I remember an old Saturday Night Live bit, and I also remember Elton John redoing “Candle in the Wind” when Diana died.
What songs can be remade to fit current events?
“I guess that’s why they call it the cruise” by Elton John
“Guerrillas just wanna have guns” by Cyndi Lauper
“Dude looks like Bin Laden” by Aerosmith
“Will the real Bin Laden please stand up?” by Eminem
“Taliban (I think it’s gone be a long long time”) by Elton John
“Exit Sandman” by Metallica
U2: Tuesday, Bloody Tuesday
Def Leppard: Bringin’ on the Air-Raid and Let’s Get Mosques
Sex Pistols/Megadeth: Anarchy in the Middle East
Songs that don’t need new names:
Def Leppard: Billy’s Got a Gun and Die Hard the Hunter
Megadeth: Peace Sells, But Who’s Buying
:groan:
What smells in here?
Dad humor. Fathers of little girls are all magically implanted with the same sense of humor.
Osama, Dubya and the Jack of Hearts - Dylan
It’s Raining Bombs - Weather Girls
The Night the Lights Went out in Kabul - Vicki Lawrence
Dean Martin: You’re Nobody 'Til Somebody Bombs You
Anne Murray: You Light Up My Cave
James Taylor: You’ve Got a Jihad
Rod Stewart: Have I Told You Lately That You’re Going to Die?
Righteous Brothers: Unchained Military Action
Sting: Burning Desert Rose
Louis Armstrong: What a Wonderful World it Will Be Without you
Another song that doesn’t need a new name:
Harry Connick, Jr.: It Had To Be You