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Song Parodies -> "Shopping Trip (We Gonna Shop Down To)"
Original Song Title:
"Electric Avenue"
Original Performer:
Eddy Grant
Parody Song Title:
"Shopping Trip (We Gonna Shop Down To)"
Parody Written by:
Jack Wilson
The Lyrics
Been wnating to parody this one sicne last March I think, finally got an idea and did this
TOYS!
NOISE!
Out on the street there are people
And they're getting their shopping done
All of the malls we're all shopping
And you can blame it on the season
Oh no
We gonna shop down to de mall this afternoon
Then I'll go get some pliers
Oh we gonna shop down to de Saks Fifth Avenue
Don't bring Winona Ryder
Gotta go get lotsa clothes yeah
Already have plasma TV
Cant get no Tickle Me Emo
Just too emo for kids
Good God we gonna flock down to de mall this afternoon
And den we will get tired
Oh we gonna rock down to de mall this afternoon
Until people get fired
Oh no!
Let's go!
Just go!
Oh no!
God no!
Hell no!
Hello!
YeahNO!
We've got more bags than the country
Can't hold another one
Look at all of this commotion
Ran literally into someone
Oh no we need to get out of dis mall here real soon
Or else I'll get de pliers
Oh no we're gonna shock you too with shopping residue
Our shopping spree is higher
Don't drop it please
Clothes not on street
This shopping playground
Made of the whole damn town
Oh we're now done shoppin' and wrappin' all them too
Kids' energy is higher
Kids do not peek into de gifts we got for you
Just wait till you unwrap dem
Shoppin in the daytime (We gonna shop down to de Saks Fifth Avenue, don't bring Winona Ryder)
Shoppin in de night (We gonna shop down to de mall this afternoon
Then I'll go get some pliers)
"Can I open it.mommy?"( de mall this afternoon)
*repeat until fade*
NOISE!
Out on the street there are people
And they're getting their shopping done
All of the malls we're all shopping
And you can blame it on the season
Oh no
We gonna shop down to de mall this afternoon
Then I'll go get some pliers
Oh we gonna shop down to de Saks Fifth Avenue
Don't bring Winona Ryder
Gotta go get lotsa clothes yeah
Already have plasma TV
Cant get no Tickle Me Emo
Just too emo for kids
Good God we gonna flock down to de mall this afternoon
And den we will get tired
Oh we gonna rock down to de mall this afternoon
Until people get fired
Oh no!
Let's go!
Just go!
Oh no!
God no!
Hell no!
Hello!
YeahNO!
We've got more bags than the country
Can't hold another one
Look at all of this commotion
Ran literally into someone
Oh no we need to get out of dis mall here real soon
Or else I'll get de pliers
Oh no we're gonna shock you too with shopping residue
Our shopping spree is higher
Don't drop it please
Clothes not on street
This shopping playground
Made of the whole damn town
Oh we're now done shoppin' and wrappin' all them too
Kids' energy is higher
Kids do not peek into de gifts we got for you
Just wait till you unwrap dem
Shoppin in the daytime (We gonna shop down to de Saks Fifth Avenue, don't bring Winona Ryder)
Shoppin in de night (We gonna shop down to de mall this afternoon
Then I'll go get some pliers)
"Can I open it.mommy?"( de mall this afternoon)
*repeat until fade*
2006 Jack "Local Celebrity" Wilson
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NO ONE knows this OS wow
5s all the way, buddy! Too many good points to single out, but "Don't bring Winona Ryder" always elicits a loud chuckle. :)
Thanks Eric!
The person who gave you 322 doesn't have a clue (and is too gutless to justify his votes with a comment) This is up there with your best work, Jack...and this bit:
Oh we gonna shop down to de Saks Fifth Avenue
Don't bring Winona Ryder
...is perfect, the funniest line you've ever come up with, and one of the funniest lines I've read in a while: I'm serious, dude! BRA-freakin-VO! 555+
Oh we gonna shop down to de Saks Fifth Avenue
Don't bring Winona Ryder
...is perfect, the funniest line you've ever come up with, and one of the funniest lines I've read in a while: I'm serious, dude! BRA-freakin-VO! 555+
WHOA!!!!!!!!!!!! THANKS A BUNCH KRISTOF!!!!! Well ive gotten that kinda votes a lot so im basically used to it. Thanks! Oh yeah and I listened to the OS while reading this earlier ther is less "Oh no"'s than I put but that's my fauly cause I wrote this in Word like i do all my parodies, accidentallyt dleted that part when I was wirting the subs, ansd forgot how many there were, oh well and I missed a few "We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue" but who the heck cares? (Besides Eddy Grant, and I do LOVE this OS), so thanks!
So wait a minute, now for you to like my parodies I have to put that line in ALL of them from now on? LOL jk ;-)
We gonna shop down to de Saks Fifth Avenue, don't bring Winona Ryder! HAHAHA! ! I lovesies, loved the original, great parody, 5-5-5
Ditto on the Winona Ryder line; that's hilarious. Very good work Jack.
Thanks Charnstar! Love the original too, and C4Prez Dispenser, I left that line as a comment on your Shopping Trip parody a couple months ago, andt hats a good one too!
Oh yeah and check out my Monkeys parody "You're Beertiful"
Who gave the 455? Ah well ok I'LL ADMIT there's parts I forgot and put too mant "Oh no" subs
Granting you fives!
Thanks PMS!
I hope you don't mind me quoting your PM to me, Jack:
You know you;ve mad eit when KRISTOF ROBERTSON calls it one of the funniest lines he;s ever read!
Amen to that. Especially when Claude Prez comes out of retirement to ditto it. Add me to the list, too; it's a great line in perhaps your best parody yet.
You know you;ve mad eit when KRISTOF ROBERTSON calls it one of the funniest lines he;s ever read!
Amen to that. Especially when Claude Prez comes out of retirement to ditto it. Add me to the list, too; it's a great line in perhaps your best parody yet.
Thanks Spaff!!!! That really mmeans a lot coming form the MASTER of AmIRight parodies!!! I know I feel the same way! My best parody yet? YES! YES! SEE? Thsi is the reaction I wanted an ALL 190 parodies of mine, and it takes me 3 freakin years! YES! YES! I feel like Rocky or something. I guess its too good for John A. Barry, Alvin, AFW and Yoidy
Jack, Jack, Jack.....calm down! Perhaps JAB, Alvin, AFW and Yoidy haven't voted because they don't know the song: I don't think Eddy Grant made much of an impact in the US...read your own first comment, dude! You've done VERY well here, and now's the time to be humble and gracious. :-) Merry Christmas!!!!
Thanks,you too! and o9h yeah that;s right, he IS a one hit wonde rso yeah!
Just curious...what are you going to do with the pliers...? ;-)
Ya know? I never thought about it hmm maybe ap-PLY it to someon;s eye
Re: Electric Avenue & Advertising The British Electrical Retailer Curry's currently uses "Electric Avenue" as the theme to their current T.V ads, in order to sell their goods..... How long before someone in the U.S, gets the same idea...?
I love the "Tickle Me Emo" line... Don't know who that girl is so I can't quote that, but "Tickle Me Emo, tickled me Funny Bone"
SOTM-Good
Matthias and everyone else: Here's where Tickle me Emo comes from /www.youtube.com/watch?v=Blk35pDBhLI
(SOTM) A classic couplet, as everyone else has said, in "Saks 5th Avenue/Winona Ryder"! Grimley Fiendish above should note that Montgomery Ward department stores in the U.S. did use the song for their electronics dept.in the 90s, even calling the store section "Electric Avenue".
(SOTM) Great take on TOS, and I, too, didn't get the Elmo joke until I saw the Emo video. I loved the Winona Rider jokes and your lyric subs. This was hilarious 555
Since this goes in the SOTM I have to deduct a point on pacing for that missing chorus. It's overall a good solid Christmas shopping song but I think it has room for more funny, so 444. (But I'm with everyone else on the Winona Ryder part, that line was perfect, Amiright at its best!). :-)
This is one song I've been wanting to attack for a long time, and you did so far better than I probably could have.----MM
(SOTM) I voted 555 because even though their were a few pacing blips toward the end, I felt like you listened to TOS to make this parody and IMO the parody didn't suffer at all from the missing chorus. Now that the technical stuff is out of the way, this is very funny: from the aformentioned "Winona Ryder" line to the Tickle Me Emo and the line about the pliers which leaves me wondering what their use would be. One of your best, Jack.
(SOTM) I agree with everyone else, this is definitely one of your best yet. No more praise for the great Winona Ryder line is necessary, I also liked the "shopping residue" part, since I know THAT firsthand! My only qualm is that you missed a chorus after the "Oh no" section, but other than that, nice job.
(SOTM) Definitely your best so far Jack. I DKTOS though, but it was quite hilarious.
(SOTM) Tricky song to parody -- and you did a GREAT job!
(SOTM) yes, I agree, this is your best parody yet Jack - just the "We gonna shop down to de mall this afternoon" sub alone was excellent, and some other truly LOL lines - keep em coming - 555
(SOTM) See above...keep up the good work!
(SOTM) This is hilarious when I put it to images. Totally fun!
This must be my favourite of yours so far, Jack: I remember the OS from when it was released (yes, I am that old), and IMO it works really well. What made it for me was the mental image of the (usually oh, so serious) Eddy Grant singing it :-D
Oh crap where do I begin? Thanks Matthias, Max, Agr(awesome,didnt know that!),Chris,Stu,Michael,Cat,Johnny,Bobpie( ya didnt follow the video link in the thread?),Peter,Johnny( I liked your parody of this too,great job),Tim,Phil and Kristof again. and Red Ant Thanks again,everyone, as for the pliers,I don't know that was simply something random I came up to rhyme with "And then we'll make it higher" in the OS. Phil: Thanks! You DO know Ive been here since 2003 right? But yes since my comeback Id consider this my best,and my best ever. Second best? Hmm maybe Coked Up the Reindeer
Dude, awesome. Had me laughin'. Great sound-alikes.
I say that I-A-gree
with the majority
About "Wynona Ryder"
Excellent line, man. Like they all say, it work really well wit de song.
I say that I-A-gree
with the majority
About "Wynona Ryder"
Excellent line, man. Like they all say, it work really well wit de song.
SOTM - I don't hear this OS much; your parody fits it pretty well. Nice line about Kleptona Ryder, among other things!
Glen:LOL thanks,and great parody of the chrous
and belated thanks wannabemustangjockey! LOL Kleptona Ryder
(ABC) Very good impact! 5's
What can I say that hasn't been said? You grabbed me with TOYS/NOISE, and I couldn't stop laughing! Lotta great lines here. 555
(ABC-S) FANTASTIC EFFORT JACK WILSON!
(abc3) same as before
(ABC3-S) See above.
(ABC-3) I know I"ve commented on this one, yet I can't find my comment to say "See Above" . . .anyway, I am so blown out of Christmas, but it's still a fun song Jack, as is pretty much everything you write.
(ABC) See above -- previous comment still stands! Well done, Jack.
See previous comment.---MM
(ABC) I LOL'd at the Winona Ryder line. 555
(ABC3S) see above - great stuff Jack
See Above, Still love the Tickle Me Emo
See above through the Seas of Buv.
Thanks Adagio,Yoidy ( That's what I hoped for), Jason,Agri,Pieman, BA Dave ( alright!) , Johnny, Michael,Rick ( Thanks! IOs that the only line everyone likes?) , Stu, Matthias ( me too!) and Red Ant!
Nice, one of my favorite OS's. Very good job with this one, I liked the rhmes you chose for higher.
(ABC) I've been racking my brain for a parody idea for this 80's classic. Looks like you aced it here. Good job, Jack.
Jeff:Thanks, one of my favs too
Mikey: Thanks! Hmm how about "Il;l take these clothes down to the washing avenue,then put dem in de drier"
Mikey: Thanks! Hmm how about "Il;l take these clothes down to the washing avenue,then put dem in de drier"
whoa, there you go! - kudos for thinking of "tickle me emo" first Jack - in my piece I actually had it as "tickle me elmo" (I needed a famous toy) in my first draft, rhyming poorly with "ME know" and it suddenly hit me that the correct rhyme ie. "emo" was funnier
Actually, MadTV did it before any of us did, it was a parody of Tickle Me Elmo where the Elmo doll was acting emo and cutting itself and the kid threw it on the couch
Dave,record this one! With a reggae accent too. And less Oh no subs, cause I put mroe than there should be.
I don't have a backing track for it at the moment. . .but I will certainly consider it for you. . .it's a fun OS. . .I approved it in the "Pimp Your Parody" section, I couldn't approve it in the recording section yet, but maybe that will change in the near future. . .Welcome to badave.com:)
Thanks Dave! Yeah it is, one of my favs. I saw, LOL I didnt realize that was a recording a section til a submitted it, I thought it was your site's mini amIright where people can submit their own parodies. Ok! Thanks!
I took you up on your request to view it. Glad I did, Jack. This is a beaut. Didn't read through the comments and this has already probably been said but I esp. liked:
Don't bring Winona Ryder
Very very nice. I like.
Don't bring Winona Ryder
Very very nice. I like.
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