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Song tags are a form of file {{w|metadata}} used to categorize music. Tags will typically describe the content and genre of the song, and many music organization programs and services will allow users to find all songs that contain a particular tag; so when a user searches for "Country breakup music," they will receive a list of {{w|Country music|country}} songs about breaking up.
 
Song tags are a form of file {{w|metadata}} used to categorize music. Tags will typically describe the content and genre of the song, and many music organization programs and services will allow users to find all songs that contain a particular tag; so when a user searches for "Country breakup music," they will receive a list of {{w|Country music|country}} songs about breaking up.
  
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In this comic, [[Cueball]] tests [[Megan]]'s claim that she can make a song name for any set of tags by coming up with a collection of mostly unrelated words: "{{w|lesbian}} {{w|voyeurism}} {{w|one-hit wonder}} {{w|Mashup (music)|mash-up|}}." A {{w|lesbian}} is a woman who is only sexually interested in other women. {{w|Voyeurism}} is the act of watching someone else do something sexual, generally without their knowledge. A {{w|one-hit wonder}} is a band that had "one big hit" before fading from the public eye forever. A {{w|Mashup (music)|mash-up}} is when someone takes two previously unrelated songs and makes a third song that's a mix of both of them (a recent example of which would be [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82LCKBdjywQ this Gangam Style/Ghostbusters theme mashup]). In response, Megan immediately replies with one song title that looks like it would fit the tags well. When Cueball asks for a second example, Megan gives him a new example for the same set of tags, which is really impressive.
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In this comic, [[Cueball]] tests [[Megan]]'s claim that she can make a song name for any set of tags by coming up with a collection of mostly unrelated words: "{{w|lesbian}} {{w|voyeurism}} {{w|one-hit wonder}} {{w|Mashup (music)|mash-up|}}." A {{w|lesbian}} is a woman who is only sexually interested in other women. {{w|Voyeurism}} is the act of watching someone else do something sexual, generally without their knowledge. A {{w|one-hit wonder}} is a band that had "one big hit" before fading from the public eye forever. A {{w|Mashup (music)|mash-up}} is when someone takes two previously unrelated songs and makes a third song that's a mix of both of them (a recent example of which would be [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82LCKBdjywQ this Gangam Style/Ghostbusters theme mashup]). In response, Megan almost immediately replies with two song titles that look like they would fit the tags well.
  
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Megan's first title, "I Wish That Stacy's Mom Had Jessie's Girl" is a ''mash-up'' of {{w|Jessie's Girl|"Jessie's Girl"}} by {{w|Rick Springfield}} (see [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYkbTyHXwbs video] on YouTube), and {{w|Stacy's Mom|"Stacy's Mom"}} by {{w|Fountains of Wayne}} (see [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZLfasMPOU4 video] on YouTube), the latter was a ''one-hit-wonder'', whereas Springfield has had several other hits. (The song Stacy's Mom was referenced in comic [[61: Stacey's Dad]]).  
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Megan's first title, "I Wish That Stacy's Mom Had Jessie's Girl" is a ''mash-up'' of {{w|Jessie's Girl|"Jessie's Girl"}} by {{w|Rick Springfield}}, and {{w|Stacy's Mom|"Stacy's Mom"}} by {{w|Fountains of Wayne}}, the latter was a ''one-hit-wonders'', whereas Springfield has had several other hits. (The song Stacy's Mom was referenced in comic [[61: Stacey's Dad]]).  
  
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The second title, "When You Come on Eileen I Touch Myself" is a ''mash-up'' of {{w|Come On Eileen|"Come on Eileen"}} by {{w|Dexys Midnight Runners}} (see [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVxcwe7EcaY video] on YouTube), and {{w|I Touch Myself|"I Touch Myself"}} by {{w|Divinyls}} (see [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv-34w8kGPM video] on YouTube). Both of these are one-hit wonders (and can both be found on [http://afrokayo.web.fc2.com/mdata_vh1_greatest_onehit_wonders.html this list] of such songs). Note that "Come on, Eileen" means "Hurry up, Eileen", and that "to come on someone" means to ejaculate on someone. Since the song is about lesbian sex, come on someone must mean have an orgasm while being on someone.
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The second title, "When You Come on Eileen I Touch Myself" is a ''mash-up'' of {{w|Come On Eileen|"Come on Eileen"}} by {{w|Dexy's Midnight Runners}}, and {{w|I Touch Myself|"I Touch Myself"}} by {{w|Divinyls}}. Both of these are one-hit wonders (and can both be found on [http://afrokayo.web.fc2.com/mdata_vh1_greatest_onehit_wonders.html this list] of such songs). Note that "Come on, Eileen" means "Hurry up, Eileen", and that "to come on someone" means to ejaculate on someone.
  
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For other random connections see [[305: Rule 34]].
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===Tags===
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*Lesbian: Here "had" means "had sex with". The two women having sex are Stacy's mom and Jessie's Girl
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*Voyeurism:
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**Someone wishes the two women had each other (so they could be looked upon)
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**"When You Come on Eileen I Touch Myself", i.e. the voyeur looks at someone who actually comes on Eileen while they are having sex. However this sentence would only make sense if she had sex with a man - i.e. not lesbian sex. But of course the voyeur could be a lesbian woman who had feelings for Eileen - not for the man. But why she would then be aroused when a man came on her is not clear.
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*One-hit wonder: "Stacy's Mom", "Come on Eileen" and "I Touch Myself"
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*Mash-up: Both verses are mash-ups of two other song titles.
  
 
===Title text===
 
===Title text===
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The title text is a set of potential lyrics to Megan's second title. [[Randall]] borrowed the rhyme scheme, phrasing, and subject matter from the first eight {{w|stanzas}} of "I Touch Myself" with additional subject matter inspired by "Come on Eileen." The final stanza is the chorus lead-in from the latter.
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The title text is a set of potential lyrics to Megan's second title. [[Randall]] borrowed the rhyme scheme, phrasing, and subject matter from the first eight stanzas of {{w|I Touch Myself|"I Touch Myself"}} with additional subject matter inspired by {{w|Come On Eileen|"Come on Eileen."}} The final stanza is the chorus lead-in from the latter.
  
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The lyrics suggest a changed relationship between the characters. In the original "I Touch Myself", the female singer touches herself (masturbates) when thinking about her lover (of unspecified gender); instead, she now does this while a new third character makes love to her beloved, Eileen, while the singer overhears them (as a voyeur) from the apartment above.
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Here are the lyrics for [http://www.metrolyrics.com/i-touch-myself-lyrics-the-divinyls.html I Touch Myself] and [http://www.metrolyrics.com/come-on-eileen-lyrics-dexys-midnight-runners.html Come on Eileen]. Below in the table the mashed up lines noted down:
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Here are the lyrics for [http://www.metrolyrics.com/i-touch-myself-lyrics-the-divinyls.html I Touch Myself] and [http://www.metrolyrics.com/come-on-eileen-lyrics-dexys-midnight-runners.html Come on Eileen]. Below in the table the mashed up lines are shown. As can be seen most of the text is from "I Touch Myself":
 
  
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
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| I love Eileen
 
| I love Eileen
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| '''I love''' myself (1st line).
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| '''I love''' myself (1st line)
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| Come on '''Eileen''' (1st line).
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| Come on '''Eileen''' (1st line of chorus)
 
|-
 
|-
 
| and want you to love her
 
| and want you to love her
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|-
 
|-
 
| When you're around
 
| When you're around
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| '''When you're around''' (11th line).
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| '''When you're around'''
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| No line.
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| No line
 
|-
 
|-
 
| I'm one floor above her
 
| I'm one floor above her
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| '''I''' want you '''above''' me (2nd line).
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| '''I''' want you '''above''' me
 
| No line - the '''her''' is now referring to Eileen.
 
| No line - the '''her''' is now referring to Eileen.
 
|-
 
|-
 
| If you could see
 
| If you could see
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| A fool '''could see''' (15th line).
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| A fool '''could see'''
 
| No line.
 
| No line.
 
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| Oh, that pretty red dress
 
| Oh, that pretty red dress
 
| There are many '''Oh''' in this song, but also in the other.
 
| There are many '''Oh''' in this song, but also in the other.
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| '''That pretty red dress''' (30th line).
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| '''That pretty red dress'''
 
|-
 
|-
 
| I'd do anything for her
 
| I'd do anything for her
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| '''I'd do anything for''' you (16th line).
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| '''I'd do anything for''' you
 
| No line - the '''her''' is now referring to Eileen.
 
| No line - the '''her''' is now referring to Eileen.
 
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|-
 
| (Too ra loo ra too ra loo rye ayy)
 
| (Too ra loo ra too ra loo rye ayy)
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| No line.
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| No line
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| '''(Too ra loo ra too ra loo rye ayy)''' (11th line).
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| '''(Too ra loo ra too ra loo rye ayy)'''
 
|}
 
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:Megan: "When you Come On Eileen I touch myself."
 
:Megan: "When you Come On Eileen I touch myself."
 
:Cueball: Okay, wow.
 
:Cueball: Okay, wow.
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== Trivia ==
 
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Both song names that Megan produces are in {{w|iambic pentameter}}, suggesting that Megan's hobby has the flavor of Cueball's in [[79: Iambic Pentameter]].
 
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{{comic discussion}}
 
{{comic discussion}}
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]
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[[Category:Songs]]
 
 
[[Category:Music]]
 
[[Category:Music]]
 
[[Category:Homosexuality]]
 
[[Category:Homosexuality]]

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