# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![DiggitCamara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@DiggitCamara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiggitCamara)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-parody-or-comic-song/676536/81 "2013-12-19T19:35:20Z")
Haven’t seen this posted yet: **RE: Your Brains** by _Jonathan Coulton_ ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-parody-or-comic-song/676536/82 "2013-12-19T19:53:57Z")
Tim Minchin [Thank you God](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZeWPScnolo) (has an intro story you must listen to the first time you hear it) [Confessions](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1EhaANeYCI) (probably my number one because it describes me perfectly) [Prejudice](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVN_0qvuhhw) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-parody-or-comic-song/676536/83 "2013-12-19T22:30:53Z")
[Star Wars: Cocktails In The Cantina](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00000I7VZ/ref=wms_ohs_product?ie=UTF8&psc=1) is a parody album, that re-interprets all the SW music as Lounge Music, circa 1963. And, while funny, is really fun, too! ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-parody-or-comic-song/676536/84 "2013-12-19T22:33:41Z")
How could I forget Janis Joplin’s [Mercedes-Benz](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-GFqhCq2HA)? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![chinchalinchin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9bd4f/32.png) [@chinchalinchin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chinchalinchin)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-parody-or-comic-song/676536/85 "2013-12-19T22:36:22Z")
While I expected Weird Al to take the cake in this thread without question, not a single person mentioned Garfunkel and Oates!? I’m going to have to rectify that (even though my vote goes to The Saga Begins by Weird Al. Song’s better than both McLean’s original and Episode 1 combined.) [Garfunkel and Oates - I Would Never Have Sex With You](http://youtu.be/ilOx2Jmm1r4) Also, one half of Garfunkel and Oates has a pretty hilarious solo song: [Riki Lindhome - Pretty in Buffalo](http://youtu.be/PPdZoT8zLcs) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-parody-or-comic-song/676536/86 "2013-12-19T22:55:58Z")
Another vote for _The Saga Begins_. ---
**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 20, 2013, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-parody-or-comic-song/676536/87 "2013-12-20T00:17:09Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Another vote for Weird Al’s “The Saga Begins.” > 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! We read the entire Ring in 10th grade English, so I’m very fond of this. I have two of her other CDs also, and a video. Best of all, I got to see her live in Princeton. Near the end of her life she lived across the Delaware fairly close, and came to McCarter. She did a verion of Verdi’s Nabucco which was very funny though I know nothing about the opera. My favorite line is her observation that every woman who Siegried ever met was an aunt. ---
**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 20, 2013, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-parody-or-comic-song/676536/88 "2013-12-20T00:20:23Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > [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… That whole album was pretty good. Kathy O’Connell used to play it on a kids show in Philadelphia - and warned parents in the newsletter that if they wanted to get it for their kids, they probably should get it on Dr. Demento, not the Barnes & Barnes album. Yeah. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-parody-or-comic-song/676536/89 "2013-12-20T04:13:09Z")
> [@chinchalinchin](#): > > [Garfunkel and Oates - I Would Never Have Sex With You](http://youtu.be/ilOx2Jmm1r4) I knew Raj’s ex was part of a duo, but didn’t know her partner had been on **The Big Bang Theory** as well (as the undergrad with a crush on Sheldon). ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-parody-or-comic-song/676536/90 "2013-12-20T07:35:58Z")
> [@chinchalinchin](#): > > [Garfunkel and Oates - I Would Never Have Sex With You](http://youtu.be/ilOx2Jmm1r4) > > Also, one half of Garfunkel and Oates has a pretty hilarious solo song: > > [Riki Lindhome - Pretty in Buffalo](http://youtu.be/PPdZoT8zLcs) another great G&O song is [Pregnant Women are Smug](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbTB3ASkdOo) ---
**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 20, 2013, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-parody-or-comic-song/676536/91 "2013-12-20T15:20:12Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > We read the entire Ring in 10th grade English, so I’m very fond of this. I have two of her other CDs also, and a video. Best of all, I got to see her live in Princeton. Near the end of her life she lived across the Delaware fairly close, and came to McCarter. > She did a verion of Verdi’s Nabucco which was very funny though I know nothing about the opera. > > My favorite line is her observation that every woman who Siegried ever met was an aunt. His wife, Mrs. Fricka Wotan. [laughter] _That’s her name._ ---
**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 20, 2013, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-parody-or-comic-song/676536/92 "2013-12-20T20:31:30Z")
As a genuine Finn from da UP, I’ve always been partial to [Da Yoopers.](http://www.youtube.com/channel/HCh1SPv9mz_Bw). T **he Second Week of Deer Camp** has always been a fave. ---
**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:** [December 20, 2013, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-parody-or-comic-song/676536/93 "2013-12-20T21:18:30Z")
> [@pohjonen](#): > > As a genuine Finn from da UP, I’ve always been partial to [Da Yoopers.](http://www.youtube.com/channel/HCh1SPv9mz_Bw). T **he Second Week of Deer Camp** has always been a fave. I’ve always been partial to _[Rusty Chevrolet](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50IgzksUqpQ)_. ---
**Author:** ![randompattern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@randompattern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randompattern)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-parody-or-comic-song/676536/94 "2013-12-20T22:06:52Z")
These are all great…I feel like I’m back listening to Dr. Demento!! Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2013, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-parody-or-comic-song/676536/95 "2013-12-21T00:15:49Z")
> [@Fubaya](#): > > At the moment, mine is “Christmas is for Fucking” by Reggie Watts. I listen to it numerous times during the holidays. Gotta remember the reason for the season. This year my favorite holiday song is Jon Lajoie’s [Merry Christmas Exclamation Point](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km9iS2tcRZE). He really nails it! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Natural](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9adbd/32.png) [@Mr.Natural](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Natural)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-parody-or-comic-song/676536/96 "2013-12-23T21:10:30Z")
I celebrate Spinal Tap’s entire catalog ---
**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 28, 2013, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-parody-or-comic-song/676536/97 "2013-12-28T01:47:37Z")
Good heavens - how could I possibly have forgotten “[The Welly Boot Song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SguYlpm3ffQ),” by Billy Connolly? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-parody-or-comic-song/676536/98 "2013-12-28T15:46:15Z")
There’s a Great White Way Where the White is Gray And the Great is only Okay And the stars we toast Give themselves a roast. Forbidden Broadway. Hard to pick a favorite, but I love the quartet of [Ten Years More](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERqGNYVKCWg) Ten years more is understating all the years we have ahead. Chances are we’ll still be running when most people here are dead. Once a piece of art, now a piece of crap. Just what Broadway needs another tourist trap. Cross it off the list, get back on the van. Only Broadway show with its own pension plan. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-parody-or-comic-song/676536/99 "2013-12-28T19:36:48Z")
[Hand of the Almighty](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxhxKdnjGA8) by John Butler [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-parody-or-comic-song/676536.md?page=4)