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Subject: Leader of the Laundromat
Written By: Jack Wilson on 10/23/06 at 8:39 pm
Anyone ever heard this? Its an OLD parody of "Leader of the Pack" by The Shangri-Las by The Detergents, pacing's pff a bit so I givie it 455, LOL it rules, so many great lines Im sure ifi t wasnt real and was on amIright itd get a lot of votes
Subject: Re: Leader of the Laundromat
Written By: Jack Wilson on 10/23/06 at 8:49 pm
LYRICS
Leader Of the Laundromat
Artists: The Detergents (peak Billboard position # 19 in 1964)
(parody of the Shangri-las' "Leader Of the Pack)
The Detergents included the ubiquitous Ron Dante who, on his own, used multi-
track solos to create the Archies ("Sugar, Sugar") and the Cuff Links ("Tracy")
Words and Music by Lee Pockriss and Paul Vance
<> = sound effect
= spoken
( )= sung by backup group
(humming)
I met her one day at the Laundromat.
And that's when I fell in love with the Leader Of the Laundromat
My folks were always putting her down (down, down)
Because her laundry came back brown (brown, brown)
I don't care if they think she's bad
I fell in love cuz she looked so sad
I got a date tonight with the Leader Of the Laundromat
My dad said "Find a laundry that's new" (find a laundry that's new)
How can I tell my baby we're through (tell my baby we're through)
Gotta drive right into town
I don't care if my shirts are brown
I got a date tonight with the Leader Of the Laundromat
I felt so messy standing there (messy standing there)
My daddy's shorts were everywhere (daddy's shorts were everywhere)
Tenderly I kissed her goodbye
Picked up my clothes, they were finally dry
But I won't forget you, oh Leader Of the Laundromat
(oh-oh-oh-oh)
(ooh--ooh--ooh--ooh)
Subject: Re: Leader of the Laundromat
Written By: agrimorfee on 10/24/06 at 7:51 am
Ah yes, an old fave of mine! 8)
Note that it isn't a genuine parody as we would usually classify it, simply because the writers changed the "Leader of the Pack"s music to classify it as an original, just enough so they couldn't be sued for plagiarism!
Weird Al's "The Night Santa Went Crazy" is similar in this mode, as it *almost* is a melodic line-by-line retread of "Black Gold" by Collective Soul!
Other classics in this vein include Stan Freberg's "Try", (a style parody of Johnny Ray's weepy ballad "Cry") and Allan Sherman's "One Hippopotami" (a near-parody of "What Kind of Fool Am I?") ;D