The Beatles: Perfect Band, Perfect Haiku

That The Beatles were a perfect band, and remain so today, goes without saying. Seriously, don't even say it. DON'T.

But here's one more piece of utter perfection about the Fab Four:

Paul McCartney and
John Lennon and Ringo Starr
and George Harrison

See that? The band names form the perfect haiku. 17 syllables, 5-7-5 structure. Perfect.

One more reason, maybe the best yet, why Pete Best just wasn't gonna work out.

Call Me Maybe: The Haiku

Not only has Carly Rae Jepsen delivered for us the most irresistibly catchy pop tune in years with "Call Me Maybe," but she has also fashioned something of the perfect haiku.

I just met you, it's
just crazy—here's my number
So call me maybe

Sure, Basho (pictured above) could bring it with the 17 syllables. But could you also dance to it? I think not. Thus Carly Rae's (pictured below) song/poetic masterwork, and I say this without hyperbole, is the greatest cross-cultural artistic achievement in the history of the universe.



(NOTE TO SELF: Learn what the word "hyperbole" means sometime very soon.)