The Musical Talmud: “One Less Lonely Girl” by Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber shows us the path out of America’s recession through auto-tune and baby-faced good looks.
Lyrics on Overthinking It
The Musical Talmud, Think/Counter-Think Edition: “Party in the USA”
Sheely and Lee spar over the political science interpretation of “Party in the USA.”
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The Musical Talmud: I Gotta Feeling
A series of non sequitur party-related cliches, or a treatise on power and predeterminism? (It can be both, I suppose).
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Textalyzing Albums: Word Frequency in the Lyrics of Born To Run, Straight Outta Compton, and Taylor Swift
We now have a new tool to help us decipher pop music lyrics: totally unnecessary quantitative analysis.
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Perspectives on Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ on a Prayer” [Think Tank]
Take my hand. We’ll Overthink It, I swear.
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Kanye West Doesn’t Suck Ass: Even the Superficial Raps are Super Official
If this analysis of the themes developed in Kanye’s lyrics doesn’t convince you that he is a better rapper than many other Top 40 regulars, it is worth remembering just how low the bar is.
The Musical Talmud: Neon Knights
[The “Musical Talmud” is our ongoing series that finds the true meaning behind pop music lyrics. See also Part 1, “Don’t Stop Believing,” Part 2, “The KKK Took My Baby Away,” Part 3, “I Want It That Way,” Part 4, … Continued
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False Dichotomies in Music
Exploring the many logical fallacies of pop music lyrics
Maybe Old Media Deserves to Die
Congratulations New York Times, you’ve outdone yourselves.
The Musical Talmud: Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
A study on Christmas Earony.
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