Tag: parody song
member name: Visionaerie B.
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November 15, 2009 09:26 PM EST --
(I wrote this parody of Simon & Garfunkel's classic "Homeward Bound" on November 14, 2009).
1. I'm sittin' in this classroom, it's a situation of total gloom
What a tomb..
Monitored . . .
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November 22, 2009 08:41 PM EST --
(I wrote this parody of Tom Petty's "Runnin' Down a Dream" on November 21, 2009. Not sure if the Heartbreakers were on the original or not!)
1. I fell off my stand -- the buck was on top of . . .
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July 20, 2008 11:10 PM EDT --
(Based on "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" by Sons of the Pioneers).
Step on the colorful ground
There -- where the clover abounds
Stung -- hear the bumbling sounds
Stumbling 'round on the . . .
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July 31, 2008 11:50 PM EDT --
(Based on "Beach Baby" by First Class).
Do you remember back in '91 - ho oh oh
The high poll numbers of Gulf War One - ho oh oh
We never knew his son would be our Prez
And as guilty . . .
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September 13, 2008 09:15 PM EDT --
(Based on the song "Iron Man" by Black Sabbath).
"I am Ice Woman!!!!"
Is she friend or foe, from the great land of oil and snow
McCain's new VP -- is her family all . . .
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February 07, 2009 09:38 PM EST --
This parody of Icicle Works' "Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream)" was written on January 4, 2009).
Bird flu -- brew it up in a new lab cup
Mutant -- mankind's bitter end . . .
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June 08, 2008 08:37 PM EDT --
"Step right up, make history, my little guinea pigs!!"
Roll up (your sleeves) -- get your vaccinations
Roll out (you knaves) -- it's super-saturation
Rolled out -- in a stretcher . . .
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November 30, 2008 10:03 PM EST --
(This parody of "Achy Breaky Heart" by Billy Ray Cyrus, was written today).
You can mow my lawn, and feed it to a fawn
Or cut it with a little scissor snip
But now that fall . . .
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May 02, 2009 10:11 PM EDT --
(This parody of Terry Jacks' "Seasons in the Sun" was written on April 27, 2009. Hopefully the statute of limitations on our youthful activities has run out by now!)
1. Goodbye . . .
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October 24, 2009 09:11 PM EDT --
(I wrote this parody of the Bee Gees' "Holiday" on October 21, 2009. While the gist of this variation came much earlier, I finally finished it recently -- partly while I was taking a bath!).
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August 02, 2008 10:05 PM EDT --
(I wrote this parody song on July 25, 2008 -- as an early birthday gift. It is based on "Lola" by The Kinks).
I met Michele in the 'zine Music Mart
And dropped her a card
That's . . .
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August 31, 2008 09:04 PM EDT --
(This parody song is based on "Close to You" by The Carpenters. It's also a very early Halloween present from me to you!).
Dark vultures suddenly appear
Are you just their dead deer? . . .
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November 15, 2008 10:13 PM EST --
{This parody of "Baba O'Riley (Teenage Wasteland)" by The Who was written on November 3, 2008}.
1. Out there on the trail, his message can't fail
Fresh-dressed Barack -- he's . . .
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November 23, 2008 09:53 PM EST --
(This parody of "Have a Holly Jolly Christmas" -- as sung by Burl Ives -- was written on November 20, 2008).
Have a toxic noxious Christmas
It's the stressed time of the year
. . .
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December 13, 2008 09:46 PM EST --
(This was written on December 12, 2008. "Bitter clinger"* -- term borrowed from a Barack Obama speech, then used by Gun Owners of America to describe us "firearms freedom fundamentalists"!). . . .
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December 25, 2008 10:41 PM EST --
(This was cobbled together by some of Santa's renegade elves, on December 22, 2008. It is based on "Do They Know It's Christmas?" by Band Aid. "Useless eaters"* = term once . . .
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January 10, 2009 10:49 PM EST --
(This parody of "Dream Weaver" by Gary Wright, was written on January 8, 2009).
I just start my car again, time to hit the road of pain
Try to zone out all the seniors and semis
And . . .
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January 24, 2009 10:53 PM EST --
(This parody of "Daydream Believer" by The Monkees was written on Inauguration Day -- January 20, 2009. Since the original was written by the late John Stewart, perhaps Jon Stewart inspired . . .
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June 27, 2009 09:30 PM EDT --
(I wrote this parody of "Mr. Sandman" on June 22, 2009. It is dedicated to a brave Austrian journalist named Jane Burgermeister who is actually doing something -- suing the perpetrators -- to prevent . . .
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October 21, 2007 11:49 PM EDT --
(Based on "Take Me Home Tonight" by Eddie Money)
I hear a thunder --
The crowd's here under a banner that fuels the fight
We got the answer --
Not gonna blunder -- . . .
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