Send me a message when you spot incomplete parodies and I will remove them.  I try and screen as many as I can, but lately they seem to be slipping through.  If it looks like a parody doesn't track at all with the original song, send me a message.

Okay...here's one:

http://www.amiright.com/parody/70s/theanimals0.shtml

Okay...here's one:

http://www.amiright.com/parody/70s/theanimals0.shtml


gone...

I believe I have seen that link before it was removed and know who wrote it. I also have seen your comments on the thread about the person making these parodies. He had roughly 55 parodies but now isn't even in the top 10 list.

My 7th ( I had 6 working theories ) theory was....nevermind, it is insulting. I'd be ashamed to put it into words ANYWHERE.  :-[ ( although if ChuckyG can guess it I will say if he is correct ).

I believe I have seen that link before it was removed and know who wrote it. I also have seen your comments on the thread about the person making these parodies. He had roughly 55 parodies but now isn't even in the top 10 list.

My 7th ( I had 6 working theories ) theory was....nevermind, it is insulting. I'd be ashamed to put it into words ANYWHERE.  :-[ ( although if ChuckyG can guess it I will say if he is correct ).

He actually had 63 - I read the comments yesterday after I saw one on the homepage. Somebody needs to go easy on the mind-altering substances.

He actually had 63 - I read the comments yesterday after I saw one on the homepage. Somebody needs to go easy on the mind-altering substances.


Well, I wasn't keeping count of the last few days. As far as mind altering substances goes, nice theory, but it's one of my original 6 ( one of the more "polite" ones at that ). ;)

EDIT: Just realized that someone you are referring to may be me. The only mind-altering substance I take is nothing. My mind is altered enough as it is without chemicals.

Here's another one...that isn't even a parody.
http://www.amiright.com/parody/80s/thepolice68.shtml

Here's another 'incomplete' one:

http://www.amiright.com/parody/80s/tomjones0.shtml

The author didn't finish this one.

http://www.amiright.com/parody/misc/traditional416.shtml

Please take it off, thank you.

http://www.amiright.com/parody/2000s/johnmayer13.shtml

The author only parodied the first verse, hence it isn't complete.

Well, I wasn't keeping count of the last few days. As far as mind altering substances goes, nice theory, but it's one of my original 6 ( one of the more "polite" ones at that ). ;)

EDIT: Just realized that someone you are referring to may be me. The only mind-altering substance I take is nothing. My mind is altered enough as it is without chemicals.

Nope, I was referring to the author of the "parody".  :)

http://www.amiright.com/parody/90s/blink18281.shtml

This one's definitely incomplete. The author didn't parody the whole song.

I resubmitted a parody because it was missing a few parts. Please delete the original, http://www.amiright.com/parody/60s/adinahoward0.shtml. Thank you.

Dear Chucky, a while back I noticed that many so called "parodies" by "George Hamilinton IV" were deleted because they were incomplete; however, five of them still remain.

These ones for sure I know are not complete:
http://www.amiright.com/parody/70s/america54.shtml
http://www.amiright.com/parody/90s/nirvana151.shtml (some of the pacing is actually met here, but it's still missing several parts)

The other three, I DKTOS on those, but I bet they're missing some parts too.
Plus, his "authors page" remains (http://www.amiright.com/parody/authors/georgehamilintoniv.shtml) with a lot of dead links. As does his "comments" page.

Dear Chucky, a while back I noticed that many so called "parodies" by "George Hamilinton IV" were deleted because they were incomplete; however, five of them still remain.

These ones for sure I know are not complete:
http://www.amiright.com/parody/70s/america54.shtml
http://www.amiright.com/parody/90s/nirvana151.shtml (some of the pacing is actually met here, but it's still missing several parts)

The other three, I DKTOS on those, but I bet they're missing some parts too.
Plus, his "authors page" remains (http://www.amiright.com/parody/authors/georgehamilintoniv.shtml) with a lot of dead links. As does his "comments" page.


I originally designed the author's section assuming that a parody author would generally not get removed once they made the list.  Cases come up where I have to do it though, so I just remove them by hand.  I took care of it.

Hey Chuck, it seems that "Geroge Hamilintion" is back, posting as "George Hamilintion V" this time. He wrote another incomplete "parody" which somehow made it to the site:

http://www.amiright.com/parody/70s/gunsnroses1.shtml

It's not even a parody, and GNR never did a rendition of it.
Please get rid of it, thank you very much.

http://www.amiright.com/parody/2000s/blackeyedpeas30.shtml

http://www.amiright.com/parody/90s/3.shtml

Everything is left blank on this one; there aren't even any words to it. Why it got processed, I have no idea. Look at it and you'll see what I'm talking about. Then please remove it, Chuck.

Thank you.

http://www.amiright.com/parody/90s/3.shtml

Everything is left blank on this one; there aren't even any words to it. Why it got processed, I have no idea. Look at it and you'll see what I'm talking about. Then please remove it, Chuck.

Thank you.


it probably wasn't blank when it was submitted.  Sometimes parodies get lost in the process of approving them.  I think it's my router at home.

Hey Chuck, here's another "parody" by George Hamilinton IV that should've been deleted a long time ago:

http://www.amiright.com/parody/80s/chuckberry0.shtml

As usual, he/she/it didn't parody the whole song. Please get rid of it, thank you.

This one's really been bugging me...someone even gave it 5's, for crying out loud!

http://www.amiright.com/parody/2000s/rkelly50.shtml

http://www.amiright.com/parody/misc/disney9.shtml

This one is not only incomplete, it's off-pace and doesn't even make sense!  >:(

http://www.amiright.com/parody/80s/1.shtml

For some reason the artist name (Survivor) didn't show up. Do I have to resubmit it in order to make the correction?

http://www.amiright.com/parody/80s/1.shtml

For some reason the artist name (Survivor) didn't show up. Do I have to resubmit it in order to make the correction?


yes.  sometimes a field gets lost during the approval process (wish I could figure out why)

http://www.amiright.com/parody/80s/1.shtml

For some reason the artist name (Survivor) didn't show up. Do I have to resubmit it in order to make the correction?

You can go ahead and delete this one now, since I resubmitted it with the correction.


On a side note, I happened to come across one that I know is incomplete:

http://www.amiright.com/parody/80s/brucespringstein0.shtml

Here's another incomplete one:

http://www.amiright.com/parody/90s/greenday105.shtml

The pacing is TERRIBLE on it. Please remove it at once.

Here's another incomplete one:

http://www.amiright.com/parody/90s/greenday105.shtml

The pacing is TERRIBLE on it. Please remove it at once.


The pacing is pretty bad however it is not incomplete. I just listened to TOS and while it doesn't scan in parts the whole song is there.

The pacing is pretty bad however it is not incomplete. I just listened to TOS and while it doesn't scan in parts the whole song is there.

But it's still poorly paced. I agree with baa. Chuck said at the beginning of this thread that if a parody doesn't track at all with TOS, then that's grounds for removal too. Check it out:


Send me a message when you spot incomplete parodies and I will remove them.  I try and screen as many as I can, but lately they seem to be slipping through.  If it looks like a parody doesn't track at all with the original song, send me a message.


Hence, I think it should go.

But it's still poorly paced. I agree with baa. Chuck said at the beginning of this thread that if a parody doesn't track at all with TOS, then that's grounds for removal too. Check it out:

Hence, I think it should go.


If Stuart reads this, sorry to go resort to counting syllables again, but for the sake of validating my disagreement with baa and Brown Ant.....

It does track to TOS, check out the original lyrics vs the parody lyrics (in parentheses)


I walk a lonely road
(I write real cool parodies) +1 syllable
The only one that I have ever known
(Everyone knows because when they see) -1 syllable or okay if Everyone is 4 syllables
Don't know where it goes
(The parodies that i've written) +3 syllables
But it's home to me and I walk alone
(They think I'm really cool/Yet I know I'm cool) +1 syllable


I walk this empty street
(When people reading them) - syllable and emphasis correct
On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
(They think "wow! that deserves a score off ten"!) -1 syllable
Where the city sleeps
( I get the scor then) - syllable correct and them/ten/then rhymes as well as street/dreams/sleeps does
and I'm the only one and I walk alone
(Cause I am really cool/Yet I know I'm cool) - syllable correct


I walk alone
I walk alone

I walk alone
I walk a...
(I know I'm cool
I know i'n cool

I know i'm cool
I know i) - this section scans perfectly to TOS


How does that not track at all?

Well Red Ant, even if the pacing isn't terrible, it's a horribly egotistical and insulting song, and if I were Chucky I'd remove it.

Perhaps there should be a new rule against self-glorification in parodies, considering that just makes others hate you?

Well Red Ant, even if the pacing isn't terrible, it's a horribly egotistical and insulting song, and if I were Chucky I'd remove it.

Perhaps there should be a new rule against self-glorification in parodies, considering that just makes others hate you?

Thanks for agreeing with me, Cat! I think Chuck should take it down ASAP.

Well Red Ant, even if the pacing isn't terrible, it's a horribly egotistical and insulting song, and if I were Chucky I'd remove it.

Perhaps there should be a new rule against self-glorification in parodies, considering that just makes others hate you?


Egotistical perhaps, maybe a poorly executed put-on. You should know that not everyone thinks that ego is bad. Matter of fact, there was an Ego contest a while back:

http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php/topic,11925.0.html

Insulting? Maybe it the same way a 5 year old calls one a 'doodiehead'; it's not much of an insult to me.

There have been far more insulting parodies posted, one of which I won't mention the URL or author (who is no longer active) from early 2004 that drew no less than 30 triple 1s. It was before my time but from what I can tell it drew quite a heated debate. It is still on AmIRight.

I take it you have never read any of Offender's parodies.

Dear Chuck,

The pacing is very baaad on this one, and it isn't QUITE complete, hence I think you should remove it.

http://www.amiright.com/parody/90s/greenday105.shtml

Thank you for your consideration.

Dear Chuck,

The pacing is very baaad on this one, and it isn't QUITE complete, hence I think you should remove it.

http://www.amiright.com/parody/90s/greenday105.shtml

Thank you for your consideration.

Yes, the pacing is bad on that one, and it doesn't follow very well at all. Why hasn't Chuck taken it down yet?

It was poorly made, yes, but Chuck only will delete items at the request of the author, or if they involve sex or are derogatory statements about an private individual or ethnicity.

It was poorly made, yes, but Chuck only will delete items at the request of the author---

Hold it right there. Chuckie said at the beginning of this thread, "if you spot incomplete parodies"; that most likely means, "you, the reader."

Check it out:

Send me a message when you spot incomplete parodies and I will remove them.  I try and screen as many as I can, but lately they seem to be slipping through.  If it looks like a parody doesn't track at all with the original song, send me a message.

Again, I don't defend the parody's quality, but it isn't fragmentary. However, I now see that Chuck or another admin has removed it.

This one's incomplete:

http://www.amiright.com/parody/80s/robertpalmer29.shtml

In fact, the author himself later submitted the "complete" version, so you can erase this one.

Thanks!

This one's incomplete:

http://www.amiright.com/parody/80s/robertpalmer29.shtml

In fact, the author himself later submitted the "complete" version, so you can erase this one.

Thanks!


thanks, there's been a couple that I accidently approved, only to notice it was incomplete after it went through... by the time I finished for the day, I didn't remember which they were. 

I spotted another one:

http://www.amiright.com/parody/60s/9.shtml

http://www.amiright.com/parody/80s/weirdalyankovic53.shtml

In addition to being incomplete, it's very poorly paced.

http://www.amiright.com/parody/80s/weirdalyankovic53.shtml

In addition to being incomplete, it's very poorly paced.

Apparently he hasn't deleted that one yet. I wonder why not ??

Chuck, here's one:

http://www.amiright.com/parody/90s/sugarray11.shtml

The author only parodied the first verse and one instance of the chorus, hence it's very incomplete. Things like that should never be accepted.

Chuck, here's one:

http://www.amiright.com/parody/90s/sugarray11.shtml

The author only parodied the first verse and one instance of the chorus, hence it's very incomplete. Things like that should never be accepted.


it'd be nice if they weren't, but even someone as cool as me doesn't know the lyrics to every song submitted to the site.

http://www.amiright.com/parody/80s/weirdalyankovic58.shtml
This was completely my fault,but you can blame it on someone else, I kinda accidently added the bottom half, and not the first half  :-[

Here is another one:

http://www.amiright.com/parody/60s/thebeachboys112.shtml

Hey Chuck...

These two are incomplete:

http://www.amiright.com/parody/80s/queen36.shtml (not to mention all the wasted blank space)

http://www.amiright.com/parody/misc/traditional1184.shtml

ChuckyG, this is BLATANTLY incomplete.

http://www.amiright.com/parody/misc/traditional1220.shtml

http://www.amiright.com/parody/misc/traditional1219.shtml

This is incomplete as well.

http://www.amiright.com/parody/misc/traditional1219.shtml

This is incomplete as well.


With "12 days of Christmas" parodies, typing the last verse only is doing the readers a favor by saving us the horrible repetition of the previous 11 days, that is, if the author chooses not to vary each verse. Same goes with "99 Bottles of..." parodies; few list every number between 99 and 1 - they, too, are (or should be) exempt from being considered incomplete parodies.

Here...

http://www.amiright.com/parody/misc/traditonal18.shtml

Here...

http://www.amiright.com/parody/misc/traditonal18.shtml


unless a 12 Days of Christmas parody is not properly paced, I don't consider them incomplete for not typing all the verses. 

unless a 12 Days of Christmas parody is not properly paced, I don't consider them incomplete for not typing all the verses. 

well I suppose he could've just typed the verse with the one new item each time.

"On the 1st day of (whatever), (whatever gave to me)
A (whatever)....

On the 2nd day...
2 (thingamagigs) etc."

like that, with the word "etc" at the end of each new item. Just a thought.

You guys post songs or just lyrics on this site?  I will say some of the posts on this particular thread scare me from posting anything about my music here-because I do it for fun, while I do complete my parodies (writing a partial parody is akin to a commercial), I hope no one takes this the wrong way--but I wasn't here looking for bad parodies, but for good ones, and there will always be bad ones around--so I just navigate through them. . .I may just have stumbled upon a thread that goes over the worst offenders, you guys don't delete very many songs do you?

You guys post songs or just lyrics on this site?  I will say some of the posts on this particular thread scare me from posting anything about my music here-because I do it for fun, while I do complete my parodies (writing a partial parody is akin to a commercial), I hope no one takes this the wrong way--but I wasn't here looking for bad parodies, but for good ones, and there will always be bad ones around--so I just navigate through them. . .I may just have stumbled upon a thread that goes over the worst offenders, you guys don't delete very many songs do you?


The lyrics get posted on amIright.com, not sure if you came through there to here or not.

As for deleting songs, it varies, but generally I don't remove more than 5% of them during the initial approval process.  As for ones that make it through the review, maybe five a month.  There's close to 50,000 parodies on the site, we wouldn't get that many if we removed them without rhyme or reason.

Check the submission rules and feel free to ask any questions.

The lyrics get posted on amIright.com, not sure if you came through there to here or not.

As for deleting songs, it varies, but generally I don't remove more than 5% of them during the initial approval process.  As for ones that make it through the review, maybe five a month.  There's close to 50,000 parodies on the site, we wouldn't get that many if we removed them without rhyme or reason.

Check the submission rules and feel free to ask any questions.

Fifty thousand?? :o Wow...that's quite a lot. And that's over the last six years.

http://www.amiright.com/parody/70s/beatles21.shtml


edit: The one person who commented on it even said that it lacked good pacing, which I agree with.

http://www.amiright.com/parody/70s/beatles21.shtml


edit: The one person who commented on it even said that it lacked good pacing, which I agree with.


*steps up on soapbox*

While it's my view that making parodies from lyrics sheets alone is a major no-no, there is no rule against it.

*steps down*

Fitu's parody doesn't pace very well, but it is complete to many lyrics found on the 'net (that are incomplete). In cases like this one, I don't think the author should be penalized for using a crappy set of lyrics. Only a few repeat choruses are missing anyway.

Setting a standard for acceptable pacing is dangerous territory, and not needed since we have the voting system. Fitu wrote a more or less complete parody, it wasn't a plagiarism, it contained no naughty words, and didn't advocate violence against another, so IMO it should remain on the site.

*steps up on soapbox*

While it's my view that making parodies from lyrics sheets alone is a major no-no, there is no rule against it.

*steps down*

Fitu's parody doesn't pace very well, but it is complete to many lyrics found on the 'net (that are incomplete). In cases like this one, I don't think the author should be penalized for using a crappy set of lyrics. Only a few repeat choruses are missing anyway.

Setting a standard for acceptable pacing is dangerous territory, and not needed since we have the voting system. Fitu wrote a more or less complete parody, it wasn't a plagiarism, it contained no naughty words, and didn't advocate violence against another, so IMO it should remain on the site.




I never said it was a plagirism or contained naughty words. Maybe this wasn't the right place to report it. I happened to read through it and to me it was not well paced.

Is it considered "incomplete" if, like "Weird Al", you purposely cut out some verses. I know a few of mine are like that, too name one, The Ocarina of Time. But I'm pretty sure I always write in that I cut a verse in the beginning

Is it considered "incomplete" if, like "Weird Al", you purposely cut out some verses. I know a few of mine are like that, too name one, The Ocarina of Time. But I'm pretty sure I always write in that I cut a verse in the beginning


Note: All that follows is my own thoughts, and may differ from the guidelines ChuckyG uses.

I only consider bringing up incomplete parodies for deletion for incompleteness alone if they are missing more than half the song.

Missing background vocals, spoken parts, repeated choruses, outros, etc. happens, whether by design or accident, and those don't add up to an incomplete work (though I'll probably ding you somewhere for not doing the whole song  ;)).

Skipping verses is almost always no-no in my book. There are exceptions though: for example, if you're doing the radio edit of American Pie instead of the full version, then it's okay to skip the verses the edit did. See above on other songs like "12 Days of Christmas" and "99 Bottles of Beer...".

Skipping verses is almost always no-no in my book. There are exceptions though: for example, if you're doing the radio edit of American Pie instead of the full version, then it's okay to skip the verses the edit did. See above on other songs like "12 Days of Christmas" and "99 Bottles of Beer...".

Yes it would be very tedious to write all 99 verses of "99 bottles of beer"...although I think someone did that at one time. :o

This one for sure is incomplete: http://www.amiright.com/parody/80s/philcollins46.shtml

Clearly he didn't do the entire song.

http://www.amiright.com/parody/90s/kimberleylocke0.shtml needs to go. He didn't do the whole thing. Not to mention that it isn't perfectly paced.

http://www.amiright.com/parody/90s/kimberleylocke0.shtml needs to go. He didn't do the whole thing. Not to mention that it isn't perfectly paced.


looks like it's the whole thing to me from the first lyrics site I checked.  you don't have to type out the chorus every single time

I think the author of this doesn't realise the OS has more than one chorus and verse.....

http://www.amiright.com/parody/90s/michaeljackson30.shtml

Jason.

Another one...
why people find it amusing to act incompetent escapes me...

http://www.amiright.com/parody/misc/traditional1435.shtml

Hey admins, could you get rid of this parody?

It appears to be incomplete, doesn't contain proper capitalization and breaks,, and it contains mean language, such as "moms a whore"
it's not even a 60s song anyway

^ It is complete, more or less.

It doesn't really need to have the chorus in it to be complete, although that person should have separated the verses and choruses for a better format.

This can't be a real parody...is it?  ???

http://www.amiright.com/parody/2000s/henrymancinibyers1.shtml