Your Name Hear
R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe does not sing "I know you Paul" in Star 69; the lyric is "I know you called" - which makes sense because *69 is the US equivalent of 1471. But it does sound a bit like "I know you Paul". Similarly, Bjork does not sing "Paul is full of love". Not on record, anyway.
However, what if I wanted my name in a song? And what if I wasn't bothered about it being by one of my favourite artists of all time? And what if my name conveniently happened to be in an erratically compiled list containing Adam, Alex, Amy, Andy, Becky, Ben, Billy, Charlotte, Cheryl, Chris, Claire, Danny, Dave*, Emily, Emma, Gary, Hannah, Helen, Ian, James, Jay, Jessica, Joe, John, Julie, Karen, Katie, Kevin, Laura, Lauren, Lee, Lisa, Louise, Lucy, Mark, Martin, Matthew, Michelle, Mike, Natalie, Neil, Nicola, Paul, Peter, Rachel, Richie, Robert, Sam, Sarah, Simon, Sophie, Stevie, Ted, Tom and Wendy?
Well, I'd probably have got an email from a record label, or at least I'd have read an LJ post from a friend who doesn't really talk about himself often enough. So I'd be hot-trotting it over to yournameinasong.com to hear an Attic Lights *does "no, me neither" look to camera 2* song with my name in it! Of course if my name was Wendy then I wouldn't really need a cash-in variant "remix" of the original Wendy, but still. It's something, and it got me talking about them.
Actually the snippet's stuck in my head now. I tried to think of another song, but I ended up thinking of a near-identical variant name version instead.
Anyway. To bed before I'm tempted to stay up for McCain v Obama II.
* Watch, GOLD, Alibi and +1 variants presumably in studio now.
However, what if I wanted my name in a song? And what if I wasn't bothered about it being by one of my favourite artists of all time? And what if my name conveniently happened to be in an erratically compiled list containing Adam, Alex, Amy, Andy, Becky, Ben, Billy, Charlotte, Cheryl, Chris, Claire, Danny, Dave*, Emily, Emma, Gary, Hannah, Helen, Ian, James, Jay, Jessica, Joe, John, Julie, Karen, Katie, Kevin, Laura, Lauren, Lee, Lisa, Louise, Lucy, Mark, Martin, Matthew, Michelle, Mike, Natalie, Neil, Nicola, Paul, Peter, Rachel, Richie, Robert, Sam, Sarah, Simon, Sophie, Stevie, Ted, Tom and Wendy?
Well, I'd probably have got an email from a record label, or at least I'd have read an LJ post from a friend who doesn't really talk about himself often enough. So I'd be hot-trotting it over to yournameinasong.com to hear an Attic Lights *does "no, me neither" look to camera 2* song with my name in it! Of course if my name was Wendy then I wouldn't really need a cash-in variant "remix" of the original Wendy, but still. It's something, and it got me talking about them.
Actually the snippet's stuck in my head now. I tried to think of another song, but I ended up thinking of a near-identical variant name version instead.
Anyway. To bed before I'm tempted to stay up for McCain v Obama II.
* Watch, GOLD, Alibi and +1 variants presumably in studio now.