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
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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
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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.
I don't hesitate to say this is my favourite song ever. There are no lyrics but there is so much emotion. To me it feels like the end of something - anything. An end which also means the beginning of something else. It's the immense sadness of leaving things behind coupled with the hope for the unknown future, on the grandest scale life and death. It has brought me to tears on many occasions. Brilliance.
This song gives me the chills, and like a lot of BoC's songs, reminds me of my childhood. I never know whether to feel happy or sad listening to their stuff, it's like they suspend you perfectly between both extremes.
On a side note, we used to have this little toy organ in my grandma's basement that my brother and I would play around with, and the tune of that song sort of brings that to mind.
album title: Music Has The Right To Children
song title: Olson
Clifford Robert Olson was a convicted Canadian serial killer who confessed to murdering two children and nine youths in the early 80's.
Maybe this makes sense...
album title: Music Has The Right To Children
song title: Olson
Clifford Robert Olson was a convicted Canadian serial killer who confessed to murdering two children and nine youths in the early 80's.
Maybe this makes sense...
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I don't hesitate to say this is my favourite song ever. There are no lyrics but there is so much emotion. To me it feels like the end of something - anything. An end which also means the beginning of something else. It's the immense sadness of leaving things behind coupled with the hope for the unknown future, on the grandest scale life and death. It has brought me to tears on many occasions. Brilliance.
I'm sure Olson version 3 will be scientifically proven to be the greatest sound in the history of mankind in a few centuries.
This song gives me the chills, and like a lot of BoC's songs, reminds me of my childhood. I never know whether to feel happy or sad listening to their stuff, it's like they suspend you perfectly between both extremes.
On a side note, we used to have this little toy organ in my grandma's basement that my brother and I would play around with, and the tune of that song sort of brings that to mind.
This reminds me of being a kid in Boulder Colorado
album title: Music Has The Right To Children song title: Olson Clifford Robert Olson was a convicted Canadian serial killer who confessed to murdering two children and nine youths in the early 80's. Maybe this makes sense...
album title: Music Has The Right To Children song title: Olson Clifford Robert Olson was a convicted Canadian serial killer who confessed to murdering two children and nine youths in the early 80's. Maybe this makes sense...