Decathlon: Mark 2
Event 1

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Genre: Blues/ Swing
Topic: Make Your Own Commercial!

The Rules

1. Entry URLs to be posted onto this thread from the Amiright site

2. Entries must conform to both the topic and time specifications...if in doubt, ask.

3. Topics are not limited to the decade, they are two separate parts

4. On October 3rd the entries close and the voting begins

5. Vote by replying to voting thread with your five favorites in order: 
Top choice gets 5 points, next gets 4 points and so on to 1 point for your fifth favourite.

6. You're not allowed to vote for your own song.

7. DKTOS, is not allowed as a comment whilest voting

8. Once you've posted a vote, you're not allowed to change it.

9. Voting continues until October 17th

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

11. Anyone who enters but does not both comment on all entries and vote by the deadline is disqualified and may not participate in the next event.

12. If you miss a submission deadline, you will not be entered in that event, but WILL be allowed to enter the next event.
However, there will STILL be an expectation that you comment and vote in the event you are not participating in, unless you have a valid reason for not being able to.

13. Rule changes may be suggested by any participant in their entry post.  Changes are made only when a majority of that event's voters specify a "yes" vote along with their contest votes.

Scoring: Like the rules, the scoring is similar to the to the Ages, awarding the winner first place, with 10 points. Person who comes in 2nd,  Points and so on, and so forth...

HAVE FUN!!!

Submittions Are Due: October 3rd

Ai-yi-yi. . .

How'd that happen. . .

We are starting with the hardest of your ten genres, and the hardest of the topics (at least of the random ones you told me) and the deadlines are going to run con-current with ABC and all of this during "The Skyhooks" in Artistry--a band I have never heard of. . .you know Matthias. . .that website, it's likely going to have to wait. . .That's quite a combo there.

I was also kinda hoping for New Wave, or Teen Pop with this topic... Gulp! This is going to be tough.

Eh, maybe not. A commercial relies on simplicity and repetition in its message, so the same is true for most blues songs...swing tunes like "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" would be a bitch to do, though.

Anybody who needs help choosing a song here's a list for you

100 Greatest Blues Songs: http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_bluesong.html

List of Commonly Played Swing Songs: http://www.swingorama.com/music/commonsongs.html

Topic: Make Your Own Commercial!



Is this a commercial to sell anything that we want?  Or by "your own commercial" are you meaning...like...a commercial for ourselves?  I mean, I know that I'm the Queen of self-promotion...so it's not like that would be a problem...I'm just curious... :)

Is this a commercial to sell anything that we want?  Or by "your own commercial" are you meaning...like...a commercial for ourselves?  I mean, I know that I'm the Queen of self-promotion...so it's not like that would be a problem...I'm just curious... :)


Sell anything you want.... If you want to sell you, go right ahead

*rubs eyes* OK, maybe I'm not seeing something. Where is the topic for this first round?

*rubs eyes* OK, maybe I'm not seeing something. Where is the topic for this first round?


Topic: Make Your Own Commercial!

Topic: Make Your Own Commercial!


Here is how I made some "commercials" http://www.amiright.com/parody/80s/theresidents0.shtml  ;)

Eh, maybe not. A commercial relies on simplicity and repetition in its message, so the same is true for most blues songs...swing tunes like "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" would be a bitch to do, though.


I might take you up on that with "Boney Bruegger's Bagels Boy"

How come both Decathlons have started with an absolutely cruddy genre...and both involve Frank Sinatra?!

Seeming as I mentioned him, I'll rip Ol Blue Eyes. Just to pay homage to the original Decathlon ;).

I'll think I'll turn 'My Way' into 'Ben Gay'...as soon as I find out more about this magical substance.

Here's an off the wall question:

Does Jim Croce's 'Working At The Car Wash Blues' count as part of the 'blues' genre?  ;D ;D ;D

Here's an off the wall question:

Does Jim Croce's 'Working At The Car Wash Blues' count as part of the 'blues' genre?  ;D ;D ;D


I highly doubt it, only if Johnny Cash's "Folsum Prison Blues", and "Cocaine Blues".... And Elton John's "I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues" all count.

How come both Decathlons have started with an absolutely cruddy genre...and both involve Frank Sinatra?!

Seeming as I mentioned him, I'll rip Ol Blue Eyes. Just to pay homage to the original Decathlon ;).

I'll think I'll turn 'My Way' into 'Ben Gay'...as soon as I find out more about this magical substance.


Hate to be picky, but that's really stretching the definition of "swing music", dude. Most would consider that to be "easy listening" or "pop standards". If you are going to do Frank, you need to do something from before 1957 or so.

So... errr... Would Johnny Cash's "Cocaine Blues" count?  :-[

So... errr... Would Johnny Cash's "Cocaine Blues" count?  :-[


Dude, it's your contest, who are you asking  ???

Dude, it's your contest, who are you asking  ???


But the answer is no. I just heard it the other day. Definitely not.

Here, let me give you guys Sweet Home Chicago, as performed by The Blues Brothers:

http://www.youtube.com/v/K4Y5he3pWpU

Surprised it's not in that list above. This should open up some possibilities.

I have chosen "Let's Call The Whole Thing Off" (not that it matters, if you want it, you can have it too!)

Since this is Blues or Swing, I chose swing.

Zoot Suit Riot has become the latest commercial for..
http://www.pepto-bismol.com/images/pepto_prod_cherryliquid.jpg

Pepto! Try It!

Dude, it's your contest, who are you asking  ???


The general public...

Here, let me give you guys Sweet Home Chicago, as performed by The Blues Brothers:

http://www.youtube.com/v/K4Y5he3pWpU

Surprised it's not in that list above. This should open up some possibilities.

I have chosen "Let's Call The Whole Thing Off" (not that it matters, if you want it, you can have it too!)


I'm going to do a Blues Brother's parody, because I absolutely love the movie

I'm going to do a Blues Brother's parody, because I absolutely love the movie
Same  here!

. . .still can't pick one, but I haven't given up yet.

Hate to be picky, but that's really stretching the definition of "swing music", dude. Most would consider that to be "easy listening" or "pop standards". If you are going to do Frank, you need to do something from before 1957 or so.


Well, crap. Oh well, I only had two verses of 'Ben-Gay' done anyway. How 'bout...'I've Got Dove Over My Skin'? Let's do it!

. . .still can't pick one, but I haven't given up yet.


I would suggest you look for modern stuff from Robert Cray, B.B King or Jeff Healey Band...maybe their poppier sensiblities will help you.

I want to do "Just A Gigalo" by David Lee Roth but can't come up with any good ideas, except for "Gas From Texaco", but I really do want to do a parody about gasoline
Anybody have any ideas to help me out here?

I want to do "Just A Gigalo" by David Lee Roth but can't come up with any good ideas, except for "Gas From Texaco", but I really do want to do a parody about gasoline
Anybody have any ideas to help me out here?

Howsabout a better-burning low-fat petrol: a Leaner Gasoline... buy it, it'll even help you lose weight ;)

Texaco?  ???...

Get gas from Texaco
And everywhere I go
People love the car I'm drivin'
I turn my engine on
Tank up with Techron
Ooooh...my baby's thrivin'
Will there come a day
When cars will pass away?
What can I say about it?
Well, the one thing I know
With this gas from Texaco...
No more cars? I doubt it...'cause

IIIIIIIIIIIIII
Ain't got no Hybrid...


I don't know. Something like that, maybe?

http://www.amiright.com/parody/misc/fredastairegingerrogers0.shtml
http://www.offprotects.com/i/products/prodshot_deepwoods.jpg

DKTOS? Get buggy here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNk3o6aJepo

Buy My Black Pud

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/07_01/blackpuddingDM_228x304.jpg

...think yourself lucky, guys - my first advertising thought for this tune was a cure for diarrhoea (no prizes for guessing the title)

Buy My Black Pud


Pud'... hehe, when pronounced a different way here in the states, it means something else... ;)

I finally came up with a good idea... I shall be joining the ranks of Weird Al himself and advertising America's favorite cookie...

http://blog.1800dessert.com/oreo.jpg

Seeing as we don't generally get Oreos here, can I answer with a DKTOC?  (Though I guess you'd be able to add a DKTOS to mine - don't know the original sausage :))

Seeing as we don't generally get Oreos here, can I answer with a DKTOC?  (Though I guess you'd be able to add a DKTOS to mine - don't know the original sausage :))


I don't think you'll have to worry about that... "Just A Gigolo" is one of the hardest songs that I think I've ever come across before in my life...
I don't think I'll be able to pull this one off. Damn.  :-[

Back to the drawing board

:-[ :\'( You didn't like my Texaco idea?

Pssh. No worries. I didn't like it either.

I got my mind out of the pantry and into the tool shed with this little number that will be posted tomorrow...
http://www.beanblog.com/beanblog.org/duckpower.jpg

And here it is...
A Sinatra song that actually was swing  ;)

Use Duct Tape
http://www.amiright.com/parody/misc/franksinatra219.shtml

I got my mind out of the pantry and into the tool shed with this little number that will be posted tomorrow...
http://www.beanblog.com/beanblog.org/duckpower.jpg


. . .You would post a duck

. . .You would post a duck


Post a duck?
Or.... Paste a Duct? Eh?
;)

OK I finally got one for a Louis Prima song, which, assumeably, would fall under the 'swing' category.
Here's....
Drunk Drivin', Go To Jail
http://www.madd.ca/english/top_page/UploadedImages/BannerAdImages/madd_logo.gif

http://www.amiright.com/parody/misc/louisprima1.shtml

Post a duck?
Or.... Paste a Duct? Eh?
;)


Viaduct? Why-a not a goose?http://www.nndb.com/people/866/000043737/chico-marx-sm.jpg
:D

Oh, what a pun-ishing choice...

Buy My Black Pud

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/07_01/blackpuddingDM_228x304.jpg

...think yourself lucky, guys - my first advertising thought for this tune was a cure for diarrhoea (no prizes for guessing the title)


d'oh! I knew that was going to happen, and yes, "Bye My Black T**d" occurred to me too as I was scrolling thru the letters, but I settled on the simple "Bye My Blackbird"

I'll try to come up with another one, especially after reading your clever effort Phil, but it's a tricky genre.  If I can't, I'll carry on anyway :(

d'oh! I knew that was going to happen, and yes, "Bye My Black T**d" occurred to me too as I was scrolling thru the letters, but I settled on the simple "Bye My Blackbird"

Pimping?  (What I had thought of was "Bye Bye Slack Turd" as a kind of advertising slogan for an anti-diarrhetic (if there is such a word) - there's quite a lot of lines that just kind of slipped out.)

Sorry if I've muddied the waters (but, hey, I knew there was a reason to get it out early ;)), there's been a few times I've had a great idea, checked to see if it's been done already and ended up being distracted by lyrics someone else has written so the parody is never finished.

Well, here's mine (for better or worse....)

I thought of the hardest product to try and sell, and came up with...

http://www.phantomshadow.com/Inflatables/inflats/goracerpot.jpg

The Betta-Loo Song!

Well, here's mine (for better or worse....)

I thought of the hardest product to try and sell, and came up with...

http://www.phantomshadow.com/Inflatables/inflats/goracerpot.jpg

The Betta-Loo Song!


Hard to sell,

are you kidding

One look at that picture, and I knew I had to have one. . .

I got one up my sleeve for Soul Man called "Toilet Bowl Fan"


Youll see

I guess I'll just officially enter my "We're Cleanin' Now" parody.  I wanted to give myself a couple of options...but my muse has escaped me.  I know that nobody knows the OS...but alas...I'll have to depend on my unrelenting charm to get support... ;)

http://www.amiright.com/parody/2000s/michaelbuble0.shtml

Woah! Three days away in Melbourne, come back and most of the people have entered!

More importantly, I have no idea what I'm going to do for this! PLEASE HELP!!

Woah! Three days away in Melbourne, come back and most of the people have entered!

More importantly, I have no idea what I'm going to do for this! PLEASE HELP!!


Hey bobpie: how about "Instant Food" to Glenn Miller's "In The Mood"?.....you could write about being a bloke waxing lyrical about his diet of snack foods, microwaveables and pot noodles...
And here's a freebie chorus if you want to use it:

Instant food...it ain't nutricious
Instant food...it looks suspicious
Instant food....strangely delicious
I usually burn salad so it's instant food now!

:)

Hey bobpie: how about "Instant Food" to Glenn Miller's "In The MoodInstant food...it ain't nutricious
Instant food...it looks suspicious
Instant food....strangely delicious
I usually burn salad so it's instant food now!



I dind't know In The Mood had words. :o

I dind't know In The Mood had words. :o


Did you not, Aggy?

well, here they are!

Bette Midler also did a version with alternative lyrics. I guess a few of the big band instrumentals ended up having lyrics written to them....

Bette Midler also did a version with alternative lyrics.

So did the Two Ronnies, IIRC ;)

Hey bobpie: how about "Instant Food" to Glenn Miller's "In The Mood"?.....you could write about being a bloke waxing lyrical about his diet of snack foods, microwaveables and pot noodles...
And here's a freebie chorus if you want to use it:

Instant food...it ain't nutricious
Instant food...it looks suspicious
Instant food....strangely delicious
I usually burn salad so it's instant food now!

:)




Thanks, man! I've edited it a bit to fit the 'Commercial' topic - instead it's a man flogging 'Instant-Food', a whole range of microwaveable pies, sausage rolls, frozen chips, whatever's your poison - but I'll be on this like flies on a dog mess!

EDIT: And here we go!

Instant-Food

EDIT: And here we go!

Instant-Food

You might want to re-edit your link:

Instant-Food

You might want to re-edit your link:

Instant-Food


Oops. I didn't want to do a post right after myself, so I chose 'Edit'...and used a link from the AmiRight links thing it now has at the bottom of the page, and I must've copied the wrong one. I hate it when that happens!

I'm almost done with mine--a somewhat recent Blues song, I had to verify with Matthias it qualified, has not been done by any amirighter to date.

Pool-Boy Prophet has been submitted. . .it will be up tomorrow. . .I wonder if anyone (other than Matthias) can figure out what song it's to before it posts

Pool-Boy Prophet has been submitted. . .it will be up tomorrow. . .I wonder if anyone (other than Matthias) can figure out what song it's to before it posts


I know what it is!!! I know!!! I know!!!!

I know what it is!!! I know!!! I know!!!!


That why I said except Matthias ;)

Feel free to call, I'm up tonight.

That why I said except Matthias ;)

Feel free to call, I'm up tonight.


Will do

I got a Halloween themed one tomorrow

I got a Halloween themed one tomorrow


Halloween advertisement???

Halloween advertisement???


Maybe it's an ad for Halloween party supplies. Or an ad about a BIG HALLOWEEN BASH (sounds like a radio ad), Or maybe even an ad for all the vampires to come down on Halloween night! Who knows?

http://www.rspb.org.uk/Images/blackbird_300_tcm9-139611.jpg


Buy My Blackbird!

Only one person who has yet to write a song for the Decathlon... Calling Jeff Reuben!!!! Calling Jeff Reuben!!!!

Halloween advertisement???
Nope

The iDevil


It Wants Your Soul,Man
http://www.amiright.com/parody/60s/samanddavebluesbrothers0.shtml

http://www.amiright.com/parody/2000s/jasonmraz7.shtml
Yes, I am the Pool-Boy Prophet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNi5b08hz9s
Original Song

This one will eventually get recorded, it was quite difficult to pull off . . .