# Does anyone else dislike song parodies, or only me? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 22, 2013, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-dislike-song-parodies-or-only-me/653690 "2013-03-22T22:29:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-dislike-song-parodies-or-only-me/653690/61 "2013-03-26T22:38:00Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > I wrote a song parody back in High School. I wrote one the other day. It parodies [Taylor the Latte Boy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXS0nEOx_20) as performed here by Kristin Chenowith. The reason is because my daughter was drafted to sing the verses at the local high school choir festival, and she played it _over_ and _over_, until the alternate title sprang up in my head. Writing lyrics to go with the title was entirely in self-defense, I swear! \*There’s a boy I saw in “Twilight” Who is very inspirational; You can tell he’s inspirational Because I said he is. He is brooding and he’s moody And he never smiles at anyone When I see him look so sullen I just think that he’s the shizz. So because I am a poet (and 'cos he’s so inspirational) I just had to write this tribute to explain just what I mean And because I am a poet I just had to say how good I feel Every time he takes his shirt off up there on the silver screen And because I am a poet I’m about to rhyme “po-em” with “foam” – And this actor’s name is Taylor And he provides the inspiration for this poem\* (What? I SAID I was going to) \*Taylor the Lautner boy He’s a werewolf and [Sharkboy](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0424774/) Oh, Taylor the Lautner boy, I’m so on team Jacob, I love him. When I first saw him as Sharkboy He was cuter than a button Just a sullen, moody button with twenty rows of teeth But I thought he was too young for me And so I just gave up on him With his moody, cute exterior and the heart that beat beneath But my heart kept right on yearning And the guilt just drove me crazy to be crushing on some little kid I’m not that kind of perv And then one day I remembered I had seen that film in reruns! Meaning he could be much older And so I got up my nerve And I looked him up on Google Where I learned that he was twenty-one – Well now, that’s a different story And I’m sure I’ll be eighteen before he’s done. Taylor the Lautner boy He’s a werewolf and Sharkboy Oh, Taylor the Lautner boy, I’m so on team Jacob, I love him. I’m one who buys all those teen magazines For the posters of his hot form And I fantasize about him loving me In the theater while I’m eating my popcorn Taylor the Lautner boy He’s a werewolf and Sharkboy Oh, Taylor the Lautner boy, I’m so on team Jacob, I love him. He’s the love for whom my heart has waited Even though my father says I’m twitterpated Taylor the Lautner boy I’m so on team Jacob, I love him. I’m so on team Jacob, I love him.\* ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-dislike-song-parodies-or-only-me/653690/62 "2013-03-26T22:54:28Z")
> [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > Thing is, you can say the same thing about established, “formal” forms of poetry like the sonnet, limerick, or haiku. Speaking of haiku, have you ever noticed that if you write a standard 5-7-5 haiku, it fits perfectly as a verse of _Moonlight in Vermont_? Well it does. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-dislike-song-parodies-or-only-me/653690/63 "2013-03-27T01:45:03Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > I like parody songs in general. I don’t get why some people parody songs like LMFAOs “I’m Sexy and I Know It.” It’s a joke song all by itself. It’s a parody of a joke. One of my biggest WTF?! moments came when I was perusing comedy tracks on some filesharing network, and came across somebody’s awful attempt to parody … Weird Al’s “Dare to be Stupid”. > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Speaking of haiku, have you ever noticed that if you write a standard 5-7-5 haiku, it fits perfectly as a verse of _Moonlight in Vermont_? > > Well it does. I’ll have to confess that I’ve never even heard _Moonlight in Vermont_. Also, I’ve never been anywhere near Vermont 😛 I have, however, written a haiku. I called it, “The Herbalist’s Lament”, and it should resonate deeply with anybody who has taken Herbalism as a profession in World of Warcraft: Murloc blue and green Always guarding stranglekelp Go away, murloc [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-dislike-song-parodies-or-only-me/653690.md?page=3)