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This One Goes Out To The One I Love
LOLOLOLOLOL!!!! Listen, no one can figure out CCR lyrics!! I mumbled through all their songs!!!— July 5, 2010 1:36 p.m.
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You tangentially reminded me of the site, KissThisGuy.com. Named for the Jimi Hendrix song, and its famous phrase, Scuse me, while I kiss this guy, there is a whole treasure trove of lyrics people have twisted up along with explanations. One in particular, a guy thought the Robert Palmer song was about Michael Jackson: Might as well face it, your a d*ck with a glove. Another, a girl thought the Abba song went, See that girl, watch her scream, kicking the Dancing Queen. Top 100 funniest misheard lyrics: http://www.kissthisguy.com/funny.php— July 5, 2010 10:47 a.m.
As Good As It Gets
Okay: What is it about hateful men and adorable women who want to rescue them from their miserable selves that makes reviewers wet their pants? Makes you wonder ...— July 5, 2010 10:30 a.m.
Seismic Sensation
Back to critique: In all fairness, it is a very hard journey to learn how to accept critiqueing of your work, or maybe it was harder for me because at the time I started to write, my life was in the pits and this was all I had. Putting it out there and having it mauled and chopped and dissected and mangled was horrifying and hurtful. But I'm a stubborn cuss -- I kept on writing, and eventually learned to hear what my critics had to say. I learned it this way: EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T AGREE WITH THEM, I would change the work. And gradually, grudgingly, I saw that yes, the work was better. Perfect example. I had workshopped a particular poem with a teacher, accepted all her suggestions except one. That poem went on to be published, and do you know, when I saw that poem in print, and to this day, I still regret not making that one change she suggested. Lesson here is, people reading your work can read objectively what you the writer see subjectively. What you love about the way you write may be the worst thing about your writing. You ignore your critics at your peril.— July 5, 2010 10:03 a.m.
Seismic Sensation
*skipping right by JohnnyJ on my way to Happytown* Daniels, quite right about beginning writers. Their natural tendency is to defend the work, to pout that no one understands what they are trying to do, to seek praise and not listen to criticism. But enough about my past sins. :) Once a writer gets past that thinking that everything they write is perfect and needs no revision, can lay his or her work on the table and not expect to hear only praise, when they can actually hear what others have to say about it, there is no way the writer can not improve. I do believe you can teach people to write if they want to be taught. Some writers are more naturally talented than others as storytellers, and storytelling is something that can also be taught to a lesser degree. The thing that can't be taught, or hardly, is creativity. That's inborn, IMHO, combine all three and that's where the great writers have it all over the rest of us.— July 5, 2010 9:51 a.m.
This One Goes Out To The One I Love
I hadn't heard this song before, MsG. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu9Ycq64Gy4 Listened to a few other videos, and I don't think I am even familiar with this band. Cool lyrics, though. :)— July 5, 2010 3:34 a.m.
And Now For Something Different
Thank you for sharing this, Patrick.— June 30, 2010 1:23 p.m.
Michael....
Not a small p, Grasca. A big c. :)— June 30, 2010 11:45 a.m.