Making fun of music, one song at a time. Since the year 2000.
Check out the two amIright misheard lyrics books including one book devoted to misheard lyrics of the 1980s.
Song Parodies -> "Round Plane XF5U"
Original Song Title:
"I Put a Spell on You"
(MP3)Original Performer:
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Parody Song Title:
"Round Plane XF5U"
Parody Written by:
Robert D. Arndt Jr.
The Lyrics
Rather than post a huge amount of info and the associated pic links in the bottom box, I will just provide the info on this fascinating plane from one of my site entries (under Flying Flapjack section): http://www.laesieworks.com/ifo/lib/disc.html
Round plane XF5U
“Skimmer” of WW2
Vought wanted STOL for WW2
For Navy flyin’
Low aspect ratio tryin’
Navy wanted the circular bandit
Contra-props spinnin’ ‘round
Six .50 cals as armament
Shape made it hard to shoot down
Round plane XF5U
“Skimmer” of WW2
Speed 502 (mph)
Never flew
Never flew
Never flew
Shipped to Muroc, Cal
Sat all the while
Despite the secrecy
It was scrapped anyhow
From V-173
Round plane XF5U
“Skimmer” of WW2
(surpassed by jet supremacy)
“Skimmer” of WW2
Vought wanted STOL for WW2
For Navy flyin’
Low aspect ratio tryin’
Navy wanted the circular bandit
Contra-props spinnin’ ‘round
Six .50 cals as armament
Shape made it hard to shoot down
Round plane XF5U
“Skimmer” of WW2
Speed 502 (mph)
Never flew
Never flew
Never flew
Shipped to Muroc, Cal
Sat all the while
Despite the secrecy
It was scrapped anyhow
From V-173
Round plane XF5U
“Skimmer” of WW2
(surpassed by jet supremacy)
Rare pic of Zimmerman's "flying shoes": http://www.howtoadvice.com/Image/Photo/CharlesZimmerman.jpg
Your Vote & Comment Counts
The parody authors spend a lot of time writing parodies for the website and they appreciate feedback in the form of votes and comments. Please take some time to leave a comment below about this parody.
Place Your Vote |
Voting Results
| ||||||||||||||||||
Voting Breakdown
The following represent how many people voted for each category.
| Pacing | How Funny | Overall Rating | |||||||||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
User Comments
Comments are subject to review, and can be removed by the administration of the site at any time and for any reason.
Saw an episode of History Detectives last night that included film footage of a Sikorsky experimental craft called the "Flying Flapjack". Odd looking, but it appeared to have a very short take-off run, and it looked like it flew OK.
I'll bet that plane doesn't just fly around in circles... ;-) Great work Rob! 5's :-)
Patrickp do you ever click on my links??? It was the Vought-Zimmerman V-173 "Flying Flapjack" that led to the XF5U-1 "Skimmer" and Boeing had a rival circular design- the B.390/391...
The author of the parody has authorized comments, and wants YOUR feedback.
Link To This Page
The address of this page is: http://www.amiright.com/parody/misc/screaminjayhawkins530.shtml For help, see the examples of how to link to this page.
This is view # 889
