How about I play through 10 songs on my Pandora station and make a poem using only lyrics from the songs!!?
This is going to be nuts. First off, this is my favorite Pandora station that I've been building. It has existed for maybe two and a half years. There are 136 songs given a thumbs up and 18 songs given a thumbs down.
How does a Pandora poem work?
Open up your favorite personal Pandora station and listen to the first 10 songs that play. No skips or thumbs downs! Then you have to write a poem using only lyrical lines from the songs that popped up. You're not really a "writer" here, but more of a composer? Compiler? Putter-together-er? Anyways, be sure to credit the songs you used!
Most of the songs that popped up on my fist 10 were swingy, jazzy, scandalous, and modern throwbacks to sultry lounges and a bunch of people chasing that man/that woman who take advantage of them. So... my poem came out really kinda dark!
You can listen to my Pandora station here
COME UNDONE
a Pandora poem
Compiled by Remley Farr
Written by Zarif, Jamie n Commons, The Cat Empire, Caro Emerald, Tape Five, Katzenjammer,
Anjulie, The Pierces, Jeff Tuohy, and Caravan Palace
Oh lord, in the darkness
I know him more
Oh lord, in the darkness
You're gonna come undone
A little bird once said to me,
"Some people you can never save." I kept the sight
Of my desire:
The fields of opportunity
I'm standing at the crossroads now
When the smoke begins to fade
Tell myself, "No
I'm not gonna do this."
Dare the devils fill that need.
Some would say I'm a carnal slave
By the name of Romeo
And I could tell you a witch's spell
Your knees a-bending, so
Open up your box of secrets
Your head has no right
to say no:
Let's hump let's jump let's thumpety-bump
I said wow didi didi how those hips they shook
And then a boom shalaka heart skips a-boom
It's rag it's razz its snazzy jazz
Tie me to the mast
I must believe!
She learned to strip at Mardi Gras, Way down in New Orleans
Where the queens will party with the clown
And the night, she looked so fine to me
She waves for everybody
Down on the floor
Just a downtown body-body coming with a super-hottie
The way we used to do before
Lead me home
Off the ground
Lead me home
In the air
Lead me home
In the way to say,
Oh this is not a home for me, uh—
Try to get away and I will bring you right along,
so—
Let's end your time to lay low
Show me, show me what you got
It's just-just too hard to stop
I put my hands on what I crave
Does he kiss you in the way
to say,
"This time it's me that's leaving you.
I must be moving on.
Little girl,
Just keep on waiting
Wait for the trumpets' call
Make a path and stick to it
And take one home with me.
I call thee, beloved one
To love me more than anyone"
For your love, he is your hero
Open up your door
You gotta live a little 'till you're happy...
They call it lonely digging.
Oh lord, in the darkness
I know him more
Oh lord, in the darkness
You're gonna come undone
1) Box of Secrets - Zarif 2) Lead me Home - Jamie N Commons 3) Fishies - The Cat Empire 4) The Other Woman - Caro Emerald 5) Geraldines Routine - Tape Five 6) I Will Dance (When I Walk Away) - Katzenjammer 7) Boom - Anjulie 8) Sticks and Stones - The Pierces 9) Bourbon Street - Jeff Tuohy 10) Lone Digger - Caravan Palace