Thursday, December 24, 2009

Shazam

Desert Rose, by Sting - a number that I have heard several times in the past, but did not know who sang it (I really don't know much beyond Bollywood music). I could not get the lyrics to search on the web either. It was a song that I wanted. So, here I was, checking in at the Sheraton right next to LAX two nights back. And this number started playing in the lobby. I immediately started the Shazam app on my iPhone. I wasn't too hopeful, as there was a lot of background noise and the song wasn't being played loud either. But to my surprise, Shazam got it! And I bought the song off iTunes right there. It was the first time I used the latest version of Shazam. The previous version had failed in cases with background noise. But I think they have a cool tool now. Two thumbs up!

2 comments:

Jagannath Moorthy said...

I'd heard of Shazam, but never experienced it, to see that it works so well is truly amazing.

Meaning..What? said...

Sting bought an island next to my place recently and the construction of a house is going on!!i guess i can say hi to him some day!