Brilliant!

humorous with serious undertones....and many good line substitutions...my fave of the day

Guy, I've enjoyed your latest Steely Dan series, and I think this was the best.

Sir, this is good & great, but also a pathetic pathos of a man's deep addiction . . . . I guess that's what makes it the success that it is . . . you describe it so well, Sir Guy!

Like reading the script from that classic film with Ray Milland, "Lost Weekend"....great testimonial for stayin' sober...think I might take the pledge...(uh, insert joke here about guzzling furniture polish)..seriously...this is some really profound writing..Like a sipper's sermon...

Tim - Thanks for your attention to this parody. Much appreciate that you liked it.

Alvin - I watch way too much police reality on TV - see what it produced? Thanks, buddy.

IB - I wrote all four SD paodies last weekend and saved what I thought was the best for last. I've been way too busy lately to write through the week. Thanks friend.

M'Lady - Back in my younger days I imbibed a bit so I pulled from that experience but I never got into any trouble with the law over it. This could have really been me if I didn't wise up about 20 years ago.

Farce - Thanks - it makes for a good drunk-a-log if anything.

I agree with AFW about the black/white classic LOST WEEKEND ! Watching that would change anyone's mind about the dangers of alcohol. . . . Also the DAYs of WINE and ROSEs, another black/white film that is Jack Lemmon's best, if you can wade through it . . . Both of these are true testimonials to the deadliness of Alcohol Addiction!

(SOTM) This was awesome,,,almost rhymed every snatch of the song, and where you used OS words they were twisted into your story in a new way. And all the while you kept a real SD kind of tone, with the neat conclusion that we are all sinners, it's just that some of us get caught. 555

(S.O.T.M.) I think this was super. Great effort here dude.

I'll drink to that.

(SOTM) Good stuff here. Followed along on the video and was pleased by the parody. The situation is sadly so human in nature.

There's a film called Hard-Boiled in which one of the character's name is Tequila.

Earlier today I LOL:ed at the lines "What's the use in being sober, there's no excuse until it's over" in an OS - And now this.. gotta be some sort of karma for me here I think...

(SOTM) I dunno what to write here Guy. The rhyming and pacing are excellent as always, and "what I chews" was a good play on words. I guess it doesn't help that I think AA is a state sponsored cult (and how they get by with having meeting in church basements is beyond me: their own literature is incompatible with the teachings of every known religion, and atheists as well). I guess it also still sucks right now that two of my old friends and another man were involved in an alcohol related crash on Father's Day (I found out yesterday afternoon); the two brothers didn't make it. Eh, I'm rambling here: sorry for blogging up your comment space Guy. This is a really good parody that's just hitting me at a bad time.

Jack - What can I say but you have my condolences. The parody may come across as humorous but it carries with it a strong message. Judges can force AA attendance but the attendee must want to get better or it does no good. You didn't say if your friends were driving impaired or were innocent victims of someone who had no business behind the wheel. No matter - they are still statistics in the never ending tragedy of alchol/driving related incidents. So many cases of debilitating injury and death occur because people choose to drive when they know they shouldn't and in every case could have been avoided by the impaired making the better choice and not getting behind the wheel. It is all so sensless. I feel for you my friend and your grave loss. Take care and may your grief be short. I've lost friends the same way. It hurts badly. I hear what you say about AA but it has recovered so many of the lost and the government really has nothing to do with their charter. They accept no outside funding because they do not want anyone to dictate how they run their programs. All contributions to run the meeting halls and provide literture comes from donations to those that attend their meetings. I can't say I believe in their methods but they do get good results for those who want the help. It takes an alcoholic to cure another alcoholic because no one but that recovered alcoholic knows how the new comer feels, has been there and can help them out way better than someone who cannot relate in the same manner. It is the "higher power" concept and how it is applied that make them foreign to church teachings and atheistic beliefs. But where else but in a church basement would you tell someone who has faith in nothing about a higher power. The churches that provide free meeting space are outreaching to their communities as well adjusted churhes do. God bless my friend. And may you find peace with this unfortunate turn of events.

(SOTM) The grammer was a bit odd in spots, but I'll just say it's a side effect of the booze you're writing about :P Nice work, Guy.

BPC - My grammar in my lyrics have become somewhat of my signature. Believe me when I'm writing on the job my grammar - spelling etc. are spot on. I don't speak as I write in business and I don't write parody as I do business or as I speak The grammar will most likely stay a signature in my pparody writings Thanks for your take on this parody and believe it or not I had no mood altering chemicals in my system when this was written. Except for an accasional drink with friends like a New Years toast I pretty much leave substance alone. And yes, writing about booze may affect my mood somewhat. Thanks for your observation and comment.

(SOTM) I know you aren't one that has the same grammar opinion as I do Guy, so I won't harp on it in my comments because you are aware it is there, and I know you have no intention of recording a lot of stuff which is where grammar makes the biggest difference (which is why I'm kinda antsy about grammar), what I would like to say on this one was a bit too many key words from the OS stuck around which caught my eye as I was reading the song to the rather smooth original. Your pacing is about as perfect as can be, but some of the individual lines were switched so subtly I could have mistaken them for the OS. . .just a personal observation. Congrats on taking on this long song though, long songs have become a staple of late on AmIRight. . .

About as unfunny as they come - superb write, Guy.

Yes, I also liked this song as a serious commentary more than a funny parody, although it did have some funny lines.

I like this more on my second viewing, Guy.
Sort of ironic that this OS was about Deacon Jones, the jazz sax player who died drunk in a car crash at a young age. (was "So jonesin' bad I feel" intentional ?)
Great job

I once got myself so drunk one night that I read about my hangover in the morning paper. I had an honorary mention in the obits. This is one fine piece of work, like me.

Good matching OS to parody and REALLY good parody!!! 5's