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Song Parodies -> "33.6 Modem"
Original Song Title:
"98.6"
Original Performer:
Keith
Parody Song Title:
"33.6 Modem"
Parody Written by:
neminem
The Lyrics
I'd never heard of this song until two days ago, when I read a parody of it, and it seemed so eminently parodiable that I had to download it. I have to say, I got kind of stuck after the chorus, and so the rest of it isn't particularly brilliant, but I decided to post it anyway. If it wasn't immediately obvious, this is about how annoying it is to not have DSL. I do, but one of my friends doesn't, and he's always complaining.
Good morning net, it really sucks to have to dial in
I know Pac-Bell just wants to screw me
My friends have DSL, there ain't no silver lining
My net connection is so crummy
Dang, 33.6, my modem is a piece of crap. This
Sucks, 33.6, connection is so slow it gets me
riled up,
God, I hate this dial-up.
Hey, everybody in Quake 3: I doubt you're smilin',
Because I make the game so laggy.
Can't really surf the information superhighway,
Can't even get where that link takes me!
Dang, 33.6, my modem is a piece of crap. This
Sucks, 33.6, connection is so slow it gets me
riled up,
God, I hate this dial-up.
Can't really surf the information superhighway.
Can't even get where that link takes me!
Dang, 33.6, my modem is a piece of crap. This
Sucks, 33.6, connection is so slow it gets me
riled up,
God, I hate this dial-up.
I know Pac-Bell just wants to screw me
My friends have DSL, there ain't no silver lining
My net connection is so crummy
Dang, 33.6, my modem is a piece of crap. This
Sucks, 33.6, connection is so slow it gets me
riled up,
God, I hate this dial-up.
Hey, everybody in Quake 3: I doubt you're smilin',
Because I make the game so laggy.
Can't really surf the information superhighway,
Can't even get where that link takes me!
Dang, 33.6, my modem is a piece of crap. This
Sucks, 33.6, connection is so slow it gets me
riled up,
God, I hate this dial-up.
Can't really surf the information superhighway.
Can't even get where that link takes me!
Dang, 33.6, my modem is a piece of crap. This
Sucks, 33.6, connection is so slow it gets me
riled up,
God, I hate this dial-up.
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Any song that slams Pac Bell gets fives from me, Nem. As you may have heard, we disapprove of in-crowd parodies. However since we CAN play, I would certainly consider this for another MUSICAL tribute. So stop griping that no one likes you. Quantity isn't everything. And you have to be a bit obsessed to wind up at my end of the list, which has it's own downside.
Nice one, Nem. Rings well in my head, especially so recently after my "modem connection" one.
N -- you and I belong to a very exclusive club -- no one else on this site has parodied this song. The original lyrics are so dumb! I enjoyed this one (especially working in the "highway" lyric) and, like Rick, love Pac Bell bashing!
I recently changed from 56.6 to DSL, neminem. This parody has a lot of meaning for me!
If I know the original, I would vote for it! That's sad that you can't skip a part of the voting...
Grumble! I've been one'd.
(123) DKTOS, but I kind of know the feeling since I still have 56k. Good read.
(123) This is the very model of a modem Data General. I like this. As you probably know i write a lot of geek parodies. It's nice to read a well written geek parody like this. Well done. 555 BPS. Actually the old standard for BPS was 556 but since this is about slow modems I knocked off 1 BPS.
(123) DKTOS, nem...but I hear ya talkin'!!
(123) Clever.
(123) What Guy said ("...modem Data General" ....GRROOAANNN). Dialup sucks. DSL is good. But...get DSL and...you...will...want....MORE !!! ;-)
And more is indeed what I have, while at Mudd :D. T1 is quite nice.
Clever concept, but I would have liked it better if the chorus was more creative and varied.
At 33.6kB, I wasn't at all baud with this one... ;-)
(123) poor 33.6s - they take a caning here
a fine addition to the massive collection of tecchie parodies on this site ...
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