A few years ago I used Markov chains (like the text prediction on your phone) to remix Aerosmith lyrics, and got some hilariously odd results. Fast forward a few years and I’m playing with my Aerosmith data set again, this time using the incredible GPT-2 AI to “Pump” out a new set of lyrics. đ GPT-2 is startlingly good at learning text, so my first few machine learning runs were just memorizing entire songs and spitting them back to me. So to induce some creativity I limited it’s exposure to the original material – it’s like GPT-2 is trying to remember Aerosmith songs it heard once on the radio a few weeks ago.
The results are sometimes weirdly profound – GPT-2 is really good at circling back to the topic it’s discussing instead of going off on wild tangets, and it picks up song structure really well. I’m really excited about where this is going. I want to write music for LANDLORD. đ
It’s worth noting that I’ve done a little editing – just trimming out lines that contained NSFW language. GPT-2 was initially trained on millions of web pages, so it’s picked up a bit of a potty-mouth problem.
Meltdown in an Elevator
by An AI that’s trying to remember Aersosmith songs
ON THE ONE HAND
On the one hand you have the thunder
On the one hand you have the cold
On the one hand you have the blowin’
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
On the one hand you have the sunshine
On the one hand you have the chill
On the one hand you have the yeah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
SPACEBALLS ON THE BBQ
Baby
It’s deja vĂș like a roll a deja vĂș
You got rollin’ inside me
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Love is sweet misery
It’s a desperate desperate desire
You know you got a heart beatin’ rhythm
When you think you’re goin’ crazy
But you’re not
Well you may be right
It’s deja vĂș in here
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Spaceballs are balls of fire
Ain’t hung up on me just yet
What did I do wrong
It’s deja vĂș in the sky
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Baby bbq bbq bbq bbq bbq bbq bbq
You got a heart beatin’ rhythm
When you think you’re goin’ crazy
But you’re not
Well you may be right
It’s deja vĂș in the sky
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
LOVIN ON THE CRACK
Baby
You can’t help yourself from fallin’
Livin’ on the crack… yeah
Mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm
Lovin’ on the crack… yeah
Lovin’ on the crack… yeah
Lovin’ on the crack… yeah
You can’t help yourself from fallin’
Livin’ on the crack
THAT’S MY DAISY
Baby because I’m a baby
(Take me to the other side)
There ain’t no time for lovin’
When there’s only one thing that you love
You better love it don’t be a loser
You better not try to tell a lie
When you’re goin’ down
Lovin’ with a bang
You just can’t help yourself from fallin’
You’re fallin’ a bajillion ways
But tryin’ anyway
Love in an elevator
Lovin’ it up when I’m goin’ down
Lovin’ it up when I’m out on the street
Livin’ it up when I can’t find a girlfriend
She said can I see you later?
Gotta be a really tough girl
A tough girl like a double shot girl
She gotta learn to crawl
In the ocean
Livin’ it up when I’m goin’ down
Livin’ it up when I’m out on the street
Livin’ it up when I can’t find a girlfriend
She said can I see you later?
That’s my girl… that’s my Daisy
YOUR LOVE IS JUST A GET AWAY, GIRL
My girlfriend and I are back on the street
She’s been out on the street for a diamond
She always seems to get more and more desperate
The last time I was here I would’ve been dead gone
I love you little girl
I love you ’cause your deuces are wild girl
Like a burnin’ fire that I can’t resist
I love you ’cause your love is just a get away girl
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah…
My girlfriend and I are back on the street
She’s been out on the street for a diamond
She always seems to get more and more desperate
The last time I was here I would’ve been dead gone
I love you ’cause your love is just a get away girl
You bet your ticket that I would’ve been dead gone
I love you ’cause your love is just a get away girl
You bet your ticket that I would’ve been… yeah
I love you ’cause your love is just a get away girl
You bet your ticket… yeah
My girlfriend and I are back on the street
She’s been out on the street for a diamond
She always seems to get more and more desperate
The last time I was here I would’ve been… gone
I love you ’cause your love is just a get away girl
You bet your ticket that I would’ve been dead gone
I love you ’cause your love is just a get away girl
You bet your ticket that I would’ve been… yeah
EVERYBODY ELSE IS ON THE LINE
Back in the ’60s there was the Mad Dog
That was the sound they’d make when they took one for the team
That everybody was on the line
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Back then you had to have an awesome key to unlock
The thrill of the hunt
Back then there was the thrill of the chase
Back then there was the thrill of the kill
There was a time in the ’70s when the whole world was on the line
‘Cause there was only one way to live
There’s only one way to survive
Everybody else is on the line
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah…..
There’s only one way to survive
Everybody else is on the line
There’s only one way to survive
Everybody else is on the line
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah…..
There’s only one way to survive
Everybody else is on the line
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah…..
‘Cause there’s only one way to survive
Everybody else is on the line
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah…..
‘Cause there’s only one way to survive
Everybody else is on the line
Mmm mmm mmm mmm….
LANDLORD
So…
Everyone’s talkin’ about a new kind of star… yeah
LANDLORD
He was the reason I was here
Seems like everybody is on the same page
Everyone’s talkin’ about a new kind of star… yeah
LANDLORD
He was the reason I was here
Seems like everybody is on the same page
So why don’t you join the fight
If only there was one thing that we could do… it sure ain’t no surprise…
Join me in the pouring rain
Find another kind of refreshment
Then and only then will you be a better lover
Do what makes you happy
And it’s you that get the prize
