What would that be though I mean theres a ton:

Achy Breaky Song - parody of Billy Ray Cyrus's "Achy Breaky Heart"

Addicted to Spuds - parody of Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love"

Alimony - parody of Billy Idol's "Mony Mony"

Amish Paradise - parody of Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise"

Another One Rides the Bus - parody of Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust"

Bedrock Anthem - parody of Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Under the Bridge" AND Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Give It Away"

The Brady Bunch - parody of Men Without Hats' "Safety Dance"

Canadian Idiot - parody of Green Day's "American Idiot"

Cavity Search - parody of U2's "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me"

A Complicated Song - parody of Avril Lavigne's "Complicated"

Confessions Part III - parody of Usher's "Confessions Part II"

Couch Potato - parody of Eminem's "Lose Yourself"

Do I Creep You Out - parody of Taylor Hicks's "Do I Make You Proud"

Eat It - parody of Michael Jackson's "Beat It"

eBay - parody of the Backstreet Boys' "I Want It That Way"

Fat - parody of Michael Jackson's "Bad"

Girls Just Want to Have Lunch - parody of Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"

Grapefruit Diet - parody of Cherry Poppin' Daddies' "Zoot Suit Riot"

Gump - parody of The Presidents of the United States' "Lump"

Headline News - parody of Crash Test Dummies' "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm"

Here's Johnny - parody of El DeBarge's "Who's Johnny"

I Can't Watch This - parody of M.C. Hammer's "U Can't Touch This"

I Lost on Jeopardy - parody of The Greg Kihn Band's "Jeopardy"

I Love Rocky Road - parody of Joan Jett & the Blackhearts' "I Love Rock and Roll"

I Think I'm a Clone Now - parody of Tiffany's "I Think We're Alone Now"

I Want a New Duck - parody of Huey Lewis & The News' "I Want a New Drug"

Isle Thing - parody of Tone Loc's "Wild Thing"

It's All About the Pentiums - parody of Sean "Puffy" Combs's "It's All About the Benjamins"

Jerry Springer - parody of Barenaked Ladies' "One Week"

Jurassic Park - parody of Richard Harris's "MacArthur Park"

Lasagna - parody of "La Bamba"

Like a Surgeon - parody of Madonna's "Like a Virgin"

Livin' in the Fridge - parody of Aerosmith's "Livin' on the Edge"

Living With a Hernia - parody of James Brown's "Living in America"

King of Suede - parody of The Police's "King of Pain"

Money For Nothing / Beverly Hillbillies - parody of Dire Straits' "Money for
Nothing"

My Bologna - parody of The Knack's "My Sharona"

Ode to a Superhero - parody of Billy Joel's "Piano Man"

Phony Calls - parody of TLC's "Water Falls"

The Plumbing Song - parody of Milli Vanilli's "Baby Don't Forget My Number" AND Milli Vanilli's "Blame It On the Rain"

Pretty Fly for a Rabbi - parody of Offspring's "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)"

Ricky - parody of Tony Basil's "Mickey"

The Saga Begins - parody of Don McLean's "American Pie"

She Drives Like Crazy - parody of Fine Young Cannibals' "She Drives Me Crazy"

Smells Like Nirvana - parody of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit"

Spam - parody of R.E.M.'s "Stand"

Stop Draggin' My Car Around - parody of Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers' "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around"

Syndicated Inc. - parody of Soul Asylum's "Misery"

Taco Grande - parody of Gerardo's "Rico Suave"

Theme From Rocky XIII - parody of Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger"

(This Song's Just) Six Words Long - parody of George Harrison's "Got My Mind Set On You"

Toothless People - parody of Mick Jagger's "Ruthless People"

Trapped in the Drive-Thru - parody of R. Kelly's "Trapped in the Closet"

Trash Day - parody of Nelly's "Hot in Herre"

White and Nerdy - parody of Chamillionaire's "Ridin'"

The White Stuff - parody of New Kids on the Block's "You Got It (The Right Stuff)"

Yoda - parody of The Kinks' "Lola"

You're Pitiful - parody of James Blunt's "You're Beautiful"

The call goes out:

A parody of a specific song, town. Anybody? if you don't know if you are a parody of a specific song, please Wiki, we don't want to turn this into a mass roleclaim.


Secondly, a violent song, town. Anybody?



(Oh, and Rokk, I'm such a huge TMBG fan that Everything You Know is Wrong had me busting a gut when I first heard it-- references to St Peter and prothetic body parts that don't usually have them especially.)

Wow, I love TMBG, and never knew that.

That list omits "It's Still Billy Joel to Me" which I don't think has been released anywhere.

"What's the matter with the songs he's sing?
Can't ya tell they all sound the same?"

Specifically, Flood-era TMBG.

Yeah, I don't think it was ever distributed/available for sale.

It's been on Doctor Demento a lot (I still have my taped copy of it) and I wouldn't rule out some concert performances, but it certainly isn't widely known.

I gave that up a while ago -- largely because in many, many cases I heard Al's song first. Now I just assume the "original" act is parodying him.

"Who does that Jimmy Henrik guy think he is?
Can't he see he is just copying Lenny Kravitz?"

Vote count:

KO Bossy: Ignatz_Mouse, Melkhor, normalview

With 17 players remaining, 9 is majority.

True story:

My dad is a huuuuuuge classic rock (heck classic 'most any music genre you care to name except rap') fan and a good part of my formative years was spent listening to his collection and have him periodically quiz me with "Who is this? What album is it from?" kind of questions when stuff would come on the radio.

Which then makes me weep when my friends would hear the original of a widely covered song and say "Hey, this is ripping off [insert latest pop band]!" Not that covers are necessarily bad (many at least bring something new to the table if they don't improve on the original in some way), but I almost punched a guy when he told me Kylie Minogue wrote 'The Loco-Motion."

change vote: rokk

With nobody claiming a song parody that's town, time to apply pressure.

Either nobody is, or else they've overlooked the request-- a vote will get more attention.

My girlfriend has had many animated debates online regarding who wrote "The Mercy Seat" - some people seem to think Nick Cave was merely copying Johnny Cash when it fact it is the other way around.

I've been told by know it alls that the Fantastic Four ripped off the Invincibles, and that Sting did a lousy cover of P-diddy's "every breath you take." I can forgive the people that told me as they were at least 10 years younger than I.

I was downright hurt though when someone fifteen years my senior critiscized Bob Marley's "I shot the Sheriff." Who the heck is that? they asked, and then went on to berate his rendition and tell me that Clapton wrote it.

Note: I am not playing in this game. But just wanted to share.

Carry on...

Ignatz I like your style
VOTE ROKK

Still no townie song parodies?