Greetings Parody Authors, welcome to the One Week Notice Challenge.

The purpose of the challenge is that one song is posted in the One Week Notice thread on Friday, and you are to create a parody of it by next Friday's publishing date (barring acts of God/Chucky G). This challenge is not a contest judging for quality. No points are awarded, constructive criticism is encouraged but there is no requirement to read each parody and/or leave comments. This is done in the spirit of flexing our parody writing "muscles" and to grow a spirit of camaraderie within the Amiright community.

The song chosen ideally should be one that has NOT been already parodied on Amiright, and should also be of reasonable difficulty and length. The host of the parody must provide a link to the OS (original song) lyrics and a link to a YouTube performance video--even better, posting the lyrics in the dedicated thread. Please also include the year the song was first released to allow for the submission form.

The next One Week Notice song for publish date of 11/3/17 is.....

"My Dog Was Lost, But Now He's Found"
The Fiery Furnaces (2004)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W14pDLACa-U
:D
... I kicked my dog
I was mean to him before
I guess that's why he walked out my door.
I really wish I could see him some more.
I looked under the mats and I asked all the cats
I went to the vet have you heard anything yet
My dog was lost but now he's found
My dog was lost but now he's found

I went to the bar and they said not so far
I went to the gym have you taken a walk with him
My dog was lost but now he's found
My dog was lost but now he's found

I went to the run but they were having too much fun
I put up a flyer and gossiped the town cryer
My dog was lost but now he's found
My dog was lost but now he's found

I stood on the corner and called up the coroner
I emailed the station and told 'em my location
My dog was lost but now he's found
My dog was lost but now he's found

I went to the DQ cause I thought I might see you
I went to the Super K have you seen any recent stray
My dog was lost but now he's found
My dog was lost but now he's found

I went down to the market where tied up you used to bark at
Went where you got adopted felt so bad I nearly dropped dead
My dog was lost but now he's found
My dog was lost but now he's found

I put a mortgage on my lease and went to the police
I bribed my way on the system cause I really, really missed him
My dog was lost but now he's found
My dog was lost but now he's found

I finally went to ground gave some pence to the pound
I finally went to ground gave some pence to the pound
My dog was lost but now he's found
My dog was lost but now he's found

I went to the church that Wednesday night
The guest preacher said I bark but I don't bite;
I saw my dog, but he'd seen the light:
My dog was lost but now he's found.

Never heard this one before! Seems like a fun tune though.

Never heard this one before! Seems like a fun tune though.


The band comes from the suburbs of Chicago, and are one of those types of bands, well, simply put, you would expect me to enjoy.... A LOT of their songs would NOT be OWN-worthy!

Check 'em out.

Let the collective brainstorming part begin!

The I-went-here-and-there structure seems good for a list type parody.

One pure title Idea that comes straight up is "The Pokemons - I chase around".
Or "The Pokemons I haven't found".
But someone who actually know Pokemon names would obviously do that one much better.

So maybe I-went-here-and-there with another subject.
Or I-surfed-here-and-there for something on the net, or channel surfing on cabel teve.

Something else lost, but what - Weight? Trust? Mind?

Or something had a cost, of something-something pound?

The idea I think I'm gonna go with is "My Dog's A Wuss: He Chicken's Out" about Scooby Doo

https://i.giphy.com/media/eomy8S00ljwjK/giphy.webp



You could also do... "My Dog Went Nuts" about Cujo

OR

"My Watch/Keys/Car/Etc Is Lost"

OR

"Snoop Dogg Smokes Pot (About 10 Pounds)"

Really nutty is the verse where they repeat the same line...what kind of comedy can be done there?  ???

Listening in on TOS more now I realize how full of internal rhymes it is - Oh boy! :D

IMHO the forth line from the bottom don't have the the, so...

"I went to church that Wednesday night"

Halloween is over and thus my anti-tribute to Eggnog is in the works...


"Eggnog I Tossed: It Makes Me Pout"

https://img00.deviantart.net/b22f/i/2005/358/b/0/sbatx_mp_eggnog_is_gross_by_anniemae04.jpg

Well, I got one brewing that so far makes me feel I'm back on my game after last weeks mental speedbump / muse's vacation. Don't wanna tell the working title yet, but things are proceeding as they should.

Don't mind giving away the back-ups ideas though, if someone still stuck out there you can always go with the zeitgeist meme-bank that is Donald Trump:

"The president has come around" (for a pro-DT angle)
"The president's an effing clown" (for an anti-DT angle)

Halloween is over and thus my anti-tribute to Eggnog is in the works...


"Eggnog I Tossed: It Makes Me Pout"

https://img00.deviantart.net/b22f/i/2005/358/b/0/sbatx_mp_eggnog_is_gross_by_anniemae04.jpg


Rob A. is gonna love it. ;)

Get off the couch people, the submission window is now open!  :)

Get off the couch people, the submission window is now open!  :)


Oh crap! That's right! It's Thursday! Thanks for reminding me!

Get off the couch people, the submission window is now open!  :)


What's the new tune?

What's the new tune?


Damn, your antsy! Maybe I should hold on posting that until tomorrow morning. :D

Naah, just kidding, here's a link to the next round:

http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=56403.0

Just gotta say, everyone, nice work on a totally oddball tune!  8)

I'll come back and comment on everything over the weekend. I've slept for sheesh two nights in a row and though it's still early evening here that's catching up on me now - gonna catch some zs.