I told you I was going to figure out the topmost titles or themes, and then have the run-off vote where you pick from the top three-to-five. Well…I just couldn’t do it. The figuring out thing.
Part of it was just good, old-fashioned laziness, but most of it was being in sheer awe of how twisted some of you are. “Tell me the truth about lying”? “Burlington, Barcelona, Bahrain, Botswanna, Be My Baby #BTV”? “Mr Ding-a-ling’s ding dong singalong”? I mean…you guys do know I’m a serious songwriter, right?
Ah well, a promise is a promise, so…here we go! Forty-one song titles or ideas are going into the ring, and only one is coming out. Make your choice. Hell, vote multiple times. I’ll leave the form open through the next weekend, and then, early next week…I move to Canada. Or reveal the next song you want me to write.
(September 1: Sorry voting period’s over. Now I have to figure out how to write about…well…YOU’ll see…)
Remember back when I promised you that, if I was elected the “King” of Burlington Social Media Day, I’d write a song about whatever you want? Yeah, me and my big, fat, tweeting fingers…
OK, so, here’s the drill: It’s time for you to come up with a song title, e.g., “I Came to Take You Out to Lunch, But You Already Were” (sorry, already taken by Vermont’s own The Oleo Romeos) or a theme, e.g., “Conspiring with a woman to kill her husband” (sorry, also already taken by Vermont’s own The Oleo Romeos).
I’ll keep collecting data through Friday, August 1 (not to be confused with Burlington’s premier café/bakery). Over the weekend, I’ll figure out the topmost titles or themes, and then on Monday, August 4, I’ll have the run-off vote where you pick from the top 3-5.
Nu, what are you waiting for? Tell me what to write! (The form may take a few seconds to appear, so please be patient…)
Sorry, the first round’s over, but there may still be time to vote in the final round.
What was more than a little unusual was that, in a room full of social media mavens, NOT A SINGLE ONE OF THEM SEEMS TO HAVE RECORDED MY PERFORMANCE. These are people for whom, presumably, entertaining or unusual content is as fundamental to their online presence as a windsor knot is to a Wall Street banker***. In retrospect, maybe I shouldn’t have told them all they had to clap along. Who knew social media mavens love to clap along?
Burlington Social Media Day is the brainchild and labor of love (ain’t no money in it) of Lara Dickson, a graphic designer with serious online communications chops, who moved to Vermont around the start of the tens. Having been inspired by Mashable, she and Anna Palmer organized the first one on June 30, 2010, and at this point it’s becoming a real Queen City tradition.
…So it’s late, and I’ll finish this blog post this weekend (including details about the process whereby you all are going to tell me what song to write next…)So here’s how you can tell me what song to write next, but for now, I’ll leave you with the lyrics, which pretty much say what I’d want to say if I could write lyrics.
Thank You All
Thank you all from the bottom of my heart
I can’t believe this is real, and I don’t know where to start
(I just spent) two whole days just a-beggin’ and a-pleadin’
Said goodbye to the last shred of dignity I’m needin’
But it’s been a ride that I’ll never regret
The love from you guys is the best thing yet
When I look around and I see the smiles
I wanna keep on tweetin’ and re-tweetin’ and repeatin’ it
Thanks so much to the great Shay Totten
I will never know a tenth as much as that guy has forgotten, Baby
Thanks so much to the mighty Aki Soga
When it’s time to throw a party, just invite that homeboy ovah
And hey, Lara Dickson, this one’s for you
We’re all construction paper and you’re the glue
Shining your light on the social scene
I think we all know who’s the real Queen
Thank you all, and I can’t say enough
About the things that you teach me when times are tough
(And I’m so) proud to be part of the Burlington scene
Tweeting in Vermont, and we postin’ what we want
Most of all, thank my love so true:
She’s at-sign-mrs-winooski to you
She puts up with this, so I hope it shows
You never know where a little tweetin’ will go
Never know where a little tweetin’ will go
Never know where a little tweetin’ will go
OK, last week you collectively submitted forty-one song ideas for me for me to write a song about.