Friday Poll: Prefer Yahoo's yodel in metal, funk, or rap?
CNET News Poll
Even a classic jingle needs a refresh now and then.
As part of a $100 million ad campaign, Yahoo had musicians record new versions of the famous Yahoo yodel in 22 musical genres--from disco to ska. The resulting snippets are amazing--in that so-terrible-you-can't-decide-whether-to-stab-your-own-ears-with-a-pen-or-make-these-your-new-ringtone kind of way. At any rate, they've had us cracking up all week, and for this week's Crave Friday Poll, we wanted to invite you to join in on the fun.
So here's a sampling of some of our favorites. Listen to these little bits of musical genius and let us know which one you like best in our poll. We don't want to sway your opinions or anything, but the CNET cubicles have been ringing with (or is that assaulted with?) the sounds of a few editors spontaneously busting out with the final line of "Old Skool 1" at random times. Just sayin'.
Want more? Check out the complete list of revamped yodels here. And remember: Some PC, some prefer the Mac. But if you Yahoo, then we got your back.
Big Band 1
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Funk 1
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Latin 2
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Metal 2
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Miami Bass 2
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Old Skool 1
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Reggae 1
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R&B 2
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Techno 1
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OH and all of these sucked. None were remotely memorable. The jingle is a jingle - hence its mnemonic and memorable. But these just suck. The funk and reagae were the least sucky if i had to pick.
"If ya' got Yahoo, 'den I got yo' back!
- by make_or_break October 20, 2009 2:44 AM PDT
- Metal 2 was hilarious, but Old Skool 1 and R&B 2 weren't far behind. But personally, the ones I think I actually liked the best weren't even IN your list of nine. Bollywood 3 and the Tex-Mex of Latin 5 would be my picks with an honorable mention for 80's Pop 4.
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