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.

~~By entering, you are agreeing to read and comment on all the other entries and vote.

~~Anyone who enters but does not both comment on all entries and vote by the end of the month is disqualified and may not participate next month.

~~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 win.

and the 17 entrants are:

1: I Have No Career by Matthias

2: That Wreck Called A Volkswagen Beetle by the_conqueror_of_parodies

     Have these lyrics!     And this mp3!

3: Death's Ballad by The Charnstar

4: Sharkbait by Tomario

5: Spoof a Song by wannabemustangjockey

6: Birth by Agrimorfee

     DKTOS? See The Who, Hear The Who at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX5AmysUPyE

7: Prove Yourself by Red Ant

     DKTOS? Soundfile is here

8: They-Didn't-Like-My-Song-Spoof Blues by Michael McVey

     lyrics to TOS are here:  http://webhome.idirect.com/~muskokajoe/lyric/carwash.html

9: The Zipper Took It All by Peter Andersson a.k.a K!chyd

     MP3: http://k1chyd.adress.eksjo.com/dktos/

10: Office Work (We Don't Care) by 2nz

11: Halloween by Jack Wilson

12: I'm Jerry Springer - I'm A Rotten Ole Man by Stuart McArthur

     Listen to the OS here

13: Samhain the Green-Skinned Warlock by Chris Bodily TM

14: Some Fool's Out There by Tim Mayfield

15: Are We There Yet? by Jeff Reuben

16: Under The Knife by Phil Alexander

17: Nothin' Sells Like The Holy Spirit! by Kristof Robertson

phew ! read em all !some quality this month.

my votes are:-

1 point  -Red Ant


2 points  -Peter Andersson a.k.a K!chyd


3 points  -Phil Alexander


4 points  -Agrimorfee


5 points  -Kristof Robertson

Ouch, tough month so many good ones out there.........
Okay your finalists are....

-drumroll-

1 Point Goes To: Agrimorfee's Bouncing Baby
2 Points Go To: 2nz's Office Space
3 Points Go To: Stuart Springer's Homely White Trash Klan (Hmmm... That title sounds like it has promise)
4 Points Go To: Father Kristof's Tele-thon
5 Points Go To: Red Ant's Parodist Epic

I'm more than halfway through this list, so it should be tomorrow or the next day before I make up my mind. Don't worry, I'm still on it. Great entries so far.

Again, good luck to everybody! :)

Edit: I ran out of time today, so I will read the last five parodies and make my decision tomorrow, unless something comes up.

Okay, I'm ready!

1 Point to "The Zipper Took It All" by Peter Andersson
2 Points to "Under the Knife" by Phil Alexander
3 Points to the controversially hilarious "I'm Jerry Springer - I'm a Rotten Ole Man" by Stuart McArthur
4 Points to one of my favorite holidays, next to Christmas "Halloween" by Jack Wilson
5 Points to...

(Drumroll)

"Nothing Sells Like the Holy Spirit" by Kristof Robertson

With honorable mentions to Red Ant, Jeff, Tim, Mr. Zeta-Jones, Agrimorfee, Charnstar, and The Beetles.

Good luck to everybody! :)

Okay, I'm ready!

1 Point to "The Zipper Took It All" by Peter Andersson
2 Points to "Under the Knife" by Phil Alexander
3 Points to the controversially hilarious "I'm Jerry Springer - I'm a Rotten Ole Man" by Stuart McArthur
4 Points to one of my favorite holidays, next to Christmas "Halloween" by Jack Wilson
5 Points to...

(Drumroll)

"Nothing Sells Like the Holy Spirit" by Kristof Robertson

With honorable mentions to Red Ant, Jeff, Tim, Mr. Zeta-Jones, Agrimorfee, Charnstar, and The Beetles.

Good luck to everybody! :)
Thanks for the 4 points!!!!!!!!

5 points....Kristof's "Nothin Sells lIke the Holy Spirt"
4 points to....Peter's "The Zipper Took It All"
3 points to...2Glennz's "Office Work"
2 points to....Red Ant's "Prove Yourself"
1 pooint to...Stuart;s "Im Jerry Springer im a rotten Ole Man"
and big honorbale mention to Jeff and Agrifmorfee and Matthias!

5 points to #1: I Have No Career by Paycheckless Matthias
4 points to #9: The Zipper Took It All by Peter-less Andersson a.k.a We all could hear you scream
3 points to #10: Office Work (We Don't Care) by 2nz, Incorporated
2 points to #12: I'm Jerry Springer - I'm A Rotten Ole Man by Stu "I AM TV!" McArthur
1 point to #17: Nothin' Sells Like The Holy Spirit! by Pat Kristof Robertson

Top Honorable mention to "Under The Knife" by Phil "Nip/Tuck" Alexander

Once again, great parodies all around this month.

5 points to #1: I Have No Career by Paycheckless Matthias
4 points to #9: The Zipper Took It All by Peter-less Andersson a.k.a We all could hear you scream
3 points to #10: Office Work (We Don't Care) by 2nz, Incorporated
2 points to #12: I'm Jerry Springer - I'm A Rotten Ole Man by Stu "I AM TV!" McArthur
1 point to #17: Nothin' Sells Like The Holy Spirit! by Pat Kristof Robertson

Top Honorable mention to "Under The Knife" by Phil "Nip/Tuck" Alexander

Once again, great parodies all around this month.





Thanks, Jack

1 point: I Have No Career - Matthias
2 points: Prove Yourself - Red Ant
3 points: Halloween - Jack Wilson
4 points:  The Zipper Took It All - Peter Anderson
AND THE BIG 5 GOES TO! Drumroll, please.





NOTHIN' SELLS LIKE THE HOLY SPIRIT - KRISTOF ROBERTSON

The Zipper Took It All and Nothin' Sells Like The Holy Spirit were by FAR the best, no offence y'all, and I do believe should DEFINATELY be recorded (I'm lookin' your way Kristof). Over all, the rest were hard to put in, so many good ones, so little time, but I did it. A good month it was

1 point to 2nz
2 points to K1chyd (how in the hell do you pronounce that?)
3 points to Phil
4 points to Kristof
5 points to Red Ant

Just a question from a n00b, what does TMGLTM mean? And how do you do a line break on the comments when you're not alowed any HTML except for <b>?

1 point to 2nz
2 points to K1chyd (how in the hell do you pronounce that?)
3 points to Phil
4 points to Kristof
5 points to Red Ant

Just a question from a n00b, what does TMGLTM mean? And how do you do a line break on the comments when you're not alowed any HTML except for <b>?


Thanks for the 4 pts, n00b! ;-)

TMGLTM means Too Many Good (or Great) Lines To Mention....one of the highest Amiright accolades.

You can use <br> HTML, which gives you a line break

5 neophytes coming Kristof's way for "(Nothin') Sells Like The Holy Spirit".

4 recruitment centers coming Matthias' way for "I Have No Career".

3 bigamist alien nazis cheating on their spouses with vaccum cleaners coming Stuart's way for "I'm Jerry Springer - I'm A Rotten Ole Man".

2 full inboxes coming 2nz's way for "Office Work (We Don't Care)"

1 direction sign coming Jeff's way for "Are We There Yet?"

And soon coming to everyone else: A somewhat but surely only temporarily postponed worldwide kudos and fame!

5pts=Red Ant
4pts=Matthias
3pts=2nz
2pts=Phil A.
1pt=wannabemustangjockey

Hard to split my top seven...


5 points......................17: Nothin' Sells Like The Holy Spirit!    Kristof Robertson
4 points......................10: Office Work (We Don't Care)        2nz
3 points......................3: Death's Ballad                                The Charnstar
2 points......................1: I Have No Career                            Matthias
1 point.......................7: Prove Yourself                                Red Ant

Honourable mentions to Peter-K1 and Phil :)

1 point: I Have No Career - Matthias
2 points: Prove Yourself - Red Ant
3 points: Halloween - Jack Wilson
4 points:  The Zipper Took It All - Peter Anderson
AND THE BIG 5 GOES TO! Drumroll, please.





NOTHIN' SELLS LIKE THE HOLY SPIRIT - KRISTOF ROBERTSONThanks for the 4  ponits!

The Zipper Took It All and Nothin' Sells Like The Holy Spirit were by FAR the best, no offence y'all, and I do believe should DEFINATELY be recorded (I'm lookin' your way Kristof). Over all, the rest were hard to put in, so many good ones, so little time, but I did it. A good month it was

What is that above, Jack? Are you voting the same as Charnstar? ??? ???

1st (5 points)-- "Samhain the Green-Skinned Warlock" by Chris Bodily TM
2nd (4 points)-- "Nothin' Sells Like The Holy Spirit!" by Kristof Robertson
3rd (3 points)-- "That Wreck Called A Volkswagen Beetle" by the_conqueror_of_parodies
4th (2 points)-- "Birth" by Agrimorfee
5th (1 point)-- "Are We There Yet?" by Jeff Reuben

MM

What is that above, Jack? Are you voting the same as Charnstar? ??? ???
Oops no that was suppsoed to say Thanks for the 4 points!



LOL OOPS I posted in the quote LOL

The sacrifices I make for this competition: I'm currently in the hotel lobby having to listen to ****ing Christmas muzak because I get no signal in my room... I mean, it's not even December yet.  I'm very tempted to tell 'em I'm not going to stay here again because of that (ignoring that I'm probably not going to be staying here again 'cause it's my last bit of work in the area).  Anyway, to the results from the Alexander jury:

5 points - #17: Nothin' Sells Like The Holy Spirit! by Kristof Robertson
4 points - #9: The Zipper Took It All by Peter Andersson a.k.a K!chyd
3 points - #8: They-Didn't-Like-My-Song-Spoof Blues by Michael McVey
2 points - #10: Office Work (We Don't Care) by 2nz
1 point  - #1: I Have No Career by Matthias


...with honourable mentions to Red Ant, Tim and Jeff.  Sorry, guys.

After reviewing my shortlist about...oh, 17 times.....my final, drawn-out, painful decision is thus:

5 pts: Peter's zipper malady
4 pts: 2nz employment ode
3 pts: Phil's cosmetic reggae
2 pts: michael McVs plea for recognition
1 pt: Stu's daytime drama

Ok, here it is:

1 point: #13: "Samhain the Green-Skinned Warlock" by Chris Bodily TM <---- Guitar solos rule

2 points: #11: "Halloween" by Jack Wilson <---- JUN-IOR MINTS!!!

3 points: #3: "Death's Ballad" by The Charnstar <---- This one killed me

4 points: #9: "The Zipper Took It All" by Peter Andersson a.k.a K!chyd <---- He made me feel his pain, the bastard

5 points: #7: "Prove Yourself" by Red Ant <---- He proved himself


I felt biased towards awesome Disney parodies this month, so I couldn't vote for Phil.

I decided to be a non-conformist (like Agri and Kristof so far) and not vote for Kristof.

And I currently HAVE NO CAREER, so Matt, if you don't mind, can I go ahead and use your parody as a reference list when purusing the want ads?

I had fun. Thank you all for an awesome return month.

30 days hath September, April, June, and November.
30 seconds hath my memory. Here I am at the last minute again to cast my dimpled chads to the cold late-November wind.

5 pts - Kristof's preaching Visa
4 pts - Peter's zip of destiny
3 pts - conqueror's big song about a small car
2 pts - Phil's Extreme Makeover
1 pt - Matthias' occupation desperation

Honorable mention: 2nz's Office Space
Oh yeah, and all the others. This was a good month; I found it harder than usual to vote (which is odd, because the "post" button hasn't moved since last month)

5 pts:  Chris Bodily
4 pts:  Tim Mayfield
3 pts:  Phil Alexander
2 pts:  Kristof Robertson
1 pt:  2nz

5 points - Office Work (We Don't Care) - 2nz
4 points - Under The Knife - Phil Alexander
3 points - Nothin' Sells Like The Holy Spirit! -  Kristof Robertson
2 points - Prove Yourself -  Red Ant
1 point - Are We There Yet? - Jeff Reuben

The results for the October SOTM are:

1st place with 58 points: Nothin' Sells Like The Holy Spirit by Kristof Robertson
2nd place with 34 points: The Zipper Took It All by Peter Andersson a.k.a K1chyd
3rd place with 30 points: Office Work (We Don't Care) by 2nz

*******************************************************************

Red Ant 28
Phil Alexander 22
Matthias 18
Stu McArthur 13
Chris Bodily TM 11
Jack Wilson 9
Agrimorfee 7
the_conqueror_of_parodies 6
The Charnstar 6
Michael McVey 5
Tim Mayfield 4
Jeff Reuben 3
wannabemustangjockey 1

and an honorable mention to Tomario.

Congratulations to Kristof, Peter and 2nz.

No DQs this month.

Congrats Kristof, Peter and 2nz!!!!


and, its not 5th place, but hey thanks for getting me in 8th place everyone!  8)

Wowsers! Thanks to everyone who supported my cynical little religious rant....I'm really grateful for your votes and comments.

Congrats to Peter and Glen for 2 outstanding, funny-as-all-get-out pieces...well done, guys! And I'd like to say a big "welcome back" to Glen, whose wit has been sorely missed.

As for Charnstar's request for a recording...let's just say that I'm right in the middle of putting this one together...and, if I do say so myself, it's gonna be a DOOZY, and not at all what you may be expecting.... :D

CHEERS, Y'ALL!

Wow, you guys just made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside, almost a whole month ahead of the mandatory feel-so Christmas schedule, without me being intoxicated on cloudberry liquor, and before I have even picked out this years rocket launcher to aim at the jolly fat reindeer tormentor in the sky! Thank you, thank you all! :)

With my present schedule I had pretty much given up on all chances of writing something good enough for a medal this year, but apparently I accidentally cut into good old form without even realising it until the votes started dripping in. Now if I could only get a visit from the testicle fairy (Unless that happens to be Elton John) and my muse back it'll be both a merry Christmas and a happy new year!

Thanks again! :)

Congrats Father Kristof.... Kinda like Father Kris(mas), and talking about Mass nice parody as well.... And while I'm on the subject of wells, Lassie saved Peter and 2nz from falling into the loser catagory, and while I'm on the subject of catagories... I got nothing.... Good Work Everybody!!!

The results for the October SOTM are:

1st place with 58 points: Nothin' Sells Like The Holy Spirit by Kristof Robertson
2nd place with 34 points: The Zipper Took It All by Peter Andersson a.k.a K1chyd
3rd place with 30 points: Office Work (We Don't Care) by 2nz

Jeezy Creezy, 58 POINTS! :o  There is some spirit at work here! Congrats.

Congrats Kristof, Pete and 2nz. And thankyou to everyone who got me to number 5 (look at it upside down) 'Twas a good month

Oh, well. I guess my parody was too much like a WBMJ parody. Next month won't be as plagiaristic. Or whatever.

Oh dam, now I'll have to find a way to record this one at some point. This really is too much. Right down to the very last voter to determine who came in third. Turns out it was me. Awesome. Thank you all once again for making this a continually awesome return month for me.

And of course,
Congratulations to Peter, very deserving of some medical attention.
And Congratulations to Kristof, very deserving of his top seat, and his current spike in cash-flow.

Congratulations, condemnations and donations to (Over)Lord Kristof for his dominating win this month - I think this is the first time an alternative/grunge song gold medalled in SOTM, and I'm happy to see that happen. Great work my friend.

Congratulations, coagulation, and an all-expenses-paid visit to any one of John Wayne Bobitt's "Recontruct-A-Peen" clinics for Peter. IMHO, your parody made the best use of an OS in this month's competition.

Congratulations, an employee-of-the-month parking space, and a lifetime supply of paperclips goes out to Glen for his hard and funny work on a what has been a "staple" song in SOTM competition this year.

It's great to see two more authors take their first trip to the podium this year, too. At this rate we might not even need a wildcard round.

And a big thanks to all who voted for my parody. Feeling a bit of deja vu at the moment, since in March I finished 4th, two points behind Stu's "Please Invest!" parody.

I just read the comments under my entry this month; I'll thank you guys later on there as well, but wow, some killer praise/compliments, as well as some confusion as to the point/direction of the parody. Since it won't be in SOTY voting, I can let the cat out of the bag now. For some time, I've considered retiring from writing as I've done all the songs I wish to do. "Prove Yourself" was ambitious only in the sense that, IMO, the only thing lacking from my catalogue was a decent rap parody*. So, I set out to prove to myself that I could not only do one, but a hard one, and nail it from a technical aspect, which I achieved. I was hoping it might become a bit of an anthem or inspirational piece for another author someday; whether or not that happens is beyond my control, but that was the main angle I was shooting for.

*Of course, later I realized I also hadn't done a "list"-type song or a parody of a parody, so Tom Lehrer's "The Elements" helped me with both of those.

Enough about me already. Although I said I wouldn't update PAotY until after the Wild Card round was over, I have done so since there have been quite a few position shifts, not the least of which is for the lead. That thread has also been unlocked.

Congratulations, condemnations and donations to (Over)Lord Kristof for his dominating win this month - I think this is the first time an alternative/grunge song gold medalled in SOTM, and I'm happy to see that happen. Great work my friend.




Unless you wanna count EmiLoca's ec 2004 win with a parody of "One Week" by Barenaked Ladies, yep, congrats Kristof!

Congratulations to Kristof again for being the first to gold twice this year (and the comments he got indicated his win was always going to be a tearaway one)

and well done Peter and welcome back 2nz for their two beautifully-crafted pieces

and commiserations Jack, but don't start getting those giving-up ideas okay - we all get them but they amazingly and curiously somehow disappear over time (with me at least) - your next praody should be "Push Yourself" ;)

...your next praody should be "Push Yourself" ;)



"Push Yourself", set to "Row, Row, Row Your Boat"

Push, push, push yourself
Hard as you can go
Parody, parody, parody, parody
Easy songs that blow!

There, that took about a minute to write, or 1/5400th the time "Prove Yourself" did.

:D :D

Parody, parody, parody, parody



lovely  :)

Nearly hit the right 1-2-3 ;)

At the risk of repeating myself... congrats to Kristof, Peter and 2nz.  Have to admit that when I saw K's offering this month, I realized it was going to be a battle for second place... ah well, another month, another try :)

1st place with 58 points: Nothin' Sells Like The Holy Spirit by Kristof Robertson


Congratulations, Kristof, on winning Author of the Year! Woo-hoo!

Oh, wait a minute. Was I not supposed to open the envelope yet?

xoxox
Spaff

Congratulations, Kristof, on winning Author of the Year! Woo-hoo!

Oh, wait a minute. Was I not supposed to open the envelope yet?

xoxox
Spaff
You just could be right!



I mean you were right when you predicted him to win November SOTM last year.

You just could be right!



I mean you were right when you predicted him to win November SOTM last year.


Kristof is always a safe bet. Still, on almost a daily basis, I pat myself on the back for calling that contest three weeks before entries even started. I'm obviously psycho. I mean psychic.

xoxox
Spaff

Kristof is always a safe bet. Still, on almost a daily basis, I pat myself on the back for calling that contest three weeks before entries even started. I'm obviously psycho. I mean psychic.

xoxox
Spaff
Awesome, didnt see it then but saw it a month ago on the comments for the parody.

And while looking at stuff from last year I feel like obnking my head for not entering in the SOTMs till last December