If you're going to parody a song...

The BBQ Pit
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… would you mind telling us what fucking song you’re parodying?

I have now read my third thread where someone says, “Oh, you’re gonna love this!” and I read a poem that seems to be parodying someone else’s words, but I have no clue whose or what. A few other people seem to know it’s a song, but still, no one bothers to name it. And I can’t honestly believe I’m the only person out there who doesn’t get it.

So, simple rule of thumb: If you’re going to parody a song, could you just, somewhere, anywhere, mention what song it is? I mean if you don’t know that:

… is a parody of the first part of the “Lacrymosa” from Mozart’s Requiem, how dumb can you be?

:rolleyes:

Esprix

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For some strange reason I found myself humming the flintstones to your words. If you force the timing and inflection you can sort of make it work.

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Well shit, Esprix, everybody knows that all of Emily Dickenson’s poems can be sung to the Gilligan’s Island theme! :wink:

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Not to mention to the tune of “The Yellow Rose of Texas”.

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And also, strangely, the Ryme of the Ancient Mariner. It’s really disturbing.

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I don’t know the tune to the Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner. Can you hum a few bars?

Love,
Podkayne the deliberately obtuse.

“The wedding-guest here beat his breast,
For he heard the loud bassoon.”

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You can get a sample of it from here.

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I was unclear. I humbly apologize.

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the wastoid), can be sung to the tune of Gilligan’s Island.

`And now the STORM-BLAST came, and he
Was tyrannous and strong :
He struck with his o’ertaking wings,
And chased us south along.

Oddly, you can do the words to Gilligan’s Island with the tune from Stairway to Heaven.

Which means you can do the Rime of the Ancient Mariner to the tune of Stairway to Heaven.

I’m going to go lie down now.

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The lyrics to the theme song to “Green Acres” go great with the tune from “Purple Haze.” Some guy at a party once swore to me that he had seen a film of Black Sabbath doing that, but I am unconvinced.

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Lol MrVisible. Now im working all sorts of strange song & t.v. show combos in my head.

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I mentioned this over in Cafe a while back. Our band used to do it. Works quite well, actually. Though I doubt many in the audiance noticed…
Never heard of the Black Sabbath connection.

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Gilligan: Skippp-ppper!

Skipper: What is it, L’il Buddy?

Gilligan: I’ve got this bird stuck around my neck.

Skipper: Gilligan! Only you would… (exasperated) How did this happen?

Gilligan: Well, I took the cross-bow that The Professor made…

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Not only that, but someone recorded it.

I was lucky enough to hear it on the radio before Led Zep got all huffy and got it banned.

Also in the same family as Stairway/Gilligan/Mariner: “Amazing Grace” and “House of the Rising Sun”. :slight_smile:

FWIW, you can’t seem to sing “Stairway” to the other tunes, even though you can sing their words to the “Stairway” tune. But all the others seem to have interchangeable words/music.

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The same show of humor/novelty songs that I heard “Stairway to Gilligan’s Island” on, also had “Green Acres” to the tune of - get this - “A Day in the Life”. :eek:

(No, this wasn’t Dr. Demento’s show. The responsible party, IIRC, was the DC-area deejay Cerph, who was then with WAVA. This was around 1979-80. The show also included - I swear I’m not making this up - a parody of the flip side (the play-it-backwards version) of “They’re Coming To Take Me Away, Ha Ha!” :eek: :eek: :eek: )

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Also, the words to Oh Little Town of Bethleham go well with the tune of The House of the Rising Sun. Actually, I prefer it that way. :slight_smile:

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If you don’t already have it, check out Bob Rivers’ I Am Santa Claus.

Esprix

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AND, you can sing Robert Frosts’ “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening” to the tune of “Hernando’s Hideaway” from “Pajama Game” . . .

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Just heard a parody of Carly Fiorina, CEO of HP, to the tune of Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen. Unbelievably good. All about how she sunk HP and now it’s time to go. Excellent.

Reminded me how much I like that song. Gotta go find my old Queen records and transfer 'em to CDs.

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Eve, you do realize that you and like four gay men are the only people on earth who realize this, don’t you?

Just wanted to make sure… :wink:

Esprix

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“Eve, you do realize that you and like four gay men are the only people on earth who realize this, don’t you?”

—Esprix, dear, me and like four gay men are the only people on earth who realize SEVERAL things . . . Some day we’ll have a nice long chat over tea . . .