Subscribe by EmailThe Dork Anthem: Yeah, I Believe in Magic!
March 1, 2010 by Geeks are Sexy | 5 comments
When I stumbled on this this morning, I though that it would be another poorly composed amateur nerd-themed song, but boy was I wrong. Dave and Brian‘s “The Dork Anthem” has to be one of the most awesome music video I’ve listened to so far this year.
I only have one problem with the name of the song… I mean, have you looked up the definition of “dork” recently?
USA pejorative slang for a quirky, silly and/or stupid, socially inept person, or one who is out of touch with contemporary trends. Often confused with nerd and geek, but does not imply the same intelligence level. [Source: Wikipedia]
Maybe they should have named the song “The Geek Anthem” instead? It would certainly have sounded a bit less derogatory that way, wouldn’t you say?
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Agreed, I don’t think “dork” is something geeks or nerds actually want to be called.
The song states “you say i’m a dork.” The guys in the song have been called dorks all their lives, because the types of people who would call them names would choose to be derogatory. They would not be concerned with choosing a PC term like “nerd” or “geek”. In the end of the song the singer says “I know i’m a dork” as a way to just say “screw it, i’ll embrace the term, cuz i’ll get you back someday.”
I understand the sentiment, but the track was frankly not good, in my opinion – gimme Electric Funstuff or MC Hawking any day over these guys. Not forgetting Jonathon Coulton, or Nerina Pallot’s Geek Love.
Fair enough, but just because you don’t enjoy something doesn’t mean it isn’t good.
I like it! I don’t even care about the title–I’ll call myself a dork if I act like it, and I’m happy if someone realizes that I am a dork, a nerd, and a geek.
Plus, the beat is catchy and they’re totally right. “I’ll be your boss one day” got me through a whole lot of hard times with people.