Fix what’s wrong, but don’t rewrite what the artist wrote. Stick to the official released version — album booklet, label site, verified lyric video, etc. If you’re guessing, pause and double-check.
Respect the structure
Songs have rhythm. Pages do too. Leave line breaks where they belong. Don’t smash things together or add extra empty space just for looks.
Punctuation counts (but vibe-editing doesn’t)
Correct typos? Yes. Re-punctuating a whole verse because it ‘looks better’? Probably not. Keep capitalization and punctuation close to the official source.
Don’t mix versions
If you’re editing the explicit version, keep it explicit. If it’s the clean version, keep it clean. No mashups.
Let the lyrics be lyrics
This isn’t the place for interpretations, memories, stories, or trivia — that’s what comments are for. Keep metadata, translations, and bracketed stage directions out unless they’re officially part of the song.
Edit lightly
If two lines are wrong… fix the two lines. No need to bulldoze the whole page. Think ‘surgical,’ not ‘remix.’
When in doubt, ask the crowd
Not sure what they’re singing in that fuzzy bridge? Drop a question in the comments and let the music nerds swarm. Someone always knows.
By an amazing coincidence, a science fiction novel (Ilium by Dan Simmons) came out around the time of this album where, in one scene, two (partially organic) robots are on Mars and are literally approaching Pavonis Mons by balloon. I was convinced it was some sort of deliberate reference or nod from one work to the other, especially given that the book and the Yoshimi album both feature the idea of robots yearning to be human. I posted the observation on the Dan Simmons website and the author expressed interest but denied any connection. I guess he and Wayne Coyne et al must have just been communing with the same part of the collective unconscious. Subsequent to this discovery, I can't help but picture the scene from the book when I hear this piece.
I feel like this whole cd is the story of a guy who depends on a Yoshimi to fight the pink robots. He should have fought with her. The robot starts to feel love (the 2nd song) and the robot and Yoshimi go away together. Then the rest of the disc tells the story about how the guy feels and such. I feel that this song is how the guy perceives his situation if it had gone perfectly (the girl not leaving, robots defeated etc..) with the name having being similar to "Utopian Planet" or whatever.
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By an amazing coincidence, a science fiction novel (Ilium by Dan Simmons) came out around the time of this album where, in one scene, two (partially organic) robots are on Mars and are literally approaching Pavonis Mons by balloon. I was convinced it was some sort of deliberate reference or nod from one work to the other, especially given that the book and the Yoshimi album both feature the idea of robots yearning to be human. I posted the observation on the Dan Simmons website and the author expressed interest but denied any connection. I guess he and Wayne Coyne et al must have just been communing with the same part of the collective unconscious. Subsequent to this discovery, I can't help but picture the scene from the book when I hear this piece.
energy through the roof, yet very mellow.
hmm, interesting...sounds too good to be a coincidence
It's all over but the journey has just begun...
I feel like this whole cd is the story of a guy who depends on a Yoshimi to fight the pink robots. He should have fought with her. The robot starts to feel love (the 2nd song) and the robot and Yoshimi go away together. Then the rest of the disc tells the story about how the guy feels and such. I feel that this song is how the guy perceives his situation if it had gone perfectly (the girl not leaving, robots defeated etc..) with the name having being similar to "Utopian Planet" or whatever.