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 -> "TOPSY"
Original Song Title:
"DELAY"
Original Performer:
John A. Barry
Parody Song Title:
"TOPSY"
Parody Written by:
Robert D. Arndt Jr.
The Lyrics
In 1903, Thomas Edison wanted to show the public the dangers of rival Westinghouse's DC current vs his own AC current. So he arranged for a public execution of an elephant that had trampled 3 people over 3 months (2 accidents and an abusive handler). The circus elephant was named Topsy and became the victim of DC current. For "humane" purposes the elephant was fed poisoned carrots laced with cyanide before the demonstration. It was chained and then exposed to thousands of watts of DC electricity. It faltered, fell, twitched, and died in a public spectacle... all b/c Edison was a bastard who wanted to promote AC current over DC at any cost and to shame rival Westinghouse in public.
T is for elephant trampling,
O’s for the obituaries- three,
P’s for punishing feed,
S’s for shocking AC,
Y’s for yelling, crowds complaining ‘bout Edison’s chore
Elephant death made Westinghouse sore
Topsy science experiment crude,
AC/DC “current war” made news
Spectators were gawkin‘, AC current was shockin‘—
Westinghouse singin’ the blues
T’s for it twitching several ways,
O’s for no ovation that grim day,
P’s for poison carrots fed pre-slay,
S’s for such a sad story, Tom had his way,
Y’s for year, ‘03, settlin’ a score…
death of circus pachyderm mourned
Topsy‘s execution was bad news,
Topsy’s death was animal abuse
Death was a blow—Edison‘s “DC safety” excuse;
to promote his AC use
Topsy was shakin’
weight made it hard to execute;
it was chained, upright position. Poison fed, people gawked,
ate cyanide while it chewed;
then was shocked, dropped dead- what did it prove?
Topsy, VICTIM, DC use:
Edison made people puke
Only proved that HE was cruel, arrogant fool
[Tesla was smarter, used electricity too]
O’s for the obituaries- three,
P’s for punishing feed,
S’s for shocking AC,
Y’s for yelling, crowds complaining ‘bout Edison’s chore
Elephant death made Westinghouse sore
Topsy science experiment crude,
AC/DC “current war” made news
Spectators were gawkin‘, AC current was shockin‘—
Westinghouse singin’ the blues
T’s for it twitching several ways,
O’s for no ovation that grim day,
P’s for poison carrots fed pre-slay,
S’s for such a sad story, Tom had his way,
Y’s for year, ‘03, settlin’ a score…
death of circus pachyderm mourned
Topsy‘s execution was bad news,
Topsy’s death was animal abuse
Death was a blow—Edison‘s “DC safety” excuse;
to promote his AC use
Topsy was shakin’
weight made it hard to execute;
it was chained, upright position. Poison fed, people gawked,
ate cyanide while it chewed;
then was shocked, dropped dead- what did it prove?
Topsy, VICTIM, DC use:
Edison made people puke
Only proved that HE was cruel, arrogant fool
[Tesla was smarter, used electricity too]
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 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
User Comments
Comments are subject to review, and can be removed by the administration of the site at any time and for any reason.
I'm on top of it. . .got one done.
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/2010s/johnabarry50.shtml For help, see the examples of how to link to this page.
This is view # 914