A Must Listen: The Steve Jobs Song [Video]
MG Siegler
Jul 24, 2010

I thought I was a fanboy. I’ve got nothing on Jonathan Mann.

Regular readers may recall that Mann is the guy behind the Bing jingle (which we didn’t like – but students did, or were forced to), the song about me (which we did like), and most recently, the iPhone 4 antenna song (which not only did we love, but apparently Apple did too). Mann, touched by the fact that Apple decided to play his song at their press conference last Friday, decided to follow it up with a serenade for CEO Steve Jobs.

Warning: if some of my posts about Apple drive you crazy, this song is going to make your head explode.

We have lyrics like:

  • “If that sounds like Moses, it’s no accident. The cult of Macintosh is a religion.”
  • “We bow down to products that make us weep. The beauty of simplicity. The shepherd and his sheep.”
  • “In his guarded temple, there’s a beating drum. And it’s made of glass and of aluminum.”

But the craziest thing about this song is that it’s good. Seriously. It’s so damn catchy. Mann continues to impress.

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  • George

    Anyone want to gather around the campfire?

  • robert

    let’s gather around a toilet. I am about to blow chucks.

  • robert

    *chunks

  • Jill Harper

    i don’t like this one. i loved the antenna song.

  • Nick

    It’s not your posts about Apple that drive me crazy, but your terrible usage and rudimentary grasp of the English language.

  • Adwizer.com

    A ballad song for Apple fanboys…. they need it so much these days….

  • Nick

    *Holds up lighter and sways back and forth*

  • nick

    Holy cow, I thought I was bad this guy is like on another level entirely.

  • kan

    How sad that a man in his thirties is happy to call himself a fan boy.

    Are you even married? Do you have kids? What a world we live in today when people want to love a brand mroe than the wonderful things that exist in this world today.

    MG if you are single please stay single – we would all pay for you to keep your egens out of the gene pool.

  • San

    WOW!

  • San

    Apple hater should probably read some other article, why wasting time here :)

  • Victor Prieto

    Too funny! I bet old Steve didn’t know he’d have a song made out to him!

    and to all the haters

    I hate Windows!

    and wish Linux was bought by Apple

    ha!

  • http://jobsin3d.blogspot.com/ 3djobs

    Lol.

  • steve

    You never need a comma before “but”. Nice try though.

  • another perspective

    mann is smart. just like elew (forgot his name… the rockjazz guy). it’s extremely tough to breakout as a musician. at some point you figure plan A didn’t work (that single you worked on as a teen/early career didn’t work out en masse). so plan B is exactly what these guys are doing. Why the hate? both musicians subscribe to “know thy audience” and they represent a crop of artists that use unconventional means to rise above the noise.
    keep it up mann.

  • steve

    How sad are you that you can’t see this is just a bit of fun?

  • Luke

    But… But you can’t… You can’t buy Linux, because… Oh never mind, I’m just going to go over here and use the Internet for what it’s best at. *closes door*

  • http://www.thegraphicmac.com James

    What most of us really hate is “tards” like you, Nick. Apparently you have nothing better to do than complain about grammar. Is that really the best you can do? I think most people would just assume you shut the hell up if you have nothing more interesting to contribute.

    Same goes for all the “MG is a Mac fanboy” crap. Thank you captains’ obvious. He’s the Mac correspondent here, so yeah he writes a lot of Apple-related articles and tidbits. Why oh why do you continue to read and comment on Apple-related articles if you don’t like Apple or their products? Again, do you have nothing better to do?

    I don’t like Windows OS, and I certainly don’t waste even 5 seconds of my time commenting on it in web forums or articles (which I don’t read to begin with).

  • Michael Wilson

    I guess he’ll stay single. Or married some day… to a guy. You know, apple is for gay only.

  • http://www.theultimateworkstation.com chris

    this video was kinda lame. Like the antennae song better.

  • http://marketmpb.blogspot.com Matt Blum

    hahaha, i dont think its that bad….

    thanks for posting

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  • John Gaylord

    Sweetheart, come back to bed!

  • http://apple.com Steve Jobs

    I like it.

  • SaffyreSky

    OMG, Its finally happened…. Apple turned into a religion complete with gospel music…… I’m scared.

    I wonder what an Apple Apocalypse would be like…

  • http://www.seslimuhabbet.com seslimuhabbet

    very good thank you administrator.

  • bjohn

    You never ‘need’ a comma before but, but it’s not like you can’t have one there.

  • bluesky

    Like for something turns fanatical. Love it/like it, but don’t go all the way. It is sad if people start crying with it. It might be a mental problem. lol.

  • http://www.stagename.com Josh Barkin

    I just doesn’t get any geekier than this seriously…

  • Steve

    I, never, thought, of, that.

  • MC

    It’s appropriate for that usage.

  • MC

    Yeah? Then why did you spend all that time typing such a long rant?

  • steve

    Nope.

  • Shahe

    Epic.

  • kell

    Haven’t had enough with this rock cookie bottom man? Especially, when he created that abnormal looking bing- advertisement last year? http://2su.de/lkm

  • cinnak

    It sure is

  • cinnak

    +1 for good point

  • cinnak

    nah, too obvious.

  • cinnak

    post spam again and i’ll murder you

  • http://twitter.com/DavidCMurphy David Murphy

    I think you mean iPhone, not lighter

  • Alfie

    *iPhone with Zippo app.

  • http://www.reverselookphone.com phone number lookup

    @Victor Prieto:

    Ofcourse he wouldn’t know. He’s too busy for that.

  • foobar

    Restraining order time.

  • Kent99

    There are all kinds of fanboys. There are Ford and Chevy fanboys, Dewalt or Milwaukee powertool fanboys, Coke and Pepsi Fanboys, Golfing fanboys, Knicks vs. Laker fanboys and a million others.

    Men in general that have a hobby or interest all turn into some sort of fanboy of some concept, sport or gadget. Its in our nature.

  • Kent99

    MG, you wrote on your post about Cookie Bottom’s video directed at you the following:

    ” Cookie Bottom and MG will be having a jingle-off at a time and place to be announced shortly.”

    Have you surrendered without even firing off the first jingle?

  • Mad Persian

    I am a fan of funny songs and Apple and i still think this is a pretty terrible song.

  • Kent99

    Aw, a little N.azi racial science to go with your advise? Keep out certain people from the gene pool. Nice.

  • Ray Burt

    To quote MG (see his critique of the Bing song):

    ‘ “Catchy” is one word for it. Another is “awful.” ‘

    You couldn’t have said it better, MG. And it applies equally or even more so to this song.

  • Ray Burt

    Because at some level journalism is supposed to be unbiased. MG has shown time and time again that he doesn’t subscribe to unbiased reporting. The fact that people continue to call him out on it is a reminder to the public consuming MG’s one-sidedness, that it’s just that. Readers should be made aware of editorializing when authors don’t.

    Will MG change? Of course not. That’s not the point of the comments. The point is to provide an important check-and-balance on opinion versus fact.

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    the song is OK… not too good…
    I just downloaded an album from
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    the songs are awesome…
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  • http://www.tailormypc.com James Spinosa

    Wow, that sucked. It actually reminded me of the only time I have walked out of a theater.

  • http://www.ihyder.com Hyder

    lol this song is funny :P

  • http://www.thelottoblackbookreview.net Jay

    Wow next single: My apples sucks featuring that guy…BOoooooooooooooooooooooooooo

  • Bigdeal

    Ray I would like to point out that this is a BLOG!. I am not sure bloggers should be held accountable as journalists do in terms of reporting. All blogs as far as I am concerned should be considered editorials.

    cheers

  • Waggy Wow

    Ive always wondered what Steve Jobs closet looks like? blue jeans on one side, black turtle necks on the other??

    Lou
    http://www.real-anonymity.at.tc

  • http://www.bestmusicever.net Dave

    I totally agree with you. Too bad that every “fan” of something has to be taken down a couple of pegs with the “fanboy” term.

    Oh well, I’ve been called worse!

  • Suraj

    If he is given a choice, he’ll crucify all reporters which biased according to him.

  • http://motinka.wordpress.com mudisoft

    go on. make him even more famous, TC :?

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  • BlackMamba

    Love the concept, but this song is terrible. Part of Hell’s ever repeating playlist would include this guy’s song.

    Good thing you don’t work as A&R for a record label MG Siegler. (I meant that in a good way)

  • MC

    Are you serious?

  • http://www.onlinesafety411.com Jack

    Reminds of the waco texas colt… david coresh is now steve jobs! hahahaha.

  • http://calorieshiftingdiets.org calorie shifting diet

    antennae song is a bt more entertaining ) anyway, great vid !

  • Chuck S

    Thanks, that’s big of you.

  • Serious

    Yes,

  • Ray Burt

    True, a blog can be editorial in nature and usually is. But, many people need to be reminded of that when they read blog postings that pose as news articles. Reading Bloomberg is so much more valuable than reading blogs — when it comes to facts.

    When it comes to opinions, MG is second to none at providing them in the context of news articles. That combination is the danger of blogs..and MG takes it to the nth degree.

  • Nader

    Ohh! the Ad Hominem

  • http://digitizor.com Ricky Laishram

    How can anyone buy Linux?

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