Pop Charts

by Paul Copperwaite

In this work, one hundred of the best known, most popular, awesome and awful pop lyrics are given the Powerpoint treatment. They are deliberated and disseminated across the presentation platform. Each example is coupled with a presentation of staggering simplicity and bullet-point brilliance that cuts to the heart of the song. Hilarious pie charts, flow diagrams, checklists, graphs and graphics pinpoint the heart of every line. Poetic, comic, philosophical and farcical, here is an in-depth scrutiny of the most glorious, gratifying, grating and gruesome pop lyrics of the last 50 years.

Genres: Music, Humor, Nonfiction

96 pages, Hardcover

First published August 15, 2008

Reviews

[Dane Cobain · Rating 3 out of 5]

The idea here is simple - Copperwaite presents the reader with a collection of humorous graphs which depict the lyrics to popular songs in chart form. It's a great concept, but I'm not convinced by the execution. Some of the charts are just stupid, while others feel lifeless and uninspired.

It's an alright read for the novelty, but there are countless other books out there that deserve more attention - read one of those, instead of this.

[Ben · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ridiculous but generally hilarious.

[Ian Gaynor-kirk · Rating 4 out of 5]

Anyone who has had to create boring MI reports using excel spreadsheets will get this! Very funny as a distraction.

[Dan Hallington · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant & hilarious! I am inspired to produce some 'Pop Charts' myself...