Note to new participants:  Welcome, and good luck.  Please read all guidelines carefully.  Especially, please make sure to read all the entries and vote by the end of the month.  The SOTM is not so much a contest as a feedback exchange.  If you have any questions, feel free to ask, either in this thread or via personal message.  Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

~~Vote by replying to this thread with your five favorites in order:
1st choice- 5 points
2nd place- 4 points
3rd place- 3 points
4th place- 2 points
5th place- 1 point.
~~You're not allowed to vote for your own song.
~~Once you've posted a vote, you're not allowed to change it.
~~Voting continues until the last day of the month ends.
~~Anyone who's participated in a SOTM contest may vote.
~~Anyone who enters but does not vote by the end of the month is disqualified and may not participate next month.
~~Voters are strongly encouraged to leave at least a brief comment on every parody, to prove they've at least clicked on them all.  Failure to do so will not result in official consequences, but will indicate to others that you're not interested in receiving comments either.
~~In the event of a tie, the parody with the most first place votes wins.
If it's still tied, the parody with the most second place votes wins.
If it's still tied, a brief playoff round will be held.
All participants will have the first week of the month to choose one favorite from among the tied entries.
Tiebreaker voting is strongly encouraged but not required. On the eighth day the one with the most votes wins.


1.  Wile E. Coyote by Scathe

2.  Stuck In AmIRight-ville Fresh Out Of Ideas Again by Charlie Decker
                      lyrics

3.  The Legend of George Lucas by Rex Ungericht

4.  Parental Guidance Suggested! by Agrimorfee

5.  Roddenberry's Lonely Star Trek Fans by Johnny D
                       Roddenberry's Lonely Star Trek Fans (album)

6.  I Have A Flock by MooRocca
                        Click Here For Pacing Aid

7.  I've Fallen For The Hilary H8-er by Stuart McArthur

8.  The Mocker by Adagio

9.  My Pants Are Too Tight by Arwen

10. Contagious by Luke Brattoni

11. I Do Not Know The Model Of This Modem Data General
by Guy DiRito

12. That Don't Disgust Me Much by Claude Prez

13. Dido Dies? by Phil Alexander

14. Glutan Paradise by Josh 2

15. Back In The Doghouse by Jeff Reuben

16. Feng Shui taught by Vlad (the Impaler) by Peter Andersson a.k.a K1chyd

17. I'm So Unusual by Rick Cormier

18. Butt Crack Plumber by Mike Armstrong

19. Bagpipes Are Playin' in my Head by Ash

20. Where Oh Where Can My Daddy Be by whitewolf

21. Cop Radar Hidden 'Round (Driving In A One Porsche Town by Tim Mayfield

22. Guitarborough Fair by Kristof Robertson

23. The Raven--Revisited by EmiLoca

24. Pedophilia! by Spaff.com
                 mp3 of original
                 mp3 of parody

Congrats to all - deciding on a top 5 was tough as always.

5 pts. - Stuart McArthur - Hilary H8er
4 pts. - Johnny D - Star Trek
3 pts. - Spaff - Pedophilia
2 pts. - Charlie Decker - Out of Ideas
1 pt. - Claude Prez - Don't Disgust

5 points to Johnny D's masterful, just nerdy enough to be cool "Roddenberry's Lonely Star Trek Fans" (#5)
4 points to Claude's true to life "That Dont Disgust Me Much" (#12)
3 to Spaff's thrilling "Pedophilia" (#24)
2 points to Emi's unexpected literary gem "The Raven-Revisited." (#23)
and a solo point to Luke's disgusting but undeniably good "Contagious" (#10)

A most unusual round, with so many newbies, 3 (count' em!) 3 "Boxer" parodies, and a poem parody. Emi, you deserve a special mention for your work, even though it is not a song--I like your adaptation better than Lou Reed's!  :D

5pts=24 Spaff
4pts=7 Stuart M.
3pts=13 Phil A.
2pts=17 Rick C.
1pt=15 Jeff R.

5 Points - Rodenberry's Lonely Star Trek Fans by Johnny D
4 points - That Don't DIsgust Me Much by Claude Prez
3 points - I'm So Unusual by Rick Cormier
2 points - My Pants Are Too Tight by Arwen
1 point - Glutan Paradise by Josh2

I would've voted for more but I think these are the only ones I actually know!!! Good luck to everyone  :)

5 points #5 Johnny D

4 points  #13 Phil A.

3 points  #11 Guy

2 points  #22 Kristof

1 point  # 7 Stuart M.

Honorable mention to EmiLoca. 

1st choice- 5 points-Pedophilia
2nd place- 4 points- I do not know the model etc...
3rd place- 3 points- That don't disgust me much
4th place- 2 points- i have a flock
5th place- 1 point.-Parental guidance suggested

5 Points #17           I'm So Unusual                      Rick Cormier
4 Points #12           That Don't Disgust Me Much   Claude Prez
3 Points #16           Feng Shui taught by Vlad       K1chyd
2 Points #21           Cop Radar Hidden 'Round       Tim Mayfield
1 Point  #08           The Mocker                          Adagio

5 points for #2.  Stuck In AmIRight-ville Fresh Out Of Ideas Again by Charlie Decker

4 points for #6.  I Have A Flock by MooRocca

3 points for #22. Guitarborough Fair by Kristof Robertson

2 points for #23. The Raven--Revisited by EmiLoca

1 point for #17. I'm So Unusual by Rick Cormier

??? :-\\ ??? :-\\ ??? :-\\........This is freakin' ridiculous. Seriously, this is so hard.

OK....

5 pts: Jeff's wonderful Back In The Doghouse (#15)
4 pts: Phil's equally wonderful Dido Dies? (#13)
3 pts: Claude's just as wonderful Don't Disgust Me Much (#12)
2 pts: Spaff's pretty darn wonderful Pedophilia (#24)
1pt: Tim's 1-der-fool Cop Radar (#21)

It may sound like I'm blowing smoke up a lot of asses, but I'm really finding it just about impossible to cast a vote each month...but I do because I've entered and I'm obliged to...I may take a month off soon and just read the talent without any pressure.
Needless to say...astounding job, everyone.

It may sound like I'm blowing smoke up a lot of masses,

Masses?? I love the automatic profanity corrector Chucky's installed....

5 points - Wile E. Coyote by Scathe
4 points- Dido Dies? by Phil
             Alexander
3 points- Pedophilia! by
             Spaff.com
2 points- Contagious by Luke
             Brattoni
1 point.-My Pants Are Too
            Tight by Arwen

5 Points - Rodenberry's Lonely Star Trek Fans by Johnny D
4 points - That Don't DIsgust Me Much by Claude Prez
3 points - I'm So Unusual by Rick Cormier
2 points - My Pants Are Too Tight by Arwen
1 point - Glutan Paradise by Josh2

I would've voted for more but I think these are the only ones I actually know!!! Good luck to everyone  :)

Oops.  I meant to mention this before, but I forgot.  Technically, these votes, while certainly appreciated, are ineligible because DAK hasn't yet participated in a SOTM contest.  I apologize for not pointing it out sooner, and again, truly appreciate that someone who isn't participating would take the time to vote.  Thank you.

Oops.  I meant to mention this before, but I forgot.  Technically, these votes, while certainly appreciated, are ineligible because DAK hasn't yet participated in a SOTM contest.  I apologize for not pointing it out sooner, and again, truly appreciate that someone who isn't participating would take the time to vote.  Thank you.


Sorry, my bad. I realised after i posted when I was reading the rules. I shoulda read them carefully first...

Sorry, my bad. I realised after i posted when I was reading the rules. I shoulda read them carefully first...


Hey man, thanks for checking out all the entries even though you were under no obligation to do so!  It's so cool whenever anyone does that.  You should enter the April round -- you'll get tons of extra exposure for the parody you enter.  :)

Hey man, thanks for checking out all the entries even though you were under no obligation to do so!  It's so cool whenever anyone does that.  You should enter the April round -- you'll get tons of extra exposure for the parody you enter.  :)


Thanks! I'm thinking of entering the April one anyway, but i'm stuck for 3 parodies. 2 i've already submitted and have gotten decent marks, and the other I really really like and should be coming up real soon
When is the entrant's thread for the April SOTM?

Thanks! I'm thinking of entering the April one anyway, but i'm stuck for 3 parodies. 2 i've already submitted and have gotten decent marks, and the other I really really like and should be coming up real soon
When is the entrant's thread for the April SOTM?


Watch for Claude (or one of us Claude-wannabes) to start the entry thread sometime on May 1st and then you have from then until May 8th to decide which parody to enter and post it to the thread.  :)

Watch for Claude (or one of us Claude-wannabes) to start the entry thread sometime on May 1st and then you have from then until May 8th to decide which parody to enter and post it to the thread.  :)


Thanks for clearing that up  :)

5 points  5.    Rodenberry’s Lonely Star Trek Fans
4 points  24.  Pedophilia
3 points  7.    I’ve Fallen for the Hilary H8-er
2 points  22.  Guitarborough Fair   
1 point  12.  That Don’t Disgust Me Much

:D :D :D :D :D

1 point for Rex Ungericht

2 points for Jeff Reuben

3 points for EmiLoca

4 points for Phil Alexander

5 points for Johnny D

5 pts:  Claude (#12)
4 pts:  Agrimorfee(#4)
3 pts:  Arwen (#9)
2 pts:  Rex(#3)
1 pt:  Scathe (#1)

5 points - #23. The Raven--Revisited by EmiLoca
4 points - #12. That Don't Disgust Me Much by Claude Prez
3 points - #7.  I've Fallen For The Hilary H8-er by Stuart McArthur
2 points - # 5.  Roddenberry's Lonely Star Trek Fans by Johnny D
1 point  - #11. I Do Not Know The Model Of This Modem Data General

5 points    #13.  Dido Dies? by Phil Alexander
4 points    #24.  Pedophilia! by Spaff.com
3 points    #15.  Back In The Doghouse by Jeff Reuben
2 points    #23.  The Raven--Revisited by EmiLoca
1 point      #22.  Guitarborough Fair by Kristof Robertson


apologies to the two tightpants entrants, Arwen and Rick

5 points to #23. The Raven--Revisited by EmiLoca
4 points to #12. That Don't Disgust Me Much by Claude Prez
3 points to #24. Pedophilia! by Spaff.com
2 points to #13. Dido Dies? by Phil Alexander
1 point to #11. I Do Not Know The Model Of This Modem Data General
by Guy DiRito

Culling songs each time to narrow down my list was like killing off loved ones, only with less blood and screaming and I didn't have to use a hatchet, a shovel and a bag of limestone this time.
???
...Fabulous work, people.

4 pts:  Agrimorfee(#4)


Thanks Jeff!

5 Points: #11 "I Do Not Know The Model Of This Modem Data General"
by Guy DiRito

4 Points: #15 "Back In The Doghouse" by Jeff Reuben

3 Points: #13 "Dido Dies?" by Phil Alexander

2 Points: #22 "Guitarborough Fair" by Kristof Robertson

1 Point: #12 "That Don't Disgust Me Much" by Claude Prez

Ow.  Ow.  Ow.  It's PAINFUL to trim the list to five, but here goes:

Five points to #24 "Pedophilia!" by Spaff.com

Four points to #23 "The Raven--Revisited" by EmiLoca

Three points to #7 "I've Fallen For The Hillary H8-er" by Stuart McArthur

Two points to #5 "Roddenberry's Lonely Star Trek Fans" by Johnny D

One point to #13 "Dido Dies?" by Phil Alexander

Great job everybody.

Hey y'all. Long time no see.

I hate to ask for special favors, but is there any way we can extend voting through Sunday (May 1)? It's been one of those months, but I'll have some breathing room starting Sunday afternoon/evening.

If the answer is no, I understand, and I'll stay up Saturday night as late as necessary to get this done.

xoxox
Spaff

Hey y'all. Long time no see.

I hate to ask for special favors, but is there any way we can extend voting through Sunday (May 1)? It's been one of those months, but I'll have some breathing room starting Sunday afternoon/evening.

If the answer is no, I understand, and I'll stay up Saturday night as late as necessary to get this done.

xoxox
Spaff


Fine by me (but that's just one Swede voicing his opinion so far so don't take it as an absolute vodka excuse until others have had their say).

I had a similar problem during a previous month (though it worked out) so even if it's too late to put it up for vote during this session I'm thinking maybe we could have an adding to the rules, something like:

If the last day of the month takes place on a Friday or Saturday then the voting period is extended throughout the weekend, until midnight between Sunday and Monday.

(Feel free to rephrase that to something shorter everybody).



And By The Way:

Monday May Second is my 40:th Birthday so if I'm going to get my first SOTM Victory as a birthday gift it's really about time for you who are still to vote to start bringing out the 5s!!!   :P

is there any way we can extend voting through Sunday (May 1)? It's been one of those months



I didn't enter the March SOTM contest, so I shouldn't be part of the decision-making process on Spaff's request.  But it seems like a condition for giving him the extension should be for him to provide some of the details on what consumed all of his time in April.

Hey y'all. Long time no see.

I hate to ask for special favors, but is there any way we can extend voting through Sunday (May 1)? It's been one of those months, but I'll have some breathing room starting Sunday afternoon/evening.

If the answer is no, I understand, and I'll stay up Saturday night as late as necessary to get this done.

xoxox
Spaff

I was actually starting to worry you got hit by a big truck or something.  The voting deadline is now Monday, May 2, sometime around noonish I imagine.  I'm guessing the other 4 or 5 people who haven't voted yet won't mind either.

I didn't enter the March SOTM contest, so I shouldn't be part of the decision-making process on Spaff's request.  But it seems like a condition for giving him the extension should be for him to provide some of the details on what consumed all of his time in April.

Nah, we all know he's busy nailing his groupies.  No need to embarrass him over it.

I was actually starting to worry you got hit by a big truck or something.  The voting deadline is now Monday, May 2, sometime around noonish I imagine.  I'm guessing the other 4 or 5 people who haven't voted yet won't mind either.


Oh, thank you. I am stuck out of town and am dialing in with my laptop.  I appreciate the extension of time.  :)

Oh, thank you. I am stuck out of town and am dialing in with my laptop.  I appreciate the extension of time.   :)


Me too! Thanx!
xoxox
Spaff

Wow this was an awesome month. Good thing then that 5 stick out for me

1 point for Jeff singing my anthem
2 points for Spaff
3 for Stu for perhaps the most original one
4 for Emi for a parody or epic proportion
and 5 for Claude pretty much solely on the "other brother daryl" line.

GREAT MONTH!

modified because i'm a moron

I think they all deserve 10's, but I reread the rules and it says that's not legal...

5 points - "I Do Not Know The Model Of This Modem Data General" Parody by Guy DiRito
4 points - "The Raven - Revisited" Parody by EmiLoca
3 points - "Roddenberry's Lonely Star Trek Fans" Parody by Johnny D
2 points - "Back In The Doghouse" Parody by Jeff Reuben
1 point - "Parental Guidance Suggested!" Parody by Agrimorfee

Tim Mayfield
"If you gotta kill me, blow me away with genius!"  Fabulous month from everyone!

I didn't enter the March SOTM contest, so I shouldn't be part of the decision-making process on Spaff's request.  But it seems like a condition for giving him the extension should be for him to provide some of the details on what consumed all of his time in April.


Well, I had to speak at the funeral mass. And then we were in conclave, of course. And then there were all of our press conferences, trying to spin Ratzinger as a compassionate conservative.

Actually, I've been on business trips pretty much non-stop all month. Having toured extensively with Will To Power, I can tell you that business travel is exactly the same as being on tour with a band - except without the sex, drugs, and rock & roll.

But y'all aren't even reading this - you're scanning past it to get to my votes. Here they are, and once again, I had to sweat blood to narrow it to five and rank them:

5 points: 7. I've Fallen For The Hilary H8-er
4 points: 22. Guitarborough Fair
3 points: 23. The Raven--Revisited
2 points: 12. That Don't Disgust Me Much
1 point: 5. Roddenberry's Lonely Star Trek Fans

xoxox
Spaff

I'd personally like to thank Spaff, for asking for the deadline extension due to his losery business trips...which allowed for my late votes due to my losery tendency to just not get my butt in gear in a timely manner...

Anyway...

5 points for Claude, because his talent disgusts me...much.
4 points for Stuart, because I wanna make fun of those silly fan girls and have yet to find such a clever way to do it as his...
3 points for Kristof, because his parody rocked, even if I don't have a clever thing to say about it right now... >:(...
2 points for Phil...my tongue is still twisted, and I'm fairly sure I'll be singing "The Boxer" all night...
1 point for Jeff...who always makes me laugh...and this month was no exception...

H.M. to both Scathe and Guy...and hey, nice work to everyone else! 

Bets as to whether or Ash or EmiLoca will make the deadline are now open.

AW, CRAP.  Is voting over?  *braces self for the impact of plane-crash-esque news of DISQUALIFICATION FOR THE NEXT MONTH...* 

Oh please, don't disqualify me! I'll do anything!  Jump from a writing desk!  Work at minimum wage at Starbucks!  Offer raunchy sexual favors!!!

Oh wait...I already do all that, PLUS I didn't even submit a song for all of April... ::)

8)Karma. 8)

AW, CRAP.  Is voting over?  *braces self for the impact of plane-crash-esque news of DISQUALIFICATION FOR THE NEXT MONTH...* 

Oh please, don't disqualify me! I'll do anything!  Jump from a writing desk!  Work at minimum wage at Starbucks!  Offer raunchy sexual favors!!!

Oh wait...I already do all that, PLUS I didn't even submit a song for all of April... ::)

8)Karma. 8)



So, um, you're not going to vote, then?

Apparently Ash isn't either. Allrighty then - let's bring in Price Waterhouse to tally this thing.

xoxox
Spaff

Well, okay then.  Disqualified for not voting (and also ineligible to participate next month even if they wanted to) are Ash and EmiLoca, who combined for 34 points, the most anyone's ever had to forfeit.  So the totals now look like this:

First Place:  "That Don't Disgust Me Much" by Claude Prez -- 45 points

Second Place:  "Pedophilia!" by Spaff.com -- 44 points

Third Place:  "Roddenberry's Lonely Star Trek Fans" by Johnny D -- 32 points

Phil Alexander also received 32 points, but according to the tiebreaker rule, the one with the most first place points wins; it went Johnny's way, 5-1.


Phil   32
Stuart McArthur  31
Jeff Reuben  23
Guy DiRito  19
Kristof Robertson  17
Charlie Decker 9
Rick Cormier 9
Agrimorfee 6
MooRocca 6
Scathe 6
Arwen 4
K1chyd 3
Luke Brattoni 3
Rex Ungerlicht 3
Tim Mayfield 3
Adagio 1

Great job all, thanks to all who voted and yes I think it sucks that I had to disqualify someone who did so well.

Congratulations to Claude & Spaff & Philbo, the gold & silver & shared-bronze medalists!  ;D

And congratulations to everybody else, too --- and my thanks to everyone who lobbed a vote my way!      :)

Indeed, kudos for our three winners on their March Victory March!
*confetti tossed from the adoring fans*



8) Karma. 8)


Dibs being your karma-suitor! (Raunchy sexual favours, indeed.)

:o

*gak*...34...points...?

:( Karma indeed. :(  So much for lazyassing the month of April away.  If it's any consolation to...er...myself, I was extraordinarily busy with final projects, final tests and the like, so I didn't have time to read all the entires and thusly could not have fairly voted...

Nope, still don't feel any better. 

With tearful resignation, I hereby withdraw from the April SOTM Contest (ignoring the fact that I've already been DQ'd) and heartily congratulate Claude, Spaff and Johnny D for well-deserved wins. 

:o

*gak*...34...points...?

:( Karma indeed. :(   So much for lazyassing the month of April away.  If it's any consolation to...er...myself, I was extraordinarily busy with final projects, final tests and the like, so I didn't have time to read all the entires and thusly could not have fairly voted...

Nope, still don't feel any better. 

With tearful resignation, I hereby withdraw from the April SOTM Contest (ignoring the fact that I've already been DQ'd) and heartily congratulate Claude, Spaff and Johnny D for well-deserved wins. 


No harm done, EmiLoca.  I've been through high school and you can't ignore anything that starts with the word "final".

Congrats to the winners and thanks to everyone who took pity on my parody. ;D

Congratulations to the winners!!  :)

Congratulations to Claude, Spaff, and Johnny D (I don't know if that tie breaker rule is fair, but I don't have a better idea).

And, again, kudos to Claude for facilitating and for bearing the burden of executing the disqualification (which seems harsh, but not doing it would set a bad precedent).

Here's my tribute to the winners (to the tune of "I Should Have Known Better" by the Beatles):

I shoulda known better than compete with you
In any SOTM review
‘Cause I knew votes for you would accrue

I shoulda realized that my parody
Was not as good as it needs to be
Can’t you see I agree

That when I’m ranking all the lyrics
I put your song ahead of mine
I stand in awe of what you wrote
Brilliant on each and every line

So I’m workin’ even harder than I did before
To write a parody you can’t ignore
That’ll score at least four, maybe more!

well done Claude and Spaff and Johnny.

and commiserations to Spaff
(missing by 1 vote is the cruelest result) 

and to Phil
(although I agree with the countback method, because sometimes, there being a ceiling of 5 for BEST choice, a 5 is really an 8 or 9, if it were possible, so 5s should have extra value)

I'd like to thank all the little people for letting me grind my boothee...  what?  I what?  Again?  Are you sure?  Not even close, eh?  Dang!    ;)

Congrats Claude, Spaff, Johnny & Phil!  Great work from all of you!  :)       

commiserations to Spaff
(missing by 1 vote is the cruelest result) 


Not when it puts you within spitting distance of Claude Prez. It's an honor.

Congrats to all the wieners and thank y'all for your support.

xoxox
Spaff

This is what I get for completely forgetting to vote/SOTM everyone... I'm sorry!  :\'(
Congrats to the winners though... I guess I'll have a month off...
I was really busy though. Yeah, that's my excuse... but I guess I had no points to lose anyway...  :-[

Congrats to Claude, Spaff and Johnny D. Like Rex said, I should have known better as well. Although it didn't stop me from entering in April....guess I'm a slow learner, huh?

Medals have been posted!  ;D