I was thinking a song should be performed at the start of the blog awards to warm up the crowd. This got stuck in my head the other day and I hope it does in yours too. Very infectious. It was suggested that the In Fact, ah folks sing it or the Freedom Institute folks. Guys WTF happened to your blog?
Anyway, here we go…
Sung to the tune of Proclaimers – 500 Miles
When I wake up, well I know I’m gonna be,
I’m gonna be the man who blogs something new.
When I go out, yeah I know I’m gonna be,
I’m gonna be the man who photoblogs something new.
If I get drunk, well I know I’m gonna be,
I’m gonna be the man whose posts are all askew.
And if I podcast, yeah I know I’m gonna be,
I’m gonna be the man who’s bitching all the way through.
But I would blog 500 lines
And I would blog 500 more
Just to be the man who blogged 1000 lines
To be a google traffic whore
When I’m walkin, yes I know I’m gonna be,
I’m gonna be the man thinking about posts to do.
And when the admoney, comes in for the work I do,
I earned it for blogging something taboo.
When I log on, (when i log on) oh I know I’m gonna be,
I’m gonna be the man who’s got nothing better to do.
And if I slow down, well I know I’m gonna be,
I’m gonna be the man who’s losing traffic to someone new
But I would blog 500 lines
And I would blog 500 more
Just to be the man who blogged 1000 lines
To be a google traffic whore
na na na, na na na
na na na, na na na
lika lika lika lika lika la, la, la
na na na, na na na
na na na, na na na
lika lika lika lika lika la, la, la
When I’m lonely, well I know I’m gonna be,
I’m gonna be the man whose blogging about being blue.
And when I’m dreaming, well I know I’m gonna dream,
I’m gonna dream about winning a blog award or two.
When I go out, (when i go out) well I know I’m gonna be,
I’m gonna be the man with the laptop next to you.
and when I come home, (when i come home) yes I know I’m gonna
be,
I’m gonna be the man who’s blogging at home with you,
I’m gonna be the man who’s blogging at hommmmmmme with you.
But I would blog 500 lines
And I would blog 500 more
Just to be the man who blogged 1000 lines
To be a google traffic whore
na na na, na na na
na na na, na na na
lika lika lika lika lika la, la, la
na na na, na na na
na na na, na na na
lika lika lika lika lika la, la, la
na na na, na na na
na na na, na na na
lika lika lika lika lika la, la, la
na na na, na na na
na na na, na na na
lika lika lika lika lika la, la, la
But I would blog 500 lines
And I would blog 500 more
Just to be the man who blogged 1000 lines
To be a google traffic who-ooo-re
the Freedom Institute folks. Guys WTF happened to your blog?
Dickie got employment, I believe.
great lyrics. That would be unbelievable!
While taking on a second job hasn’t done my time management options any favours, the FI blog was out of commission because of some pretty bad technical trouble. There’s a good reason for this, as will be clear once we’ve finished what we’re working on with it.
Look forward to the resurrection!
Thanks!
I’ll be glad myself.
damien you need to get a hobby (one that is not composing songs about blogs ) 🙂
Not to put too fine a point on the song, but it happens to leave out the not insignificant portion of Irish bloggers who aren’t men! My advice is to change the words or look for something else to warm the crowd up. Des Bishop had a blog at one stage – could he be persuaded?
Oh yes indeed – what about the bloggeresses????
😉
Fiona: I can do a female version too you know. But if you ask for it, you gotta sing it.
So, a new version of “I will survive” or would that be dedicated to your partners who are blog widows? 🙂
Tom: The original song is from a male perspective anyway so I think a new song. Just means more people singing on stage and more ears bleeding.
Who on earth came up with the idea that we’d do this? But we’ll only agree to sing it if I can do a duet with Richard from the FI.
Colm – it was me. I suggested In Fact, Ah perform it like a Barbershop quartet. 🙂
Is it just me or is that really, incredibly, cringeworthy? 😉
Brian, you listen to the soundtrack to Queer As Folk USA and the tacky remixes. So pulease!
“Who on earth came up with the idea that we’d do this? But we’ll only agree to sing it if I can do a duet with Richard from the FI.”
Trust me, with me up there you wouldn’t be able to clear the room quicker if you tried.
Damien – she might be a blog widow, but I’m an X-Box widow and in fairness we’re both work widows so I think it pans out 😉
However, she will like you when she meets you because you’ll probably say things like ‘Jesus your one spends an awful lot of time on the computer – does she ever give you any attention at all’ etc…. 😉
And, uhm, as for the singing – it’s really not my area of expertise!!!