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Song Parodies -> "I Wanna Eat Cicadas"

Original Song Title:

"I Wanna Be Sedated"

^(MP3)

Original Performer:

"I Wanna Eat Cicadas"

Parody Written by:

The Lyrics

Cicada recipes: http://www.urhome.umd.edu/newsdesk/pdf/cicada%20recipes.PDF

Seven-seven-seven-teen years to go
I wanna eat cicadas
No bugs to chew 'til they return, ohh
I wanna eat cicadas

Just get me to the airport, put me on a plane
Fly me fly me fly me, to tasty bug terrain
I can't control my hunger, no more can I abstain
Oh no, oh oh oh oh

Seven-seven-seven-teen years to go
I wanna eat cicadas
No bugs to chew 'til they return, ohh
I wanna eat cicadas

Feel like I'm in a coma, lusting for those bugs
Got cicada pictures, on T-shirts and on mugs
I'll bring along my grandma, I'll bring along my pugs
Woof woof, bow wow, oh oh

Seven-seven-seven-teen years to go
I wanna eat cicadas
No bugs to chew 'til they return, ohh
I wanna eat cicadas

I love their little red eyes, I love how they glow
Mating mating mating, they sure put on a show
I'll scrape 'em off the sidewalk, I'll cook 'em really slow
Yum yum, saute on low

Seven-seven-seven-teen years to go
I wanna eat cicadas
No bugs to chew 'til they return, ohh
I wanna eat cicadas

They taste so much like almonds, oh I love them so
Put them in a curry, or roll them in a dough
Their exo-skeleton shells, they make my colon go
Crunch crunch, grunt grunt, yo HO!

Yum-yum-bugga, yum-a-yum-bugga, I wanna eat cicadas
Yum-yum-bugga, yum-a-yum-bugga, I wanna eat cicadas
Yum-yum-bugga, yum-a-yum-bugga, I wanna eat cicadas
Yum-yum-bugga, yum-a-yum-bugga, I wanna eat cicadas

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Adagio - June 07, 2004 - Report this comment

DKTOS this one Johnny, but I have to say, bleeeh! Bug recipes. Reads good.

Johnny D - June 07, 2004 - Report this comment

Hi Adagio - thanks for stopping by. Here is a link to an Amazon.com sample of "I Wanna Be Sedated" - please watch out for bogus " - " hyphen-characters that Amiright's comment-posting-software sometimes sticks into URL's, you might have to manually remove them from this URL after you try pasting this URL into your browser:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000003BRN/103-0199180-7994258?v=glance&vi=samples

Here's a collection of MIDI files for The Ramones, including "I Wanna Be Sedated":

http://hem.passagen.se/ak5/ramones/midi.html

Arwen - June 07, 2004 - Report this comment

SO SO SO gross...I have a friend in Maryland who keeps sending me pictures of the gaggy bugs...and I'm about to choke myself just from the thought of living with them. HOWEVER...I've had a little thing for the Ramones ever since I watched "Rock & Roll High School" with my big brother when I was like...six...so...I have to give respect where it is due...nice work, Johnny...as always! 555!!

Wife of a thug - June 07, 2004 - Report this comment

5-5-5!

Adagio - June 07, 2004 - Report this comment

Thanks for the links, Johnny. What a fun, gross song...more fun, now that I know the music. 5's

Tim Hall - June 07, 2004 - Report this comment

Since the cicadas are in Cincinnati already, maybe they will start serving SIX-WAY chili. Great job on an event that happens every 17 years.

Ashkicksass - June 07, 2004 - Report this comment

You are a sick man. But I still gave you 5's.

Melhi - June 07, 2004 - Report this comment

Funny funny funny fours are too lo-o-ow
(I can't believe he ate it!)...
...Ew Ew Ew Ew, so gross! :D

Johnny D - June 07, 2004 - Report this comment

Thanks, Arwen, Wife of a thug, Adagio, Tim, Ashkicksass, and Melhi!

Spaff.com - June 07, 2004 - Report this comment

Woof woof bow wow - wow! I'm not sure I get the "seventeen years" reference, but no matter. I love this. The grandma line is my fave. And, damn, what a killer title.

Spaff.com - June 07, 2004 - Report this comment

I shoulda read Tim Hall's comment. That plus Google clued me in on "Brood X." I like this parody even more now.

Johnny D - June 08, 2004 - Report this comment

Thanks, Mighty Spaff!

alvin rhodes - June 08, 2004 - Report this comment

i ate some 17 years ago.....that was enough for me...5s

Johnny D - June 08, 2004 - Report this comment

Thanks Alvin!

Cookie-man - June 08, 2004 - Report this comment

That was just sick and wrong.......and FUNNY AS HELL! 5's all the way!

Michael Pacholek - June 08, 2004 - Report this comment

The title is fantastic! The parody is really good. The concept is disgusting! In other words, classic Johnny D.

Claude Prez - June 08, 2004 - Report this comment

Me too about the title. I've been kicking around a couple cicada-themed parodies ever since the little monsters started flying in my face all day long. Anyway, tasty stuff.

Johnny D - June 09, 2004 - Report this comment

Thanks Cookie-man, Michael Pacholek, and Claude Prez!

Meriadoc - June 10, 2004 - Report this comment

It's odd - I lived in the midwest for 22 years, and I heard the things and I saw the empty shells, but I never saw a live one!

Johnny D - June 10, 2004 - Report this comment

Thanks Merry.....my wife comes from Chicago.....she has childhood memories of walking on a very crunchy sidewalk!

Joelle - September 25, 2004 - Report this comment

Eww!

Jake A Ralphing (Luke Brattoni) - September 28, 2004 - Report this comment

(Gross) I really sank my teeth into this one, KTOS and all. You may have heard of Australia's current locust plague, the worst in 40 years. Then again, seeing how our Prime Minister's visit to USA a few years ago went by completely unnoticed, you probably HAVEN'T. Munch on these 5s.

Johnny D - September 29, 2004 - Report this comment

Thanks, Joelle and Luke.

Agrimorfee - September 29, 2004 - Report this comment

(Gross) I really liked this one, JD! Hummable and hilarious.

Johnny D - September 29, 2004 - Report this comment

Thank you, Agrimorfee.

Jeff Reuben - September 30, 2004 - Report this comment

Yeah, we get em here too =)

Paul Robinson - September 30, 2004 - Report this comment

(gross contest) - DKTOS - gross read, though...

Claude Prez - October 01, 2004 - Report this comment

Still a classic title and funny as hell. Plus it's easier to laugh at the little bastards now that they're all DEAD

Johnny D - October 03, 2004 - Report this comment

Thanks Jeff, Paul, and Claude.

Silver Power - October 03, 2004 - Report this comment

Johnny, I Hate It. Now My Wife Wants To Eat Cicidas With You SOmetime And Soon She'll Dump Me And Take My Son And...Well...You DO Make Em Sound Appetizing.. 5 5 5...

Johnny D - October 03, 2004 - Report this comment

Heh heh heh, thanks, Silver Power! ;-)

Anastasia Beaverhausen - October 07, 2004 - Report this comment

i don't think i would want to eat a bug! lol. this is so funny, even though eating a bug would be pretty sick.

Steven Cavanagh - October 11, 2004 - Report this comment

Mmmm, takes me back to the drive-thru at Pankot Palace...

Johnny D - October 11, 2004 - Report this comment

Thank you, Anastasia & Steven.

Jonathan S. - March 24, 2007 - Report this comment

PAAAAHAHAAAAHAAHAHAHA!!!!!!! (gasp) Sorry, but that parody was bleedin' drop-dead hilarious! The title alone is reason enough to snicker, but then there's that "I scrape 'em off the sidewalk" line. People seem to do really good with parodies of this song, but I'm in no way saying yours just like everyone else's...it's quite possibly the absolute best "I Wanna Be Sedated" parody on this site. If you don't have yourself or someone else record this, it's a crime against humanity! 5-5-6

Johnny D - March 26, 2007 - Report this comment

Wow, thanks, Jonathan S.!! It's always great to hear a good word about an old parody!

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