Spoof covers

Subject: Spoof covers
From: GUEST,David Waddington
Date: 14 Jun 03 - 05:48 PM

Hello people.
             I wonder if you can help, my accoustic band specialise in doing "spoof Covers" of famous-ish songs. I am trying to find the lyrics to a few of these and wonder if anyone might help. Also any suggestions of new material would be really good as we always want new ideas. We also write and perform some of our own spoof covers.

Heaving on a jet plane (I think Fred Wedlock wrote this but Ive heard it done by Barry Humphreys)

DIVORCE By Billy Connolly

Ive also heard of a spoof of "Girl from Ipenima", called "The girl with Emphysema." Does anyone know anything about this one

Thanks

Subject: RE: Spoof covers
From: GUEST,Rodentred
Date: 14 Jun 03 - 06:33 PM

You would do well to check out Les Barker's website. Although a poet a lot of his material is based on spoofs of other songs - both folk and pop.

http://www.compulink.co.uk/~ackroyd/frameset.htm

Subject: RE: Spoof covers
From: GUEST,Dave Hollowood
Date: 16 Jun 03 - 12:30 PM

What genres are you interested in? Dr. Demento covers the whole gamut, check him out on the net. I have written a few but Tthey may not be things you're interested in.

Subject: RE: Spoof covers
From: ToulouseCruise
Date: 16 Jun 03 - 12:34 PM

I have one of Barrett's Privateers which I wrote myself (very Canada-based), and Stan Rogers's brother Garnet wrote one, "The Last of Garnet's Homemade Beers" or something to that effect...

again, depending how cheezy you wish to go, you can always check out Weird Al ;)


Brian.

Subject: RE: Spoof covers
From: Giac
Date: 16 Jun 03 - 01:52 PM

Because, I think, of Astrid Gilberto's breathy rendition of Girl From Ipenema, it seemed that in the 60s and 70s, there were "many" spoofs called Girl With Emphysema. Just seemed to spring up locally, wherever you were. There is one here:

Girl With ...

along with the original lyrics.

Mary

Subject: RE: Spoof covers
From: pattyClink
Date: 16 Jun 03 - 02:08 PM

type the word "parody" in the DT search box and you will get some rich ore to dig through.

Subject: RE: Spoof covers
From: Geoff the Duck
Date: 16 Jun 03 - 02:27 PM

I believe that Heaving on a Jet Plane was written by the Barron Knights, who used to spoof almost everything from the pop charts in the 1960's/70's.
There also seem to be other people who perform songs of the same name. I don't know if they are different original parodies. A web search didn't turn up any copies of lyrics.
Quack!
GtD.

Subject: RE: Spoof covers
From: The Walrus
Date: 16 Jun 03 - 09:04 PM

Depending on your intended audience, I seem to recall hearing "What a Difference a Lay Makes" and "What Became of the Bloke Who Farted".

I could possibly send you the lyrics for a version of "Y Viva Espania".

Any Use?

Walrus

Subject: RE: Spoof covers
From: DonD
Date: 16 Jun 03 - 09:12 PM

I'm disappointed! I've had this collection of spoofs lying around the house for years cllecting dust and I was hoping that someone had developed spoof covers ...

Subject: RE: Spoof covers
From: Geoff the Duck
Date: 17 Jun 03 - 03:09 AM

DonD - I believe that spoof covers are made from a member of the horse family. I'm sure I once heard someone being told he could stick his spoofs up his ass!
Quack!
GtD.

Subject: RE: Spoof covers
From: GUEST,reggie miles
Date: 17 Jun 03 - 11:35 AM

Here's a parody that seems to have taken over my thought processes of late. Do You Know The Way To Macrame'?

Subject: RE: Spoof covers
From: Amos
Date: 17 Jun 03 - 12:25 PM

I assume spoof covers are those thin plastic things you slip over your CDs to prevent spoofs from settling on them?

Anyway, I should point out, as a veteran of the Song Challenge circuit here at Mudcat, that almost all the Song Challenge entries over the years have been spoofs in which an old song is borrowed and wrapped around a current theme of some sort.

Just meandering among the Song Challenge Winner entries in the Mudcat Song Book (see links above) will give you more spoofs than you can shake a stick, or any similarly shaped appendage, at.

A