So a few weeks ago I was working on an issue when my cohort Mark Rackley said something to the effect of “How do you solve this problem with SharePoint?” Being so afflicted with Musical ADD, I immediately starting rearranging the lyrics to a song in my head. The song was “How do you Solve a Problem Like Maria” from The Sound of Music, and the lyrics that popped into my head were “How do you solve a problem like SharePoint, how do you put a stop to looping code…” you get the picture.
I mentioned this to Mark and we got a little laugh out of it during the stressful time and SharePoint: The Musical was born. We mentioned this in conversation a few times, but it really got me thinking. So below is my version of SharePoint: The Musical, 80’s edition compilation CD.
1. “Don’t You Know what SharePoint Can Do?” This song is used when marketing SharePoint to your business. It is adapted from the song “Don’t You Know what the Night Can Do?” by Steve Winwood.
2. “Get Outta My Email, Get into SharePoint” Sung by all of us who know and love SharePoint when someone refuses to use a document workspace and sends their 10MB spreadsheet to teams of people for review. Adapted from “Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car” by Billy Ocean.
3. “SharePoint is Gonna Get You” is another one of those marketing songs you’ll be singing to yourself when people are wondering, “What is this SharePoint thing?” Adapted from “Rhythm is Gonna Get You” by Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine.
4. “Saving all my Docs for You” is the song that will be stuck in your head when you create document workspaces, libraries, and document repositories. Adapted from “Saving all my Love for You” by Whitney Houston.
5. For all you SharePint-ers there’s “Pour Some SharePoint On Me.” Adapted from the classic Def Leppard song “Pour Some Sugar On Me.”
6. “SharePoint Drives Me Crazy” is just the song you are looking for when you get frustrated (and you will) with something SharePoint does or doesn’t do that you don’t want or want it to do. You will know it well, it is adapted from “She Drives Me Crazy” by Fine Young Cannibals.
7. At some point after you have sung the previous song, you will begin humming “Devil Inside” by INXS. No real adaptation needed there, because at times, you will definitely feel like SharePoint has the Devil Inside!!!
8. Shortly after singing “Devil Inside” you will begin singing “Never Surrender” by Corey Hart. Again, not much adaptation needed, because you can and will conquer SharePoint and make it behave the way you want it!
9. In honor of SharePoint’s fabulous search capabilities, we have included U2’s “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” for your listening pleasure. Sing it with a smile, knowing, you can help with that problem!
10. And last but not least, with the soon-to-be released SharePoint 2010, we have “Like a Version” adapted from the fabulous “Like a Virgin” by Madonna. Because well, we all know, everyone wants a new version, right?
So there’s my compilation of 80’s SharePoint songs, I know there are more. Feel free to leave me your suggestions for the next compilation CD!