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Song Parodies -> "Your Band Is Called What?"
Original Song Title:
"My Favorite Things"
(MP3)Original Performer:
Julie Andrews
Parody Song Title:
"Your Band Is Called What?"
Parody Written by:
Kristof Robertson
The Lyrics
From the ranks of the ill-concieved, self-important, unwieldy and downright bizarre....here's my tribute to the impossible task of giving your band (or yourself) a good name...
What is the story with Wayne and his Fountains?
Who are those Crows, and what might they be Countin'?
Limp Bizkit's soggy and Coldplay ain't hot
Tell me again, son: your band is called WHAT?
In the dark, pointless Orchestral Manouvres
Hoobastank sounds like a home for stoned groovers
Crüe might be Mötley, but they sure can't spell
Add randöm ümlaüts, yöü've got...what the hell??
Where is the zoo that contains Arctic Monkeys?
Backstreet's not scary, and Skid Row's for junkies
'N-Sync is where I wash dishes, it's true
I'm more confused 'bout the why? than The Who
Queen's misleading
Who would be Sting?
Hootie's fish, they blow...
Life must be noisy for the guy who's got
A head that'a a ra-di-o!
Bananarama sang pop songs for teenies
Why not a "rama" for plums and zucchinis?
Toad The Wet Sprocket, Def Leppard and Wham!
Names that make me wanna hire a hit man...
No nudie gals in The Barenaked Ladies
No "h" in Sade, so let's call her Sadie
"Sixpence" is daft; "None The Richer" is worse
Put them together? You're being perverse!
Bowling For Soup would be far from exciting
What is the Foo that Dave Grohl's keen on fighting?
Camper Van Beethoven? Oh, what sharp wit!
(Re)member The Hooters? A right bunch of t*ts!
Kajagoogoo? Chumbawamba?
Me no understand...
Bob Dylan's boys got it right when they said
"F***, let's call ourselves....The Band!"
Who are those Crows, and what might they be Countin'?
Limp Bizkit's soggy and Coldplay ain't hot
Tell me again, son: your band is called WHAT?
In the dark, pointless Orchestral Manouvres
Hoobastank sounds like a home for stoned groovers
Crüe might be Mötley, but they sure can't spell
Add randöm ümlaüts, yöü've got...what the hell??
Where is the zoo that contains Arctic Monkeys?
Backstreet's not scary, and Skid Row's for junkies
'N-Sync is where I wash dishes, it's true
I'm more confused 'bout the why? than The Who
Queen's misleading
Who would be Sting?
Hootie's fish, they blow...
Life must be noisy for the guy who's got
A head that'a a ra-di-o!
Bananarama sang pop songs for teenies
Why not a "rama" for plums and zucchinis?
Toad The Wet Sprocket, Def Leppard and Wham!
Names that make me wanna hire a hit man...
No nudie gals in The Barenaked Ladies
No "h" in Sade, so let's call her Sadie
"Sixpence" is daft; "None The Richer" is worse
Put them together? You're being perverse!
Bowling For Soup would be far from exciting
What is the Foo that Dave Grohl's keen on fighting?
Camper Van Beethoven? Oh, what sharp wit!
(Re)member The Hooters? A right bunch of t*ts!
Kajagoogoo? Chumbawamba?
Me no understand...
Bob Dylan's boys got it right when they said
"F***, let's call ourselves....The Band!"
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SOTM! SOT FREAKIN M! So far! Loved this, love the Chumabawamba refernce, Tubthumping rules, and my dog is named after them, cause we got him when I was in third grade and liked that song. Backstreet isnt scary, but the Backstreet BOYS are LOL.... this was awesome
Oh yeah and one of your parodies in my polka parody today www.amiright.com/parody/90s/weirdalyankovic66.shtml
Brilliant!!!! The entire thing was insanely clever, "Crüe might be Mötley, but they sure can't spell. Add randöm ümlaüts, yöü've got...what the hell??"
DKTOS. Good point, though. I'd even go as far as saying your parody is the next best thing to bringing back the "stupid band names" page! Perhaps I should say "You really got me"...laughing with that "N*Sync is where I wash dishes" line! If I did know the OS, I'd probably give it 555
Great and reminds me of an old Steve Allen bit in which a band's trying to come up with a name for itself. They have two Fortune-type wheels; one has nouns and adjectives, the other plural nouns. They spin both and the wheels land respectively on "Licorice Philosophers."
You oughta get fives by the lovin' spoonful.
I Hate Chumbawumba! Next time you get knocked down, just stay down, okay?
There is a website out there for random band name generation, http://www.1728.com/bandname.htm
Oh yeah, this is damn funny Kris. 555
There is a website out there for random band name generation, http://www.1728.com/bandname.htm
Oh yeah, this is damn funny Kris. 555
And all of these bands are members of the blue oyster cult. :-) Clever, intelligent, funny... just what performance-enhancing drugs to you take, anyway?
brilliant piece of writing...i thoroughly enjoyed
And Ben Folds Five, votes for you that is.
Very good indeed Mr K! You never put a foot wrong!
I'm needing some group therapy after reading this...Fabuli' Funny!...Right out of the Park! Beyond the humor barricades....
oh wow - fanatastic Kristof - the wording of the title was max funny, and it just got funnier - the N'Sync and "Why not a "rama" for plums and zucchinis" and the droll ending about The Band stick out, but so clever and funny throughout - 555
Thanks alot, everyone...I could have kept going with this one, but ran out of original lyrics
Jack: Glad you enjoyed it, dude. "Tubthumping" was OK until they played it to death. As for the BSBs, I'm totally with ya . p.s. I've read and commented on your polka parody
Matthias: Cheers! Gotta love them umlauts...;-)
Jonathon: DKTOS? You're kidding, right? Sound Of Music? "Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens"? Ring any bells? Why am I asking so many questions? Cheers anyway!
JAB: Not familiar with that one, but Licorice Philosophers is great!
Mike: Ahhh, the Spoonful. Why did I not think of them? Thanks
McK: Refer to my reply to Jack. He takes a whisky drink, he takes a...ah, forget it!
Rex: Just caffiene and cheese-based snack foods, my friend! Thanks
Al: As always, much appreciated, mate
Steve: Yes, Ben Folds Five; that well-known American TRIO! ;-) Cheers, buddy.
Jason: You haven't seen me try to dance! Gracias
AFW: Beyond the humor barricades: I like it? That may just be my new motto...:-)
Stu: Cheers, my downunder compadre! And did you notice there were no Aussie bands mentioned? Although Savage Garden could easily have earned a place, along with the Hoodoo Gurus, This is Serious Mum, and Mental As Anything...;-)
oh wow! Security code is QLD! Freakin' banana benders...:-)
Jack: Glad you enjoyed it, dude. "Tubthumping" was OK until they played it to death. As for the BSBs, I'm totally with ya . p.s. I've read and commented on your polka parody
Matthias: Cheers! Gotta love them umlauts...;-)
Jonathon: DKTOS? You're kidding, right? Sound Of Music? "Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens"? Ring any bells? Why am I asking so many questions? Cheers anyway!
JAB: Not familiar with that one, but Licorice Philosophers is great!
Mike: Ahhh, the Spoonful. Why did I not think of them? Thanks
McK: Refer to my reply to Jack. He takes a whisky drink, he takes a...ah, forget it!
Rex: Just caffiene and cheese-based snack foods, my friend! Thanks
Al: As always, much appreciated, mate
Steve: Yes, Ben Folds Five; that well-known American TRIO! ;-) Cheers, buddy.
Jason: You haven't seen me try to dance! Gracias
AFW: Beyond the humor barricades: I like it? That may just be my new motto...:-)
Stu: Cheers, my downunder compadre! And did you notice there were no Aussie bands mentioned? Although Savage Garden could easily have earned a place, along with the Hoodoo Gurus, This is Serious Mum, and Mental As Anything...;-)
oh wow! Security code is QLD! Freakin' banana benders...:-)
Wish I had know you were writing this in advance....my first band in High School went by: Rubber Buttermilk. We were worse than the name, if that's possible.
Your 'Fav Things' parodies just keep getting better, and they're all great! Top notch 5's
Your 'Fav Things' parodies just keep getting better, and they're all great! Top notch 5's
Funny! Inventive! My favorite thing tonight (so far)..... 555!
Dee: Rubber Buttermilk? LOL and I thought The The ( another band Im surprised got no mentiomn in the parody) was a bad band name
This song is making my insides weak..lol!! I love it that much. you get 555 dude.
The Snow Patrol has been notified, seems the Chemical Brothers have turned the city Deep Purple again. But anyway, once again you get down to the Nitty Gritty (Dirt Band) and come through with a real Scooter of a parody. (And I mean scooter in the best possible way).
This deserves a sequel to include ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, Godspeed You! Black Emporer, and !!!. 555
My favorite band name is probably Disneyland After Dark (one would really like to know what goes on there, right). Officially they now go by DAD because when they started to get over-the-border fame (they're from Denmark) a well known big American company (guess which one) threatened to sue over copyright for one of those words in their name.
Thought I'd commented on this one... favourite couplet was the Mötley Crüe one.. and in the same vein:
N'Sync and Hear'Say aren't totally blameless
Wanna shove apostrophes right up their
...ok, maybe not ;-)
N'Sync and Hear'Say aren't totally blameless
Wanna shove apostrophes right up their
...ok, maybe not ;-)
(SOTM) Hoy Mutemath! This kinda thing'll cause Panic At The Disco for sure! Brilliant job (again) Kristof! This is parody Nirvana!
Great
(SOTM) WHICH IMBECILE VOTED 1 FOR PACING ON THIS?! This was brilliant! 555
(SOTM) Maröön 5's för yöu.
(SOTM) Smashing, pumpkin! =P Needless to say, a parody like this could spawn millions of sequels.
Absolutely brilliant, another winner here. I really enjoyed reading this.
SOTM - WOW! I loved this so much! THIS WAS GREAT! You MUST record this, ABSOLUTELY MUST! Loved to Motley Crue line.
(SOTM) yeah, you just never let us down, Kristof - awesome, as Jack would say - and Mental As Anything really does take the cake imo - I had my winner picked, but now I have to rethink it again - 555
SOTM - See above, still incredible.
Holy S***. That is one of the 5 most genius parodies I've ever read.
(SOTM) Um, Uh, Well, Yeah, Nothing to Say Here, I mean, you've uh-dismantled the band names-brilliantly. . .and frankly I can't improve upon the already vibrant comments.
Just thought I'd check back with this one. Now that I've heard the song (I know, about time!) I'll gives ya triple 5's. It's been so long since I've checked on this page, though, I forgot who it was by...shoulda known you'd be behind it.
After reading your stuff... I honestly know what your coup de grace is. Your ending line really make the parody stand out. This was a great parody, full of fun, and band mockery, but that last line was just over the top awesome. This is really going to get top marks from me for SOTY.
Sir Kristof, ~Knight o'Robber's ~ It is certain that this ditty be CABO-WABO.
How the hell did I miss this one? Great job skewering some of the more ridiculous band names in history, and like Stu's MFT parody in '06, you could write several sequels just as funny as this one. 555
SOTY- Absolutely freaking hilarious. There really is alot of weird band names out there, and you skewered them just right. Great job, Kristof.
My favorite band is the Jonas Brothers!
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