'A Hard Day's Write' sang the Beatles, never
June 7, 2017 7:28 AM Subscribe
It seems we at MetaFilter are exceptionally clever, so I turn to you with this request. What are some song titles or lyrics that can be puns about writing?
Example - 'I put a spell check on you' - Jay Hawkins.
I caught an itsy bitsy teeny weeny tiny typo while proofreading...
posted by coppermoss at 7:38 AM on June 7, 2017 [7 favorites]
posted by coppermoss at 7:38 AM on June 7, 2017 [7 favorites]
Revision 909 by Draft Punk
posted by rakaidan at 8:50 AM on June 7, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by rakaidan at 8:50 AM on June 7, 2017 [1 favorite]
Sentimental Journal
posted by mefireader at 9:15 AM on June 7, 2017 [3 favorites]
posted by mefireader at 9:15 AM on June 7, 2017 [3 favorites]
Write Here, Write Now (Jesus Jones or Fatboy Slim)
posted by Iris Gambol at 9:35 AM on June 7, 2017 [5 favorites]
posted by Iris Gambol at 9:35 AM on June 7, 2017 [5 favorites]
You Aren't Anything but a Hound Dog
It Isn't Me, Babe
posted by scratch at 9:58 AM on June 7, 2017 [2 favorites]
It Isn't Me, Babe
posted by scratch at 9:58 AM on June 7, 2017 [2 favorites]
There is an actual song called "Oxford Comma" by Vampire Weekend.
posted by It's Never Lurgi at 10:02 AM on June 7, 2017 [4 favorites]
posted by It's Never Lurgi at 10:02 AM on June 7, 2017 [4 favorites]
Comma police, arrest this man (Radiohead)
posted by obscure simpsons reference at 10:08 AM on June 7, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by obscure simpsons reference at 10:08 AM on June 7, 2017 [2 favorites]
Here's a great pun about what is, at the moment, the greatest typo ever:
When I find myself in Tweets o' trouble, Mother Russia comes to me. Speaking words of wisdom ... covfefe!
posted by obscure simpsons reference at 10:22 AM on June 7, 2017 [1 favorite]
When I find myself in Tweets o' trouble, Mother Russia comes to me. Speaking words of wisdom ... covfefe!
posted by obscure simpsons reference at 10:22 AM on June 7, 2017 [1 favorite]
Not sure if these are too literal:
Box Full of Letters, Wilco
Paperback Writer, Beetles
The Letter, The Box Tops
posted by Mid at 10:29 AM on June 7, 2017 [1 favorite]
Box Full of Letters, Wilco
Paperback Writer, Beetles
The Letter, The Box Tops
posted by Mid at 10:29 AM on June 7, 2017 [1 favorite]
Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks have a song titled "It's bad grammar, baby"
posted by adamrice at 12:41 PM on June 7, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by adamrice at 12:41 PM on June 7, 2017 [1 favorite]
CC Writer (for CC Rider)
Write Wedding
Just One Book (for Just One Look)
posted by FencingGal at 12:59 PM on June 7, 2017 [2 favorites]
Write Wedding
Just One Book (for Just One Look)
posted by FencingGal at 12:59 PM on June 7, 2017 [2 favorites]
Should actually be "It Isn't I, Babe"
posted by radicalawyer at 2:34 PM on June 7, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by radicalawyer at 2:34 PM on June 7, 2017 [1 favorite]
Bo Diddley - Whom Do You Love?
Beatles - Lovely Rita, Meter Maid
Beatles - Syntaxman
Styx - The Grand Allusion
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Sonnet
Salt-n-Pepa - Let's Talk About Text
My wife's grad-school cohorts did a performance of "Baby Got Book" for their revue.
posted by hydrophonic at 3:20 PM on June 7, 2017 [2 favorites]
Beatles - Lovely Rita, Meter Maid
Beatles - Syntaxman
Styx - The Grand Allusion
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Sonnet
Salt-n-Pepa - Let's Talk About Text
My wife's grad-school cohorts did a performance of "Baby Got Book" for their revue.
posted by hydrophonic at 3:20 PM on June 7, 2017 [2 favorites]
Splice, Splice; Baby
posted by yes I said yes I will Yes at 3:30 PM on June 7, 2017 [3 favorites]
posted by yes I said yes I will Yes at 3:30 PM on June 7, 2017 [3 favorites]
Reading on a jet plane.
Don't Ink twice, it's alright.
Fiction on the dock of the bay
Summer rhyme
posted by SemiSalt at 5:18 PM on June 7, 2017 [1 favorite]
Don't Ink twice, it's alright.
Fiction on the dock of the bay
Summer rhyme
posted by SemiSalt at 5:18 PM on June 7, 2017 [1 favorite]
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother (Typewriter)
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 5:37 PM on June 7, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 5:37 PM on June 7, 2017 [2 favorites]
Grammar Got Run Over by a Reindeer
posted by danabanana at 6:16 PM on June 7, 2017 [3 favorites]
posted by danabanana at 6:16 PM on June 7, 2017 [3 favorites]
Word Crimes (Blurred Lines) by Weird Al?
posted by mon-ma-tron at 9:10 PM on June 7, 2017
posted by mon-ma-tron at 9:10 PM on June 7, 2017
Comma,,,, chameleon
posted by flabdablet at 10:23 AM on June 8, 2017
posted by flabdablet at 10:23 AM on June 8, 2017
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posted by Melismata at 7:31 AM on June 7, 2017 [1 favorite]