Thursday, October 25, 2007

Megan Davis- song lyric

Cultural Assignment

I work down at the Pizza Pit
And I drive an old Hyundai
I still live with my mom and dad
I'm 5 foot 3 and overweight
I'm a scifi fanatic
A mild asthmatic
And I've never been to second base
But there's whole ‘nother me
That you need to see
Go checkout MySpace

'Cause online I'm out in Hollywood
I'm 6 foot 5 and I look damn good
I drive a Maserati
I'm a black-belt in karate
And I love a good glass of wine
It turns girls on that I’m mysterious
I tell them I don't want nothing serious
'Cause even on a slow day
I could have a three way
Chat with two women at one time
I’m so much cooler online
So much cooler online

When I get home I kiss my mom
And she fixes me a snack
And I head down to my basement bedroom
And fire up my Mac
In real life the only time I’ve ever even been to L.A
Is when I got the chance with the marching band
To play tuba in the Rose Parade

Online I live in Malibu
I pose for Calvin Klein, I've been in GQ
I'm single and I'm rich
And I've got a set of six pack abs that would blow your mind
It turns girls on that I’m mysterious
I tell them I don't want nothing serious
'Cause even on a slow day
I could have a three way
Chat with two women at one time
I’m so much cooler online
So much cooler online

When you got my kind of stats
It’s hard to get a date
Let alone a real girlfriend
But I grow another foot and I lose a bunch of weight
Every time I login

Online
I’m out in Hollywood
I’m 6 foot 5 and I look damn good
Even on a slow day
I could have a three way
Chat with two women at one time
I’m so much cooler online
Yeah, I’m cooler online
I’m so much cooler online
Yeah, I’m cooler online

Yeah, I’m cooler online

Yeah, I’ll see ya online


This song “Online,” written by Brad Paisley tells a story about a man who changes his personality when he gets online. In real life this man is overweight, still lives at home, works at a pizza pit and drives an old car. But when he gets online he can become anyone he wants; a guy with a six-pack, a player, and the desire of every woman.
This song brings up a very interesting topic. The song creates a more socially acceptable way of conversing with people. This song creates an even more socially acceptable standard to not only converse online but also date and meet people online. Even thought this song makes fun of changing your identity to meet people, this is a current fear and threat in today’s society. As for the future, what will evolve in this technological arena?
I would assume that in the future, these types of social/technological encounters would be more common. We will probably create new technology to make conversing online more easily, convenient and more accessible.
In conclusion, conversing over the Internet in not going to go away. On the contrary, it is going to evolve and shape more of our future, not less. As we can already see, the concept of conversing with people online has not stayed within the realms of the Internet world, it has already leaked into the music world.

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