Great Parodies

Subject: RE: Great Parodies
From: Surreysinger
Date: 15 Jan 10 - 11:03 PM

"Then we must not forget the takeoff on "Dona Nobis Pacem" that goes
"Don't I
Know this
Possum, possum?
Don't I
Know this
Po-o-o-os-sum? "

Eminently forgettable, I would have said!

Subject: RE: Great Parodies
From: Genie
Date: 15 Jan 10 - 10:25 PM

I like the parody of Tom Paxton's "The Last Thing On My Mind" that was written for his 60th birthday:   "I Don't Know What Was The Last Thing On My Mind."

Then we must not forget the takeoff on "Dona Nobis Pacem" that goes
"Don't I
Know this
Possum, possum?
Don't I
Know this
Po-o-o-os-sum?

Subject: RE: Great Parodies
From: Acorn4
Date: 15 Jan 10 - 07:29 PM

Les Barker has a host of them, all brilliant, but one of my favourites of his is a less well known ones:-

No one sings a shanty like Sinatra sings a shanty - Haul away!

Subject: RE: Great Parodies
From: GUEST,TJ in San Diego
Date: 15 Jan 10 - 06:50 PM

If not parodies, then odd lines thrown in on the spur of the moment. Years ago, after the 1,342nd repitition of "Michael, Row Your Boat Ashore," we threw in: River Jordan is deep and wide, Halelujia,
                      Clean rest rooms on the other side, .....

We also cobbled together a parody of Scotch & Soda specifically because one of our dates - a traditional singer - hated the song so and made such a public issue of it that we dedicated it to her. She loved it!

Subject: RE: Great Parodies
From: Leadfingers
Date: 15 Jan 10 - 06:28 PM

The late (And STILL sadly missed) Dave Houlden of Maidenhead was THE man for parodies ! Was known , on more than one occasion , to hear a song early in the evening and concoct a parody and sing it later the same evening !

Subject: RE: Great Parodies
From: dick greenhaus
Date: 15 Jan 10 - 05:56 PM

Two of the very best came from Bob Blue: Eeensie Weensie Spider and Their Way.

Subject: RE: Great Parodies
From: Steve Gardham
Date: 15 Jan 10 - 05:09 PM

Anything by Sid Kipper, probably the Whistling Monologue if that can be called a parody, Wild Mounting Time?
Selby folksinger Mike Soar wrote a brilliant parody of Banks of the Sweet Primroses about going for a vasectomy. Wish I had got the words off him before he passed away.

BTW 'Deck of Cards' IS a parody of a parody of a parody......

Subject: Great Parodies
From: GUEST,bernieandred
Date: 15 Jan 10 - 03:54 PM

In the non musical threads there's something about fish & chip shops being 150 years old, & someone reminiscing about Hollands meat pies.
Probaby the best parody that I ever heard was Les Barker's ode to Hollands meat pies, to the tune of the Everly Bros "Ebony Eyes".
This has everything that the perfect parody needs, in my humble opinion.
It sticks very closely to the original rhymes, then makes humour out of the over the top sentimentality of the original, & the recitation in a fake American accent, by Les is the icing on the cake.
Any body like to nominate their "Best" parody??
Max Boyce did a great job with Johnny Mathis's "12th of Never" & also "Deck of Cards". Any others?