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Subject: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: Mistress Leola on 03/24/05 at 11:31 am
Since there's a thread discussing the best songs to parody, I thought it might be interesting to have people cite songs that they've unsuccessfully attempted to parody...
Personally, I have no examples. I've been able to write clever parodies using just about any tune you could name... ::)
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: EthanM on 03/24/05 at 12:10 pm
i never finished my attempts at "blinded by the light" or "my band" but it's obvious from this site that they both can be done, the former more so than the latter. I've also made several attempts at "ice, ice, baby," some technically completed but both of those are both not paced well enough for amiright and i don't have them anymore anyway. But just because i couldn't finish something doesn't mean it can't be done.
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: jreuben on 03/24/05 at 12:12 pm
Axel F by Harold Faltermeyer from the Beverly Hills Cop Soundtrack
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: Kim West on 03/24/05 at 12:30 pm
Since there's a thread discussing the best songs to parody, I thought it might be interesting to have people cite songs that they've unsuccessfully attempted to parody...
Personally, I have no examples. I've been able to write clever parodies using just about any tune you could name... ::)
Well sir, I've often thought that the lyrics to the animated Tick to be somewhat over whelming. The sheer mastery of it is…well breathtaking.
Seriously, most pop songs are fairly short and tend to repeat themselves. A writer can come up with a few good lines, polish up the chorus, and before you know it you have a song: most of the time you have to worry about the pacing of the song and what words will fit best. This is certainly true, but what about songs that have a great deal of material in them?
Try your hand at a couple of songs from Gilbert and Sullivan:
"I Am The Very Model of a Modern Major General" (Pirates of Penzance)
Here's another from Pirates, although I don't think it is awfully difficault. I just want to see what you could come up with because it is a favorite of mine. (translation, I am too lazy to write the bloody thing myself)
"Away, Away! My Heart's on Fire!" (Pirates of Penzance)
Then there are most of the songs from the musical "Cats" which can be rather intidating. Granted, they were originally poems from T.S. Eliot, but they have been made part of a musical and people do sing them. Try the following:
"The naming of Cats"
"Of the Awefull Battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles"
I'd name more from "Cats" but I'm afraid I might be temped to write a song about those. So far I have parodied Skimbleshanks and Old Dueteronomy, so I know that it is possible to parody just about any song, but you must admit they would be more diffulcult than your average pop song.
Kim.
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: jreuben on 03/24/05 at 12:38 pm
Well sir, I've often thought that the lyrics to the animated Tick to be somewhat over whelming. The sheer mastery of it is…well breathtaking.
Kim.
I just have to say that the animated Tick, especially the first season, rocks. And LOL on trying to parody the theme :)
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: Arwen on 03/24/05 at 12:40 pm
Axel F by Harold Faltermeyer from the Beverly Hills Cop Soundtrack
Whatever. Parody Writing 101 covers that...easy PEASY...
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: Mistress Leola on 03/24/05 at 12:40 pm
Hmm... interesting choices.  I've done 'Blinded' and 'Modern Major General'.
Axel F would actually be interesting to do -- I like working on instrumentals and figuring out what kind of rhyme scheme makes sense for the melody.
"Pekes and Pollicles" would be an interesting challenge too, though it might require a bit too much time investment for a parody that will mean something to maybe 3 people.  I'll have to look for your 'Skimbleshanks', Kim -- that's been my favorite tune from the show since I first saw it in London in '82...
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: Arwen on 03/24/05 at 12:48 pm
... since I first saw it in London in '82...
*grumble*
I hate people who are more cultured than I am. :(
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: Mistress Leola on 03/24/05 at 12:49 pm
Whatever. Parody Writing 101 covers that...easy PEASY...
If I call you a 'bastard'
It could be a disaster
Hairspray might believe that we're at war…
So I'll call you a 'custard'
But, still, that might disgust her
She might think that's just as bad as 'wh***'
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: Arwen on 03/24/05 at 12:58 pm
If I call you a 'bastard'
It could be a disaster
Hairspray might believe that we're at war…
So I'll call you a 'custard'
But, still, that might disgust her
She might think that's just as bad as 'wh***'
http://www.1worldproductionsboxing.com/Standing%20Ovation.jpg
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: jreuben on 03/24/05 at 12:59 pm
*grumble*
I hate people who are more cultured than I am.  :(
Join the club. The Culture Club.
Boy George, I think she's got it!
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: jreuben on 03/24/05 at 1:01 pm
If I call you a 'bastard'
It could be a disaster
Hairspray might believe that we're at war…
So I'll call you a 'custard'
But, still, that might disgust her
She might think that's just as bad as 'wh***'
My attempt at a smart-ass comment has been outsmarted :)
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: Mistress Leola on 03/24/05 at 1:02 pm
Join the club. The Culture Club.
Boy George, I think she's got it!
You're a twisted, twisted individual... ::) ;D ;)
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: Johnny_D on 03/24/05 at 1:03 pm
Join the club. The Culture Club.
Boy George, I think she's got it!
LOL !!!
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: Step-chan on 03/24/05 at 2:14 pm
There is one song I'm trying again(1st thought in late 2001/early2002),
It's so much that the song(the original is called Sappy) is overwhelming,
but the theme I'm using(Maison Ikkoku, an anime series) is making it
difficult.
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: Arwen on 03/24/05 at 2:46 pm
Join the club. The Culture Club.
Boy George, I think she's got it!
LOL!! I love you, Jeff!
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: agrimorfee on 03/24/05 at 5:21 pm
I tried to do "Laura Palmer's Gone", a Twin Peaks tribute, to "Janie's Got A Gun" (Aerosmith) but gave up...I couldn't get creative with it.
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: Kim West on 03/24/05 at 7:44 pm
Hmm... interesting choices.  I've done 'Blinded' and 'Modern Major General'.
I could not find a song version of Modern Major General from you Leo. Is it on another site or is it something you are going to post soon? :(
BTW, thank you for your review and votes for my Skimbleshanks parody. :)
Kim.
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: Mistress Leola on 03/24/05 at 7:58 pm
I could not find a song version of Modern Major General from you Leo. Is it on another site or is it something you are going to post soon? :(
I never posted it here -- it was one of a bunch of parodies I wrote a few years ago for a 'West Wing' (the TV show) message board. It was 'I Am The Very Model of a Democratic President' or something like that. It was only a couple of verses. I think all that stuff was lost when the website was re-designed, though. That's probably song a worth tackling again if I can think of an idea.
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: Luke Brattoni on 03/24/05 at 9:48 pm
When the holidays finally come around, I have the following epics in my sight, it will be hard to parody them because of all of the brilliant entries currently about them and the fact that I don't know the songs in their entirety:
Bohemian Rhapsody
American Pie
ALBUQUERQUE by Weird Al. There have been few attempts at this and they suck.
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: philbo on 03/25/05 at 9:20 am
The one that's got me stumped at the moment is 10cc's "One night in Paris" (no prizes for guessing what the subject matter for that is, nor what a hard time I had researching it)... main problem is that there's a lot of lines with no real meter and no rhymes. Also it's kind of hard to improve on:
"Forty-two, quarante-deux, Rue de St. Jacques
All are girls are, how you say, good in the sack"
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: Kim West on 03/25/05 at 11:58 am
I wanna marry momma, so my problem's mainly Oedipal
The other girls I've known and loved are in the end forgettable
When I first met dear momma, she'd make sure I had enough to eat
She'd cuddle me and coo to me, caressing as I sucked her teat
When I got wet, she'd change me and rub powder on my tender buns
And kiss my upper regions as she covered up my nether ones
Though through the years I've met a lot of virgins, vamps, and vegan girls
I've only met one 'suck-my-teat-cause-now-it's-time-for-feedin' girl...
Some girls I've known are short and sweet and some have legs from here to there
While some are very modest, others have no use for underwear
But all the girls I've known and loved are in the end forgettable
I wanna marry momma, so my problem's mainly Oedipal
When I was 3 months old, dear momma had to work to earn a wage
And left me in the care of an au pair who seemed quite underage
My meals were disappointing, for she didn't have her boobies yet
So even if I tried to suck, alas, there was no food to get
I found that when you're cared for by those too young for a wonderbra
You find yourself reduced to eating baby food and formula
So when dear momma went to work, I sucked much less and nibbled more
If it's not meant to serve a meal, then what the heck's a nipple for?
That isn't too bad Leo. Its the very model of a modern major parody. ;)
I have been tempted, ever since yesterday, to play with "Away, away, My Hearts on Fire." I have come up with the lyrics, but I am not really sure I want to keep it all one person singing, or, have three people like the original. My thought was to have Captain Jack Sparrow sing about how his ship was taken from him and how he planed on getting it back. Basically tell the tale of "Curse of The Black Pearl."
I'm not sure if the song works with just Captain Sparrow, but I'm not real certain I could fit Will Turner and Miss Swan into the song (especially after finishing the first version of my lyrics). If you Leo or anybody else has an opinion on what I should do then I would appreciate it. Here is what I came up with.
(link to midi of song)
http://math.boisestate.edu/gas/pirates/p20.mid
original song "Away, Away. My Hearts on Fire"
Parody song "Away, Away. I light Me Fire!"
Parody author: Kim West
http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/movie/pirates_caribbean/04.jpeg
Away, away! I light me fire!
Avast they stole me pirate ship today.
What's this I see? Some rum for me!
I shall glut myself. Away, away!
Away, away! Ere I'm saved!
I find walking hard to do today!
The rum filled me and its all for me!
No, I can walk meself! Away, away!
With falsehood foul
He tricked me from me ship!
Let anger fly;
Captain Sparrow so decides.
Let them burn
They will pay for all those lies,
And, in return,
To-night Barbossa dies.
Yes, yes! To-night Barbossa dies!
Yes, yes! To-night Barbossa dies!
To-night he dies!
Yes, then The Black Pearl is mine
The treasure likewise.
What's mine is mine!
The Aztec coins?
Take them and ye shall be cursed
Who wrote this plot?
It really seems quite forced.
TO-NIGHT HE DIES!
YES, THEN THE BLACK PEARL IS MINE!
THE TREASURE LIKEWISE!
WHAT'S MINE IS MINE!
THE AZTEC COINS?
TAKE THEM AND YE SHALL BE CURSED!
WHO WROTE THIS PLOT?
IT REALLY SEEMS QUITE FORCED!
AWAY, AWAY!
TO-NIGHT BARBOSA DIES!
AWAY, AWAY! TO-NIGHT, TO-NIGHT!
BARBOSSA DIES! TONIGHT! AWAY!
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: Mistress Leola on 03/25/05 at 12:19 pm
DKTOS or the movie, but that's great stuff!
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: agrimorfee on 03/25/05 at 12:30 pm
I'm sure Paul "BLack Jack" Robinson would approve, aye! 8)
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: Kim West on 03/25/05 at 12:35 pm
DKTOS or the movie, but that's great stuff!
What? You know Modern Major General, but not "Away, away"? :o
Well, they are both from the same musical "Pirates of Penzance." :)
The movie "Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl" was a Disney film based on their ride. Amazingly the film was not bad. Johnny Depp (The pirate in the photo) stole the film in my opinion.
I thank you for your comments about my little parody, perhaps I will submit it later on today..
Kim.
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: Kim West on 03/25/05 at 12:38 pm
I'm sure Paul "BLack Jack" Robinson would approve, aye! 8)
Arrrr! Thank ye me matie! :)
Kim.
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: Mistress Leola on 03/25/05 at 1:44 pm
Well, they are both from the same musical "Pirates of Penzance." :)
I saw 'Penzance' once. When I was about 10. I'm pretty sure my memory of 'Modern Major General' comes not from that, but from having heard it a few times since. Who knows -- maybe I'll recognize the tune to 'Away, Away' if I hear it. I'll look for a midi...
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: Arwen on 03/26/05 at 2:00 am
Johnny Depp (The pirate in the photo) stole the film in my opinion.
...and the opinion of the Academy, as well. He did, after all, get his first Oscar nomination for that film...
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: Mistress Leola on 03/26/05 at 7:27 am
...and the opinion of the Academy, as well. He did, after all, get his first Oscar nomination for that film...
Yep, and *HalleBerry* they're *MarissaTomei* infallible
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: Kim West on 03/26/05 at 12:06 pm
...and the opinion of the Academy, as well. He did, after all, get his first Oscar nomination for that film...
Unfortunately nomination does not equate to being a winner of said Oscar. Johnny received another nomination this past Oscar Award season for "Finding Neverland". He didn't win again.
It’s a conspiracy I tell you! >:(
Enough said. :(
Kim.
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: Arwen on 03/26/05 at 12:22 pm
Yep, and *HalleBerry* they're *MarissaTomei* infallible
http://home.earthlink.net/~poreill47/valene_rolling_eyes.jpg
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: DoRitos on 03/26/05 at 10:15 pm
Try your hand at a couple of songs from Gilbert and Sullivan:
"I Am The Very Model of a Modern Major General" (Pirates of Penzance)
"Blinded By The Light" (Manfred Mann) is on my list of things to do. I have just never been able to come up with a good theme for it. I have recently done "I Am The Very Model of a Modern Major General" (Pirates of Penzance) And it took me an entire weekend to do the OS justice. Hardest one I've tried in recent memory.
http://www.amiright.com/parody/misc/gilbertandsullivan41.shtml
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: Ansky1213 on 03/26/05 at 11:49 pm
"Thunder Road" by Bruce Springsteen took me a really long time. In fact, I think that all Boss songs are pretty tough. I've also taken some tries with "U Can't Touch This" to no avail. The final one that I've been trying to come up with something good for? "Once In A Lifetime" by Talking Heads.
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: Kim West on 03/27/05 at 3:28 pm
"Blinded By The Light" (Manfred Mann) is on my list of things to do. I have just never been able to come up with a good theme for it. I have recently done "I Am The Very Model of a Modern Major General" (Pirates of Penzance) And it took me an entire weekend to do the OS justice. Hardest one I've tried in recent memory.
http://www.amiright.com/parody/misc/gilbertandsullivan41.shtml
Just read, voted, and left a few words for your parody. Just looking at your work, it is easy to see why the project would be so challenging. Major General is not only a long song, but it has far too many words in it, and that is by design. Most of the other songs from Penzance are relatively short in comparison.
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: Johnny_D on 03/27/05 at 10:10 pm
Well, I made a half-assed (or maybe three-quarter-assed) attempt at both "Modern Major-General" and "Blinded By The Light" awhile back ...
If anybody's curious, here they are ...
"Scottish Major-General" Parody by Johnny D
"Blinded by Head-Lights" Parody by Johnny D
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: philbo on 03/28/05 at 2:02 pm
Not meaning to demean in any way, but what's so difficult about the Major-General's song? Having done the thing twice, yes, there are a lot of words, but as with most G&S the meter really helps to fit things together.
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: Mistress Leola on 03/28/05 at 3:00 pm
Not meaning to demean in any way, but what's so difficult about the Major-General's song? Having done the thing twice, yes, there are a lot of words, but as with most G&S the meter really helps to fit things together.
For me, the challenge is in trying to fit the rigorous military rhythm of the OS, as well dealing with the unrelenting rhyme scheme -- every line rhymes with at least one other line, which is not typical in songs of any genre (I don't think).
But different things are challenging to different people.
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: jreuben on 03/28/05 at 3:15 pm
...and the opinion of the Academy, as well. He did, after all, get his first Oscar nomination for that film...
I agree...he was quite a Grouch that night.
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: philbo on 03/28/05 at 5:31 pm
For me, the challenge is in trying to fit the rigorous military rhythm of the OS, as well dealing with the unrelenting rhyme scheme -- every line rhymes with at least one other line, which is not typical in songs of any genre (I don't think).
But what makes it a lot easier is that the lines are so long that you can get a whole sentence in before you need to rhyme... though to do it properly, you often have to rhyme more than one syllable at the end:
A sample of a long line with a Major-Gen'ral rhyme it is
I would write more, but I've just noticed just how late the time it is...
I do enjoy this G&S, it always makes me smile and so
Instead I'll simply paste a quote from one I wrote a while ago:
Heroin, amphetamine and mescaline and pethedine
and ecstacy (that's meth'lene-dimethoxy-methamphetamine)
;)
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: Arwen on 03/28/05 at 5:47 pm
I agree...he was quite a Grouch that night.
;D
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: Mistress Leola on 03/29/05 at 8:27 am
For me, the challenge is in trying to fit the rigorous military rhythm of the OS, as well dealing with the unrelenting rhyme scheme -- every line rhymes with at least one other line, which is not typical in songs of any genre (I don't think).ÂÂ
I don't know WHAT the hell I was thinking when I wrote that -- yes, an AA-BB-CC-DD-EE-FF structure and rhyme scheme is unique, but I don't know that it's necessarily difficult. I do find it quite a challenge to fit the rhythmic stresses properly on such long lines and to avoid having accents fall on the wrong syl-LA-ble.
It IS bad when your AC-cent falls on THE wrong sylla-BLE, you know...
The FLOW of words should BE like this: as SOFT and pure as wool and snow
And that's what makes it hard for me (though philbo does it easily)
It takes me many hours, for I'm not too swift in general
But what makes it a lot easier is that the lines are so long that you can get a whole sentence in before you need to rhyme... though to do it properly, you often have to rhyme more than one syllable at the end:
A sample of a long line with a Major-Gen'ral rhyme it is
I would write more, but I've just noticed just how late the time it is...
I do enjoy this G&S, it always makes me smile and so
Instead I'll simply paste a quote from one I wrote a while ago:
Heroin, amphetamine and mescaline and pethedine
and ecstacy (that's meth'lene-dimethoxy-methamphetamine)
;)
Nice work!
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: Step-chan on 03/29/05 at 10:51 am
There is one song I'm trying again(1st thought in late 2001/early2002),
It's so much that the song(the original is called Sappy) is overwhelming,
but the theme I'm using(Maison Ikkoku, an anime series) is making it
difficult.
I just noticed that I have a typo in my post(I meant to say "It isn't so much"),
I was in a hurry at the time(I just have one more verse to go on this one.)
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: Luke Brattoni on 03/29/05 at 11:55 pm
How didn't this gem make it into the conversation?
http://www.amiright.com/parody/60s/thesoundofmusic2.shtml
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: Mistress Leola on 03/30/05 at 11:21 am
How didn't this gem make it into the conversation?
http://www.amiright.com/parody/60s/thesoundofmusic2.shtml
I must say, that is a brilliant one from our young songstress.
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: Ansky1213 on 03/30/05 at 11:25 am
How didn't this gem make it into the conversation?
http://www.amiright.com/parody/60s/thesoundofmusic2.shtml
Wait wait wait. Hold the phone. So she's beautiful, young and talented?! I thought I was the only one matching that description around here. :\'(
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: philbo on 03/31/05 at 3:11 pm
Here's one that would take quite some parodying - I was listening to it in the car on the way home tonight: anyone else know "Hocus Pocus", by Focus?
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: Mistress Leola on 03/31/05 at 3:26 pm
Here's one that would take quite some parodying - I was listening to it in the car on the way home tonight: anyone else know "Hocus Pocus", by Focus?
Oh no, Philbo, Leo don't know Hocus Pocus by Focus.
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: Red Ant on 04/21/05 at 8:00 pm
Well, the only one I have seen that cannot be parodied well is George Thorogoods " One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer ". There are plenty more though.
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: agrimorfee on 04/25/05 at 3:07 pm
Here's one that would take quite some parodying - I was listening to it in the car on the way home tonight: anyone else know "Hocus Pocus", by Focus?
Oh come on,, Phill......"yodelodoeldoeldodoodo--, bum, bum!" ??? Are you kidding me? :D
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: philbo on 04/25/05 at 3:24 pm
Are you kidding me? :D
Nope, I said it'd be a hard one to parody...
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: Kristof Robertson on 04/26/05 at 3:52 am
"Blinded By The Light" (Manfred Mann) is on my list of things to do. I have just never been able to come up with a good theme for it. I have recently done "I Am The Very Model of a Modern Major General" (Pirates of Penzance) And it took me an entire weekend to do the OS justice. Hardest one I've tried in recent memory.
http://www.amiright.com/parody/misc/gilbertandsullivan41.shtml
I'm working on a "Blinded By The Light" parody at the moment....and it is by far the hardest one I've tried...."Major-General" was a doddle compared to this. Has anyone tried "Ma-nah-ma-nah" from Sesame Street? That's one I'd vote 5s for.....
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: Mistress Leola on 04/26/05 at 8:59 am
I'm working on a "Blinded By The Light" parody at the moment....and it is by far the hardest one I've tried...."Major-General" was a doddle compared to this. Has anyone tried "Ma-nah-ma-nah" from Sesame Street? That's one I'd vote 5s for.....
What would make Ma-nah-ma-nah difficult? Though it might be interesting to see what rhyme schemes people would come up with.
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: Kristof Robertson on 04/26/05 at 9:08 am
What would make Ma-nah-ma-nah difficult?ÂÂ
Ummm....it has no real words, Leo. :)...although I agree with you, it would be very interesting to see what sprouts from the warped mind of whoever takes it on. Any volunteers? JD??
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: Mistress Leola on 04/26/05 at 9:16 am
Ummm....it has no real words, Leo. :)...although I agree with you, it would be very interesting to see what sprouts from the warped mind of whoever takes it on. Any volunteers? JD??
Hey, I'm not that clueless! :D
I just don't think that necessarily makes it harder to parody. Well, maybe in the strictest sense of 'parody', in that it's harder to 'poke fun at' the idea of the original song. But a lot of parodies don't necessarily do that anyway. :P
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: Kristof Robertson on 04/26/05 at 9:42 am
Hey, I'm not that clueless!  :D
I just don't think that necessarily makes it harder to parody. Well, maybe in the strictest sense of 'parody', in that it's harder to 'poke fun at' the idea of the original song. But a lot of parodies don't necessarily do that anyway. :P
Point taken, Leo...and my apologies for being so impudent :D
possible titles:
Banana Car
F'nar F'nar
Bizarrest Bra
???
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: Mistress Leola on 04/26/05 at 9:48 am
Point taken, Leo...and my apologies for being so impotent! :D
Umm... TMI. That's really between you and your partner. ::)
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: Kristof Robertson on 04/26/05 at 10:13 am
Umm... TMI. That's really between me and your partner.  ::)
LEO! *sob* I didn't know.....
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: Mistress Leola on 04/26/05 at 10:30 am
LEO! *sob* I didn't know.....
Hee, I have to cut you some slack, since I just read your "Damn Will & Grace" parody. Hilarious!
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: agrimorfee on 04/29/05 at 5:21 pm
I challenge someone to make a decent (not necessarily a 555, just decent) parody out of this song by Fiery Furnaces, from their album Blueberry Boat. It is a REAL song. (proof at http://blueberryboat.no3rdw.com/index.html)
Quay Cur
I had a locket, a little silver charm,
Given to me so to keep me out of harm.
Canvasing the quayside trying to earn my keep,
A killick tore it off my neck and threw it in the deep.
And now I'll never, never, never feel like I am safe again
And now I'll never, never, never feel like I am safe again
And now I'll never, never, never feel like I am safe again.
Up to the quarentine, late night aboard,
Try to raise our fees but we get what they afford.
Busy work below deck according to form;
Waiting for the clear to leave but then comes up a storm.
We hid beneath the barrels of blubber hoping that the rain had passed
But when the wind kept up the rats cut down the rigging off the mast
And then the rust chewed through the anchor chain and out to sea we're cast.
The clouds dried and cracked
It was calm in fact
The ship had been towed,
By sea Dyaks towed
So we're sold Kolaba
'n sent -- I let out a sob, a
cry oh no it's disaster -- T-Ranter Bay Madacascar.
Great gulps of Greek fire get us in;
Sling sticks at the stockade Fort Dauphin;
A guardsman gave a griffin said grease my duke:
Down by the chimney and out through the fluke.
A looby, a lordant, a lagerhead, lozel,
a lungio lathback made me a proposal:
Straight sail, top mast, astrolabe prospected
down in his dry dock erected infected;
Mocked up with silk strings and taffeta tricked
with nails out of driftwood already iron sicked:
now spy out the glass at whatever missteps me
and the press gang warrant's signed Sir Edward Pepsi.
Course it wasn't long till I caught the croup,
Dawding on the drizzy deck of my majesty's sloop.
If only the hlmsman would turn from his whip staff
With my azimuth compass I'd go by the hectograph
Up to the whaling fleet in Gilbert sound
Then back in the hull when we come around
With 100 seals and 2 polar bears
Nearly in the harbor without any cares,
But then:
A looby, a lordant, a lagerhead, lozel,
a lungio lathback made me a proposal:
Straight sail, top mast, astrolabe prospected
down in his dry dock erected infected;
Mocked up with silk strings and taffeta tricked
with nails out of driftwood already iron sicked:
now spy out the glass at whatever missteps me
and the press gang warrant's signed Sir Edward Pepsi.
Half hour sandglass
Seven saker round shot
Ice for the moonshine
And chichsaneg.
Canyglow, canyglow, canyglow don't say nugo
Tie tight my sugnacoon
In comes the tucktodo
Aba in aob aginyoh.
Look awennye
Get out my sawygmeg
Yliaout, yliaout
Weave us on shore
Unuiche quoysah
Maconmeg
And I gave a sasobneg.
Canyglow, canyglow, canyglow don't say nugo
Tie tight my sugnacoon
In comes the tucktodo
Aba in aob aginyoh.
And now we live by muskles, water weeds with small relief in store
And all the sick men in the Galean were then put upon the shore
And on the 22nd we didn't see our general any more.
Down came our trestle-trees, no pitch tar or nails;
Fore shrouds break no rope we trust;
Only shift of sails.
Drink my Rosa Solis; struck suddenly ahull
Yield ourselves we spoomed, my sinews stiff,
My eyes were dull.
And now I'll never, never, never feel like I am safe again
And now I'll never, never, never feel like I am safe again
And now I'll never, never, never feel like I am safe again.
And as we pass the equinoctial only 5 of us could stand
And while the capsten without sheets or tacks by all of us was manned
And on the 11th day of June ran in at Barehaven to land.
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: MysteryGoat on 04/30/05 at 3:39 am
I've got a directory full of songs waiting to be parodied, I just can't seem to get the words out. Not to mention I got a another directory with a handful of rejects. I could give you a list of it all if you want, but for now I'd have to say the hardest thing for me to parody is rap. I must have cancelled 3 eminem songs already because I couldn't come up with anything good. I'm still surprised I got a decent Will Smith song out, however all recent ones I've tried to work on have failed miserably.
...I wish I had talent. :\'(
Subject: Re: Songs That Can't Be Parodied Well
Written By: The Mistress Leola on 04/30/05 at 5:58 pm
I've got a directory full of songs waiting to be parodied, I just can't seem to get the words out. Not to mention I got a another directory with a handful of rejects. I could give you a list of it all if you want, but for now I'd have to say the hardest thing for me to parody is rap. I must have cancelled 3 eminem songs already because I couldn't come up with anything good. I'm still surprised I got a decent Will Smith song out, however all recent ones I've tried to work on have failed miserably.
...I wish I had talent. :\'(
Talent is overrated.