# Whats your favorite parody or comic song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 17, 2013, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-parody-or-comic-song/676536 "2013-12-17T06:45:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-parody-or-comic-song/676536/61 "2013-12-18T03:21:47Z")
A few parodies, but mostly comic songs… Weird Al: “The Saga Begins” “Girls Just Want to Have Lunch” Tom Lehrer: “The Elements” “The Vatican Rag” “Star Trekkin’.” Chad Mitchell Trio: “[The John Birch Society](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l96hImehV9M)” “[Lizzie Borden](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wlO-J0v9ZY)” “[The ‘I Was Not a Nazi’ Polka](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3fP15F6szA)” “[Super Skier](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsvMY2BGjVY&list=PLEF53B91EDB0FF362)” “[The Draft Dodger Rag](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2wJW0YoafI)” Kingston Trio: “[The Ballad of the Shape of Things](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_suFE1KRi4)” “[Merry Minuet](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp6dsKleGpU)” Charlie Daniels: “[Uneasy Rider](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoVL1Zs6WTw)” C W McCall: “[Classified](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjeTq2fShRc)” “[Crispy Critters](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrmUkq0jXYA)” Allan Sherman: “[Hungarian Goulash](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIwvsj40sBY)” Ray Stevens: “[The Haircut Song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGa9IvpooKI)” “[Shriner’s Convention](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HplvmieXOZ0)” “[It’s Me Again Margaret](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5ZP5jD6TDI)” ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-parody-or-comic-song/676536/62 "2013-12-18T05:54:50Z")
[Fish Heads](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTpUVAcvWfU) If you’ve only ever heard it on the radio, the video is definitely worth a watch… ---
**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:** [December 18, 2013, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-parody-or-comic-song/676536/63 "2013-12-18T14:08:48Z")
['Tis the season.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJgiCBbrGnU) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-parody-or-comic-song/676536/64 "2013-12-18T15:24:08Z")
Jerry Reed: [She Got The Goldmine](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHvIcHbEHSU) Dr. John: [How Come My Dog Don’t Bark When You Come Around?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq50qrUEb1o) Ben Colder: [Fifteen Beers Ago](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K4AzfOzZrw) and many others. Spike Lee: [I Went To Your Wedding](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NB_XDUb_tG0); the guy could laugh on demand. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-parody-or-comic-song/676536/65 "2013-12-18T19:01:28Z")
Anna Russell’s “Ring Cycle”: [Part 1](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv7G92F2sqs), [Part 2](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WduYrwAGews), and [Part 3](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypisVrbqDqE). ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-parody-or-comic-song/676536/66 "2013-12-18T19:50:26Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Please, call it research. This, I know from nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-parody-or-comic-song/676536/67 "2013-12-18T20:05:28Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Spike Lee: [I Went To Your Wedding](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NB_XDUb_tG0) That doesn’t look like the same trumpet from _Mo’ Better Blues_. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-parody-or-comic-song/676536/68 "2013-12-18T20:14:56Z")
> [@JerrySTL](#): > > That last line [“And I have to use the self-service pumps”]cracks me up. :eek: I loved that album when I was nine, but I haven’t listened to it since puberty. That changes EVERYTHING! ---
**Author:** ![Kiber](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kiber/32/317_2.png) [@Kiber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiber)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-parody-or-comic-song/676536/69 "2013-12-18T20:21:04Z")
Joe Walsh has a few that I like, including [ILBTs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lWktYlPSG0) and [The Worry Song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQBHlgjgtaQ&list=PLC9F88DBF9B262C1B&index=43). And a second vote for Tenacious D. My favorite being [Tribute](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lK4cX5xGiQ). ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-parody-or-comic-song/676536/70 "2013-12-18T20:27:36Z")
I can post this in its entirety since I wrote it. I’ve always wanted to record it but I can’t do a decent Gordon Lightfoot. It’s my best work. The Ballad of Timothy Treadwell From “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” by Gordon Lightfoot The legend lives on from Alaska on down Of a fellow named Timothy Treadwell. He gave up his cares to go live with the bears and to see that the grizzlies were fed well. With a camera and tent 13 summers were spent in the wilds of Alaska so empty, He never knew he was just bones to be chewed when the brown bears of Katmai got hungry. Brown bears are the sharks of Katmai National Park but they really don’t eat many campers. As carnivores go, they are big but not slow when they see 'em most hikers will skamper. But Tim was his own man and figured that “I can make friends with these bears if I charm 'em.” But later one fall he got killed after all, Though he never thought any would harm him. Tim came every year and remained without fear and he gave all of the bears a big “Howdy.” He played grizzly games, and he gave them all names Like Tabitha, Ollie and Rowdy. He had not a hunch he could ever be lunch To a bear he had worshiped so truly But its manners were sparse and it chewed on his arse and gnawed on his arm rather rudely. Tim’s wilderness world would improve with a girl So he brought up a friend he could cuddle. She was quite afraid but alas still she stayed When she should have left on the first shuttle. So it was her fate to have the world’s worst date And her boyfriend sure wasn’t a winner. Instead of a bride with old Tim by her side She became Bear 141’s dinner. Most people think that he needed a shrink, while scratching at their heads in wonder Tim once stated that “If I end up bear scat I’ll consider it to be an honor.” He loved his bears so, and he wanted to go And be close to his Grizzlies so awesome. Well he sure got his wish, he became the main dish At the Teddy Bears’ Picnic that Autumn. Does any one know where the love of God goes when a vacation turns really crappy? The rangers all said what was left of his head had a visage that didn’t look happy. He could have broke camp and he could have gone home But poor Timmy was going to heaven Regretting the day he did not bring bear spray Or a spiffy AK47. With a camera and tent 13 summers were spent in the wilds of Alaska so empty, He never knew he was just bones to be chewed when the brown bears of Katmai got hungry. The legend lives on from Alaska on down Of a fellow named Timothy Treadwell. He gave up his cares to go live with the bears and to see that the grizzlies were fed well. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-parody-or-comic-song/676536/71 "2013-12-18T21:03:06Z")
[“I Am Santa Claus”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRW2poUfJ34&list=PL1E7E00157D3D93D3) ---
**Author:** ![slightly\_askew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@slightly\_askew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slightly_askew)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-parody-or-comic-song/676536/72 "2013-12-18T21:26:10Z")
[Existential Blues](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMzV2VNN2sg) by Tom “T-Bone” Stankus [Wet Dream](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l1GvDWtccI) by Kip Addotta [Cows with Guns](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4dAhlaI_aM) by Dana Lyons [Lullaby (The Divorce Song)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGfx7hFBhhs) by Stephen Lynch And for the season – [12 Pains of Christmas](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l1GvDWtccI) by Bob Rivers I spent way too much time listening to Dr. Demento growing up. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-parody-or-comic-song/676536/73 "2013-12-18T21:31:42Z")
_[The Most Unwanted Music](http://www.wired.com/listening_post/2008/04/a-scientific-at/)_ by Dave Soldier – a 20+ minute operatic soprano western tune with bagpipes and Walmart jingles. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-parody-or-comic-song/676536/74 "2013-12-18T21:48:50Z")
P.D.Q. Bach’s _Hansel and Gretel and Ted and Alice_ ---
**Author:** ![Clawdio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d07c76/32.png) [@Clawdio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clawdio)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-parody-or-comic-song/676536/75 "2013-12-18T21:58:54Z")
C’mon, someone’s gotta mention _Choppin Broccoli_. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-parody-or-comic-song/676536/76 "2013-12-18T22:41:48Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > [“Der Fuehrer’s Face”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L90smU0SOcQ) I’ve been partial to that since I heard it as a little kid at a friend’s house, along with “[Yes, We Have No Bananas!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT6JkceQ9FU)” > [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > Sure its childish, but [Big Balls by AC/DC](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W-fIn2QZgg) always makes me smile. > > Another favorite is [Jesus was Way Cool by King Missile](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSfa56tjBQo). Both favorites of mine. I mean, Jesus could score more goals than Wayne Gretsky! And I too believe that my big balls should be held every night. Danny Kaye’s “[Civilization](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bny16ApWzD8)” has been a favorite ever since it showed up in the Fallout 3 soundtrack. And while not exactly songs, I enjoy the Stranglers’ “Vladimir Saga” quite a lot. [Vladimir & Olga](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YGoSNOW6fM) [Vladimir & Sergei](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7cMUaSTNNU) [Vladimir & the Beast](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir6uDw7PtKU) [Vladimir Goes to Havana](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SBaNiKMkWI) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-parody-or-comic-song/676536/77 "2013-12-18T23:44:45Z")
> [@pohjonen](#): > > I can post this in its entirety since I wrote it. I’ve always wanted to record it but I can’t do a decent Gordon Lightfoot. It’s my best work. > > The Ballad of Timothy Treadwell > From “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” by Gordon Lightfoot Well done, sir. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-parody-or-comic-song/676536/78 "2013-12-18T23:48:59Z")
Another vote for Weird Al’s “The Saga Begins.” > [@panache45](#): > > Anna Russell’s “Ring Cycle”: [Part 1](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv7G92F2sqs), [Part 2](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WduYrwAGews), and [Part 3](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypisVrbqDqE). I can’t agree with you that that’s a either a parody or a song, but I congratulate you for being a fan. That is far and away one of my favorite comic/musical bits of all time. I’m not making this up! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-parody-or-comic-song/676536/79 "2013-12-18T23:49:13Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > That doesn’t look like the same trumpet from _Mo’ Better Blues_. :smack: Spike Jones, of course. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-parody-or-comic-song/676536/80 "2013-12-19T00:26:59Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > Weird Al" really does have a lot of great works. Yes he does. I saw him at the State Fair last summer and really enjoyed the show. I remember listening to the tapes he sent in to Dr. Demento in the late 70’s/early 80’s. I love parody/comic songs, but there’s way to many to choose from to choose just one! Here are a few I like [**Warning:** Some are not safe for work]: [THe First of May](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-77ElyvRxI) [You’re breaking my heart](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02lXLiFsRtE) [Waterloo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBiwINyyCJw) [The Night Santa Went Crazy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb-Mce9VpmY) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-parody-or-comic-song/676536.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-parody-or-comic-song/676536.md?page=5)