parody songs

[michelle]

i thought this might be a fun idea for a post 
what is everyones favorite parody songs 
i will start 

 

[1972coronet]

 

[michelle]

 

[JollySipper]

I used to really like Weird Al as a kid! My favorite parody he did was 'Another one rides the bus', mocking the Queen song.........

 

He almost got in trouble over 'Amish Paradise' because Coolio never gave him permission to use his song......... 

[iamsuperdan]

 

 

[michelle]

1 hour ago, JollySipper said:

I used to really like Weird Al as a kid! My favorite parody he did was 'Another one rides the bus', mocking the Queen song.........

 

He almost got in trouble over 'Amish Paradise' because Coolio never gave him permission to use his song......... 

from how he tells it coolio's manager said yes he could but later found out coolio did not give permission cause he was never even told of the request but later was ok  with it 
michael jackson gave al permission to parody any of his songs and even left him film the music videos for his parodies on the same sets for the mj songs he was parodying 
now prince was the only artist who verbally forbid al from parodying his songs and al would sneakly take a shot at prince in the song word crimes 
paul mccartney had no issue with al doing a parody of his songs as long as al did not talk about eating meat food made from animals since paul was a vegan 
there is a long standing quote that says you have not offically made it  as a artist unless al does a parody of one of your songs 
 

[Tim W. SoCal]

 

[stavanzer]

 

[Fat Brian]

 

 

 

Edited September 1 by Fat Brian

[michelle]

here is a very rare weird al parody that he only played at a few concerts in the mid 80's and on the dr demento show but realized it came off as he was picking on the subject and quit playing at concerts and never released it on a album 

 

[Monty]

 

[ChrisBcritter]

For many years I wrote parody songs for my car club's annual meet award show. Back in 1999 the theme was Disco and I rewrote "Disco Inferno" as "Pinto Inferno":

Out for a drive

My new Pinto '75

Plaid seats, vinyl roof

And a Sports Accent Group

I shifted to Park

It jumped into reverse

Backed into a dump truck

Now I'm gonna need a hearse

I heard somebody say

Burn, baby, burn

Pinto Inferno

Burn, baby, burn

Burn that mother down

(repeat)

This contraption

Blew up like a chain reaction

Now I've got the blues

Wish I had some asbestos shoes

My 8-track's melting

My tires turned to dust

Should've bought a Vega

That's a car you can trust

I heard somebody say

Burn, baby, burn

Pinto Inferno

Burn, baby, burn

Burn that mother down

(repeat)

Up above my head 

I see smoke in the air

That makes me know

There's a Pinto somewhere

Call Ralph Nader

This car's an incinerator

I must've been a nut

To buy a car that self-destructs

I towed it home

My cruisin' days are through

Stuck it in the backyard

Now I use it for a barbecue

I heard somebody say

Burn, baby, burn

Pinto Inferno

Burn, baby, burn

Burn that mother down

Burn, baby, burn

Pinto Inferno

Burn, baby, burn

It's a lot of fun

Burn, baby, burn

Pinto Inferno

Burn, baby, burn

Cook your burgers well done!

 

[ChrisBcritter]

The 2007 show had a 1957 theme in honor of the buried Tulsa Belvedere; I wrote a juvenile delinquent version of "Bandstand Boogie" inspired by the old musical parodies in MAD Magazine:

"CAN’T STAND 'BANDSTAND'”

My voice is droppin’
Went down an octave today
My zits are poppin’
Got Clearasil on my face
My hair is sloppin’
Greasy kid stuff in place
I’m on Bandstand (Bandstand)

We’re goin’ dancin’
With lots of twistin’ and leaps
We’re gonna rumble
Until we fall in a heap
We’re all delinquents
A bunch of juvenile creeps
On the Bandstand (Bandstand)

So play that rock ‘n’ roll that your parents just can’t stand
Robert Goulet? No way! It’s American Bandstand!
When I get home I know that my hide’s gonna get tanned
Too cool for school – I ditched for American Bandstand!

I met a girl there
She’s wearin’ satin and lace
We dirty boogied
It was a public disgrace
Until her boyfriend
He threw his fist in my face
On the Bandstand (Bandstand)

Fists began to fly – I was swingin’ the mike stand
Look out – knocked out Dick Clark on American Bandstand
So began a melee that emptied the grandstand
Brenda Lee threw her shoe at me on American Bandstand

They called the cops in
They threw us up on the wall
They slapped the cuffs on
And they arrested us all
And now we’re dancin’
Down at the juvenile hall 
Not the Bandstand (Bandstand)

I called my daddy 
Asked him to pay off my bail
He told me “Get lost!
And you can rot there in jail!”
And now the big guys
They’re all a-grabbin’ my tail
From the Bandstand (Bandstand)

So jump and throw a fit on American
Dance like a nitwit on American
Chained up and locked
I’m breakin’ rocks 
But what the hey – 
Bandstand!!!!
 

 

[Brian Austin]

Adam West by Wally Wingert (to the tune of Wild Wid West).  The bass line is perfect.

https://youtu.be/FdVJWyoncdU?si=Pxsyd5rW7-zkHk-o

Edited September 5 by Brian Austin

[stavanzer]

The Original Wild Wild West is one of my Favorite Songs.

This parody is just perfect!

Thanks!

[Brian Austin]

I really wasn't familiar with The Wild Wild West at the time, though I've heard it often at work the past several months.  I did hear Adam West on the Doctor Demento Show back in the day.