It Is Up To You!;D

Needed in this poll, maybe the next one--

Politics
Cars
Broadway
Classical
Literature
TV
Science (not Sci-Fi)
History
Totally Serious (parodies that were meant as statements, tributes, heartfelt words, etc.)
Bohemian Rhapsody
American Pie

EDIT: Blinded By The Light
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Stairway To Heaven

There are some good contest ideas here.  I voted for a few, and Agrimorfee also had some good concepts; but I agree with Luke Brattoni.  The more concurrent contests there are, the harder it is going to be to evaluate adequately all of the entries.

There are some good contest ideas here.  I voted for a few, and Agrimorfee also had some good concepts; but I agree with Luke Brattoni.  The more concurrent contests there are, the harder it is going to be to evaluate adequately all of the entries.


I agree 100%.  Let's spread 'em out over time, that'll keep things interesting for a long time to come.

Me too.  I'm not saying anyone shouldn't start a contest (because who gets to decide this stuff?) but you should be prepared for some disappointing turnouts if a new one pops up every day; I know I plan on becoming more selective about which ones I enter.

Here's another issue: should there be a limit to the amount of different competitions the one parody can be entered?It would be a bit boring reading the same work in SOTM, ABC and a load of other comps. Maybe a limit of 2 competitions per parody.

How about a contest for those of of us who have submitted say.... under 10 parodies...or in my case, 5 ?

Call it an 'encouragement' award  ::)

       

Here's another issue: should there be a limit to the amount of different competitions the one parody can be entered?It would be a bit boring reading the same work in SOTM, ABC and a load of other comps. Maybe a limit of 2 competitions per parody.


Good question.  I'm guessing that maybe there is an "unwritten" rule that a parody will not get as much "appreciation" in the second contest it is entered in as it did in the first.

I am particularly thinking of Johnny D's "Blow the Nation's Nose," which is an excellent parody and deservedly won the ABC "B" contest, but only got 2 points in the April SOTM contest.  I think that there have been some other parodies that also got substantially fewer votes the second time around.  I don't know if it's fair or not, but I don't think I'm going to enter a parody into two different contests.

School, food, 60's, oldies, Disney song.

How about crime parodies

With a spate of holidays approaching, you could do:

Holiday themed parodies written to holiday songs,
Holiday themed parodies that are not written to holiday songs
and
Parodies that are written to holiday songs but are not holiday themed.

Or, you could do contests for parodies about specific holidays.

He could, but Spaff.com would win, since he has a whole cd... ;)

He could, but Spaff.com would win, since he has a whole cd... ;)


Maybe, but I have a whole album:

http://www.amiright.com/parody/misc/variousartists4.shtml

I don't think anything was mentioned about having a "Bohemian Rhapsody" contest.  Lots of these out here. 

Maybe, but I have a whole album:

http://www.amiright.com/parody/misc/variousartists4.shtml

I don't think anything was mentioned about having a "Bohemian Rhapsody" contest.  Lots of these out here. 


That's an impressive album Guy!

As of the writing of this messageboard-reply, there are currently a total of 113 parodies of "Bohemian Rhapsody" posted on Amiright.

Here are some of the biggies of the most-popular-to-be-parodied songs on Amiright as of this writing:

Sk8er Boi (Avril Lavigne) - 125 parodies
Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen) - 113 parodies
American Pie (Don McLean (and/or Madonna's cover) ) - 86 parodies
Complicated (Avril Lavigne) - 74 parodies
Let It Be (The Beatles) - 52 parodies

Johnny, Johnny, Johnny,  I LIKE your ideas...BUT...where are the THUMB-THEMED parodies??  I just happen to have a few of them twiddling around here somewhere just waiting for a place to be stuck into...

Paul R.

Two songs in the top five, Avril should be Congratulated! (uh-oh, I feel a parody coming)

I was just wondering, Mr Sol R. Sistum, when the poll above was 'closing'.
You could list the favourites ala Johnny D two panels up and then people could assign themselves as 'host' of that topic and pick a week to do it in until they're all taken and we have two months or so of competitions organised.

I love them all!!!!

Sk8er Boi (Avril Lavigne) - 125 parodies
Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen) - 113 parodies

...there's more of both, IIRC - when I tabulated these a few months back, there were >20 with different variants on "Sk8/ater Boy/i"... plus at least one Bohemain Rhapsody.

:)

Maybe somebody should write "Sk8er Rhapsody" and "Bohemian Boi" (I am NOT volunteering for such a dangerous mission)....

Maybe somebody should write "Sk8er Rhapsody" and "Bohemian Boi" (I am NOT volunteering for such a dangerous mission)....

Well, the latter looks like it could be a Cliff Richard parody...

Maybe somebody should write "Sk8er Rhapsody" and "Bohemian Boi" (I am NOT volunteering for such a dangerous mission)....
;D

I say a contest of parodies on Michael Jackson