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.

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2012-02-06 19:08:37

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Good on you Bowie. Re-recording Iggy Pop's catalogue to give him due royalties is very admirable, but why didn't people just buy his albums to begin with, I wonder. Okay, Bowie was a megastar at this time, so people would, let's be honest, buy it regardless of worth. Singles were, after all, dirt cheap in the 80s. Still, I much prefer Iggy's 'dirty, filth ridden' version to Bowie's 'antiseptic' one, any day. Something profoundly gets lost in translation, here. But then, 70s Bowie was untouchable, and he did produce three Pop albums and they were buddies, so ...

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