title: How to explain data compression using song lyrics
body: <p>I'm making an educational video about <em>data compression</em> that would benefit from little doses of humor. Since most lossless compression operates on the principle of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_compression#Lossless" rel="nofollow noreferrer">reducing repetition</a> I'd like to illustrate that idea by way of song lyrics. </p>
  
  <p>For example, the left side of the following image is an uncompressed song (snippet) from Sia. The compressed version would omit repetitions by calling them out as such.</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/JL9Ic.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/JL9Ic.png" alt="Two lyric files are shown: on the left the original. On the right, the compressed version. The compressed version substitutes repeat verses with references to the number of repetitions it should have or tagged content present elsewhere"></a></p>
  
  <p>I'd say that pretty clearly demonstrates this type of compression technique. But it shows that compression adds complexity (by virtue of tagging and referencing repeat sub-sequences). It's also not too compressed which leaves it so I can challenge viewers to explore additional ways of compressing the lyrics (i.e. removing white space, etc). </p>
  
  <p>But there's a problem! The lyrics are boringly real (not to mention copyrighted). So I was thinking it would be more fun to make a caricature of the types of lyrics Sia might write then sell to some other artist (say Beyonce). I was thinking Stackoverflow could help. Reply to this post with a lyric caricature that:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Is suitable for twelve-year-olds (PG)</li>
  <li>Has repetition in it so that the "compressed" version actually looks smaller</li>
  <li>Is originally yours (not copyrighted)</li>
  <li>Makes joke of pop music (<a href="https://youtu.be/P4DMk9BJyY4?t=373" rel="nofollow noreferrer">because a lot of it is</a>). <a href="https://youtu.be/KkGVmN68ByU?t=152" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Exhibit A</a></li>
  <li>Helps communicate the idea better (i.e. a demonstration of lossy compression?)</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>In return I will:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Read all answers.</li>
  <li>Give all my reputation (at time of accepting the answer) up to 1500 points (Stackoverflow's bounty limit) to whoever posts the funniest or most upvoted answer (discretion is mine).</li>
  <li>Award points some time on April 11th</li>
  <li>Give the "winning" lyricist credit in my instructional video</li>
  <li>Link that video here</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>Reply if you're greedy for points but also believe STEM education should be more engaging</p>
  
  <h1>Update 1</h1>
  
  <p>I have bountied all my reputation</p>