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Song Parodies -> "Green Men Will Grab Ya"
Original Song Title:
"Abracadabra"
Original Performer:
Steve Miller
Parody Song Title:
"Green Men Will Grab Ya"
Parody Written by:
Adagio
The Lyrics
Another X-Files parody: the midi is at http://www.midifilearchive.com/Rock-pop/stevemiller.html
His feet up, he wears no frown
He's got me grinnin'
Without sound
His sarcasm, how it flows
No expression, so it goes.
He is called Spooky by name
His partner is a dad-burned dame.
Dad-burned dame with hair of fire
I know baby, she wounds with the satire
Abra-abra-cadabra
Those small green men will grab ya!
Abra-abra-cadabra
Green men will grab ya.
Was this one caught, they do ask why
They make a gaffe, and I do sigh
But they are learning of above
Ain't much what they can speak of.
Abra-abra-cadabra
Those small green men will grab ya!
Abra-abra-cadabra
Green men will grab ya.
There is some logic in their assess
Seems like magic if green men possess
Hold that bat now, has man-sized face
With scant clues they pursue a case.
There is logic in Gov.'s lies
But there's some tragic in their eyes
Just when Fox thinks he's gonna find a way
He hears those words that are meant to slay.
Abra-abra-cadabra
Those small green men will grab ya!
Abra-abra-cadabra
Green men will grab ya.
It's futile to solve this game
It's simply a doggone shame
That Fox Mulder did retire
Hear the baby, see the stakes get higher.
-instrumental-
Up he goes, the ship's around
They stretch his face all up and all down
Up he goes, the ship's around
They drill his nostrils all the way down
Up he goes, the ship's around
They drill inside his mouth, makes me frown.
- spooky alien spaceship instrumental ending -
He's got me grinnin'
Without sound
His sarcasm, how it flows
No expression, so it goes.
He is called Spooky by name
His partner is a dad-burned dame.
Dad-burned dame with hair of fire
I know baby, she wounds with the satire
Abra-abra-cadabra
Those small green men will grab ya!
Abra-abra-cadabra
Green men will grab ya.
Was this one caught, they do ask why
They make a gaffe, and I do sigh
But they are learning of above
Ain't much what they can speak of.
Abra-abra-cadabra
Those small green men will grab ya!
Abra-abra-cadabra
Green men will grab ya.
There is some logic in their assess
Seems like magic if green men possess
Hold that bat now, has man-sized face
With scant clues they pursue a case.
There is logic in Gov.'s lies
But there's some tragic in their eyes
Just when Fox thinks he's gonna find a way
He hears those words that are meant to slay.
Abra-abra-cadabra
Those small green men will grab ya!
Abra-abra-cadabra
Green men will grab ya.
It's futile to solve this game
It's simply a doggone shame
That Fox Mulder did retire
Hear the baby, see the stakes get higher.
-instrumental-
Up he goes, the ship's around
They stretch his face all up and all down
Up he goes, the ship's around
They drill his nostrils all the way down
Up he goes, the ship's around
They drill inside his mouth, makes me frown.
- spooky alien spaceship instrumental ending -
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Hey FOLKS, this one's a scream if you listen to it along with the MIDI - the great pacing makes for a hilarious effect! 555
Thanks so much, Johnny! :D
Another X-Files! Always a favorite topic. Well done, Pat. You are fast becoming the X-Files expert on this site.
Thanks, Guy!! :D
Good job! I liked the X-Files (until the last season, anyway). This also explains what happened to Steve Miller.
Thanks, Mari. Yea...they should never have taken out DD.
Adagio - "X"-cellent. But I think Duchovny took HIMSELF out, didn't he? Yeah, it went WAY downhill after he left...
Absolutely, there is no show without Spooky Mulder.
I'm offering you a chance to know the truth.
In exchange for what?
Quit the FBI, come work for me. I can make your problems go away.
I am alarmed that you would reduce this offer to a cultural stereotype. Not everybody's dream is to get on Jerry Springer.
Thanks Paul...he probably did take himself out. It's not the same..:( Thanks "cast" of X-Files, for the comments.
funny and well paced...5s
Thank you, alvin.
An excellent work, adagio!
Thanks a lot, Peregrin!
By the way, I forgot to say, it was a really good parody of my song (even if the time frame is incorrect). I give it 5,5,5. Nice job!
Ahh, thanks Steve Miller.
You've been going that X-tra mile lately! =) Great Job!
Youre welcome, adagio. Seems like I made a comment yesterday but for some reason it's not there anymore? ???
Thanks, Diva!
Steve Miller...I don't know what happened to your comment of yesterday, it must have been one of those taken out when the spammer was taken care of. I appreciate your coming back! :D
Steve Miller...I don't know what happened to your comment of yesterday, it must have been one of those taken out when the spammer was taken care of. I appreciate your coming back! :D
No, I saw that it was still there this morning, but in the afternoon I noticed it was gone. Maybe it got taken out by mistake?
Well, I guess it doesn't matter too much anyway.
Well, I guess it doesn't matter too much anyway.
Another great one, Adagio....all fives from me.
Very good parody, Adagio. I like the "wounds with the satire" line.
Thanks Jared and John!
This was a great choice for March's SOTM competition. I want to wish you the best of luck in the competition.
Nice job!
Excellent pacing!
Thanks Guy and Melhi and Meriadoc!
I'll probably be berated mercilessly for admitting this, but I've never watched the X-Files. Still, I *do* KTOS, so I can see how well it's paced. And stuff like "dad-burned dame" and "green men will grab ya" works in any context. Good job, Patagio.
Thanks, Spaff! Shows like X-Files are not everyone's cup of tea, but I like sci-fi stuff.
Funny for a sci-fi fan like myself: actually never seen the X-Files. Don't know the original either. Still moderately funny guessing at context.
Thanks, neminem!
I watched this show some but not quite enough to really get the parody. Still, very well paced and some good lines.
Thanks, Claude!
Good song...I didn't catch X-Files too often but I knew the original, and it worked for me
Thanks Jeff!
We heard you were having problems with "little green men" on this thread,so we would like all of you to look at this small lighted device just-like---so !now what you saw before was just the circus coming to town with their new act,the all-midget tumbling troupe of hulk impersonators that go by the name of "probe 5" . Those three "5's" on your score card ? Please ignore them
Adagio, great job, I already voted earlier, I'm doing the March SOTM thing now.
Some really good work with the pacing here. I'm not a fan of the files myself, but the rhymes scheme is enjoyable regardless.
Thanks Men in Black, Paul, and 2nz!!
G-men-etly this is good!
Thanks Melhi!
(ABC) See above!
DKTOS, but I thought this was about Ralph Nader when I saw the title...
(ABC) VERY funny! Three fives!
Thanks YWN and Jack!
YWN...the midi for the song is at the top.
YWN...the midi for the song is at the top.
What Spaff said.
Thanks, Adagio!
Thanks Spaff, :D and YWN!
(ABC) Adagio - Excellent entry choice for "G" contest.
Thanks, Paul.
What Spaff said.
Thanks, Claude!
(ABC) I'm getting a deju vu.... :-)
Well done, Adagio. I liked the logic/tragic and logic/magic word plays.
Thanks Mer and JJ!
Good job...I'm an on-and-off X-Files fan.
Thanks Jeff!
Yeah, I still agree with myself.
What Claude said. :-)
Thanks, 2nz and MG! (I had to track all the way to the top, because MG agreed with Claude, Claude agreed with Spaff, Spaff agreed with himself...lol) .
Loved all the comments... thanks you all! ;)
Loved all the comments... thanks you all! ;)
this is great .. I used to love the X files great subject for a parody.... I really like the first verse .. really sets the scene for what's to come
Thanks, martha! I've got a whole season's worth of the series, plus some and the movie......I'm set. :)
Restoring my previous 555 vote.
Restoring my previous vote too.
Thanks Johnny and Know 1 can hear you dream !
(SCI-FI) You Xcel at this subject. Beaming down some 5s.
Yeah...seven months ago I had made a comment saying that the original is from the 80s not the 70s. (I should know, since I recorded it.) But that little flub is minor.
By the way, I notice that lots of other people commented but there's only 4 total votes? How could that be?
By the way, I notice that lots of other people commented but there's only 4 total votes? How could that be?
Missed this first time around - great one, Pat :-)
Thanks Jake, Steve and Phil.
I don't know Steve, but I LOVE your OS.
I don't know Steve, but I LOVE your OS.
(SCI-FI) Love X-Files most of the time. And you are still the site bard on X-files parody.
wow, Adagio, you mix with some big-name people - to get comments from the whole cast of X-files, Steve Miller himself, and the Men in Black..... I feel like such a nobody - I'll just quietly slip in my 555 and leave by the back door
Thanks Guy and Stuart! :D
(Sci-Fi/Fantasy) See above.
Good song...I thought a syllable was missing from one of the lines in the chorus, maybe I'm remembering it wrong (substituting "little" for "small" would fix it...if it's even an issue)
Thanks Johnny and Jeff.
(Sci-Fi) Still like this one, it's very good. Still think show went way downhill after Duchovny left it, too. 5's on the re-vote since my earlier ballot got flushed in the "Great amiright Vote Tabulation Disaster of 07/28"....
Still a fun read with lotsa clever play on the original. Here's some replacement 5's.
Thanks again Paul and 2nz.
heh, pretty funny, I like the X-Files references...rock on
Thanks Mik!
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This is a great parody regardless of when TOS came out.
Thanks a lot, Kyla!!
Yeah, I was confused when I saw this in the seventies section. Yes, I know it's an eighties song, but it was probably an honest mistake by the author. I ain't gonna fret over something so trivial like that; I'll just give this parody a perfect vote because it's good, like everyone else said. (I, too, am an X-Flies fan by the way.)
Thanks a lot, Billy!
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