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Song Parodies -> "Adieu, Dali"

Original Song Title:

"Hello, Dolly"

 (MP3)
Original Performer:

Louis Armstrong

Parody Song Title:

"Adieu, Dali"

Parody Written by:

John A. Barry

The Lyrics

Luis Buñuel (1900-1983), Spanish surrealist filmmaker; collaborated with surrealist artist Salvador Dali (1904-1989) on films "Un Chien Andalou" ("An Andalusian Dog," 1929) and "L'Age d'Or" ("The Golden Age," 1930). Man Ray (1890-1976), American surrealist artist. Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968), French surrealist artist. Georges Seurat (1859-1991), French pointillist painter. "Comme un peu. . . ." translation: "A little like Pablo [Picasso, 1881-1973] but with no 'blue' period." Toward the end of their lives, Spaniards Dali and Picasso, who spent most of his creative career in France, were known for their celebrity and not their work.
Adieu, Dali,
A mon dieu, Dali.
I'll go write of you in adulation blog.
Your flicks were swell, Dali,
With Buñuel, Dali. . .
Fondness growin', I keep goin'
To "Andalusian Dog."
It's clear you were playing
But not Man Ray-ing,
You and Duchamp, two champs, in movement's top ten.

So, take Seurats, sell 'em,
Dump Renaissance art on vellum.
Dali prices grow in euros and yen.

Comme, un peu, Pablo,
Mais sans bleus, tableaux--
Some say that your later work went to the dogs.
You did quite well, Dali,
And Buñuel, Dali,
Both were Spanish, but you
Often spoke like Frogs.
Each time "L'Age d'Or"'s playing
I will be paying
To see an old favorite film from way back when,

With Gaulish-speech yellers,
It was a fait accompli, fellas.

Dali, although you've gone away,
Dalliers in fine art still pay
Dollars for stuff in which you played with them.



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AFW - May 18, 2005 - Report this comment
artistically humorous, and educational....
Paul Robinson - May 18, 2005 - Report this comment
Art & wine in the same day...I yam feelin' me brain gettin' bigger by the minute...hope it's not a tumor or an alien growing up there...5's ~ ~ ~
alvin rhodes - May 18, 2005 - Report this comment
a very intelligent parody...hats off..5s
John Barry - May 18, 2005 - Report this comment
Thank you, fellow art-lovers.
MasonR - May 19, 2005 - Report this comment
My mom met Salvadore Dali at the Prado museum in the early 70s. Guess what she said to him? "Hello, Dali!" Really! Anyway, very clever parody. As someone with an Art History minor under his belt, I like how you worked in Buñuel and Seurats. Finally, in a similar vein, have you seen this one? http://www.amiright.com/parody/60s/thebeachboys68.shtml
Johnny D - May 19, 2005 - Report this comment
Have some surreal fives!
Michael Pacholek - May 21, 2005 - Report this comment
Pretty good. I think Satchmo would've liked it, if not Carol Channing. Except... I don't think Seurat lived to be 132. It would've meant he lived to see the Steven Sondheim musical about him, "Sunday In the Park with George."

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