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Song Parodies -> "More Of The Same (State Of The Union Speech)"
Original Song Title:
"Two Of A Kind"
Original Performer:
Bobby Darin and Johnny Mercer
Parody Song Title:
"More Of The Same (State Of The Union Speech)"
Parody Written by:
Old Man Ribber
The Lyrics
Having missed Monday's breaking news about the Papal resignation and the wave of Tuesday's parodies, I vowed to write the first parody about President Obama's State of the Union address. I selected a really swinging tune...a duet by Bobby Darin and lyricist/vocalist Johnny Mercer. Please check out the original on Youtube. I've given both duets parts to President Obama, who prefers to govern without any input from the legislative and judicial branches. As for the speech itself, it was indeed "More Of The Same". ;D
More of the same,
Tonight I'll be saying - still more of the same.
Press hails my name
Like jackasses braying. They're mine but it's lame.
I'm King of the Realm. I won my election
So my new direction's not tame.
But I'll still kick it up, stick it up, trick it up.
More of the same.
Soak the rich! Watch me baiting and switch.
I now answer to none.
Over-reach as I give each new speech.
It's a barrel of fun.
Now I can say
All things I'm believing. I've got my mandate.
Do it my way!
No clever deceiving. Big government state!
Fund more green jobs, 'though not shovel-ready.
Big spending's so heady, my game.
So I say here tonight with delight "Screw the right"!
More of the same.
Placing the blame
On all who oppose me - for I have no shame.
Flaunting my fame
For you can't depose me. Keys(1) sings I'm aflame.
I'm chipping away - at the Constitution
And no restitution you'll claim.
Behind my screen of smoke watch me joke as I choke
You with the frame.
Look at me as I rule by decree.
I'm scaling Rushmore's heights.
Smashing dents - in first two amendments
And curbing all your rights.
Raising the debt.
New taxes? I've spent it. The budget I break.
I'm not done yet.
As Hil(2) told the Senate - "What dif' does it make?"
For I can lean of the Fed - to print up much more money(3)
And like Easter's bunny it came.
So I'll inflate the buck like a schmuck. It will suck!
More of the same.
Giving you stuff
Gets me re-elected, 'though we're all going broke.
It's never enough
For I have directed - working people we'll choke.
Concluding tonight, I'm blessing the U.S.
My wife's such a fabulous dame.
I'll turn and thank my Joe(4). Does he know he's a schmoe?
Boehner(5) I'll maim!
So now all bow to me rev'rently as you see
More of the same.
(1) - Alicia Keys, whose interminable over-the-top rendition of "Obama's On Fire" at the Inaugaral Gala was actually redeemed by her record-setting lengthy version of the National Anthem at the Super Bowl. (2) - Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her fist-pounding response to a question about the Benghazi killings. (3) - In this line and from there on out, we have the vocalists taking liberties and putting too many words in the meter. I therefore followed the exact flow of their meter busting.(4) - Vice-President Joe Biden...enough said. (5) Speaker of the House of Representatives John Boehner, Obama's favorite straw/boogie man. (6) - There isn't a (6)! I just wanted to see if you were paying attention. ;D
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The Awkward Moment when someone who keeps pushing the same failed ideas of conservatism accuses the President of "More of the Same."
Michael - This is like olden days (and who knows more about "olden days" than a conservative"!) You're a man of honor, and a 5-1-2 from you on a poltical parody is a most acceptable score. I've called us Humphrey and Goldwater, but sometimes I think we approach being Gladstone and Disraeli. ;D
I give this brilliant parody 3 of a kind, 555
Well said OMR-555!!!
As always, OMR, you make your musical points with verve, tenacity and style... rarely resorting to the *big guns* (your trombone and fluglehorn!)
To that Commie Kenyan usurper Messiah fellator who sang that he was "on fire"... well, his pants are, certainly and the rest of him and all of his Hell-bound racist fascist misogynist terrorist traitor fellators will be soon enough. To the fascist hypocrite fellator promoting his same old failed anti-American Communist policies on here: soon you'll be on fire too, you parasitic old racist misogynist mass-murdering war-mongering hate-filled Satanist. You can't be too healthy living in a leftist urban hellhole like yours, after all. Also, when you get to the Hell prepared for your kind in the hereafter, say hi to Chris Dorner; he really does perfectly represent everything leftists are just as all your favorite online hate groups have been saying this last week; funny that we could finally agree on something.
Alicia Keys did WHAT at his inauguration ceremony? Oh, tell me she didn't, please! For the love of GOD, did we actually NEED another reason to hate that inane bloody song?! Thank god for parodies like this, which go a long way restoring the balance of reason. A top job, Ribber - 555!
liberals - too stupid to know that 4 minus 6 isnt 10. keep spending to buy votes, your kids will remember what you did to them.
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