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Like a Rolling Text

Hey man… Happy birthday!… Bob Dylan is sixty now (ouch!, seventy!), well the last May 24.. but I’m always late congratulating.

For this illustration I took 462 Bob Dylan lyrics, counted all the words and spread it over a photo of a young Dylan. As usually the most commonly used are the largest.

The most used: well (659), just (613), know (597), got (584), like (567), can (536), one (480), come (456), go (449), love (432), say (415), see (414), time (413), oh (366), now (363), man (361), get (345), said (330), ain’t (327), baby (310), tell (277), never (270), back (267), night (262), look (261), day (251), want (241), make (233), take (230), eyes (217), heart (210), turn (209), way (208), long (203), right (197), hand (194), think (189), things (185), away (181), feel (180), gone (178), mind (175), good (174), around (171), walk (166), lord (163), world (160), ever (159), home (154), need (153), still (153), old (151), friend (149), hard (142), call (139), head (139), try (139), door (138), keep (136), road (135), stand (135), must (134), hear (133), little (133), people (133), die (132), wind (128), face (127), give (126), made (126), town (125), even (123), live (122), crying (120), new (119), blue (118), life (118), much (117), went (117), yes (115), girl (113), every (111), god (111), always (110), please (109), ya (108), light (106), nothing (106), put (106), woman (106), leave (105), something (104), stay (104), last (103), name (103), place (102), trouble (102), may (101), street (101)…

Another illustration with an “up to date” face…


The Rolling Stones

Time to talk about The Rolling Stones. They provocative song lyrics mix perfectly with the life of his iconic band leader, Mick Jagger. I took 294 songs lyrics from the band and counted all the words.

Most Used words: baby (484), yeah (431), get (377), just (360), oh (359), love (343), come (320), go (301), got (273), want (262), well (252), know (238), now (225), girl (219), like (206), time (199), can (193), say (174), make (169), back (167), night (159), feel (158), never (155), little (153), look (151), see (144), man (142), away (133), one (130), try (130), hey (126), need (126), right (124), said (121), ain’t (117), think (116), way (116), day (115), take (115), cry (113), tell (111), heart (109), la (108), home (106), keep (104), waiting (104)…

As usually, the most used words are the biggers in the illustration.

A different visualization.

And finally the wallpapers: 640×480 800×600 1024×768 1152×864 1280×800 1280×1024 1366×768 1440×900 1600×1200 1680×1050 1856×1392 1920×1080 1920×1440 2048×1536