Song Charts: Breakin' it on Down

If you ask me, this is long overdue. Finally, some mathematically-minded, industrious folks (see them all at flickr) have taken some of pop music's most beloved gems and broken them down into simple, easy-to-comprehend charts to help us better understand and appreciate the art.

Case in point: the measurement of irony levels in Alanis Morrissette's "Ironic" (which actually seems to chart a series of events that are mostly just bummers, not examples of irony - how exactly is a black fly in one's chardonnay ironic? And for that matter, what other color do flies usually come in?).





Here we can see exactly who is and who isn't Wacko Jacko's lover:



A simple breakdown of what Meatloaf would (and wouldn't) do for love:



Here's one dedicated to Melissa in honor of the karaoke recording we did in the early 90's of Vanilla Ice's crowning achievement, "Ice Ice Baby":



In another 90's golden gem, the international phenomenon Right Said Fred chronicled a list of categories in which their sexiness may have gone over traditionally prescribed limitations in the deceptively simply titled "I'm Too Sexy." Finally, a visual inventory has been created:



In a brutally honest comparison chart, Kelis compares and contrasts whose milkshake actually brings the boys to the yard. Unfortunately, you did not fare so well!



Finally, Blur tries to make sense of their sexual confusion, and what exactly they are looking for, chronicled in their mid-90's hit "Girls and Boys."