You may remember our previous coverage of the CBS show
Jingles, in which ordinary Americans will have the chance to write little ditties about some of America's most beloved consumer products and win $100 grand, thus depriving many indie musicians of a potential revenue source and giving the Tiffany Network a little budgetary wiggle room for some wild
Early Show wrap parties. Last night the casting director of the show dropped me a line with news of auditions, and reading it over made me think, "Hey,
I could do that." But then I realized that being on TV and blogging would probably kill me, so my next thought was, "Hey, our readers should totally do that!" No, really. All of you reading this are smart, and music-savvy, and you can all put a sentence together. So c'mon guys! Let's get a bunch of teams together and show the people how music is
made! (I'm 100% serious about this.)
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It was only a matter of time before marketing departments dredged up old jingles and forced them through a 21st-century DIY makeover from hell. Case in point: McDonald's "Two all beef patties special sauce lettuce cheese pickles onions on a sesame seed bun" ditty from the '70s, which is now the subject of an official MySpace competition to see who has the most time to waste on recording their own version of the song. Not wanting to leave any demographic behind, McDonald's has also launched a Spanish version of the website, complete with a translated version of the jingle. Unable to resist the lure of singing the Big Mac jingle in Spanish, I took it upon myself to submit an entry to the "Latino" category. My jingle after the jump.
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