As I mentioned in my parody "A Parodist's Dilemma," I established that the informal "Big Three" for AmIRighters

Cat --- over on the "Do you dream amiright" thread, I issued a friendly challenge to you --- interested in writing a parody of Bob Dylan's "Desolation Row" ?  On that other thread, you claim that for you, no OS is insurmountable...let's see whatcha got, kiddo!  :)

Here's a link to the correct lyrics of "Desolation Row":

http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/desolation.html

Let's see, what would be The Big Seven?

Not in any particular order...

American Pie
The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald
The Major-General's Song
Be Our Guest
Bohemian Rhapsody
Blinded By The Light
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

I guess "Desolation Row" could be added to that list, too!

I've posted parodies for all of the above except "Be Our Guest".

I might hold the AmIRight record for the largest number of Bohemian Rhapsody parodies by the same author: 9

Great topic Cat, and I totally agree with Red Ant and Johnny D that it should really be "The Big Seven" - as those seven mentioned seem to have developed a life of their own on amiright.

I recall Ethan saying that he had done all 7 as well, with his recent "Blinded By The Light" parody marking his 350th parody, from memory.

I certainly see the 7 that Jack and Johnny mentioned as the big 7, and I respect them more than other OS'es in that I would only parody them if I was certain I'd be proud of the outcome. 

I've done 5 of them (I'm just finishing my "Bo Rap" and it should come out this week - how you've managed 9 BoRaps Johnny is mind-blowing :o)

I have been racking my brain but am yet to do a TWOTEF because I can't think of a theme that will sustain 14 verses and suit the ballady rhythm of the OS (like your Bode Miller did, Cat, and like I recall Kristof's Royal Wedding doing, from last year)

The other one I haven't done is "Blinded."  I've tried to start it, but it demands strong syllable-matching (JD's specialty) as a feature, to be any good, and it's just stumped me every time.

There should also be am amiright second division (the next 7).  That would also make an interesting discussion. 

IMO most Eminem songs make the big 3 look like a walk in the park.



LOL, Jack. And that's why Luke Brattoni is under-rated (IMO) on amiright, because he's done nearly every eminem song and done them so well

suggestions for the next 7:

My Favourite Things
50 Ways TLYL
Sgt Pepper's LHCB
Boulevarde Of Broken Dreams
My Way
Hello Muddah, Hello Fuddah
Smells Like Teen Spirit

(just off the top of my head - there's bound to be more worthy ones than that)

LOL, Jack. And that's why Luke Brattoni is under-rated (IMO) on amiright, because he's done nearly every eminem song and done them so well



I have a lot of respect for Luke's skill, especially with rap songs. Don't tell him I said that though.  ;)

The most time I've poured into one parody was about 40 hours over the course of 2 weeks. I imagine doing a song like "Criminal" or "Sing For The Moment" well could easily take me twice that long.



I have been racking my brain but am yet to do a TWOTEF because I can't think of a theme that will sustain 14 verses and suit the ballady rhythm of the OS (like your Bode Miller did, Cat, and like I recall Kristof's Royal Wedding doing, from last year)



I finally have an idea for TWOTEF and enough material to sustain 14 verses. Writing it has been on hold though since I'm working (very slowly) on another song with 15 verses of AABCCB rhyme scheme (same as TWOTEF). That song has syllable counts all over the place: 8-19 per line, and no two verses are alike.



The other one I haven't done is "Blinded."  I've tried to start it, but it demands strong syllable-matching (JD's specialty) as a feature, to be any good, and it's just stumped me every time.



Agreed. I have two ideas for that one, though only one has any potential past a title. If anyone wants this idea, it is theirs:

"I Did Heidi Fleiss"  ;D

The other one I'll keep.

suggestions for the next 7:

My Favourite Things
50 Ways TLYL
Sgt Pepper's LHCB
Boulevarde Of Broken Dreams
My Way
Hello Muddah, Hello Fuddah
Smells Like Teen Spirit



Stu, this thread might interest you:

http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php/topic,14296.0.html

Smells Like Teen Spirit? Never heard of it.  ;)

"I Did Heidi Fleiss"  ;D

The other one I'll keep.


If that's the unwanted one, the one you're keeping must be gold :o

 


Smells Like Teen Spirit? Never heard of it.



Yes, you've done many to that I recall.  That list is a great resource, Jack - although I don't think some, like "Complicated" could be considered amiright benchmarks - and some are up there because one author may have done 10+ parodies of that one song.

"Let It Be" and "Yesterday" and "Piano Man" all seem to have some sort of amiright life of their own though, I reckon :-\\

*takes off earphones from mp3 player containing Slim Shady LP, Marshall Mathers LP, The Eminem Show, Encore, Devil's Night, D12 World, 8 Mile Soundtrack, Shady Records Mixtape as well as a few unreleased tunes only available from the CD singles... whilst watching All Access Europe, 8 Mile and The Up In Smoke Tour on a computer, laptop and TV simultaneously*

Sorry, guys, wasn't paying attention. Something about

...I think "Complicated" should be a shoe-in. And I've never heard '99 Red Balloons', but I've seen a few good parodies of that one.

I TOLD you he'd be listening >:(

but oh no, you said...not a chance, you said...weekends are when Luke gets lucky with Asian chicks in the library, you said..........


 

Cat --- over on the "Do you dream amiright" thread, I issued a friendly challenge to you --- interested in writing a parody of Bob Dylan's "Desolation Row" ?  On that other thread, you claim that for you, no OS is insurmountable...let's see whatcha got, kiddo!   :)

Here's a link to the correct lyrics of "Desolation Row":

http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/desolation.html

Let's see, what would be The Big Seven?

Not in any particular order...

American Pie
The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald
The Major-General's Song
Be Our Guest
Bohemian Rhapsody
Blinded By The Light
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

I guess "Desolation Row" could be added to that list, too!

I've posted parodies for all of the above except "Be Our Guest".

I might hold the AmIRight record for the largest number of Bohemian Rhapsody parodies by the same author: 9

Wowzers, Johnny.

I'd be willing to do it under two conditions...

1. That I get a recording of the OS. I've tried lyric-sheet-only parodies before and they were disastrous.
2. That I get a good idea for it (or if you supply me with one)

And regarding rap parodies, I'll agree that they're probably tougher than regular sung songs since they're often incredibly fast and that makes the rhythm hard to discern. But for a while I've been thinking of doing "Newbie Parodists" (and it would be entirely in internet slang/chatspeak) to Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise"

Gangsta's Paradise rhymes in couplets of end rhyme.
Most of Eminem's rapping involves internal use feminine rhymes (called 'multis' by misogynistic rappers  ;) )
So whereas your usual 70's ballad may have 'drifts away' being rhymed with 'clouds of grey' at the end, a rap would usually rhyme 'fades away' with 'shades of grey' with the syllables in between loaded with 'ay' sounding assonance like pain, hate, razor blades et al. 

For example, with a colour coding:
'I take seven kids from Columbine, stand 'em all in line
Add an Ay-Kay-forty-seven, a revolver, a nine,
A Mack-eleven and it oughta solve a problem of mine
Cuz that's a whole school of bullies shot up all at one time'

Which is why I'm such a groupie of rap, due to so much more effort being put into crafting the lyrics than the vast majority of pop songs which may only have sixteen words rhymed in the whole song as opposed to one-hundreth of a rap song.

DZK's 'The Worm Helix' has me foaming at the cerebra every time.

Or the Real Slim Shady:

who cut other people open like cantaloupes
But if we can hump dead animals and antelopes
then there's no reason that a man and another man can't elope
But if you feel like I feel, I got the antidote
Women wave your pantyhose,
sing the chorus and it goes

6 triple rhymes, and even though some are slanted or broken, that is a nightmare right there to parody.

And that's just 1/4 of one verse.....