14 DAY TRIAL // Yes, Microsoft made its latest operating system Windows Vista an anthem. And no, I am not kidding! Although this is nothing short of hilarious. Forget about the Windows Vista melody... 20 people built the Vista acoustic experience for over 18 months, churning their way through 500 variations just to select the start-up melody of the operating system. 18 months of hard work, produced the four-second long Windows Vista Startup sound. But the Vista startup sound pales in comparison to the Vista anthem.
"Hear the Wow," reads a message posted on Microsoft India. "When you experience the amazing, the incredible, the exhilarating, there is only one way to express it: Wow! The Windows Vista song "Wow is now" sung by the famous singer Sunidhi Chauhan exclusively for the Windows Vista launch, captures this very spirit of exileration."
Right... If that did not put a smile on your face, you should listen to the song. It is a tasteless mixture of happy hip-hop and Indian pop. Something in the line of what a Britney/Kevin collaboration could have turned up. Now, I can't understand a single word in Hindu, but if the lines are as "good" as the English words, then I am surely missing half of the treat.
"Enter Windows Media Center/ Music, radio, video, whatever/ Guaranteed more fun for your pleasure/ let's just say you'll entertain forever/ (...) Windows Vista with a sleek design/ Even if you are a good friend of mine/ Don't even try and ask me to lend you mine/ Cause you only get the Wow when it's genuine!!!"
I can't even remember the last time I laughed so hard. But what's next? Should Microsoft do a video clip? An album? A soap opera? A block buster? A concerto? A play? A video game? If Microsoft starts making little cute Windows Vista puppets I'm out, I'm switching to Linux. The song is available for download on Microsoft India Wow webpage, just right click and select Save Target As. This one is a keeper.