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| re: the "texting" lyric change shows a fundamental lack of understanding of text culture | |
| Last Edit: Ann 09:27 am EST 02/19/19 | |
| Posted by: Ann 09:26 am EST 02/19/19 | |
| In reply to: the "texting" lyric change shows a fundamental lack of understanding of text culture - Chazwaza 11:34 am EST 02/18/19 | |
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| On the recording, it sounds like he signs, "I'll text you in the morning or I'll call you and explain." So, he just doesn't know if it's something that he wants to type into a text. The young people in my life still occasionally call, if it's going to take a lot of talking/explaining. I'm just now listening to the recording now ... so many new lyrics (plus an "oh, shit!"), it's jarring to the mind. |
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| re: the "texting" lyric change shows a fundamental lack of understanding of text culture | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 12:39 pm EST 02/19/19 | |
| In reply to: re: the "texting" lyric change shows a fundamental lack of understanding of text culture - Ann 09:26 am EST 02/19/19 | |
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| But again, that doesn't ring true to me. The text in the morning would be the explanation, or at least if you're giving an explanation it would be in text message. Yes, sure, he might be the type who would call to explain something rather than text. But if we're updating for modern culture, that is just not very common among people under 30 especially, which I think Marta (i forget the male version's name - Martin I assume) is meant to be. But even under 35. And yes young people may call if it's going to take a lot of explaining, but I don't think this scenario would... it's a simple explanation, made less awkward to not have to answer for yourself live on the phone. That's often why people avoid calling. But again, it's just as much about the logic of the scenario he's laying out to me as it is about the lyric having a chance to represent modern phone culture. And it doesn't. |
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| re: the "texting" lyric change shows a fundamental lack of understanding of text culture | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 10:54 pm EST 02/19/19 | |
| In reply to: re: the "texting" lyric change shows a fundamental lack of understanding of text culture - Chazwaza 12:39 pm EST 02/19/19 | |
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| Also, I tend to read "I'll call you in the morning" as actually meaning the more tacitly understood "I *won't* call you, but I'll say that I will - and if you call me, my service will pick up." The whole sense of the lyric to me is in the LACK of committment/connection. Haven't we all been on first dates, etc, where we know the obligatory "I'll call you" is just something you say to be polite, lol? So really, one wouldn't really be expecting even a text conversation, let alone a call. |
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