Culture Mush

One of the most popular questions that writers often ask musicians is “What is the process you use when writing your songs?”. Most times, we get to hear some boring breakdown about how they fire up a cup of joe, eat some drugs, talk to the spirit of Liberace and pluck out their nose hairs one by one. Well in this case, the video preceded the song, and the lyrics were a literal translation of that visual representation.

The updated lyrics in this version of the 80’s hit Take On Me by A-Ha was written by a guy named Dustin McLean who has no relation to the band who created the original video. The literal version of Take On Me dwarfs the original song in terms of creativity and the ability to keep my attention without forcing me to turn off the volume. Of course during the original, I couldn’t peel myself away from watching the funny 80’s pencil doodling showcasing scrawny men with mullets and hair bleach, but now I can actually stomach listening to the lyrics. The only problem now is that I can’t actually hear the lyrics because I’m laughing too hard. Thank heavens this version comes complete with subtitles. Enjoy!