Parody Paradise

Here are five songs from the past. Your assignment, should you choose to accept it, is to select one song and create a parody of it. If you don't know the songs, look them up on YouTube and listen. You will be graded not only on the quality of the parody, but in maintaining the rhythm of the song. Your version, of course, will be a play on words of the original title.

You Picked A Fine Time to Leave Me,Lucille - Kenny Rogers
Paint It Black - Rolling Stones
When I'm 64 - Beatles
I got You, Babe - Sonny & Cher
Yellow Submarine - The Beatles


Here is one I wrote of You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me , Lucille..

A ride through the valley
With my girlfriend Sally
A day of romance on my mind.
The wind blowing gently
The hum of my Bentley
Left all of my cares way behind.

And then, without warning,
A thing so alarming..
My front wheel wobbled like hell.
It came off the chassis
My eyes got all glassy
As I watched it roll down the dell.

You picked a fine time to leave me, loose wheel.
I felt vibrations but thought "No big deal".
I should have known not to leave you alone
When I heard those ball bearings squeal.
You picked a fine time to leave me, loose wheel.

Now Sally was screaming
I thought I was dreaming
As I watched that tire roll away.
My car still went faster
Toward certain disaster
And all I could do was to pray.

The edge of the cliff came
And that was the ball game
As out into space we both flew.
The end of the thrill ride
And all through the hillside
My words echoed loudly and true.

You picked a fine time to leave me, loose wheel.
I should have fixed you but I'm a schlemiel.
Now me and Sally are part of the valley
Looks like our destiny's sealed
You picked a fine time to leave me, loose wheel.


Have fun! Life is short!

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Way to go, Mike........you did a fine job with Kenny Rogers' song,
and it was a good sample choice.......but there is Johnny Cash,
Merl Haggard, Waylan Jennings, Willie, and others that could have
been a part of this challenge......even Loretta Lynn maybe....
I know I shouldn't shoot the pizza delivery guy, so I will try doing
something with one of the choices you give.....

.................................................................gogant

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gogant, I give you carte blance. Any one that is basically recognizable as a standard works for me.

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I don't speak Taiwanese, so I don't know if that is good or bad...
Okay, Mike, I'll see what I can find...........
...Ooooooh, boy.....the limelight is on me...

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Here we go, Mike...................

Parody on Willie's, Blue Skies Smilin' on Me...
Sorry about that, Ari...............

Gray skies frowning on me

Gray skies frowning on me
Nothin’ but dark clouds do I see
Blackbirds crowin’ a song
Nothing’ but blackbirds all day long
Wish I could see, sun shining bright
Nothing it seems is goin’ all right
Wishin’ the day would hurry on by
When you’re so sad, oh how we cry
Sunny days, all of them gone
Nothing but frowning, from now on
Gray skies frowning on me
Nothin’ but dark clouds do I see
Nothin’ but dark clouds do I see

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hmmm...don't know why Ari should be sorry but I'm not.....nicely done! Blue skies for some, dark skies for others....that's life.

Thanks for joining in, Gogant. Always a pleasure....

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My pleasure, and a pleasure it is.......Oh, Willie is Aria's favorite country
singer, and that is one of her most adored songs...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Balladeer

hmmm...don't know why Ari should be sorry but I'm not.....nicely done! Blue skies for some, dark skies for others....that's life.

Thanks for joining in, Gogant. Always a pleasure....

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Parody of "Yellow Submarine" - "USA Marine"

He's the man I want to wed,
He lived down the street from me.
He's the man who fills my dreams,
He's a USA Marine.

I have known him all my life
but he's gone now to Iraq.
Someday soon I'll be his wife
'cause I know he's coming back.

I will wed my USA Marine,
USA Marine, USA Marine!
I will wed my USA Marine,
USA Marine, USA Marine!

All my friends say I'm a nut,
when I hear him say "ten-hut"
he brings out the best in me.

I will wed my USA Marine,
USA Marine, USA Marine!
I will wed my USA Marine,
USA Marine, USA Marine!

Full speed ahead and Semper Fi, full speed ahead!
Full speed, come home, Sir!
All together! All together!
Yes, Yes, Sir, Fire!
Captain! Captain!

When he comes home, we will wed (we will wed.)
We'll make love (we'll make love) in our bed (in our bed.)
House and home (house and home) love's sweet dream
With my US (with my US) A Marine (A Marine) Haha!

I will bed my USA Marine,
USA Marine, USA Marine!
I will bed my USA Marine,
USA Marine, USA Marine!

I will bed my USA Marine,
USA Marine, USA Marine!
I will bed my USA Marine,
USA Marine, USA Marine!

Last edited by Aria 07-06-2010 at 08:40:42 PM

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Clever! Clever! Submarine - USA Marine...I love it! Now THAT'S a parody worthy of a salute. Very nice work, Aria. Being sent to Iraq away from you would be corporal punishment, in a general kind of way, privately. I crack myself up!!

Ahem..let me get back to my teacher persona...

Only one complaint. One syllable too many in each of the first two lines, easily fixed with..

He's the man I want to wed.
He lived down the street from me

Anyway, brilliant work! May the armed farces be with you!

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Thank you, teacher! The two lines with too many syllables have been corrected per your suggestions. This assignment was fun and I love your class.

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I don't speak Taiwanese, either. But I too would like to do a parody of a Willie Nelson song: On The Road Again.

My version is: I'm A Toad Again


I’m a toad again
Just can’t stand it, I’m a toad again
The princess kissed me and I turned into a prince
But that spell wore off, now I’m a toad again

I’m a toad again
Eaten flies and causin’ warts again
Met a princess and she kissed me on the chin
But that spell wore off, now I’m a toad again

I’m a toad again
Like a band of gypsy moths out in the driveway
The fun never ends
As we go hoppin’ out across the highway and my way

Is I’m a toad again
Just can’t stand it, I’m a toad again
The princess kissed me and I turned into a prince
But that spell wore off, now I’m a toad again

I’m a toad again
Like a band of gypsy moths out in the driveway
The fun never ends
As we go hoppin’ out across the highway and my way

Is I’m a toad again
Just can’t stand it, I’m a toad again
The princess kissed me and I turned into a prince
But that spell wore off, now I’m a toad again
But that spell wore off, now I’m a toad again

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How can one not admire a mind that can come up with this one?

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Hey BV, that was stupidendous..........but, you can bet your last wart
that Ari will come up with something even more croaky.......

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A Parody of the Beatles' song, "When I'm 64"



When she is senile, forgetting nair
on her hairy legs
will he be pretending that his hands are blinds
slow-caressing, her porcupines.

If she is sleeping, and not a-needing
at his hungry door
will he still feed her, or will he sleaze her
looking out for more

he's dissolving glue
peeling walls of true
and it's easy too

She could be candy, sweeting his tooth
when it's sour out
He could light the fire on her higher side
he was sharing another ride

doing her best friend, when will it ever end
always wanting more
will he still feed her, or will he sleaze her
showing her the door

oh, yes, he's lonely, looking and roaming
as she goes to age, he rips out the page
he replaces lust
seeking a new thrust
'til it turns to dust

texting a mistake on his new cell
when she's in the room
hanging with the crowds at echarming her
he's sincerely needing a cure

yes he was greedy, now he is needy
wanting what love's for
will he still need her, oh how he needs her
once he closed the door.

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Terrific, Springsize! I could sing right alaong with that one and the beat was tremendous! Nice to see you back again!

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Oh no, Susan.......eeeeggaaddd.....porcupine legs........HELP !!!
Will somebody get me outta here.......................A tremendous effort,
though.......and a winner, for sure....

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Thank you Balladeer... for your continued encouraging comments and education... it helps to know when I have accomplished your assignment correctly

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gogant

::: with a smile :::

this Poem Form -- Parody ... was so silly to write....
but I'm glad it evoked a written response.

and it was interesting to kind-of enter the Beatle's song like an ocean wave, and try to ride it in....

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Well Susan, I applaud, and praise you, for being a woman. All the
things that women do to look spiffy and dainty at the same time, take
soooo much time and energy.....

Truly ...........................................gogant