 Genius Meanings
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Bo Burnham – ART IS DEAD
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This piece is Bo’s reflection on the state of art in the modern world, and how the commercialization of art and profit-driven industries have hijacked and monopolized creative
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Drogoton – Art is Dead (Cover)
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[Chorus] / Art is dead / Art is dead / Art is dead / Art is dead / [Verse 1] / Entertainers like to seem complicated / But we're not complicated / I can explain it pretty easily
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Bo Burnham – Live @ La Zona Rosa
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[Part 1 (Song 1: Art Is Dead)] / [Chorus] / Art is dead, art is dead, art is dead, art is dead / [Verse 1] / Entertainers like to seem complicated / But we're not complicated / I
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Bo Burnham – How the World Works
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Bo sings a song for children about how the world works, but his sockpuppet Socko unexpectedly begins criticizing capitalism and the genocide involved in the founding of America.
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Bo Burnham – Repeat Stuff
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Originally performed as part of his hour-long comedy show what., “Repeat Stuff” is a testament to the emptiness of modern pop songs.
It was later revealed that Justin Bieber, one
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Bo Burnham – 1985
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[Verse 1] / He's a really cool guy / He's got a cool shirt / He's got cool shoes / Did I mention the shirt? / If you ever got the chance to meet him / You'd know why I want to be
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Bo Burnham – Ex-Girlfriend / Racial Humor
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When I say "Hey!", you say "Ho!" / Hey! (Ho!) / Hey! (Ho!) / That's basically how Hitler rose to power / My ex-girlfriend, she was a bitch, but you know, they say, like, if you
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Bo Burnham – #deep
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[Intro] / It's about halfway through the show, so I think it's time to talk about how deep I am / And I'm pretty fucking deep, guys / So deep that I named the song... "#deep" / [
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Rob's music log – months: 2021
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JANUARY / You Wrote ‘Don’t Forget’ On Your Arm - Flatsound [2015] / Him - James Marriott [2021] / rue - girl in red [2020] / As the World Caves In - Matt Maltease [2017] / The
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Bo Burnham – A Wonderful Day to Be Dead
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What a perfect day to be forgotten. / What a wonderful day to be dead. / Six feet above me, the world's gone rotten / while I'm rottin' in a coffin instead. / You'll die one day
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Bo Burnham – Welcome to the Internet
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“Welcome to the Internet” can be viewed as a sort of climax to Bo Burnham’s May 2021 Netflix special, Inside—the uptempo, almost circus-like jaunt is juxtaposed heavily by the
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Bo Burnham – Rant
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Rant is Bo’s take on religion.
In the track, Bo uses only Apple Loops from the program "GarageBand". The most prevalent of these, "Orchestra Strings 08", was used multiple other
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Bo Burnham – (If You Want Love) Lower Your Expectations
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This song is about how people tend to make a list of idealistic, contradictory and sometimes unachievable traits to seek out in a romantic partner, and then later wonder why they
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Bo Burnham – My Whole Family...
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[Spoken Intro] / Hi gang, uh / Just woke up so I thought I'd serenade to you- serenade you rather with a song, uh / It's about my life, it's something that I need to come to
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Bo Burnham – Binary Reality
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We live in a binary reality. We do / It's a world of black and white / There's only two types of people in this world: / Those who can finish lists / What is art? You know, what is
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Bo Burnham – WORDS WORDS WORDS
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This song is all about – what else? – Words, Words, Words. This is a continuation of Bo’s famous puns.
The title is a reference to Hamlet (Polonius: “… what do you read m'lord
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Bo Burnham – Ironic
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[Spoken Intro] / I believe in the zodiac! Yeah, I do, I'm a Leo, I love Titanic / This is something a little mor- something a little morbidly ironic: my grandmother, uh, she was a
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Bo Burnham – OH BO
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[Live Intro] / Thank you guys so much for coming to the show / I'm gonna leave you with this / You guys are a great crowd / If you didn't like the show, though, remember / When
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Bo Burnham – A Prayer / How Do We Fix Africa?
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Let us pray / Oh, uh, please / Don't feel like you can't participate if you're not Christian / Cause this is a prayer for all faiths, so / Dear Jesus of Nazareth / First of all, I'
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Bo Burnham – Theoretical Dick Jokes / Statistics
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[Intro] / I wanted to be a physicist when I was younger, and I wanted to also be a comedian. But, only one of those sort of worked out, so I'd like to try to do both, though, now
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Bo Burnham – Haikus / Sonnet / Shakespeare
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We've been doing a lot of laughing, which is good, uh, for a comedy show on a comedy CD, but what we haven't been doing is a lot of thinking, and I'd like to do that now. / I've
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Phoebe Bridgers – That Funny Feeling
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Played as the closer to her 2021 Reunion Tour, this cover of a song originally by Bo Burnham was released by Phoebe Bridgers on Bandcamp on October 1st, with all proceeds
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Bo Burnham – I Fuck Sluts
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Bo Burnham goes on a sexist tirade about “sluts” for many lines until the poem shifts to reveal that he has been hurt by one of these so-called “sluts.”
This poem touches on how
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Bo Burnham – What's Funny
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This song actually starts the live portion of the album “Words, Words, Words.” The majority of the song is just him explaining what kind of show he will be playing, as well as a
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Bo Burnham – My Whole Family... (Live)
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[Spoken] / Uh, thanks. Um... Welcome to my show; it's called: / "If You Sing Along I'll Fucking Kill You." / Uh, this is a song / [Singing] / Every time I go to dinner / It seems
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Bo Burnham – One Man Shows
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I'm 19 years old, I'm a young comedian / I hate that term, "young comedian", you know / I prefer "prodigy" / And people, they pigeonhole me as a comic / You know, which is so
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Bo Burnham – Traditional Stand-Up
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We got a little serious there—I think "fisting" should be called "upper-cunting." And we're back. / Do you guys like impressions? (Yeah.) / Why? That was Socrates. / Older
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Bo Burnham – Men & Women
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On Men & Women, Bo gives us an example of how the opposite sexes are similar in some ways and yet different in others. He illustrates his points by using analogies and similies.
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Bo Burnham – Hanged
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I hung myself today. Hanged? Whatever, / the point is I hanged myself today and I’m still / hanging. / I feel fine. Just bored. I keep hoping that / someone will come home and cut
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Bo Burnham – A Love Ballad
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[Spoken Intro] / Hello, people of the world / And- and internet pedophiles / Uhm, I'm Bo Burnham, uh / I've changed since we've last met / I have some- I have some boy-ish acne
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Bo Burnham – Any Day Now
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[Chorus] / It'll stop any day now (Any day now, any day now) / It'll stop any day now (Any day now, any day now) / It'll stop any day now (Any day now, any day now) / It'll stop
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Bo Burnham – Words Words Words (Studio)
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[Intro] / 'Sup, internet? You guys good? Me too / Uh, I'm just sitting here in my bedroom / What is happening right now? Woah, I'm selling out / Let's go / [Verse 1] / I'm a
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