More Cowbell
Christopher Walken's 'More Cowbell' skit for SNL holds a special place in my heart. So I literally squealed out loud when I saw More Cowbell in the App Store.
Certainly not filed under Productivity, the application presents you with a large cowbell, while the voice of Bruce Dickinson -- yes, the Bruce Dickinson -- lets you know that he's gotta have more cowbell. Outstanding.
So tap away, Gene, tap away -- preferably to the tune of (Don't Fear) the Reaper. Don't do yourself a disservice.
Remember, everyone: I put my pants on, just like the rest of you, one leg at a time. Except, once my pants are on, I make gold records.
[Via Macenstein.]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
matt said 10:25AM on 7-18-2008
Can I say just one thing?
We don't have a whole lot of apps that feature the cowbell!
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colby said 10:54AM on 7-18-2008
ha!
nice.
Brooklynguy said 12:45PM on 7-18-2008
On a technical note: this app doesn't work. Almost half the reviews of it on the iTunes apps store testify to same. I cannot get it to work on my iPhone. And the instructions they give for getting it to work--"Check your Settings app, and under General, make sure "Sound Effects" is set to Both" are ridiculous, since users don't have any such setting on iPhone 2.0 software.
Brooklynguy said 2:05PM on 7-18-2008
OK, my bad! I had vibrate on! Usually putting the iPhone on vibrate does NOT turn off sound to the speaker for things like alarm, iPod, etc., but with Cowbell, it DOES turn off Cowbell's sound. Apologies to the developer.
Tom Zosh said 10:26AM on 7-18-2008
It's cute, but I wish it had more samples from the SNL skit. For example:
"I've got a fever, and the only prescription... is more cowbell!"
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John B said 10:27AM on 7-18-2008
I was exploring the studio space all morning.
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f00fighter said 10:35AM on 7-18-2008
@John B: That's another good one!
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tc said 10:46AM on 7-18-2008
"before we're done here... ya'll be wearin' gold plated diapers."
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mark said 10:47AM on 7-18-2008
Hasn't this been on the Installer for quite some time now? I'm sure it has.
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Gewalt said 11:04AM on 7-18-2008
Oh grate, just what I needed. the mental image of a mac squealing. http://b.imagehost.org/0033/im_a_mac_im_a_pc.jpg Thanks for that robert palmer! (/sarcasm)
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Ed said 11:30AM on 7-18-2008
When I saw this yesterday, I immediately synced it to my Touch and loaded up (Don't Fear) the Reaper.
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Joe Russell said 11:34AM on 7-18-2008
GUESS WHAT-
I got a FEVER, and the only prescription is MORE COWBELL.
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Joe Russell said 11:35AM on 7-18-2008
-Never question the great Bruce Dickenson!
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Jordan said 11:36AM on 7-18-2008
I d/l'ed this the other day, it's a pisser...
This begs an interesting question about the App Store though. When NBC issues the inevitable cease & desist letter to the programmers and they're forced to pull the app down, can we assume this will then remove it from all of our iPhones on the next sync?
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KeynoteKen said 12:51PM on 7-18-2008
Precisely the same thought I had.
Murphy Mac said 11:53AM on 7-18-2008
Cow bell and Lazy Sunday are the only two funny things I can think of in the last five years of SNL. The only reason I was watching was to catch a glance at Tina Fey.
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Murphy Mac said 11:55AM on 7-18-2008
I was going for the word glimpse, but couldn't think of it. Middle age...
Le Big Mac said 12:04PM on 7-18-2008
And more cowbell was in 2000, so well more than 5 years.
coloursinmyhead said 12:24PM on 7-18-2008
Tina Fey's "Bitch is the New Black" riff wasn't shabby.
It's a shame this cowbell app isn't motion sensing btw.
Sean Flanagan said 12:16PM on 7-18-2008
This app has the single best review I have ever seen on the App Store:
"I've got a fever... and the only prescription... is more cowbell! Finally an app that can compete with the light-saber. My wife hates my new iphone." - rKunda
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