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Ferrets are Cool
(21,108 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)Magoo48
(4,717 posts)MiHale
(9,751 posts)Hotler
(11,428 posts)central scrutinizer
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(26,549 posts)cloudbase
(5,522 posts)And Hayes Carll:
Coventina
(27,129 posts)I also love Weird Al
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Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)3Hotdogs
(12,394 posts)and Weird Al --- Cat in the Kettle
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)SarahD
(1,199 posts)Purple People Eater. Camp Grenada. I bet somebody made a list.
mockmonkey
(2,824 posts)I was going to choose another Tom Lehrer song but decided not to. Having grown up listening to Dr Demento in the 70's I was always into the weird stuff.
Barnes and Barnes, Weird Al, The Dead Milkmen, ect. The old Rhino Records used to put out some novelty collections that I still have.
The more offensive the more I liked it.
This one is not too bad.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)Doc_Technical
(3,527 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)pfitz59
(10,382 posts)JoseBalow
(2,403 posts)So much of Frank's work could be considered "Novelty" music, he even released an album titled "Does Humor Belong in Music?"
So many to choose from, I went with this fun little ditty...
--snip--
Further references can be found in the opening line of the chorus: "Whizzing and pasting and pooting through the day". "Whizzing" referred to Kenny's need to urinate in jars because he and Mothers of Invention saxophone player Jim "Motorhead" Sherwood were living in a garage on the Williams property, one which lacked plumbing. The results were "Kenny's little creatures on display", a reference to what Zappa described in a 1987 interview with Rolling Stone as "mutant tadpoles" which had appeared over time in the urine and could be seen swimming in it. "Pasting" is a reference to another part of the song which states that Ronnie saved his "pneumies" on a bedroom window, described rather bluntly in the song as "dysentery green". During the aforementioned Rolling Stone interview, Zappa related how the mess was soon discovered by the boys' mother. So thick was the dried mass that removal required "chisels and Ajax". "Pooting" refers to the act of flatulating.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)Bo Zarts
(25,399 posts)DFW
(54,414 posts)Bo Zarts
(25,399 posts)Cartoonist
(7,319 posts)From my favorite Disney movie.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,448 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)Tommy Carcetti
(43,185 posts)It low-key slaps with the keyboard and guitar work, even though its lyrics are just listing off different sea creatures and assigning them various sounds.
It's just a great song, period.
SarahD
(1,199 posts)They mentioned different sea creatures and used different sounds for them.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)marble falls
(57,124 posts)Niagara
(7,632 posts)chouchou
(633 posts)happybird
(4,609 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)True Dough
(17,312 posts)Take off, eh?
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,085 posts)Lots of good ones on this thread, but the first 3 I thought of were this song, Monster Mash, & Like A Surgeon.
True Dough
(17,312 posts)had some great parodies.
happybird
(4,609 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)happybird
(4,609 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)blm
(113,071 posts)no_hypocrisy
(46,133 posts)kedrys
(7,678 posts)this one always cracks me up
SarahD
(1,199 posts)I don't know how many there are, but Ray Steven's certainly carried his share of the load.
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yellowdogintexas
(22,267 posts)my favorite Ray Stevens is
"In The Mood"a couple of Grand Ole Opry guys, Homer and Jethro did a hysterical parody of "Battle of New Orleans" called "We're the Boys From Camp Kookamonga"
Coventina
(27,129 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)DBoon
(22,374 posts)JoseBalow
(2,403 posts)The suite consists of the following three songs:
1. Norwegian Wood - re-styled as "Norwegian Jim", the words describe the encounter of Swaggart with a prostitute. An amusing insertion is the repetition of a riff from Leonard Bernstein's song "I Feel Pretty" from "West Side Story."
2. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - re-styled as "Louisiana Hooker with Herpes" with appropriate lyrics.
3. Strawberry Fields Forever - re-styled as "Texas Motel", but the refrain changes constantly.
Zappa targets, in addition to Swaggart, fellow evangelists Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell, as well as Reagan administration figures, John Poindexter and Edward Meese. The last two are usually referenced at the end of some incomprehensible lyric (often from the original song) as "actual testimony" probably meant as a reference to the less than candid public testimony of these figures at the Iran-Contra hearings in 1987.
You're welcome!
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)Behind the Aegis
(53,963 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)Archae
(46,338 posts)Has a terrific beat too!
underpants
(182,843 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)underpants
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Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)malthaussen
(17,205 posts)If we're talking straight parodies, probably this one:
-- Mal
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)malthaussen
(17,205 posts)-- Mal
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)Ptah
(33,032 posts)malthaussen
(17,205 posts)-- Mal
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,305 posts)lpbk2713
(42,761 posts)Macarena
(Granted ... a lot of people can't stand it)
WestMichRad
(1,327 posts)
so it might as well be me.
Theyre coming to take me away, ha-haaa!
DFW
(54,414 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)lynintenn
(646 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)AllaN01Bear
(18,275 posts)RSherman
(576 posts)Mike Nelson
(9,960 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)surrealAmerican
(11,362 posts)...
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)DFW
(54,414 posts)It got more views than anything else I ever wrote:
Don Caron's brilliant vocal definitely helped!
AllaN01Bear
(18,275 posts)all i want for christmas is my 2 front teeth. others .
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)brewens
(13,599 posts)nocoincidences
(2,223 posts)dlilafae
(85 posts)Song: Been caught stealin'.
nocoincidences
(2,223 posts)3catwoman3
(24,013 posts)lpbk2713
(42,761 posts)Johnny Cash
Lunabell
(6,089 posts)And, They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!