Just in time to get you in that purchasing mood for Black Friday comes a Seagate-sponsored video from the Sniper Twins (above) that looks like something from SNL. Called “Computer Friends” [Stack the Memory], two white rappers sing about the need to upgrade their computers. It’s so bad you can’t stop watching it. And the music is catchy too.
1.5 terabytes,
stack the memory to the sky . . .
Oh God, I can’t get it out of my head.
Wow, a hip and fit IT Guy. Never seen that before.
Thanks dude. Cool name.
I think we can just blame Scoble, no?
I was hoping that he would make a Cameo
Ah, Seagate becoming a media company. How sweet. After returning 4 of these 1.5TB drives as *lemons* I’m afraid Seagate will share the destiny of another media company. Microsoft, are you listening?
– Joe
The low-rider office chair move @ 4:15 makes the video. “30 day trial” Sweet!
I wouldn’t say addictively bad. It’s not bad enough. But its good. I mean, bad.
Haha, that’s cute.. but not addictive.
Hehe – spot the Symantec and Mcafee name drops!
It’s not bad – it’s Nerdcore
This is freakin great. Best thing I’ve seen on tachcrunch in a while.
I didn’t realize it had anything to do with seagate till the end. Great video but I feel like seagate isn’t getting much exposure or brand boost from it.
that is jus too interesting, go dudes
Yo whaddup rammy, rommy, and bangs…
Those 1.5TB drives… argh.
1TB work better.
I kinda like it.
Actually, it wasn’t half bad. And I’m rap fan so I was really expecting horrible wackiness. Okay, it’s definitely wack but it’s not so bad for what it is.
did seagate thank itself at the end?
every computer in it was a mac.
I opened up my MacBookPro (my brother in law used to work at Apple) and inside was a Seagate drive. My PlayStation has a Seagate drive inside it too. Oh, and the Google data center I was inside? They had all Seagate drives too. Rackspace? Uses Seagate. Wait until you see the factory tour we’re editing up from our trip to China.
Might I add, the opening verse is actually pretty solid. Then it sorts of trails off in terms of lyrics and flow.
That’s my verse uptop. Thanks bro!
Reminds me of this other great hard drive PR song: http://www.hita...rAnimation.html
I cringed.
That was terribad.
That was the best.. I loved it.. Coolest Computer Rap video..
That’s going to be in my head all day..
Hahaha, I loved it. Great humor for anyone who’s been a geek in the valley.
Great fun, but I agree with Mo, it should be about half the length for Seagate to get better exposure as a sponsor… besides, who needs to watch a music video that’s more then a 3 minutes long? Anyhow, they did a good job and it’s funny… I’ll be singing along!
whaaaaa
dugg
I dont think is very bad, though it seemd wacky the first time.
this is hysterical! love it
Best start-up Ive seen in a while. http://www.snipertwins.com/
This is how to make money in the online vid game…
You know, that could have been a good song. Or rather, the song was okay. But the video? Somebody clearly failed the class about related imagery in film school. Let’s just say when I think of upgrading computers, “pimping” them to use a term that seems related to this song… Mac is the last thing that comes to mind. And as for fault in the song itself – I have rarely used a Mac so I can’t be sure, but I was surprised to hear the lyrics ctrl+alt+del in this song. I thought that was a PC exclusive.
I will never listen to Led Zeppelin again…
nice product placement,
Hmm. Anyone that actually understands the words from that song is going to be making their purchase based on price vs performance, not this video.
Those that buys based on the following thought process “ahh, yeah I have heard of that company, ill buy that brand” probably would’nt get this video at all…
awesome. I like it
Haha this video is awesome, extra points for using TekServe here in the New York as the computer store
Complain all you want, this song is still significantly better than what most of the unsigned “artists” on MySpace come up with.
wow very funny stuff
Didn’t Weird Al Yankovic do a song like this already? A Better song?
I’m gonna be honest, these kids are SICK, this is amazing and funny too. I don’t at all agree this is bad, unless of course you mean bad like a 90’s retard…
I’m gonna be honest, these kids are SICK, this is amazing and funny too. I don’t at all agree this is bad, unless of course you mean bad like a 90’s retard…