It's Time For Violence: A song about Databases

It's my pleasure to introduce the first "production" of one of my developer songs, which I've also sung at the awesome DevTeach conference.

The song talks about my experiences working with a database on a project not too long ago.. I hope you find it... familiar.

This was done with CoolEdit pro, with about 6 tracks of audio, each recorded on my laptop, with a special Guitar to USB Cable I purchased. It's hardly production quality, but I think it's "listenable" enough for people to enjoy.

 

Download the MP3 here.

Other songs I recorded:

Time For Violence

A Song about Databases

Lyrics By Roy Osherove

 

Hello DB My old friend

I need to work with you again

That stored procedure aint lookin' well

Who wrote that trigger should go to jail

and that index, It is slower than a snail

What the hell

 

I guess it's time

For violence

 

Man whoever wrote this code

That bastard's gonna hit the road

Now the customer is gonna sue

Instead of red my face are turning blue

and it seems like

there is no way out of this

there's just a hiss

 

I guess it's time

for violence

 

I'm angry and I want a name

That DBA should be ashamed

What's that you're saying?

It's ME to blame?

That database was MY OWN sick game?

Oh that's right

it was me who did the design

It was mine

 

I guess it's time

For silence

Published Saturday, May 19, 2007 6:31 PM by RoyOsherove

Comments

Saturday, May 19, 2007 9:32 PM by Ayende @ Rahien

# Roy Osherove, It is Time for Violence

Roy Osherove, It is Time for Violence

Sunday, May 20, 2007 12:22 AM by Eber Irigoyen

# re: It's Time For Violence: A song about Databases

clap clap clap
Sunday, May 20, 2007 3:24 AM by Yow-Hann Lee

# re: It's Time For Violence: A song about Databases

Could you also make a reproduction of the agile piece you did at TechEd Europe last year available here too? A classic now.
Sunday, May 20, 2007 3:41 AM by Chris Khoo

# re: It's Time For Violence: A song about Databases

hahaha, if you ever release a comedy music CD specifically directed at IT professionals, let me know... the lyrics are great :-) Chris
Sunday, May 20, 2007 3:43 AM by Yow-Hann Lee - All things Computer Science, .NET

# An Ode To Developer's Bout with Databases

An Ode To Developer's Bout with Databases

Sunday, May 20, 2007 6:11 AM by Denis the SQL Menace

# re: It's Time For Violence: A song about Databases

ROFL
Sunday, May 20, 2007 6:25 AM by BlaBlubBlog

# It's Time For Violence: A song about Databases

Sunday, May 20, 2007 7:31 AM by Pawel Pabich's blog

# Roy even sings to keep us humble :)

Roy even sings to keep us humble :)

Sunday, May 20, 2007 7:31 AM by Blog

# Roy even sings to keep us humble :)

Roy even sings to keep us humble :)

Sunday, May 20, 2007 3:20 PM by Omer van Kloeten

# re: It's Time For Violence: A song about Databases

LOL! Awesome! :D

I'd love to hear some more elaborate stuff, as you get more acquainted with CoolEdit (sheesh, I remember using it back in '96...) :)

Sunday, May 20, 2007 9:15 PM by Dave Woods

# re: It's Time For Violence: A song about Databases

nice job. Can't wait for your other songs to be recorded.
Monday, May 21, 2007 12:13 AM by Gogula Aryalingam

# re: It's Time For Violence: A song about Databases

Well, what could you say...? Marvellous

Monday, May 21, 2007 9:51 AM by Nikita

# re: It's Time For Violence: A song about Databases

lol good stuff
Monday, May 21, 2007 10:00 AM by Around and About .NET World

# La canzone del DBA

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Monday, May 21, 2007 6:03 PM by Dan F

# re: It's Time For Violence: A song about Databases

Haha, awesome dude. So very true

Monday, May 21, 2007 11:05 PM by khanhmy

# re: It's Time For Violence: A song about Databases

:P :D

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Tuesday, May 22, 2007 7:27 PM by Gang

# re: It's Time For Violence: A song about Databases

I am going to use this as the tone for our broken build for our CI :-) Great stuff!
Wednesday, May 23, 2007 4:14 AM by Lars

# re: It's Time For Violence: A song about Databases

Bob Dylan has got nothing on you m8! :)
Wednesday, May 23, 2007 8:13 AM by P.J. van de Sande

# re: It's Time For Violence: A song about Databases

This is great, when is the full album available?
Wednesday, May 23, 2007 11:35 AM by Found on the Web » Like the Bridge

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 3:23 PM by Michael

# re: It's Time For Violence: A song about Databases

Just greatness. :) Thanks for the giggle.
Thursday, May 24, 2007 6:13 AM by WiMaBlog IT-Know How :: Wie nerdig bist du!?

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Thursday, May 24, 2007 8:48 AM by Coding in an Igloo

# Roy Osherove at Edmug

We were lucky enough, with the help of MSDN Canada and DevTeach (thanks Wendy and Jean-Rene), to have...
Friday, May 25, 2007 2:02 PM by Steve Rosenbach

# re: It's Time For Violence: A song about Databases

Excellent, Roy!!

May I offer these lyrics for your consideration?

SQL AGENT MAN!

(with apologies to Johnny Rivers)

... and here are the words, (c) Steve Rosenbach 2005....

<familiar, jangly guitar riff>

There's a man who lives his life for data,

And everyone he meets, they ask a favor

With every move he takes

A recordset he makes

Odds are he'll be queryin' tomorrow.

SQL AGENT MAN! SQL AGENT MAN!

They givin' you a password,

And takin' 'way your name.

Implement a clustered index one day,

Consolidatin' servers on the next day.

Oh, be careful with "sa"

Don't give yourself away

Odds are you'll be queryin' tomorrow.

[Refrain]

Beware the pretty GUI that you're findin'

It hides the data that needs normalizin'

And embedded SQL, too

There's lots for you to do.

Odds are you'll be queryin' tomorrow.

[Refrain]

<jangly guitar outro...>

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Wednesday, May 30, 2007 5:56 AM by soy

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lol
Wednesday, June 13, 2007 11:49 PM by My Stuff :: A song about Databases - Roy Osherove’s Blog

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Friday, June 22, 2007 8:50 AM by Normal people bores me!

# Nuova canzone di Roy: Que Sera Sera

Friday, June 22, 2007 4:23 PM by Glenn Block

# re: It's Time For Violence: A song about Databases

Hilarious.

Monday, June 25, 2007 11:59 AM by ArchitectualInsight

# Time For Violence

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Monday, June 25, 2007 12:37 PM by Sameen

# re: It's Time For Violence: A song about Databases

Hey Roy !!!

This Song is cool , I used in my blog :D  cute sound .. you have like Bee gees. :Do  

I have edit my blog , Removed the direct down load link .. Happy .?

Smile Please:) .. Friends?

Monday, September 24, 2007 1:02 PM by ISerializable - Roy Osherove's Blog

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