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Song Parodies -> "PC Oddity"
Original Song Title:
"Space Oddity"
Original Performer:
David Bowie
Parody Song Title:
"PC Oddity"
Parody Written by:
Keith Nesbitt
The Lyrics
A tragic and familiar story of a user lost in the windows operating system.
Mister Gates to User Tom
Mister Gates to User Tom
Take your install disk and put my system on
Mister Gates to User Tom
Commencing reboot, PCs on
Checking memory and may Bill's love be with you
(spoken)
Zero, Zero, Zero, One, Zero, One,
One, Zero, Zero, One, startup
This is Mister Gates to User Tom
You've really made me rich
And the papers say it works, but beware
Now it's time to try your system if you dare
This is User Tom to Mister Gates
I'm opening a window
And it's working in a most peculiar way
And the screen looks very different today
For here am I waiting in a window
far above machine
And my screen is very blue
but there's nothing I can do
Though I've installed one hundred thousand Megs
It's feeling very slow
And I think my PCs memory's is too low
Tell old Bill, “I hate this very much” - he knows
User Tom to Mister Gates
My program's dead, there's something wrong
Can you hear me, Mister Gates?
Can you hear me, Mister Gates?
Can you hear me, Mister Gates?
Can you....
Here am I waiting in a window
far above machine
And my screen is very blue
but there's nothing I can do.
Mister Gates to User Tom
Take your install disk and put my system on
Mister Gates to User Tom
Commencing reboot, PCs on
Checking memory and may Bill's love be with you
(spoken)
Zero, Zero, Zero, One, Zero, One,
One, Zero, Zero, One, startup
This is Mister Gates to User Tom
You've really made me rich
And the papers say it works, but beware
Now it's time to try your system if you dare
This is User Tom to Mister Gates
I'm opening a window
And it's working in a most peculiar way
And the screen looks very different today
For here am I waiting in a window
far above machine
And my screen is very blue
but there's nothing I can do
Though I've installed one hundred thousand Megs
It's feeling very slow
And I think my PCs memory's is too low
Tell old Bill, “I hate this very much” - he knows
User Tom to Mister Gates
My program's dead, there's something wrong
Can you hear me, Mister Gates?
Can you hear me, Mister Gates?
Can you hear me, Mister Gates?
Can you....
Here am I waiting in a window
far above machine
And my screen is very blue
but there's nothing I can do.
From the Fortran Cowboy Project
Copyright 2007 K. Nesbitt
Copyright 2007 K. Nesbitt
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Since you used my name in your parody, I feel justified in pointing to a few Microbashes of my own, in case you're interested: ;-D
"Newcomputercamewithwindowsxphowatrocious"
http://www.amiright.com/parody/60s/julieandrewsmarypoppins14.shtml
"Patches (Microsoft® Version)"
http://www.amiright.com/parody/60s/dickeylee2.shtml
"Please Vista™ Please (Microsoft®)"
http://www.amiright.com/parody/70s/olivianewtonjohn30.shtml
.. and the granddaddy of them all,
"Microsoft™ Is Suing Me Because I Dissed On Vista™"
Hope you enjoy. I saw the collection of titles at your website - very clever switches, esp. JAVA, which, without even looking, assume was to "YMCA" - great!. Will read a few as time permits. Please feel free to add *links* to these above, with proper credit and acknowledgment of copyright. I'd prefer links, so that readers (if any ;) have the opportunity to vote and comment here.
In the meantime, welcome; sorry you didn't get more readers and comments, and here's a vote of 22B from me. xD
(That came from
"I Am Binary-Modal, Sexa-Octal Hexadecimal"
http://www.amiright.com/parody/misc/gilbertsullivan98.shtml
Oh, and for CSci 101 intro, or for non-techies, a partner and I did
"Both Bytes Now (How Computers Work - For *NON*-Geeks)"
http://www.amiright.com/parody/60s/judycollins8.shtml
Nice project you have going. Cheers.
"Newcomputercamewithwindowsxphowatrocious"
http://www.amiright.com/parody/60s/julieandrewsmarypoppins14.shtml
"Patches (Microsoft® Version)"
http://www.amiright.com/parody/60s/dickeylee2.shtml
"Please Vista™ Please (Microsoft®)"
http://www.amiright.com/parody/70s/olivianewtonjohn30.shtml
.. and the granddaddy of them all,
"Microsoft™ Is Suing Me Because I Dissed On Vista™"
Hope you enjoy. I saw the collection of titles at your website - very clever switches, esp. JAVA, which, without even looking, assume was to "YMCA" - great!. Will read a few as time permits. Please feel free to add *links* to these above, with proper credit and acknowledgment of copyright. I'd prefer links, so that readers (if any ;) have the opportunity to vote and comment here.
In the meantime, welcome; sorry you didn't get more readers and comments, and here's a vote of 22B from me. xD
(That came from
"I Am Binary-Modal, Sexa-Octal Hexadecimal"
http://www.amiright.com/parody/misc/gilbertsullivan98.shtml
Oh, and for CSci 101 intro, or for non-techies, a partner and I did
"Both Bytes Now (How Computers Work - For *NON*-Geeks)"
http://www.amiright.com/parody/60s/judycollins8.shtml
Nice project you have going. Cheers.
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