Friday, November 26
Lyrical is criminal
Im guilty of this myself...but i was just readin up on song lyrics on some sites...and it hit me...
So...you've cut and pasted the entire lyrics from a favourite song of yers into ya blog or some obscure internet venue...why the hell for?
It's hard for me to think of anythin ive got less interest in readin...if i know the song...i probably already know the lyrics...so i dont read it...if i dont know the song...the lyrics...sans musical support...context and vocal delivery are not revelatory or poetic...they're just borin and useless...so i find myself not readin it either...
In other words...in 100% of situations...i wont read song lyrics that you cut and pasted into your email...onto a message board...into a chat or into some form of automated internet message...coz prose is prose...poetry is poetry...a bunch of other abstract stuff may also be poetry...but lyrics are lyrics...they make up one element of a song and are not a self-contained form of writin...nor one with a goal of stimulatin interest...
So next time...please stop postin song lyrics onto ya site...coz no one with a 'lil sense will read it...if you dont have anythin relevant or interestin to post...dont post at all...
Until then...wait for my next lyrics post :O
Im guilty of this myself...but i was just readin up on song lyrics on some sites...and it hit me...
So...you've cut and pasted the entire lyrics from a favourite song of yers into ya blog or some obscure internet venue...why the hell for?
It's hard for me to think of anythin ive got less interest in readin...if i know the song...i probably already know the lyrics...so i dont read it...if i dont know the song...the lyrics...sans musical support...context and vocal delivery are not revelatory or poetic...they're just borin and useless...so i find myself not readin it either...
In other words...in 100% of situations...i wont read song lyrics that you cut and pasted into your email...onto a message board...into a chat or into some form of automated internet message...coz prose is prose...poetry is poetry...a bunch of other abstract stuff may also be poetry...but lyrics are lyrics...they make up one element of a song and are not a self-contained form of writin...nor one with a goal of stimulatin interest...
So next time...please stop postin song lyrics onto ya site...coz no one with a 'lil sense will read it...if you dont have anythin relevant or interestin to post...dont post at all...
Until then...wait for my next lyrics post :O
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