# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-parody-songs-not-written-by-weird-al-yankovic/999360/41 "2024-03-26T20:03:34Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > 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. Yes! I wanted to mention him but I would have no idea which song to post. They have all been bona-fide hilarious and extremely well done! ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-parody-songs-not-written-by-weird-al-yankovic/999360/42 "2024-03-26T20:05:46Z")
I know, and I just realized I haven’t seen the interview with Mike Johnson one! I sent it to myself so I can watch when I get home from work. 😁 By the bye, how are you guys posting video clips? I don’t seem to have permission. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-parody-songs-not-written-by-weird-al-yankovic/999360/43 "2024-03-26T20:19:50Z")
This doesn’t fit the “famous song rewritten with comedic lyrics” definition of parody, although the title is clearly a parody of the hymn “Jesus Loves Me This I Know”. [The Austin Lounge Lizards – “Jesus Loves Me But He Can’t Stand You”](https://youtu.be/PS_jFT0dErc?si=U3-2eaGwnBWvMz8o/) (And apparently Discourse can’t stand the song, because it won’t let me embed the video no matter what I do) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-parody-songs-not-written-by-weird-al-yankovic/999360/44 "2024-03-26T21:12:06Z")
How about “Beat It”, the parody Michael Jackson wrote of Weird Al’s completely original song “Eat It”? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-parody-songs-not-written-by-weird-al-yankovic/999360/45 "2024-03-26T21:46:34Z")
Do I have to spell it out? 😁 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-parody-songs-not-written-by-weird-al-yankovic/999360/46 "2024-03-26T22:05:10Z")
Speaking of Weird Al, my wife just came into the living room, all excited about some shoes she’d just bought. So it was hard to resist launching into: _Some girls like to buy new shoes_ _and others like driving trucks and wearing tattoos…_ How about apropos but amusing lyrics to classical pieces? [Like:](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYoxNh4D1J8) _Please keep your bull outside the china shop_ _No bulls allowed, that’s where they stop_ to the tune of “March of the Toreadors” from _Carmen_ [Or:](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_nGZM3O-5Y) _Please don’t play your violin at night_ _Wolfgang, go to bed, turn out the light_ To _Eine Kleine Nachtmusik_. Or turning “In the Hall of the Mountain King” [into a countdown](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foGcM60oZqQ): _Here’s a bit more of the same_ _there’s just one man to blame_ _Grieg is the composer’s name,_ _eight more to go_ I had that running through my head during my last few weeks before retirement! All courtesy of Beethoven’s Wig. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-parody-songs-not-written-by-weird-al-yankovic/999360/47 "2024-03-27T02:11:21Z")
Richard Cheese does great lounge act versions of hit songs, totally subverting them. Though he rarely changes the words, just the style. And a perfect album name: _Lounge Against the Machine._ And there’s a series on YouTube called “Regurge”, they do _Mime After Mime,_ a parody of Cyndi Lauper. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/_MFMHxpu44s/hqdefault.jpg "Regurge Episode 4: Mime After Mime") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MFMHxpu44s) > [@Treppenwitz](#): > > Parody or pastiche? This entire thread is both of those and more. Let’s not try to disqualify people’s wonderfully humorous songs by nitpicking. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-parody-songs-not-written-by-weird-al-yankovic/999360/48 "2024-03-27T02:23:41Z")
And this has been stuck in my head for years and years now… [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BARjPuUN36Y/hqdefault.jpg "Spider-Pig - The Simpsons") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BARjPuUN36Y) ---
**Author:** ![bleach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bleach/32/3106_2.png) [@bleach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bleach)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-parody-songs-not-written-by-weird-al-yankovic/999360/49 "2024-03-27T02:36:05Z")
Ivor Biggun managed to parody the entirety of the 80s with Bras on 45. [Bras on 45](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpudnAgXUBc) ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-parody-songs-not-written-by-weird-al-yankovic/999360/50 "2024-03-27T03:16:54Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Richard Cheese does great lounge act versions of hit songs, totally subverting them. Though he rarely changes the words, just the style. If we’re going this route, I highly suggest Metalachi. They play hard rock and metal classics in a mariachi style. It’s surprisingly good, and they put on a great show as well! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/g_5y5KrBoO8/maxresdefault.jpg "Metalachi CRAZY TRAIN music video") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_5y5KrBoO8) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ht-c92U1Z9g/maxresdefault.jpg "Metalachi HOT FOR TEACHER music video") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ht-c92U1Z9g) ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-parody-songs-not-written-by-weird-al-yankovic/999360/51 "2024-03-27T03:30:01Z")
Diner Lobster (SNL spoof of “Who Am I?” from Les Miserables): [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Pj-D0jc17D0/maxresdefault.jpg "Diner Lobster - SNL") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj-D0jc17D0) ---
**Author:** ![DKW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dkw/32/3118_2.png) [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-parody-songs-not-written-by-weird-al-yankovic/999360/52 "2024-03-27T04:16:11Z")
I’m surprised nobody mentioned Capitol Steps yet; they had some good ones. My personal favorites are Who’ll Drop a Bomb on Saddam Saddam Saddam (couldn’t find a link) and [Bomb Iraq.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD3qw6CdPLI) My #1 favorite of all time, though? [No contest.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0Af6nQ90uQ) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-parody-songs-not-written-by-weird-al-yankovic/999360/53 "2024-03-27T05:19:30Z")
Two of my favorites are by Tom Lehrer: National Brotherhood Week [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aIlJ8ZCs4jY/hqdefault.jpg "Tom Lehrer - National Brotherhood Week") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIlJ8ZCs4jY) And Fugue for Scientists I can’t find a version on youtube, you will have to sing it yourself. But here are the lyrics > **[fugue-for-scientists.pdf](https://tomlehrersongs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/fugue-for-scientists.pdf)** > > 262.03 KB Also, Tom Lehrer has put all his work in the public domain. > **[Songs and Lyrics by Tom Lehrer](https://tomlehrersongs.com/)** > > Songs and Lyrics > by Tom Lehrer DISCLAIMER STATEMENTI, Tom Lehrer, individually and as trustee of the ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-parody-songs-not-written-by-weird-al-yankovic/999360/54 "2024-03-27T05:31:34Z")
I haven’t read the entire thread, but the old Styx “classic” known as “The Plexiglass Toilet Choir” was a self-parody. People generally do not believe it exists until they hear it, and sometimes not even then. It was sung by John Curulewski, their original second guitarist who left the band after 1975’s “Equinox”, which had “Lorelei” on it; he was replaced by Tommy Shaw and died from natural causes in the late 1980s. He was about a foot taller than his bandmates, and I wonder if he may have had Marfan syndrome. > **[Styx: "Plexiglass Toilet" from The Serpent Is Rising - HiddenSongs.com](https://hiddensongs.com/styx-the-serpent-is-rising#google_vignette)** > > Information about the hidden track "Plexiglass Toilet" by Styx from the album The Serpent Is Rising including background information and how to find it. ---
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> [@RTFirefly](#): > > How about apropos but amusing lyrics to classical pieces? [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VjA6bA1qtfQ/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AGWA4AC6AKKAgwIABABGFAgZSgwMA8=&rs=AOn4CLAsMxTV4E7M_GykE5hSnms4XTdZrw "Flanders & Swann - 'Ill Wind'") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjA6bA1qtfQ) ---
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> [@RTFirefly](#): > > How about apropos but amusing lyrics to classical pieces? > **[Beep Beep Beep](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PcXl5OxLvE%2F)** > > An animated short about the frustration of being caught at a red light.Writer/Director: Jeremy DiamondComposer: Ludwig van BeethovenAnimators: Alex Hawley, C... ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-parody-songs-not-written-by-weird-al-yankovic/999360/57 "2024-03-27T17:54:38Z")
[There’s a better _Baby Got Back_ version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfoqd4hpPZo). In fact it was so good that _Glee_ swiped the arrangement without attribution or payment. Jerks. In a similar vein, [_99 Problems_ is also greatly improved by a little banjo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuS-3zxOKQY). In both cases, it’s the same words as the original with new music applied. In the category of “funny versions of classical music” (and setting aside the excellent work of Peter Schickele for a moment), you have to go with [Spike Jones Is Murdering The Classics!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEklLTqgdQg). Finally, [here’s an overproduced Rockapella having a bit of fun with the Bach “Little” G Minor Fugue and Beethoven’s Ode to Joy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV2WU16Y6zM). “Women clearly are much smarter than we ever thought they’d be.” ---
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It’s only part of the song but Adrian Belew does a great Bob Dylan impression on Flakes by Frank Zappa. ---
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> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > I haven’t read the entire thread, but the old Styx “classic” known as “The Plexiglass Toilet Choir” was a self-parody I got the tape of The Serpent is Rising from someone. I thought that maybe they had recorded the Plexiglass Toilet song over a real song. Is On Top of Spaghetti a parody? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-parody-songs-not-written-by-weird-al-yankovic/999360/60 "2024-03-28T19:50:06Z")
That’s [another Beethoven’s Wig piece](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NSsyIkIqhs). ETA: The trucker in the animation bears a close resemblance to Richard Perlmutter of Beethoven’s Wig, but it looks like that’s the closest they come to giving an attribution. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-parody-songs-not-written-by-weird-al-yankovic/999360.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-parody-songs-not-written-by-weird-al-yankovic/999360.md?page=4)