Comments on: Death of a Meme http://occamsrazr.com/2007/12/17/death-of-a-meme/ better communication makes the complex simple Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:48:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Susan http://occamsrazr.com/2007/12/17/death-of-a-meme/#comment-1136 Susan Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:38:08 +0000 http://occamsrazr.com/2007/12/17/death-of-a-meme/#comment-1136 I remember the same words that Jason Falls remembers, but I know that the rest did not resemble your kids' version. I think Bat Girl was in the second verse. I remember the same words that Jason Falls remembers, but I know that the rest did not resemble your kids’ version. I think Bat Girl was in the second verse.

]]> By: Ike http://occamsrazr.com/2007/12/17/death-of-a-meme/#comment-1134 Ike Tue, 18 Dec 2007 02:57:36 +0000 http://occamsrazr.com/2007/12/17/death-of-a-meme/#comment-1134 Evan, Wikipedia is the second part of the double-whammy here. There will still be organic flow of the song on schoolyards, but now we'll likely not be able to track the evolution because "wiki-thority" has rubber-stamped a definitive version. I'm thinking beyond "Juvenile Jingle Bells," as there could be any number of examples. Is this the Wisdom of Crowds, or the Tyranny of Crowdsourcing? Evan, Wikipedia is the second part of the double-whammy here. There will still be organic flow of the song on schoolyards, but now we’ll likely not be able to track the evolution because “wiki-thority” has rubber-stamped a definitive version.

I’m thinking beyond “Juvenile Jingle Bells,” as there could be any number of examples. Is this the Wisdom of Crowds, or the Tyranny of Crowdsourcing?

]]> By: Evan Keller http://occamsrazr.com/2007/12/17/death-of-a-meme/#comment-1133 Evan Keller Tue, 18 Dec 2007 02:07:50 +0000 http://occamsrazr.com/2007/12/17/death-of-a-meme/#comment-1133 I should have checked this first. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jingle_Bells I should have checked this first.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jingle_Bells

]]> By: Geoff Livingston http://occamsrazr.com/2007/12/17/death-of-a-meme/#comment-1129 Geoff Livingston Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:19:30 +0000 http://occamsrazr.com/2007/12/17/death-of-a-meme/#comment-1129 What about Bat Girl? What about Bat Girl?

]]> By: Jason Falls http://occamsrazr.com/2007/12/17/death-of-a-meme/#comment-1128 Jason Falls Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:16:44 +0000 http://occamsrazr.com/2007/12/17/death-of-a-meme/#comment-1128 All I remember is... Jingle Bells, Batman smells, Robin layed an egg. The reason that's all I remember is my perverted friends and I used to write gross-out lyrics to parody everything and what we wrote for that, frankly, isn't fit for children ... or your audience. Heh. All I remember is…

Jingle Bells, Batman smells, Robin layed an egg.

The reason that’s all I remember is my perverted friends and I used to write gross-out lyrics to parody everything and what we wrote for that, frankly, isn’t fit for children … or your audience.

Heh.

]]> By: Evan Keller http://occamsrazr.com/2007/12/17/death-of-a-meme/#comment-1127 Evan Keller Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:13:12 +0000 http://occamsrazr.com/2007/12/17/death-of-a-meme/#comment-1127 I remember it (from the mid-80's) just as you have it posted here. It's worth mentioned that one of the reasons your kids are singing it may be because one of the kids cable networks (Cartoon Network maybe?) is using it in their promotion of their Batman cartoon. I've seen the spot running for a week or so now, and it also uses the version of the lyrics listed above. I'll look for it over the next few days and post the specifics of who's using it where. I am interested to hear more about the origins of it. In this digital era, it's often easy to track down the origins of a specific meme, but in the pre-digital era, it's much more difficult. Anyone else? I remember it (from the mid-80’s) just as you have it posted here. It’s worth mentioned that one of the reasons your kids are singing it may be because one of the kids cable networks (Cartoon Network maybe?) is using it in their promotion of their Batman cartoon. I’ve seen the spot running for a week or so now, and it also uses the version of the lyrics listed above. I’ll look for it over the next few days and post the specifics of who’s using it where.

I am interested to hear more about the origins of it. In this digital era, it’s often easy to track down the origins of a specific meme, but in the pre-digital era, it’s much more difficult.

Anyone else?

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