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Subject: This girl Anne needs to shut her face
I know that's a harsh statement to make about somebody, but I take my parodies very seriously. I don't write them in 5 seconds, I do all of them very carefully. And for some kid to trash my parody with garbage comments is a disgrace: Here's what was said, in case you haven't read it yet:
"I don't know what you think you are by making fun of a perfectlygood song by wasting it on bathroom humour. Give Kelly a break, she's only20 freaking years old! She's a new artist and at least she has creativityand a record label, unlike you who can't write a good parody worth crap!! On a Scale from 0-10 I'd give you a 0, COZ THIS WASN'T FUNNY IT WAS JUSTSTUPID!! If you wanna make fun of an artist, do it to Nick Carter or someother bad artist who can't sing or write a song worth crap!!"
WOW, THAT HURTS. KELLY HAS A RECORD LABEL, UNLIKE ME!! Let me ask you something miss, do you have one? NO. And that's not all you don't have. You haven't even written a parody yet! Oh and...
"I don't know what you think you are"
Hmm, what are you suggesting? I don't know what kind of specimen I am? You're right, I don't know what I think I am either. It's a bad case of schizophrenia...sometimes I think I'm an octopus, sometimes a diseased cactus, occasionally a goat with 7 eyes. The worst part is when I flop around all over the floor in the middle of large crowds when I pretend that I'm Nemo and that other fish are trying to find me. It's just a horrible syndrome.
Back to the point. You haven't written one parody. Maybe it's because of the fact that you haven't learned 95% of the english language, but that's not the point. The point is, if you lack the intelligence to even think of a parody to write, don't bash other people's like this. I will not be disgraced by somebody. And the saddest thing of all is that she's bashing it because she's a huge Kelly Clarkson fan. Sounds more like she's in a Kelly Clarkson CULT. GUESS WHAT SUGAR. THIS IS A PARODY SITE. If you don't like it, I suggest you never come here any more. I don't know whether to laugh or punch a hole in the wall. This girl is telling ME who I can make parodies of. Sorry everyone that I had to bring this to the messageboard, but I want to make it clear how stupid somebody can be.
Judge it for yourself. Is this song as degrading as Anne thinks it is? There are tons of bathroom humor songs out there, and this is surely not the worst. In any case, here is the link:
http://www.amiright.com/parody/2000s/kellyclarkson8.shtml
Unbelieveable.
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Subject: Re: This girl Anne needs to shut her fat face
People just get too worked up about these things. They think that just because you parody a song, it means that you
are trashing the artist, which isn't mainly true. A lot of the songs I write parodies to are to songs I love.
There are those who leave nasty comments and there are those like me and a bunch others who can tell you take your work seriously. It's obvious, isn't it? You write funny, creative, well-paced material that takes time, effort and skill to do.
Keep writing.
lebeiw15
Subject: Re: This girl Anne needs to shut her fat face
Dang Jared, looks like you got harshed for no good reason there...part of the game I guess :)
I'd vote but I don't like Kelly Clarkson either ;D So I didn't know the song. The idea was amusing though :)
Keep it up.
Subject: Re: This girl Anne needs to shut her fat face
Jared,
I truly know how u feel, wait until you make the most perfect pacing-parody and be torn down by most of the Board. It's life as an AmIRight Artist.
FROM S.T.G.
Subject: Re: This girl Anne needs to shut her fat face
Parody is an art. Any art is SUBjective and not OBjective, meaning that differing opinions can be equally valid. Thus while this person can be quite right to think a parody is bad, they should realise that other people may like it.
I know how you feel, Jared. I spent a long time writing "Men in Brown" to "Men in Black", with many complex ties with Will Smith's lyrics and condensing the entire plot of Star Wars Episode II (hey, you know me) into a parody, and it has received one comment:
"Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmme!!!!!!"
However, someone else has since emailed me asking if they can use it in a school performance. Subjectivity in action :-)
(I steer away from the crude lyrics myself. 1) to be accessible to more people and 2) not to be a hypocritical Christian).
So you also should remember that it's just THEIR opinion. You seem to have received mainly 4s for the song, so a more general consensus is that it's pretty good.
Many people (who are not parody writers) also seem to think that because we parody a song we somehow hate the song or author, and hot-headedly leap to their idol's defence.
Subject: Re: This girl Anne needs to shut her fat face
I know that people have a right to their opinions, but if you look at the "Latest comments" section, this critic has a few alibis (Chantal, Ryan just to name a few) and says the SAME THINGS with those names, sometimes even in the same song. How stupid does she think we are? In this case, her thoughts should be left to herself. It's the people like this that disgust me.
Subject: Re: This girl Anne needs to shut her fat face
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I know that people have a right to their opinions, but if you look at the "Latest comments" section, this critic has a few alibis (Chantal, Ryan just to name a few) and says the SAME THINGS with those names, sometimes even in the same song. How stupid does she think we are? In this case, her thoughts should be left to herself. It's the people like this that disgust me.
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You know Jared, youre absolutley right...
on my current hit "I will block you" I had a very unecercery comment that was removed from people like this...but the report innapropriate comment button does work, and it gets teh comment removed, so thats good...
Subject: Re: This girl Anne needs to shut her fat face
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I know that people have a right to their opinions, but if you look at the "Latest comments" section, this critic has a few alibis (Chantal, Ryan just to name a few) and says the SAME THINGS with those names, sometimes even in the same song. How stupid does she think we are? In this case, her thoughts should be left to herself. It's the people like this that disgust me.
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"Aliases", not "alibis" ;)
But I digress. On Amiright, you gotta deal with people like the One-Guy, the critic you have mentioned, and Michael Pacholek. Just a fact of life. If your parody is good, it'll receive the accolades it deserves :) And the good will drown out the bad, although it won't be reflected in the voting.
In the end, you know that you've done a good job, despite the comments and bad voting. For reference, check out our Jew parody. Got hammered at least 10 times by the one-guy but the 50 or so 5-votes helped a bunch ;D
Subject: Re: This girl Anne needs to shut her fat face
ha, you think u got it bad Jared? look what she said about my "Cleaning Myself In The Tub" parody
Anne - July 29, 2003 1:24:38 PM - Report Inappropriate Comment
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WHAT THE HELL IS UR PROBLEM??????? THIS SUCKED!!
CHANTAL - July 29, 2003 1:30:43 PM - Report Inappropriate Comment
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WHAT THE HELL IS UR PROBLEM??????? THIS SUCKED!! THE REAL VERSION IS WAY BETTER THAN ANY OTHER ARTIST CAN DO ESPECIALLY WHEN jAY-Z RAPS... i THINK YOU PEOPLE ARE SCREWED 4 WRITING THIS CRAPPY NOT EVEN FUNNY VERSION...yOU WANT TO MAKE FUN OF A SONG THAN DO IT TO rEMY SHANED OR SOME OTHER BIG LOSER GEEK!!!!!!! tHANX YOU FOR LISTENING...LOLOL (EVERYTHING I SAD I THOUGHT WAS TRUE..iWOULD TAKE IT SERIOUSLY AND DON'T FOOL AROUND WITH A GREAT ARTISES SONG!
CHANTAL - July 29, 2003 1:31:01 PM - Report Inappropriate Comment
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WHAT THE HELL IS UR PROBLEM??????? THIS SUCKED!! THE REAL VERSION IS WAY BETTER THAN ANY OTHER ARTIST CAN DO ESPECIALLY WHEN jAY-Z RAPS... i THINK YOU PEOPLE ARE SCREWED 4 WRITING THIS CRAPPY NOT EVEN FUNNY VERSION...yOU WANT TO MAKE FUN OF A SONG THAN DO IT TO rEMY SHANED OR SOME OTHER BIG LOSER GEEK!!!!!!! tHANX YOU FOR LISTENING...LOLOL (EVERYTHING I SAD I THOUGHT WAS TRUE..iWOULD TAKE IT SERIOUSLY AND DON'T FOOL AROUND WITH A GREAT ARTISES SONG!
JESSICA - July 29, 2003 1:32:12 PM - Report Inappropriate Comment
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WHAT KINDA CRAP IS THIS U LOWLIFE???
She used 4 different names to bash me. I'm no punk but it hurts having to read the crap some asshole wants to say.
She also gave me 2 1's. It really brought me down because I thought I did a good job on that song.
Subject: Re: This girl Anne needs to shut her fat face
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ha, you think u got it bad Jared? look what she said about my "Cleaning Myself In The Tub" parody
Anne - July 29, 2003 1:24:38 PM - Report Inappropriate Comment
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WHAT THE HELL IS UR PROBLEM??????? THIS SUCKED!!
CHANTAL - July 29, 2003 1:30:43 PM - Report Inappropriate Comment
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WHAT THE HELL IS UR PROBLEM??????? THIS SUCKED!! THE REAL VERSION IS WAY BETTER THAN ANY OTHER ARTIST CAN DO ESPECIALLY WHEN jAY-Z RAPS... i THINK YOU PEOPLE ARE SCREWED 4 WRITING THIS CRAPPY NOT EVEN FUNNY VERSION...yOU WANT TO MAKE FUN OF A SONG THAN DO IT TO rEMY SHANED OR SOME OTHER BIG LOSER GEEK!!!!!!! tHANX YOU FOR LISTENING...LOLOL (EVERYTHING I SAD I THOUGHT WAS TRUE..iWOULD TAKE IT SERIOUSLY AND DON'T FOOL AROUND WITH A GREAT ARTISES SONG!
CHANTAL - July 29, 2003 1:31:01 PM - Report Inappropriate Comment
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WHAT THE HELL IS UR PROBLEM??????? THIS SUCKED!! THE REAL VERSION IS WAY BETTER THAN ANY OTHER ARTIST CAN DO ESPECIALLY WHEN jAY-Z RAPS... i THINK YOU PEOPLE ARE SCREWED 4 WRITING THIS CRAPPY NOT EVEN FUNNY VERSION...yOU WANT TO MAKE FUN OF A SONG THAN DO IT TO rEMY SHANED OR SOME OTHER BIG LOSER GEEK!!!!!!! tHANX YOU FOR LISTENING...LOLOL (EVERYTHING I SAD I THOUGHT WAS TRUE..iWOULD TAKE IT SERIOUSLY AND DON'T FOOL AROUND WITH A GREAT ARTISES SONG!
JESSICA - July 29, 2003 1:32:12 PM - Report Inappropriate Comment
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WHAT KINDA CRAP IS THIS U LOWLIFE???
She used 4 different names to bash me. I'm no punk but it hurts having to read the crap some asshole wants to say.
She also gave me 2 1's. It really brought me down because I thought I did a good job on that song.
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Blotown, I saw those...you just got to learn to ignore some people
Subject: Re: This girl Anne needs to shut her fat face
Man people are stupid... but the dumbest things I have ever read here are "YOU DIDN'T EVEN GET THE CORRECT LYRICS TO THE SONG RIGHT! THESE ARE THE WRONG ONES!"
Subject: Re: This girl Anne needs to shut her face
Some people are annoying for the sake of being annoying and the few just don't know any better. :P
As tough as it may be, you would definitely do best to totally ignore the ramblings and report the inappropriate comments as some already do.
You must remember -
Some of these people who write these comments, do so to purposely get you rattled - nothing more.
Subject: Re: This girl Anne needs to shut her fat face
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Man people are stupid... but the dumbest things I have ever read here are "YOU DIDN'T EVEN GET THE CORRECT LYRICS TO THE SONG RIGHT! THESE ARE THE WRONG ONES!"
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hahahaha....thats funny
Subject: Re: This girl Anne needs to shut her face
http://www.amiright.com/parody/90s/weirdalyankovic10.shtml
My latest parody has a mild reference to Annie
Subject: Re: This girl Anne needs to shut her face
"yOU WANT TO MAKE FUN OF A SONG THAN DO IT TO rEMY SHANED OR SOME OTHER BIG LOSER GEEK!!!!!!! tHANX YOU FOR LISTENING...LOLOL "
This seems to add weight to my thought that they perceived a parody as an attack. Probably why my "Council of Elrond" got 111ed.
Subject: Re: This girl Anne needs to shut her face
Unofficial disclaimer:
1. A parody is not necessarily an attack on either an artist or song, and should not be perceived as such.
2. We're sorry if you are in anyway offended by anything in any of the parodies at this site. But really, you take the risk of subjecting yourself to such content by connecting to the internet everyday.
3. If you think something is going to offend you, then don't read it. Don't read the parody just so you can compose evil and nasty comments attacking the author or the parody itself.
4. Don't vote a 'one' on a parody just because you don't like the subject or the content. There is not a category for subject matter, and voting a 'one' on the three existing categories does not make up for this fact.
5. If you have never written a parody, please don't comment on parody writing. There are many people here, more knowledgeable on the subject to help people who want it. They don't need 'outsiders' telling them how to write.
6. The parodies are here so that people can appreciate / enjoy them, not so that you have something else to complain about. If you want to complain, write a letter to your congressional representative.
OK, I'm done...
Subject: Re: This girl Anne needs to shut her face
Double E, I agree with everything you said but I disagree with #5. I do want to hear from people who read parodies as well as write them. While I like to hear feedback from fellow parody authors, and may value their input more highly, my target audience is anyone who wants a good laugh, whether they write parodies or not. By limiting yourself from votes/feedback to parody authors, you're really limiting the number of people you want to see your parodies. Imagine if Weird Al said "I only want other parody writers to listen to my music!"
Subject: Re: This girl Anne needs to shut her face
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Double E, I agree with everything you said but I disagree with #5. I do want to hear from people who read parodies as well as write them. While I like to hear feedback from fellow parody authors, and may value their input more highly, my target audience is anyone who wants a good laugh, whether they write parodies or not. By limiting yourself from votes/feedback to parody authors, you're really limiting the number of people you want to see your parodies. Imagine if Weird Al said "I only want other parody writers to listen to my music!"
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I agree with what you agreed to and what you agreed to disagree to
Subject: Re: This girl Anne needs to shut her face
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Double E, I agree with everything you said but I disagree with #5. I do want to hear from people who read parodies as well as write them.
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I think that might have been poorly phrased: what Double E probably meant was "Don't slate a the way a parody's been written unless you've written them yourself", rather than just any comment from a non-parody writer.
I'd tend to disagree with #2 as well: I'm not sorry if anyone takes offense at my parodies - they're not offensive and if anybody is *that* precious, well, that's their problem, not mine ;-)
...though I did spot one of my parodies on a Christian website: I'm still wondering if I should be offended or not ;-)
Phil
Subject: Re: This girl Anne needs to shut her face
yes, I guess I did poorly phrase #5. What I meant was if you've never written a parody, you shouldn't be telling people how to write parodies.
Subject: Re: This girl Anne needs to shut her face
I agree with S.T.G. The life of a parody artist is not an easy one. At one point in time your getting a really positive reaction, which results in good votes and responses. And then suddenly your viewed as the spawn of Satan for usually something as pothetic as what some would call a " senstitive issue". I believe that people need to realize that not all parodies are focused on putting down a person, an action, or a life style, but simply as a way of laughing about stereotypes. Thats what my parodies are, they are either making fun of stereotypes or just being flat out stupid, but the thing is parodies aren't always grounds for bashing artist or anything. But this is the life of a parody artist, this is the life we have all chosen, and this is the life that people will just have to put up with. :)
Subject: Re: This girl Anne needs to shut her face
Double E, I like your guidelines... Here's what I'd add:
7. Please do not vote or comment on what was said or how much you agree/disagree with it, but on how well it was said within the strict pre-determined format of the original song. Bear in mind that the author's views may not be identical to or even remotely similar to those expressed in a parody.
8. If you must correct artist/decade info in the comments, please do not also dock points for the alleged error when you rate -- the header information is not part of the parody and does not affect the pacing, humor or overall merit of the parody, itself. (Note: If *I* write a parody to a specific cover, I'm probably going to cite that version's artist/decade so that the parody is "heard" in its best light and the pacing is rated against the correct version.)
In reference to number 5... I got a bit of a kick out of that one because I've been here since late March and I'm still very shy about leaving comments. I still feel rather newish and that I don't have enough submissions under my belt, yet, for most the regulars to know who I am.
Subject: Re: This girl Anne needs to shut her face
We need 2 more rules so we can make a Bill of Parody Rights
Subject: Re: This girl Anne needs to shut her face
Yeah, what gets me most is that subject material. Like on the AmiRight one I wrote, somebody said they gave me all 4s, but it woulda been 5s if I'dve mentioned them. Or when I was doing all that fast food stuff, they docked me because they like McDonalds and I said I didn't, or something like that.
I think that the votes are what should be used if you think a parody sucked. If you leave a comment that says "This parody sucks," what good is it? At least say "Work on your pacing a bit and it'll be fine." Comments also seem to be OK if you liked the parody, as a 1-5 scale doesnt get that over much(especially with the Straight Ones Guy)
Subject: Re: This girl Anne needs to shut her face
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We need 2 more rules so we can make a Bill of Parody Rights
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;D