech for once!

[k1001001]

Ladies and gentlemen, to the class of 99, WEAR SUNSCREEN.

[kylecasp]

So hypnotic! Must... blindly... follow...

noooo!

[VJFranzK]

it's "melodic IDM" ;-)

[sciencectn]

That doesn't sound all that bad!

[goldlw1]

lol, it has nothign to do with his ability to speak, lol, anyone could talk and it would make something to it.

[davyinatoga]

Obama's the new Tupac Shakur

"That's just the way it i~s

Things will never be the same

That's just the way it i~s, oh yeah."

[Gemmwah]

i am so glad i'm not the only person who heard that.

[josx23]

sweet as hellllllll.

[hadesofspades]

Wow, Obama has quite a rhythm to his speeches. Perhaps this is why people are so captivated by them - they are compelled to stay in sync with him, much like with a musician.

[alanmcconachie]

And remember.  Always wear sunscreen...

[novayarussia]

This is the most epic video ever

[randomflyingpigeons]

This was an awesome idea XD

[TeehpodT]

sounds like a dream sequence from a super mario game. if it were a single, i'd call it something like "super obario vs. the dream eaters".

[zuizuixD]

3PIC

SUPER OBARIO lmao

[UltravioletShanghai]

haha, it just get's worse and worse as you follow through the songsmith vids on youtube. Amazing!

[tgirl2323]

He's fucking brilliant at rhetorics, and the fact that Songsmith is able to extract a rhythm and cadences from his speech is ample illustration. I want to be able to speak like this.

[aemaury]

that rhythm detection is pretty badass

[goobag123]

haha you know that obama's tapping his foot under the podium

[Burthark]

Obama rocks!

[towthelion]

wow, that was almost like a lullaby *yawn* I'm sleepy

[Clymaxx]

lmao. Perfect. What better song for his speaking theme?

[mindreeder93]

hahahah epic. i kinda want this program despite the stupid ass commercial XD

[Aquelll]

Haha, I waited all the time when he starts singing :D

[dekaydSteve]

Oh wow...he speaks with cadence.

Wonder what effect that might have on the listener?

Cadence.

What effects might implanting harmonics in speech have?

I should look this up on the internets...but I bet if I search for cadence I'll just find a bunch of hot naked girls and end up...well you know.

f-it. I'm on.

[dkcot]

"What effects might implanting harmonics in speech have?"

...singing?

[dandvd]

Warren Harding had an awesome voice, and he became president, partly thanks to that.

[alx452]

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha that sounds funny!

[owensad]

LOLZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

[alicefelldown]

Chichago??

[newolowa]

Fixed!

[Verdoux007]

This is so soothing.

[homelesstaco]

best songsmith video. hands down.

[craigk87]

Barack does have rhythm...

[nevermind1534]

The music goes surprisingly well with it.

[giladsinger]

He is a really rythmical speaker! :D

[mechamancer]

you know I think all his speeches need to have a backing track now

[sporks5000]

I too wouldn't mind this becoming a trend...

[kdl0]

really? you like being subliminally influenced when someone's trying to sell something to you?

[creamaster]

Duh!

Waddya think we've been spending our life in front of the TV for?

[patchwork74]

Wher'es Chichago? In the land of Chaching?

[puandbe]

Oh, i think not, it's in the United States of AmeRICHa...hahaha...

*sorry, it wan't funny, just my own stupid joke*

[flyworld3]

You're an idiot.

[puandbe]

Of course i am, and you too!:)

[frogbird]

Sounds like The Sims music. President Sims

[joeb223]

Kinda sounds like Aphex Twin O_O

[kcheverie]

haha, it does.

[tehb0ll0x]

Except Songsmith doesn't make music by bashing it's head against a keyboard.

[erozC]

Sounds like Speak the Hungarian Rapper (search for it here :D)

[SmooveCLee]

I DON'T WANT A WAR

ForumWarz ref FTW!

[gidtok]

nice

[mslvc2011]

The claps are perfect.

[snipthascissor]

holy shit that got really good near the end

[MadMaulkin]

holy holy holy SongSmith, this is the best ever!

He's in beat! Fantastisk! this must be what acid feels like!

Hope his daugthers show this to him!