7 Years Lyrics: Once I was 7 years old my momma told me / Go make yourself some friends or you'll be lonely / Once I was 7 years old / It was a big big world, but we thought we were bigger
TL: Who's doing the annotating? It's anyone. Anyone can. One thing we like to say is that if you have a brain, you're a genius. Which is to say that there's no one genius out there that knows everything about music or politics or culture generally, but together we know a lot. And everyone has that little piece of obsession t...
Full transcript: Genius co-founders Tom Lehman and Ilan Zechory on Recode Media - Recode
7 years
...he words, what went into the creation of this, what do the people involved have to say about it. It's sort of like a companion to experiencing culture and looking deeper. We always say "look deeper." It's a double entendre.
Full transcript: Genius co-founders Tom Lehman and Ilan Zechory on Recode Media - Recode
7 years
...n behind the lyrics, behind the words, what went into the creation of this, what do the people involved have to say about it. It's sort of like a companion to experiencing culture and looking deeper. We always say "look deeper." It's a double entendre.
Full transcript: Genius co-founders Tom Lehman and Ilan Zechory on Recode Media - Recode
7 years
...ech, and wonder what's actually going on? What's going on behind the lyrics, behind the words, what went into the creation of this, what do the people involved have to say about it. It's sort of like a companion to experiencing culture and looking deeper. We always say "look deeper." It's a double entendre.
Full transcript: Genius co-founders Tom Lehman and Ilan Zechory on Recode Media - Recode
7 years
Tom Lehman: Genius is sort of like subtitles for what people are really saying.
Full transcript: Genius co-founders Tom Lehman and Ilan Zechory on Recode Media - Recode
7 years
Like in Annie Hall, as Audrey Gelman once pointed out:
Of course sometimes it’s hard to understand what people are literally saying as well and so we want to own the actual subtitles (lyrics) as well.
Ilan Zechory: It's an app also, so just "Genius." If for some reason people don't know what Genius.com and the Genius app do, tell them.
Tom Lehman: Genius is sort of like subtitles for what people are really saying.
So, like pop-up video.
TL: You mi...
Full transcript: Genius co-founders Tom Lehman and Ilan Zechory on Recode Media - Recode
Tom Lehman: Genius is sort of like subtitles for what people are really saying.
So, like pop-up video.
TL: You mi...
Full transcript: Genius co-founders Tom Lehman and Ilan Zechory on Recode Media - Recode
7 years
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7 years
What is this?
The Genius annotation is the work of the Genius Editorial project. Our editors and contributors collaborate to create the most interesting and informative explanation of any line of text. It’s also a work in progress, so leave a suggestion if this or any annotation is missing something.
To learn more about participating in the Genius Editorial project, check out the contributor guidelines.
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