Coop 15,354 Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 Andrew Powell-Morse, a staffer at entertainment, sports, and ticket data blog SeatSmart, just compiled information on pop music lyrics over the past 10 years, and the results are pretty interesting. He found that most of the lyrics from popular songs over the last decade average at around a third grade reading level. Powell-Morse a--lyzed 225 songs in four different music genres using the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level test, which is used to determine how hard a passage is to read and understand. The Flesch-Kincaid test uses a formula that takes into account the number of words and syllables used in a passage and assigns a number based on a grade so it’s easy to understand. Basically, if a song gets a score of 4.2, that means your average fourth grader would be able to comprehend it. Powell-Morse only measured songs that spent at least three weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard music charts. For genres, he looked at pop, country, rock, and R&B/hip-hop. After giving the songs punctuation, he plugged them into Readability-Score.com, which a--lyzes text. When the results came, country music had the highest reading level of the genres, at 3.3. Which means your average third grader can read and understand the lyrics. http://www.buzzfeed.com/javiermoreno/third-graders-write-better-lyrics#.cloqLLNkyA Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paco 3,040 Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 link doesnt work Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimisaMonster 31,073 Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 Gaga said in an interview that she writes her lyrics based on how the words SOUND over the melody and bass...not SO much on their meaning, because her fans are all around the world and don't all speak English, so why be so meticulous about the deep symbolic meanings of ONE language?She's a genius... Stream my new single, 💜"Heartbeat"💜, on Spotify! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop 15,354 Posted May 19, 2015 Author Share Posted May 19, 2015 Gaga said in an interview that she writes her lyrics based on how the words SOUND over the melody and bass...not SO much on their meaning, because her fans are all around the world and don't all speak English, so why be so meticulous about the deep symbolic meanings of ONE language?She's a genius...Yes, and they measured only Billboard #1 songs so she's definitely supposed to be higher on this scale. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tove Lo 2,481 Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 Eek ladies, what happened in 2009 hop on that **** like a maniac Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop 15,354 Posted May 20, 2015 Author Share Posted May 20, 2015 Eek ladies, what happened in 2009 Just Dance & I Kissed A Girl Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xoxo cupcakke 4,781 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 But did he get his No. 1 singles from just the Hot 100 or genre specific Hot 100 charts because if he did that, his data is misleading and thus flawed. I take experiments seriously and you can't have so many variables because it ruins the trustworthiness of a study I want to see ha data, ha sources, and ha hypothesis to investigate if their was any bias just to make a hipster point that this generation's intelligence is declining Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimisaMonster 31,073 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Yes, and they measured only Billboard #1 songs so she's definitely supposed to be higher on this scale. Gag never getting credit where it's due...what's new? Stream my new single, 💜"Heartbeat"💜, on Spotify! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florian 19,982 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 They've probably never read Marry the Night lyrics. With "skeleton guns are wedding bells in the attic" Gaga would have been out of this chart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Bromance 5,809 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 They've probably never read Marry the Night lyrics. With "skeleton guns are wedding bells in the attic" Gaga would have been out of this chart Yep!!! Can you imagine if they would have included Judas? I don't care what you think about unless it is about me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florian 19,982 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Yep!!! Can you imagine if they would have included Judas? The Judas' bridge It only shows that basic songs top the chart nowadays. Even Applause is quite "hard" to understand. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Bromance 5,809 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 The Judas' bridge It only shows that basic songs top the chart nowadays. Even Applause is quite "hard" to understand. Yeah, Gaga is a genius when it comes to writing songs. She can write the most basic of songs that require no thinking or some complex sh!t like with MTN, Judas, or even Bad Romance. That's our Queen of Music! I don't care what you think about unless it is about me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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