MIZSPELT WURDS in early 70s rock & pop...why?

Whether it be Big Star ('September Gurls'), Sly & the Family Stone ('Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin') or Slade (multiple examples), illiteracy in song titles seemed to be an epidemic in this era.

But...why? I find it a little hard to believe these disparate acts were fans of each other, tho they *may* have been, and harder to believe they were fans of Molesworth!

So why did it happen? Yr THORTS please!

Thay didunt hav txt spk back then soz thay had to lyvun fings upp a diffr'nt whay

Hooked on Phonics was developed in the 1980s

Does Prince count?

Also, it was only today I realise it's spelled "Gurls" in that Big Star song

Read that Sly & Stone "Thank You (Falettinme..." as "fellating me"

Prince was a bit later I think? Also, his titles were mainly playing a slightly different trick: replacing words with single letters or numbers e.g. 2U or 4U instead of 'to you' and 'for you'. Tho he may have done the misspelling as well.

https://i.discogs.com/z_U7wQFSrZ7b0_-gcrmPkPI7zHztv9Fenjnd2byC-dE/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:498/w:498/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE3NzA1/OTUtMTMwMTkxNjk3/MC5qcGVn.jpeg

The compilation is from 1977, but it was a feature of SAHB's act that Harvey would spray paint 'Vambo Rools' on a wall at the back of the set during the song "Vambo". So (gang) graffiti was the source for that particular misspelling.

So, yes, it's kind of street, yob culture. I'm sure that's why Slade did it.

yes it's an anti-nerd anti-swot move: rock AND POP belong to US, chum! if this bothers you, stick to slide rules!

uk pop kulture EXPLANED:
https://i.imgur.com/kzP45ox.png

hey can we pool together to buy mark s this shirt?
https://media.gq.com/photos/6054b984464ec2365df3ec77/3:4/w_960,c_limit/Peanuts%20Edition%20Happy%20Camp-Ah%20sweatshirt.jpg

TIL about swots and blots

I always assumed the MIZSPELT WURDS were some kind of lexical representation of the artifice of glam.