Hi everybody, and welcome to Double Spaced Lyrics. This is a new blog I've started to give an outlet to one of the more stupid and annoying habits I have, one that occurs constantly in my head and needs (?) to be shared with the world.
I am referring, of course, to paraphrasing the lyrics of songs into more complex language that can either make what they have to say sound even more compelling, or conversely highlight how stupid they are.
Sounds dumb? Well, it should, because it is. But if you've ever stopped to think about it- sure, Destiny's Child sounds pretty great when they sing "No no no no no, hear you say yeah yeah yeah", but they haven't said anything of substance. Sometimes it's hilarious to think of what this would sound like if somebody just said it conversationally to you. Imagine your friend Fred walking up, and saying in a friendly tone, "Hey, man, how is it going? You know, recently I acted like a chump- hey! I know, right? But I did it all for the nookie." Or just imagine any Old Dirty Bastard rhyme being read by the guy who does voiceovers for all movie trailers: "This summer- in a world where your pussy don't interrupt- ONE MAN- will have a little problem with you NOT fucking him." Makes you think a little differently about the song...
To this end, what I will be doing in this blog is rewriting song lyrics as though they were academic papers. For most tunes I will just be doing the opening paragraph, as though they were thesis papers. For others I might go a bit more in-depth.
If you have any submissions, feel free to send them in!
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