Digg, The Song

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1. Eric Locken
   

   December 23rd, 2007 at 8:14 pm

   I have heard it all now. Give me strength.

   btw When is it being release on itunes?

2. Michael Arrington
   

   December 23rd, 2007 at 8:16 pm

   I REALLY need to get this song onto my iPod.

3. Cooper Mor
   

   December 23rd, 2007 at 8:22 pm

   http://digg.com/tech_news/Digg_The_Song

4. Michael Arrington
   

   December 23rd, 2007 at 8:32 pm

   Cooper - this thing is already on the top of Digg, as it should be.

5. MadMax3000
   

   December 23rd, 2007 at 8:33 pm

   That’s song was pretty good… congrats girls….

   If you need beats, go to http://www.givemebeats.com

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6. Cooper Mor
   

   December 23rd, 2007 at 8:35 pm

   My bad, should’ve scanned the front page first. Sorry! (wouldn’t be offended if you deleted both my comments)

7. BubbleHead
   

   December 23rd, 2007 at 8:36 pm

   Double digg bait. First for the song, and second for the techcrunch article about the song. Sad.

8. Mezeri
   

   December 23rd, 2007 at 8:36 pm

   Did Dan Akerman make this video for Digg?

   Seems a bit commercial to me

9. BubbleHead
   

   December 23rd, 2007 at 8:42 pm

   One of the lamest things about Digg is how many stories about Digg show up on the front page of Digg. When I go to the New York Times, I don’t go to read a bunch of stories about the New York Times, yet apparently news and references to Digg are the main topic of interest to Digg users.

   In a way, it makes the whole site a sad echo chamber.

10. cezinho
    

    December 23rd, 2007 at 8:44 pm

    for the record, it’s congressman ron paul - NOT senator ron paul

11. Sarah Meyers
    

    December 23rd, 2007 at 8:53 pm

    Catchy!

12. Matt Huggins
    

    December 23rd, 2007 at 9:00 pm

    Meh

13. Amit Chowdhry
    

    December 23rd, 2007 at 9:03 pm

    Good voice and guitar-playing skill, but the lyrics are just mediocre.

14. Michael Arrington
    

    December 23rd, 2007 at 9:07 pm

    tough crowd.

15. Jason
    

    December 23rd, 2007 at 9:36 pm

    Buried

    congressman Ron Paul

    And I think congressman goes better in the lyrics

16. lizv
    

    December 23rd, 2007 at 9:48 pm

    tough crowd is right! it’s a catchy song & a great way for her to try & win the superbowl contest.

17. KUDOS!
    

    December 23rd, 2007 at 9:52 pm

    She has what it takes. Charm, humility and not a bad voice at all. Wish her luck!

18. zoso
    

    December 23rd, 2007 at 9:59 pm

    very nice! now we ae waiting for the techcrunch song.
    or maybe an elfyourself version with the editors

19. Ballmer
    

    December 23rd, 2007 at 10:04 pm

    Some really good stuff?

    virb.com/balm/

20. Troll
    

    December 23rd, 2007 at 10:32 pm

    guitar-playing, weed-smelling hippy

21. Amy
    

    December 23rd, 2007 at 10:38 pm

    This song is so catchy and the harmonies are great — I love it! She has my vote!

22. Alex
    

    December 23rd, 2007 at 10:58 pm

    This was great! Thanks for sharing…

23. joe
    

    December 23rd, 2007 at 11:08 pm

    I think this is a marketing effort of MySpace to squeeze more market share from facebook. Just speculation. Reason 1: these girls are too cute to be “real ones”; reason 2: go to her blog and you will see the need to sign up a MySpace account to support her. “tell your facebook friends” - that is fishy. Still, I really like the song and the girl.

24. Jake Bouma
    

    December 23rd, 2007 at 11:19 pm

    Don’t forget the Facebook song!

25. ZiZi
    

    December 23rd, 2007 at 11:22 pm

    I would bet 1 dollar that this whole thing is paid by digg… one whole daalah!!

26. Ryan
    

    December 23rd, 2007 at 11:23 pm

    This is exactly why digg isn’t amazing. The potential is there but this kind of BS gets to the top. Does anyone agree?

    http://actionstalk.com

27. other
    

    December 23rd, 2007 at 11:26 pm

    “She has what it takes. Charm, humility and not a bad voice at all.”

    I love how all it takes now is “not a bad voice at all.” Thanks American Idol for ruining the standards of great music by giving half-ass musicians delusions of grandeur.

28. i am under age
    

    December 23rd, 2007 at 11:40 pm

    @26 Ryan, i agree with you.

29. James Thomas
    

    December 23rd, 2007 at 11:48 pm

    Slashdot > Digg.

30. Amit Chowdhry
    

    December 23rd, 2007 at 11:58 pm

    Here Comes Another Bubble raised the bar on tech-related songs. Its hard to compete against something like that. But I do have to admit that I think this song is much better than Valleyfreude (http://valleywag.com/tech/family-business/a-facebook-insider-dances-her-way-to-the-ipo-276235.php)

31. Orli Yakuel
    

    December 24th, 2007 at 12:10 am

    Excellent!

32. John Erik
    

    December 24th, 2007 at 12:22 am

    hey, but michael, you’re not going to help her out unless you post what she is trying to accomplish with that video — she may have youtube fame now, but she is trying to get people to vote for her so she can have her music video played at the superbowl:

    “Don’t forget to go to http://www.crashthesuperbowl.com to vote for me! (You have to login to MySpace to vote…urk…but it’s worth it!) There’s just one week left! Leave a comment if you vote so I know who to thank! :)”

33. John Erik
    

    December 24th, 2007 at 12:33 am

    btw. yes! the song is awesome. hhehe

34. britney spears
    

    December 24th, 2007 at 12:38 am

    Mike’s IPOD. he download infamous leave britney spears alone.

35. Ouriel Ohayon
    

    December 24th, 2007 at 1:00 am

    le s take a bet: she receives at least one proposal from a label/major within the next 2 weeks (does not mean she ll accept)

36. Nick
    

    December 24th, 2007 at 2:04 am

    Take a look at this Facebook song (not the same as previously mentioned) –

    http://www.rhettandlink.com/videos/facebook-song

    It’s hilarious.

37. Matt
    

    December 24th, 2007 at 4:21 am

    for those that doubt that these are ‘real’ digg girls, i know the girl on the right and know for a fact she uses digg

38. Rex Dixon
    

    December 24th, 2007 at 5:29 am

    @30 - yes, but that was like weird Al - this tune is original, and pretty damn good. Somebody will snatch her up quickly if they are smart. Get her in a real studio to lay some tracks. Interesting enough, I wonder if it will be a traditional label or something created online?

    Rex

39. Jay Adelson
    

    December 24th, 2007 at 5:41 am

    This is a great song! How did you find this? Best Digg Fan submission yet.

    -Jay

    P.S… We’re working on the comments…

40. cvander
    

    December 24th, 2007 at 6:26 am

    I’m downloding the song to my ipod with filsh.net. Great one!

41. dc
    

    December 24th, 2007 at 6:50 am

    Michael,

    What is the deal with your love for digg.com? Everything about that site ends up on techcrunch and written by you. Something is going on here.

42. Paul
    

    December 24th, 2007 at 6:56 am

    @dc - “Something is going on here.” Yes, that something is that it’s Michael’s blog. *gasp*

    This song rocks, and it has to be said, the chick is very hot.

43. Jesse
    

    December 24th, 2007 at 7:04 am

    35, 38 - Are you serious? No legit label is going to offer this girl a deal…

    “Get her in a real studio to lay some tracks.”
    With acoustic music like this you don’t need to be in a studio to sound good. Just about every band these days self-records, and every other kid in America wants to become a rock star.

    If she recorded a good album she would get a deal, but a cute Digg song is not going to draw any attention from any decent label.

    I feel bad for this girl for all the publicity she is getting for this. It is only going to make it worse when she doesn’t go anywhere, but that is what she gets for using Digg to promote herself.

    If you want to promote something and actually have it become popular, definitely don’t depend on Digg. Publicity from Digg, TechCrunch, Slashdot, Reddit, etc is only going to bring a spike in the short-run.

    If you want fans or a user base that stick around for the long-run, you better have a good product, whether that is a web app or an album.

44. Gavin Schulz
    

    December 24th, 2007 at 7:24 am

    Awesome song, it’s hilarious.

45. Yako
    

    December 24th, 2007 at 8:16 am

    PR to the work. Anyway great result

46. RC
    

    December 24th, 2007 at 10:09 am

    I have voted for you already. She is a talent!

47. Jared
    

    December 24th, 2007 at 10:11 am

    Wow, did that just happen?

48. Directory Blog
    

    December 24th, 2007 at 10:39 am

    This is really a cool song, I was thinking that some thing like this will surely come up.

49. Bob
    

    December 24th, 2007 at 11:26 am

    I hate digg.com, this song just re-enforces why.

50. Fake Kevin Rose
    

    December 24th, 2007 at 11:53 am

    digg me MOAR1! i DIGG these chicks!

    disclaimer*im not actually fake kevin rose, perhaps im fake fake kevin rose

51. ivvardhan
    

    December 24th, 2007 at 12:12 pm

    Nice one! I think this what happens in many cases

52. steveg
    

    December 24th, 2007 at 12:16 pm

    To Jesse, 43:

    She has a couple albums that are very, very good that you can get to quickly through the links. This song isn’t for record labels, it’s for fans and digg users.

    Of course a cute song on digg won’t get you a record deal, but the point was to draw some quick attention, both to her other more legit tracks, and also (more immediately) to get fan votes for the myspace/superbowl contest she’s in. And it’s fun for the digg userbase.

    You should poke around the site and do some more research (or just read the descriptions) before giving us the tirade about ‘authenticity’. It’s that sort of attitude that ruins digg/slashdot — not a few girls just having fun.

53. David Berkowitz
    

    December 24th, 2007 at 1:40 pm

    TechCrunch should stick to web reviews, not music reviews.

54. Saim Baig
    

    December 24th, 2007 at 1:58 pm

    Hey nice song.Very nice.That Microsoft & apple thing was great.

55. Marco Bonomo
    

    December 24th, 2007 at 3:29 pm

    New Version!

56. Marco Bonomo
    

    December 24th, 2007 at 3:31 pm

    Sorry, not the original, but The New Version!

57. Paul King
    

    December 24th, 2007 at 4:51 pm

    really good - here’s a GREAT Facebook song -

    “Facebook Admirer” by Kelsey Skaggs -

    http://www.myspace.com/kelseyskaggs

58. Jon
    

    December 24th, 2007 at 6:49 pm

    How long do other people think before they get signed up by a record label? They are pretty talented.

    Jon

59. Dog Turd Recycling
    

    December 25th, 2007 at 5:05 am

    Digg is full of Mactards and Linuxers in their parents’ basement.

60. Christopher Harley
    

    December 25th, 2007 at 7:50 am

    C’mon folks, this is Wonka 101. Is it so hard to peg the technique? It’s web-media jet fuel. A song about Digg that mentions Kevin Rose, Ron Paul, and Apple! Of course it’s going viral . She’s getting attention by accessing the crowd. How many people knew who she was two days ago? Today, more than 120,000 people have watched the video.

    If Doritos doesn’t use this to their advantage by building anticipation during the SuperBowl, someone in their advertising division will be looking for another job that following Monday. If it’s left to a MySpace vote and she doesn’t win it, Tostitos should snap her up for use in their SuperBowl campaign.

61. Dfactor
    

    December 25th, 2007 at 9:10 am

    Thanks to Chris Hurley for pointing out the obvious here - geez, for all you smart web developers and entrepreneurs here, you ain’t thinking marketing/PR are ya? This vid is no different than other viral wannabes that cram in a buttload of techpop references to drive that video around.

    Merry Christmas…

62. David Mackey
    

    December 25th, 2007 at 9:18 pm

    lol. I love it.

63. bloggo
    

    December 29th, 2007 at 10:10 am

    This is painfully lame. Stuff like this makes me want to kill myself.

64. Samwise
    

    December 29th, 2007 at 5:57 pm

    Ron Paul isn’t a Senator….

65. eillensamson.com
    

    December 29th, 2007 at 6:42 pm

    Wow….what a nice self-composed song…I’m from Malaysia…Way to go…Gotta DIgg!!! Waiting for ur 1st release album:) Gotta Digg Boleh!

66. Alan Gutierrez
    

    January 4th, 2008 at 9:12 am

    Hilarious and fun. Very creative. Instant Internet hit.

67. Benjammin
    

    January 7th, 2008 at 5:00 pm

    Check out Facebook Admirer by Kelsey Skaggs;
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoL5riuNa0o

    Very cool song..and she’s cute too!!!