Garfunkel & Oates
Garfunkel & Oates
Garfunkel & Oates
Garfunkel & Oates
Garfunkel & Oates
Garfunkel & Oates
Garfunkel & Oates
Garfunkel & Oates
Garfunkel & Oates
Garfunkel & Oates
Garfunkel & Oates
Garfunkel & Oates
Garfunkel & Oates
Garfunkel & Oates
Garfunkel & Oates
Garfunkel & Oates
Garfunkel & Oates
Garfunkel & Oates
How do our loose ties to “friends” we barely know in social media make us feel and act? Musical parody act, Garfunkel and Oates, gets us laughing with “Happy Birthday to My Loose Acquaintance,” which the Media Lunacy for Media Literacy (ML4ML) blog suggests for teaching and learning about digital me...
Facebook told me it's your birthday
I wouldn't have known any other way
'Cause we coexist in a mutually unstated
Unattached cohesion that Facebook created
So I got ten seconds and they're just for you
To write on your wall like good people do
To keep our weak social tie with minimal maintenance
Happy birthday to my loose acquaintance
Look through my photo album, you're not in it
If I saw you on the street, it would take me a minute
But I'm such a thoughtful person and I totally care
That's why there are three exclamation points there
Colon, parentheses to be more compelling
All caps so it's just like I'm just yelling
From the top of my heart just to keep status quo
Happy birthday, dear person who I sort of know
We both know you're not my real friend
You're a byproduct of a social networking trend
But you feel just as indifferently about me
So there's no guilt in our apathetic reciprocity
So if we don't talk much or at all this year
Remember I sent you this afterthought cheer
To keep our minor affinity with minimal maintenance
Happy birthday to my loose acquaintance
Happy Birthday to My Loose Acquaintence was written by Riki Lindhome & Kate Micucci.
Garfunkel & Oates released Happy Birthday to My Loose Acquaintence on Thu Sep 10 2015.