I try not to go the obvious route all the time, but sometimes the most obvious is actually the best.
AL YANKOVICThere are a lot of songs that would ostensibly be a good candidate for parody, yet I can’t think of a clever enough idea.
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I’ll bet every great thinker and leader we’ve got Could see all kinds of things other people could not!
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When I swore that you’re getting more and more beautiful everyday. Well, I was only kidding, honey.
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I dated Siamese twins, I slept with Big Foot, too. Get me on Sally Jesse, put me on Donahue.
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I don’t like to label myself. I know I’m very hard to pigeonhole.
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So that’s why one of my rules of parody writing is that it’s gotta be funny regardless of whether you know the source material. It has to work on its own merit.
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Left all my Beatle records out in the sun, got a coke bottle stuck on the end of my tongue.
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My wife went off with Elvis.
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Now with internet culture it seems like everyone is doing music parodies. And they’re not all good!
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Until you came along I never dated anyone this low on the food chain.
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Take down those naked pictures of Ernest Borgnine.
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I mean, I hate to gloat, but I’m extremely satisfied with my position in life and the way things have worked out for me.
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Kind of wish I was dead. Maybe, I’ll blow my brains out, mama, or maybe I’ll go bowling.
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Boys like Peter are afraid of alot of things, like nuclear annihilation and flunking algebra, but they’re not afraid of wolves.
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Got a brand new semi-automatic weapon with a laser sight. Oh, I’m praying that somebody tries to break in here tonight.
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Not only are they just great, nice guys; they’re some of the best musicians you’re likely to find.
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