Shazam
So it’s here. Possibly the most hyped consumer tech product in recent history (apart from Ginger) has finally arrived and it is mindblowing. Shazam has morphed from not-here-yet near myth to jaw dropping ‘how do they do that?’ actuality over night and I am in awe. So far, it’s correctly guessed Little Johnny Taylor’s ‘Starting All Over Again’, Iggy’s ‘No Fun’, White Stripes’ ‘Pretty Good Looking’, The Meters’ ‘Jambalaya’, Bob Dylan’s ‘Sara’ and Johnny Cash’s ‘Mary of the Wild Moor’ and failed only with ‘Sad Skinhead’ by Faust. Krautrock coverage not up to scratch yet, evidently. I get the feeling I could go bankrupt trying to catch it out again, though. Stunning.
In which I try, after 25 years of blogging, to drop my ironic stance a bit.