The Song Tapper

RAIN's newsletter headline read, "Space bars of the world unite to help you name that pesky tune".



From David Pogue's New York Times Tech Blog: "Ever have a song stuck in your head, but can’t remember what it’s called, or even who sang it?

"If you at least know how it goes, try this astonishing Web site, suggested to me by a reader: It’s SongTapper.com.

"Basically, you tap your Space bar in the rhythm of the melody notes–'Lu-cy in the sky-yyyy, with di-i-a-monds' or whatever–and, incredibly, the site guesses which song you meant.

"In my very few tries, it did amazingly well. (It also offers a link to the iTunes music store so you can hear 30 seconds of the actual song for free, to confirm its wisdom.)"

Read the entire post at David Pogue's blog, Pogue's Posts.


The Time Machine Crew were amazed that The Song Tapper got the first attempt at "Moon River". It couldn't figure out "Born Free" or "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" but it did get "Those Were The Days". Before we wasted our entire day we stopped at those four songs so that we wouldn't start to do the entire ABBA catalog or "Helter Skelter" by The Beatles. Current score: two to two. That's fifty percent for our five minutes.