Yeah... that hasn't already been done 10 bazillion times, including by Weird Al *rolls eyes*

Don't let that stop you though- virtually all of us have written a song that someone else has done, and (as long as you didn't know about it) that doesn't make yours any less creative. You liked the way "complicated" and "constipated" rhymed, which was a good starting point and usually the kind of thing that gets the inspiration going. Do that a few more times with key words in the original song, and flesh it out from there. Count syllables to make sure your lines match the original. Keep it up!

Oh give me a break. That's the most stereotypically boring, ridiculously cliched version of this song I've ever heard.

dude/dudette, that was so dang funny. keep up the good work. who cares if it's over done? NOT I, SIR. the more it's said, the funnier it is. :D

Thanks for the feedback guys. I'll try again.

i liked your song it was funny i dont like avril lavinge so it made me laugh i think you did agreat job.

Dilair, 1st parody? Not bad! I gave it "3-3-3". Agree with Steven C's comments. For example, you might go "Chill out, whatcha strainin' for? Relax, your butt won't get as sore. And if you just go with the flow, a poop will show." I think that's pretty close to the way the original works - I haven't heard it in a few months. I liked your response to the critiques. That's a big part of this, being open enough to accept the criticism, enjoy the praise but keep it in perspective (just like I ALWAYS do, right guys? Hey, guys, back me up here - oh, hey, right, we're talking about YOU here. Sorry, I forgot - bad habit). Seriously, keep writing and putting them out there to get comments. Remember when people get personal that they're really telling you more about themselves than they are about your work. When you've got that thought in place you can place the proper value on the remark and take it for what it's worth. Keep trying, that's really the only way to get better at this stuff. Good luck.

Hey, Paul Robinson, that was a funny version.

HATED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't know about "not overdoing it". Al was smart enough to limit that topic to one verse, and moved on to incest and decapitation for the other verses. But the construction needed more work---Steve Chapman's right. Keep on trying! :)

I thought it was pretty frieking funny. I have the Avril Lavigne CD and my cousins and i sang the parody to the song. IT WAS THE GREATEST THING EVER. Well i had a good laugh. GOOD JOB

Dilair, missed your response to my comment back on Dec 31. I see this parody has gotten an incredibly wide variety of responses. In fact I notice the only scoring possibility that you HAVEN'T gotten was a "5" in pacing. And since it was off you probably won't. Glad you liked my little partial version. Have you tried writing any others since this one? Well, I'll keep an eye out. Later...

Thanx 4 the support guys

Dilair - You're welcome!

Hi guys, I don't think anyone reads this anymore.... but anyway I know I said i'd try to make another parody but all my ideas suck...

Dilair - Well, I checked back again because I was thinking of writing a parody of "My Happy Ending" and was checking in the "Search" area of Avril Lavigne's songs to make sure my idea wasn't already done. I was scanning the parody titles of all the versions of "Complicated" and remembered your version of it so I thought I would look back at it again. Anyway, if you see this, don't give up on writing - and if you don't see it...don't give up on writing...maybe you just need to expand your vocabulary a bit more before you try again. Suggestion: If you have an idea of what you want to say but the words really don't fit the rhyme or pace scheme try to think of other words that mean the same thing - you may find something better than what you were originally trying to say anyway...don't be afraid to use your Thesaurus, either...I still do...Good Luck!!!

I might be doing a prody on one of Black Eyed Peas in a bit...