# What are your favorite parody songs NOT written by Weird Al Yankovic? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 25, 2024, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-parody-songs-not-written-by-weird-al-yankovic/999360 "2024-03-25T23:42:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-parody-songs-not-written-by-weird-al-yankovic/999360/21 "2024-03-26T03:08:02Z")
You guys aren’t’ going back far enough: > **[Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh - Allan Sherman 1963](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=er50h8W8vWg%2F)** > > Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, t... > **[Automation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLx3oYZrrlE%2F)** > > Provided to YouTube by TuneCoreAutomation · Allan ShermanMy Son the Nut℗ 2016 Allan ShermanReleased on: 2016-06-17Auto-generated by YouTube. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-parody-songs-not-written-by-weird-al-yankovic/999360/22 "2024-03-26T04:40:50Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > It was this: I have that one in our itunes collection. It makes my, uh, hahrt sing. You’d be surprised how often “tempo, Teddy” can be worked into a conversation. Fore shore. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-parody-songs-not-written-by-weird-al-yankovic/999360/23 "2024-03-26T04:46:39Z")
A Batman-themed parody of Escape Club’s "Wild Wild West, entitled “Adam West”: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdVJWyoncdU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdVJWyoncdU) ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-parody-songs-not-written-by-weird-al-yankovic/999360/24 "2024-03-26T06:51:20Z")
And here I thought I would be the first person to jump in to mention “99 Dead Baboons”! Then again, it was likely just a bit naive to think so, given the significant segment of folks on this board who grew up on Dr. Demento. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-parody-songs-not-written-by-weird-al-yankovic/999360/25 "2024-03-26T11:17:09Z")
[A Whiff of Kansas](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No8wNBqn4RI) (A.K.A. Someone Broke Wind). Parody of _Dust in the Wind_. [Leader Of The Laundromat](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMoen8uA-kg). Parody of _Leader of the Pack_. [Stairway to 7-11](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-MF4BkgQFI). Parody of _Stairway to Heaven_. [Gumball Wizard](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEpZY8lahvg). Parody of _Pinball Wizard_. [Monster Ash](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6VbSSuDFPo). Parody of _The Monster Mash_. (Tim Cavanagh has quite a few good ones.) ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-parody-songs-not-written-by-weird-al-yankovic/999360/26 "2024-03-26T11:30:27Z")
“See My Vest” as sung by C. Montgomery Burns. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/TyWVaZsUQjc/hqdefault.jpg "See My Vest! (The Simpsons)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyWVaZsUQjc) ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-parody-songs-not-written-by-weird-al-yankovic/999360/27 "2024-03-26T12:06:18Z")
I’m not sure if this counts as parody since it’s probably more akin to something like a cover, but I’ll put it here because of the comedic value. You may have seen this video floating around over the past year or so. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/7FrNDTqwxxQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Snoop Dogg reacting to me ruining his song") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FrNDTqwxxQ) From the same people… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/XmmHoam7y5U/maxresdefault.jpg "Boomhauer performs Rap God") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmmHoam7y5U) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/PdsVRegEJTA/maxresdefault.jpg "Simon & Garfunkel sing "Baby Got Back"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdsVRegEJTA) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Wx6S6JPwzbU/maxresdefault.jpg "Without Me (Eminem) - Bluegrass Edition") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx6S6JPwzbU) ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-parody-songs-not-written-by-weird-al-yankovic/999360/28 "2024-03-26T12:32:19Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Love the Rutles, but Todd Rundgren’s band did a wonderful Beatles album. With a song parodying each of their periods. In both cases, I don’t know whether those count as parodies or pastiches. > **[Pastiche](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastiche)** > > A pastiche is a work of visual art, literature, theatre, music, or architecture that imitates the style or character of the work of one or more other artists. Unlike parody, pastiche pays homage to the work it imitates, rather than mocking it. > The word pastiche is the French borrowing of the Italian noun pasticcio, which is a pâté or pie-filling mixed from diverse ingredients. Metaphorically, pastiche and pasticcio describe works that are either composed by several authors, or that incorporate... > [@](#): > > A **pastiche** is a work of [visual art](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_art), literature, theatre, music, or architecture that [imitates](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imitation) the style or character of the work of one or more other artists.[[1]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastiche#cite_note-princeton-1) Unlike [parody](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parody), pastiche pays homage to the work it imitates, rather than mocking it.[[2]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastiche#cite_note-Hoestery_2001_p1-2) > [@](#): > > Comedian/parodist [“Weird Al” Yankovic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic) has also recorded several songs that are pastiches of other popular recording artists, such as [Devo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devo) (“[Dare to Be Stupid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dare_to_Be_Stupid_(song))”), [Talking Heads](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talking_Heads) (“Dog Eat Dog”), [Rage Against the Machine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rage_Against_the_Machine) (“I’ll Sue Ya”), and [The Doors](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Doors) (“[Craigslist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craigslist_(song))”), though these so-called “style parodies” often walk the line between celebration (pastiche) and send-up ([parody](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parody)). ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-parody-songs-not-written-by-weird-al-yankovic/999360/29 "2024-03-26T12:35:23Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > In both cases, I don’t know whether those count as parodies or pastiches. That Rutles song is a genre parody of early Beatles sound, which it partly accomplishes via pastiche (it borrows almost – but not quite – intact bits of “She Loves You,” “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” and “All My Loving,” but also has entirely new material, mainly in the verses). ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-parody-songs-not-written-by-weird-al-yankovic/999360/30 "2024-03-26T14:10:51Z")
I have the 45 RPM record, which must be extremely valuable by now. I probably could sell it for $5 on eBay. ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-parody-songs-not-written-by-weird-al-yankovic/999360/31 "2024-03-26T14:30:39Z")
Within the confines of the “same music, parodic lyrics” box, Tom Lehrer’s “The Elements” comes to mind, but few others. Not exactly loaded with punchlines, but “Starry Eyes” by The Records, a general tale of life in rock 'n roll song, was rewritten and covered by Too Much Joy as a recounting of when they got busted for covering 2 Live Crew songs onstage. It’s got some good wordplay (“…the writ has hit the fan.”) but it’s not comedy per se. ETA: thought of another, though once again it’s not much of a knee-slapper. The Dead Kennedys’ rewrite of “I Fought The Law” which is about Dan White’s murder of Harvey Milk. (“The law don’t mean shit if you’ve got the right friends/That’s how this country’s run/Twinkies are the best friend I ever had/I fought the law and…”) There are probably a lot of lesser-known punk songs that could come into play here. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-parody-songs-not-written-by-weird-al-yankovic/999360/32 "2024-03-26T16:18:28Z")
“Concrete Road”, a parody of “Country Roads”: > **[Concrete Road](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sH3M8IHizY%2F)** > > Provided to YouTube by CDBabyConcrete Road · Seamus KennedyLive℗ 1993 Seamus KennedyReleased on: 1993-01-01Auto-generated by YouTube. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-parody-songs-not-written-by-weird-al-yankovic/999360/33 "2024-03-26T16:39:06Z")
More Rutles - the wonderful Neil Innes sings Cheese And Onions. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ePaHG6g7uFw/hqdefault.jpg "THE RUTLES - Cheese And Onions (1969)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePaHG6g7uFw) Parody or pastiche? What @JKellyMap said. j ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-parody-songs-not-written-by-weird-al-yankovic/999360/34 "2024-03-26T16:56:25Z")
19 (Not Out) was a parody of 19 by Paul Hardcastle and was pretty funny – it was a takedown of English cricket in the 80s. I can’t post YouTube videos from where I am right now – maybe someone can post it for me. Some pretty inside-cricket jokes that I didn’t get in the US in the 80s, but it was very funny anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-parody-songs-not-written-by-weird-al-yankovic/999360/35 "2024-03-26T17:30:49Z")
Ha, I had that song on a British import compilation album and I found it weirdly compelling. I’ll try to post a YouTube video, hopefully correctly following the Discouse rules for doing so that I’ve never bothered learning… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/G3bl4xaFZMM/hqdefault.jpg "The Commentators - 19 Not Out") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3bl4xaFZMM) ---
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Thanks for posting that! I liked their use of the same “I didn’t even know what was going on” in a different context (no idea what was happening during the Vietnam war vs. being totally clueless in cricket and getting crushed by the other team). ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-parody-songs-not-written-by-weird-al-yankovic/999360/37 "2024-03-26T19:43:20Z")
_Marty Feldman Eyes_, Bruce Baum’s parody of Kim Carnes’ _Bette Davis Eyes_. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/jC-ZK-lxws4/maxresdefault.jpg "Marty Feldman Eyes - Bruce "Baby Man" Baum") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC-ZK-lxws4) ---
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Sometimes mistaken for Weird Al or The Presidents of the United States of America, but actually it’s neither: > **[Johnny Crass - Internet Sandman (Better than Enter Sandman)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNLw6XFOwCE%2F)** > > I'm sick of this fucking controversy Johnny Crass or Weird Al Yankovic, don't be stupid, please inform yourself before you comment.Remember Metallica vs. Na... ---
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How about Randy Rainbow? I haven’t seen anything he’s done that wasn’t gold, but if we must be specific, I’ll say this parody of Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds. [Donald in the John with Boxes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zDXVw0aatQ) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-parody-songs-not-written-by-weird-al-yankovic/999360/40 "2024-03-26T19:59:39Z")
How about Melanie Safka, singing about Psychotherapy? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Qx0foCV9WvI/maxresdefault.jpg "Psychotherapy") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qx0foCV9WvI) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-parody-songs-not-written-by-weird-al-yankovic/999360.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-parody-songs-not-written-by-weird-al-yankovic/999360.md?page=3)