I ran across this CD-ROM while cleaning out some old boxes of SGI software. It contains promotional songs that accompanied the SGI Octane launch circa 1997(ish).

Since the only other links I see online appear to be dead, I will preserve the songs here as a lesson to future generations. Take heed: when your workstations cost five figures, weird marketing isn’t a substitute for performance.

With that out of the way, enjoy some UNIX workstation marketing music from a more light-hearted time in computing history. And don’t worry, the album cover clearly notes, “WARNING: Explicit lyrics do not play backwards.”

For anyone doubting the pure artistry on display in this musical marketing masterpiece, peruse some sample lyrics.

Knee Deep In 3D:

I can texture and convolute.
I'm gonna rotate and spin.
These graphics so damn realistic,
Oh I think it's a sin.

Now I'm seeing virtual reality,
Is it liquor or is it truth?
Am I seeing advanced 3D graphics,
Or just too much vermouth?

I Have A Dream:

I have a dream and it's two CPUs.
What this will mean, is no more desktop blues.
Modeling and rendering, designing, analyzing, just pick any two.
I have one dream and it's two CPUs.

I have a dream and it's called a crossbar switch.
What this will mean is no big data glitch.
Peer-to-peer, have no fear, get data in and out of here,
    just with the flip of a switch.
I have a dream and it's called a crossbar switch.

OCTANE Swing:

Octane, we're gonna rocktane.
But this thing called Octane, it swings with performance.
Octane, competition is inshocktane.
But this thing called Octane, it swings with performance.

You don't need a hero,
You don't need any myth.
What you need is some action,
So get a load of this.

You don't wanna be mediocore,
Not just run of the mill,
Some computer hacking joker,
Baby grab that thrill.