Tuesday, September 08, 2009

Improving headlines


Sorry, this just won't do:
Surviving Bee Gees say to reunite for live shows

First of all, "Bee Gees say to reunite"? I don't get the verb at all. Second, just the surviving members? Live shows? Yawn. Let's fix this sucker!:
Surviving Bee Gees said to reunite for live shows; those not surviving will reunite for undead shows

There. Much better.

4 comments:

Knatolee said...

Zombie Bee Gees! Now that would be worth the price of admission.

Grammarian@mindspring.com said...

Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother,
you're stayin' undead, stayin' undead.
Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin',
and we're stayin' undead, stayin' undead.
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' undead, stayin' undead.
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' undeaaaaaaaad.

ChefNick said...

My baby moves at midnight
Goes right on till the dawn
My woman takes me higher
My undead keeps me warm

What you doin on your back aah
What you doin on your back aah?
You should be dancing, yeah
Dancing, yeah

She's juicy and she's trouble
She gets it to me good
My zombie gives me power
Goes right down to my blood

You should be dancing, yeah
You should be voodooing, yeah
You should be peeling flesh off human dead, yeah
You should be munching, yeah
You should be dancing, yeah

TootsNYC said...

the headline probably started its life as:
"surviving Bee Gees say they'll reunite"
and it was too long.
Incomplete editing while cutting characters.