MDM to the Bone
As I was reading Jim Harris excellent post, Data Quality is a Rush over at the Data Flux Community of Experts I started thinking about theme songs for data related technologies such as data quality, master data management, data governance or data warehousing. If you uttered the name of one of those technologies in the company of a non-data geek their eyes would quickly glaze over. But set to the tune of a head bobbing, foot tapping song?
The following music parody is set to the tune of George Thorogood and the Destroyers' Bad to the Bone (via Last.fm).
MDM to the Bone
Bad to the Bone
On the day I was born
The analysts all gathered 'round
And they gazed in wide wonder
At the joy they had found
The lead analyst spoke
Said "leave this one alone".
She could tell right away
That I was MDM to the bone.
MDM to the bone
MDM to the bone
M-M-M-M-MDM
M-M-M-M-MDM
M-M-M-M-MDM
MDM to the bone
I mastered countless rows
Before I met you
I'll master countless more data
Before I am through
I'll master your messy data
Yours and yours alone
I'm here to tell ya honey
That I'm MDM to the bone
MDM to the bone
M-M-M-M-MDM
M-M-M-M-MDM
MDM to the bone
I make data analysts beg
I'll make the data warehouse steal
I'll make board members blush
And make the auditors squeal
I wanna integrate your data
Yours and yours alone
I'm here to tell ya honey
That I'm MDM to the bone
MDM to the bone
M-M-M-M-MDM
M-M-M-M-MDM
MDM to the bone
And when I master your data
SMEs and Stewards step aside
Every system I beta
They all stay satisfied
Well Ya see I make my own
I'm here to tell ya honey
That I'm MDM to the bone
MDM to the bone
M-M-M-M-MDM
M-M-M-M-MDM
MDM to the bone
What song would you parody to get your fellow geeks tapping their feet and bobbing their heads?
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February 18th, 2010 - 13:38
Wow… I wonder what’s geekier. This or a little SQL rap!