FAWM: "The Great Cupcake Debate"

The Great Cupcake Debate

2 weeks ago by @tcelliott · @carleybaer · @aeye · @metalfoot · @pearlmanhattan

The Great Cupcake Debate

tcelliott +4

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Liner Notes

#collab #slack #singersongwriter #acousticrock #comments #dontchatinslackifyoudontwantmetowriteasong

There was a (great) debate about cupcakes in the slack chat this morning and I, being off work and lonely, turned it into a song. Apologies to all of those involved.

Lyrics

I got my feelings hurt
In the great cupcake debate
From the lies that I heard
In the great cupcake debate
Cupcakes are cake not bread!!!

He asked me if muffins
Were cupcakes in disguise
I don't know how he had the nerve
To look me in the eyes

Is a hotdog a sandwich,
Is cereal just soup,
Is oat soup just porridge
Before it all turns to poop?!??

I got my feelings hurt
In the great cupcake debate
From the lies that I heard
In the great cupcake debate
Cupcakes are cake not bread!!!

He said cake is technically bread
And bread is technically a plant
So cupcakes and muffins
Are really just a salad

If intelligence is knowing
Cupcakes are all bread
Then wisdom is knowing
They are not all the same!
(You might as well eat worms, instead!)

I got my feelings hurt
In the great cupcake debate
From the lies that I heard
In the great cupcake debate
Cupcakes are cake not bread!!!

I got my feelings hurt
In the great cupcake debate
From the lies that I heard
In the great cupcake debate
Cupcakes are cake not bread!!!

And now I want a bowl of frosting for breakfast!!!

Comments

@guatecoop 1w

I really love this! Ha, you could probably create a song about an alternator and make it suck the listener in. Very well done!

@ally_nicole 1w

This made me smile XD lots of things I never considered lol... the chorus and the guitar are my favorite parts :)

@frozenlonesome 1w

I smiled throughout and your enthusiastic delivery was perfect.
IMO, it’s in the name, so yes cupcakes are cake.

@heliosonorous 2w

Funny and catchy, full of zest and sugary feels.

@jmadison 2w

Oh my goodness. How funny. I love it.

@sapient 2w

I feel that this properly addresses the main points in what is surely one of the bigger questions of our time.
If more people could hear this, and approach the topic without preconceptions, then maybe, just maybe, our world would be a better place.

Also this is catchy as all hell 🤣

@jeremykazoo 2w

I would cover this song tomorrow. Perfect in every single way.

@fearlessflight2014 2w

This is hilariously awesome!! The structure really adds to the incredulous energy. Your ability to turn literally anything into a song astounds me.

@manoptic 2w

I think that bowl of frosting would kill me... lol. A fun track. Really nice recording quality. Of course this resonates because I've had to sit through debates about the cube rule of food with my oldest child.

@esc4p3 2w

Fun fun fun, served up in a song. Love it

@blindkiwi 2w

Brought a big smile just reading the lyrics due to comment overheard in our house last weekend "Cupcakes are just muffins that failed to rise "
Loved the upbeat and tongue in cheek (to get crumbs no doubt) delivery 😎

@hummingbear 2w

Love the perky melody and the feistiness of the lyrics. My big takeaway is that cake is really a salad. Oh yes!

@bijou 2w

What a fun cupcake fight!

@andygetch 2w

So much fun in this. If cereal is soup then it totally counts as a vegetable.

@jorh 2w

Fantastic opening lines - you had me hooked to see how the great cupcake debate turned out! ‘Is cereal just soup’ - that was a step too far haha - I can’t with that one 😆 all jokes aside, chorus is super catchy, you had me singing along to it by the end

@russkeys 2w

This is so fun. I didn't realize there was a debate about cupcakes. Now I am educated and entertained!

@philnorman 2w

This song is a smile. You nail the fun "took this silliness from slack" tone in lyric and delivery. The 💩 verse is perfect.

@stephenwordsmith 2w

This is a ton of fun - and I really enjoyed your cadence, especially in the chorus. I'm sorry to have missed this particular creative fracas.

@ambroise 2w

It's more than a protest song : it's a manifesto ! Some debates take a stomack to digest.
I love the cupcake and muffin salad theory.

@nadine 2w

I have soooo much fun with the lyrics. Now i want to eat cupcakes. 😂😂😂

@markfulwider 2w

Hahahaha! Well I missed out on the debate, but the song is great! 😊

@yam655 2w

Bread requires yeast. Cupcakes don't use yeast.

Is a cupcake a muffin or vice versa? Neither use yeast! A chocolate chip cupcate -- particularly chocolate-chocolate chip cupcakes -- are an ideal breakfast food. The primary difference is that while the cupcake is traditionally iced, the muffin is not.

Buy a chocolate-chocolate chip muffin for someone, spread icing on it, toss a candle on it, and wish someone a happy birthday.

Also: This is a great song.

@davi3blu3 2w

I hesitate to suggest that pop tarts are ravioli. Funny song!

@beej 2w

WISDOM.
In an hooky, hilarious, catchy AF song.
Amen to the slack chat.
Think I’ll have a Jaffa cake to celebrate….

@betoMod 2w

So good, I love how you turned a Slack conversation into this! Had my smiling all along! 😊

Also, if you haven't seen it, you should: https://cuberule.com/

@beacon 2w

OMG, it's so interesting to see the original conversation and then the end result. Too bad I missed that part of the conversation as I could have upped my song count.

@karlsburg25 2w

Ha ha alex. Firslty OMG you are on fire with so many tunes already. But this is just what i needed today. Grinning ear to ear. And the flow of the lyrics is to the tune especially that dam ass catchy cup cake chorus. Top stuff EDIT!! - the comment still stands, but massive big ups to TC elliot for instigating and all who have contributed! Thats what happens when you get carried away with the music without delving deeper into the linear notes ;-)

@beckymusic 2w

Haha this has put a big smile on my face! This is also catchy as hell and I feel like I’m going to be singing it for the rest of the evening.

@pearlmanhattan 2w

Awesome Awesome Awesome :) skillfully crafted. I love you guys!

@metalfoot 2w

So silly. So Slackchat. So fun!

@carleybaer 2w

Really captures the spirit of the conversation, and it was good for a laugh over c0ffe3. Go eat that bowl of frosting for breakfast, you’ve earned it!