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Happened to come upon this again recently.
https://the-toast.net/2013/10/01/texts-from-edgar-allen-poe/
And just to be thorough:
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The bar has been set too high when Simpsons did it before they jumped the shark. It will take an epic rendition before this one is topped.
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And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
Shall be lifted - nevermore!
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i deflect. its just really old
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But hasn’t anybody ever thought that the raven was the one acting suspiciously?
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Especially since it is read by Serak the Preparer.
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Yes. For the love of God.
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The Millenials merely kill literature and food and culture. The generation after may make it personal.
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The Simpsons version is great. The McSweeney’s version is weak. Bad rhymes, lazy metre, easy targets, dad jokes. I don’t believe it is the work of millennials.
I like Jeffrey Lewis’s Lower East Side Jewish version.
Starts at about 2:50, unless you want to sit through Sonic Youth’s “Dirty Boots” in sonnet form (and why wouldn’t you?).
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I fluv McSweeney’s:
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It’s a completely different premise…The Simpsons uses the original poem, McSweeney’s re-writes it.
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Maybe, but
Ah, distinctly I remember, sending pictures of my member;
To a girl met last December on some dating app of yore.
is worth the price of admission
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My personal fave:
(probably says more about my age than anything, of course!)
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Yeah, it’s pretty bad. Deliberately bad. So bad I actually kinda like it.
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