The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #28807   Message #360817
Posted By: Jeri
20-Dec-00 - 11:07 PM
Thread Name: Anybody else hate parodies?
Subject: RE: Anybody else hate parodies?
Naemanson, the parody hating person at the session hates parodies that make fun of the original songs. The songs you did were more like completely original songs that just swiped the tune and format of the original song. They didn't actually make fun of them.

It's amazing that Weird Al always asks permission of the author when he records parodies. I think the writer/performer of the original has joined him on recordings more than once.

The first part of this is rap, I believe. Gotta imagine a guy dressed in Amish clothing doing rap...

Amish Paradise
(c) Weird Al Yankovic
(I can't think of the name of the original song for some reason. I think it was Coolio who wrote and recorded it.)

As I walk through the valley where I harvest my grain
I take a look at my wife and realize she's very plain
But that's just perfect for an Amish like me
You know, I shun fancy things like electricity
At 4:30 in the morning I'm milkin' cows
Jebediah feeds the chickens and Jacob plows... fool
And I've been milkin' and plowin' so long that
Even Ezekiel things that my mind is gone
I'm a man of the land, I'm into discipline
Got a Bible in my hand and a beard on my chin
But if I finish all of my chores and you finish thine
Then tonight we're gonna party like it's 1699

We've been spending most our lives
Living in an Amish paradise
I've churned butter once or twice
Living in an Amish paradise
It's hard work and sacrifice
Living in an Amish paradise