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Song Parodies -> "Mister Bass Man"
Original Song Title:
"Mister Bass Man"
Original Performer:
Johnny Cymbal
Parody Song Title:
"Mister Bass Man"
Parody Written by:
Rex Ungericht
The Lyrics
I doubt many will know or remember the OS, so I've posted it on http://rungericht.googlepages.com/contests. The title has shifted from the original (where "bass" was like bass drum) to bass like the fish. Also, note that I have converted many of the "bom-bom-da-da-dom" lyrics into real words. For the bass singer, I converted his vocals when they were in the foreground. Lastly, I never do "innuendo" parodies - this started out as a "fish pun" parody and took on a life of its own. My theory is that the spirit of Johnny D took me over to write this :-).
Mister bass man, there's been nobody greater
Mister bass man, you are a master baiter
I really squir-irm
When you pull out your worm
Put it there on the hook
(You mean when I give all my GROUPERS a look – yeah, baby)
Yeah!
Mister bass man, you fish with your fly
All the men are so jealous, and the ladies say "what a guy!"
Hey mister bass man, why you always showing off your rod
And it's longer than mine
(You know, it's the floaters that make it all work so very fine)
(Chorus)
You whip out your pole when you go out trolling
And you cast it here, there, everywhere yeah
Hey mister bass man, you have an awesome lure
When you use it, you're never premature
And when you clean it, you've always got an audience
Everyone wants a peek
(I know, every gal, every guy, they're spying on my technique)
Hey mister bass man, I wanna use my tackle
But I've just got a sinker, and it makes all the mermaids cackle
C'mon mister bass man, show me the expert way
That you do what you do
(No no, that's a family secret and it's worth years of pay)
[Break while Mister Bass Man makes music by squeezing his eel, then repeat the chorus]
Mister bass man, you are a master baiter
I really squir-irm
When you pull out your worm
Put it there on the hook
(You mean when I give all my GROUPERS a look – yeah, baby)
Yeah!
Mister bass man, you fish with your fly
All the men are so jealous, and the ladies say "what a guy!"
Hey mister bass man, why you always showing off your rod
And it's longer than mine
(You know, it's the floaters that make it all work so very fine)
(Chorus)
You whip out your pole when you go out trolling
And you cast it here, there, everywhere yeah
Hey mister bass man, you have an awesome lure
When you use it, you're never premature
And when you clean it, you've always got an audience
Everyone wants a peek
(I know, every gal, every guy, they're spying on my technique)
Hey mister bass man, I wanna use my tackle
But I've just got a sinker, and it makes all the mermaids cackle
C'mon mister bass man, show me the expert way
That you do what you do
(No no, that's a family secret and it's worth years of pay)
[Break while Mister Bass Man makes music by squeezing his eel, then repeat the chorus]
Lyrics copyright 2006 Rex Ungericht. All rights reserved.
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KTOS very well and love it... I'll bet other AIRs besides myself would have figured "bass" switch without notes... nice play...and BTW, what's wrong with innuendo??
Very Johnny D-ish indeed... where is he? Did you eat him??
Very Johnny D-ish indeed... where is he? Did you eat him??
You hooked 5s with this fish story.
I thought this was going to be about music but, you got me with the old bait and switch trick. Great job! 555
glad you " tackled" this one..."catchy"
This is the reel deal..fives
I tried for the better part of 30 minutes to get this song to download from your site; it kept stopping at 10-20% downloaded. It would a-pier the pacing is good, so 5s all the same, very funny stuff. Congrats on the first submission of this group..er, artist.
Many thanks to all. Tommy, I have enjoyed my share of innuendo parodies, I just never had any inclination to write one - and then this popped out (so to speak). Red, I didn't have any trouble downloading it, so I'm not sure what was going on. Sorry about that.
(SOTM) - This juror dots down "swaying status" for now and puts this parody on his shortlist.
(SOTM) At first I thought it was "bayss" instead of "bass" (misspelled only to clarify pronunciation), and then I thought the recording was "Blue Moon," so that threw me off a bit. And another thing that threw me off every time was his Eddie Van Halen-esque shred-speed-singing that is so fast that it's almost impossible to catch up until he gets to a "Hey Mr. Bass Man" line. The pacing was too confusing to me, so I had to 4 it, but you hooked fives for everything else. And even if you don't win, I give you credit for goofiness (Silly lyrics and a silly OS). 455
(SOTM) A very "hooky" parody. And you were dirty in just the right places.
(SOTM) Sometimes --no A LOT OF TIMES, unexpected whims are the best when it comes to parody writing. Very, very funny!!
(SOTM)
(SOTM) Nice work here, Rex.
(SOTM) Gotta agree with Chris on this one. The pacing for TOS completely loses me until it gets to 'Mister Bass Man". Stupid Johnny Cymbal.
(SOTM) Original, funny and clever.
SOTM-Alright
I'd say your line got double entendre-d in those rocks over there. Never heard the OS before this. Nice work with it, Rex.
SOTM: There's something fishy about this song but I can't fathom what it might be? Well done!
(SOTM) "Pacing is good"; that may be the understatement of the month. Considering close to half the lyrics aren't even words (and sung quite fast at that), this was awesome. Wish you'd done more with the last chorus, but you fished out more puns than I ever could have. Great work.
(sotm) nice expression the "innuendo parody" Rex, and an excellent job channelling the innuendo master Johnny D, as you said
Excellent, Rex. About as many double entendres per line as any I've come across...
(sotm) beautiful
SOTM--At first I thought it wasn't what I thought it was going to be...and then...OH YES...it WAS what I thought it was going to be...; ) Nice job...
(SOTM) This is one of those songs where it's about either fishing or sex, depending on whether your audience is younger or older than 12. Great job on the wordplay! Sick but funny.
(SOTM) Excellent, my young padawan. Your powers are increasing. Feel THE LIVING FARCE.
(SOTM) Not bad
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