For better or for worse, Microsoft’s Songsmith has become today’s internet story.

Songsmith allows anyone to record their own pop songs, thus, you sing into the microphone and the computer creates music for you.

Microsoft released a promotional video for Songsmith which became viral, but more importantly, a laughing stock. In fact, there are several Songsmith reinterpretations that have been posted on YouTube, and many of the videos have been viewed more than a hundred thousand times.

Of course I took the time and clicked on some videos and this is a must watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d77eycBpuBY

The bottome line?

“Proof that computers shouldn’t be allowed to make music,” wrote one. Another said: “After you hear a few, your brain implodes into a sludge, and they start to sound bad-good. Or good-bad.”