About that rap...

[rodneyscat]

I've been trying to do a transcript of David's rap, but obviously I'm having a hard time catching certain words. This is my shot at it
[edit] now including changes as suggested by anatsuno [edit2] ...and again...:

This is a rap right back to Zach on Attack of the Show on G (count 'm) 4 TV, been watching since [the other port/the odd report?] I love you all, way to go.
A-double t-a-c-k, this is Rodney M (for Meredith) McKay. I'm a slug white nerd with patches, and I'm here to say, my hat is off to Zach the country rappin' TV-VJ, cuz Zach was out on the interweb, and there he rhymed, and next thing he knows he's on Atlantis and it's emoting time.
He's sweating, he's freaking, perfect performance he was speakin', cuz he was acting for the day, he ran Stargate Atlantis, and that's SGA.
SG-1 has got the movies, Atlantis is all go, go. What about having me on attack of the show. Snarking, sarcastic, rude and bombastic. Hubris not humility, for McKay and his ability to talk the speak of a techno-geek. So just watch the show, because everybody should know, that SciFi Fridays are the way to go.
So while you're out on the web, better check me out, at adogsbreakfastmovie.com, that's what it's all about, cuz I got a mutt and movie coming out in the fall, and with Zach on Atlantis we be having a ball.
So thanks for the cameo, the Atlantis rappin' stereo, the different worlds you dare to go, people like, invite McKay on Attack of the Show.
Hmhmm, G4 TV, peace be in the galaxy. Fools.

Anyone who can fill in the gaps and/or is catching something differently?

[edit] anatsuno has posted an mp3 version of David's rap in the comments \o/
[edit2b] ...as well as an mp3 version of the original rap by Zach.

Comments

[anatsuno.livejournal.com]

i'll try to correct/add soon. in the meantime, i got it converted, so here's the mp3:

http://www.anatsuno.net/LJ/pegasus/mckay-rapping.mp3

it's like, 600kb, so, not big at all. :-)

[rodneyscat.livejournal.com]

Cool! Thanks :D

[mirabile-dictu.livejournal.com]

You crack me the hell up. I think I'll just read your transcript and not watch. He scares me, D-E!

[rodneyscat.livejournal.com]

He's such a freak! I love him to bits :D

[anatsuno.livejournal.com]

our understandings differ in various places! here's what I got.

This is a rap right back to Zach on Attack of the Show on G (count'em) 4 TV, been watching since the other port / the odd report* I love you all, way to go.
A-double t-a-c-k, this is Rodney M (for Meredith) McKay.
I'm a slug white nerd with catches, and I'm here to say, my hat is off to Zach, the country rappin' TV vee-jay, cuz Zach was out on the interweb, and there he rhymed, and next thing he knows he's on Atlantis and it's a ... time.
He's sweating, he's freaking, perfect performance he was speakin', cuz he was acting for the day, he ran Stargate Atlantis (that's SGA).
SG-1 has got the movies, Atlantis is all go, go.
What about having me on Attack of the Show? Snarking, sarcastic, rude and bombastic - hubris, not humility, for Mckay and his ability to talk the speek of the techno-geek.
So just watch the show, because everybody should know that SciFi Fridays are the way to go.
So while you're out on the web, better check me out, at adogsbreakfastmovie.com that's what it's all about, cuz I got a mutt and movie coming out in the fall, and with Zach on Atlantis we be having a ball.
So thanks for the cameo, the Atlantis rappin' stereo, the different worlds you dare to go, people invite McKay on Attack of the Show.
Huh-uh, G4 TV, peace be in the galaxy, fools.

*(I think he means, I've been watching the show (attack of the show) ever since... something)

[rodneyscat.livejournal.com]

Aw, no that different I think... I thought I heard 'country' too, but wasn't sure I got that right, and yeah, 'rude', I didn't get that one, but now you wrote it it's clear to me too. Good one the 'hubris' you caught! Now that sentence makes so much more sense.
I'm still not sure about that 'fools', but it could well be right.

[anatsuno.livejournal.com]

"fools" is a classic rap address thingy, though, so it seems "logical" in context.

also, I know the url might be wrong the way he says it, but he really does say 'a dog's breakfast movie dot com"!

otoh, it should be patches not catches (considering what he does as he says it, it makes more sense) not catches, but I really kinda hear a K sound and not a P sound..

...and now I'm thinking the end is really

"People, like, invite McKay on Attack of the Show."

and that it's "he on Stargate Atlantis" (w/ colloquial elision of the "is") and not "he ran Stargate Atlantis".

okay, now I need to work out. :)

[rodneyscat.livejournal.com]

Okay, second edit:

'Fools' it is.

Huh, the url was a typo. Yes twice...

I keep hearing 'catches'! But apple_pi also thinks it's 'patches'. I'm not sure. You guys are probably right though *is stubborn against all odds*

Yeah, I hear 'like' too, but it didn't seem to make sense to me, until you wrote it down like this, and now it does. *puts it in*

Could also be 'here on Stargate Atlantis'... *is in doubt*

And I need to sleep!!

[rodneyscat.livejournal.com]

As I was saying to apple_pi:

I should have watched more carefully, instead of just trying to listen real hard, because it's definitely 'patches'; he's pointing at them while he says it.

And that's what you meant with 'considering what he does as he says it', d'oh...

Like I said; I needed to go sleep, which I did, and it's working. Go me!

[rodneyscat.livejournal.com]

About: he's on Atlantis and it's a ... time

According to someone at the dgeek forum that's 'emoting time', which makes sense to me.

[zikade.livejournal.com]

aaaah, thank you!!!!!!! Now with this transcript I can understand him! And feel the rythm, lol!

So it's all about him and Zach, SGA and his movie. aha.

[rodneyscat.livejournal.com]

It's about Rodney, Zach, SGA and of course David has to squeeze in his movie somewhere!! ;p

[anatsuno.livejournal.com]

2.2MB, the mp3 of the original fan rap song from Zach:

http://www.anatsuno.net/LJ/pegasus/zach-fanrap-atlantis.mp3

[rodneyscat.livejournal.com]

*edits post again!*

*uses icon from a different fandom for variety*

[apple-pi.livejournal.com]

I think it's "a slug white nerd with patches," maybe? That's the only thing I thought might be different. And I'm not at all sure. :-) Thanks for posting this!

[rodneyscat.livejournal.com]

I've just put in catches/patches, so each can make up their own mind, since I'm really not sure what it is he says. Ah, we all get the gist now though!

I can just picture David all smug for the instant hit he just managed to achieve!

[rodneyscat.livejournal.com]

I should have watched more carefully, instead of just trying to listen real hard, because it's definitely 'patches'; he's pointing at them while he says it.

[apple-pi.livejournal.com]

Hee, that's kinda why I thought it was patches. :-) Okay, so it wasn't just me.

Confession time: I can't watch the whole thing, because it makes me blush on DH's behalf, lol. Not saying I don't love him for doing it, I just think it's SOOOO over-the-top hilariously geeky that I can't... quite... do it. Lol.)

[paceus.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting this! I dared to watch about four seconds of the You Tube clip. :) It's funny how shy I am sometimes to listen or watch or read the actors instead of the characters.

[rodneyscat.livejournal.com]

Hee! And I thought I was being very silly for feeling so awkward and cringy about this! Turns out loads of people had to try multiple time before they got up the nerve and quite some never even managed.

He's so cute though, and he's more or less in (Rodney) character (not completely though imho).