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Lyrics: a new look
Feb. 7th, 2011 03:59 amAges ago, I posted ten lyrics from my iTunes as part of a sort of a meme that was wandering around.
Recently, over at Sporcle (why yes, I do spend too much time there, thanks for asking!), someone posted a new variation on the old lyrics quiz. He ran the lyrics through Wordle, which you've probably seen at some point: it creates a word cloud, removing common words like "the" and "I" and making more common words larger. (He also wisely removed the song titles from the lyrics.) It turns out to be a really neat way to visualize song lyrics. His quizzes are here and here—even if you don't feel like taking the quizzes, the images are worth a look.
So naturally I felt the need to create a few of my own. No points for guessing the songs (though feel free to in the comments, if you're so inclined); no shame in Googling the lyrics (which ought to be easy to do). Anyway, I thought they came out well.
Recently, over at Sporcle (why yes, I do spend too much time there, thanks for asking!), someone posted a new variation on the old lyrics quiz. He ran the lyrics through Wordle, which you've probably seen at some point: it creates a word cloud, removing common words like "the" and "I" and making more common words larger. (He also wisely removed the song titles from the lyrics.) It turns out to be a really neat way to visualize song lyrics. His quizzes are here and here—even if you don't feel like taking the quizzes, the images are worth a look.
So naturally I felt the need to create a few of my own. No points for guessing the songs (though feel free to in the comments, if you're so inclined); no shame in Googling the lyrics (which ought to be easy to do). Anyway, I thought they came out well.