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Song Parodies -> "I Read It In the Tabloids"
Original Song Title:
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine"
(MP3)Original Performer:
Marvin Gaye
Parody Song Title:
"I Read It In the Tabloids"
Parody Written by:
Claude Prez
The Lyrics
Ooh, I bet you're wonderin' how I knew
'bout Roseanne's old butt tattoo
And the restaurant massa-cree
When the Lobsters of Death got free
It took me by surprise I must say
When I found out Shaq is gay
Dontcha know that I
Read it in the tabloids
Martha Stewart is an android
Oh I read it in the tabloids
It's a Good Thing I'm not paranoid
Honey honey yeah
(Read it in the tabloids **Doctors Stunned By Genius Crab Boy**, baby)
I know a man ain't supposed to cry
But poor Mary Kate is gonna die (*sob*)
And the Congress are all ETs
Which explains a lot to me
The truth is up there on the shelf
**Rookie Barber Castrates Self**
It's true I
Read it in the tabloids
'bout the Giant Deadly Asteroid
Ooh, I read it in the tabloids
This whole planet's gonna be destroyed
Honey honey yeah
(Read it in the tabloids bout how Siegfried wants to stab Roy, baby)
People say believe half of what you see
**Psycho Bear On Shooting Spree**
**Bigfoot Call Girl Loved By All**
**NBA Bans Alcohol**
Do you plan to just sit there
While the aliens are probing Cher?
Don't you know that I
Read it in the tabloids
John Paul II has been a bad boy
Ooh, I read it in the tabloids
He goes papal when he gets annoyed
Honey honey yeah
(Read it in the tabloids Wacko Jacko likes to grab boys, baby)
Honey honey I know
Who's been gettin' J. Lo
Read it in the tabloids...
'bout Roseanne's old butt tattoo
And the restaurant massa-cree
When the Lobsters of Death got free
It took me by surprise I must say
When I found out Shaq is gay
Dontcha know that I
Read it in the tabloids
Martha Stewart is an android
Oh I read it in the tabloids
It's a Good Thing I'm not paranoid
Honey honey yeah
(Read it in the tabloids **Doctors Stunned By Genius Crab Boy**, baby)
I know a man ain't supposed to cry
But poor Mary Kate is gonna die (*sob*)
And the Congress are all ETs
Which explains a lot to me
The truth is up there on the shelf
**Rookie Barber Castrates Self**
It's true I
Read it in the tabloids
'bout the Giant Deadly Asteroid
Ooh, I read it in the tabloids
This whole planet's gonna be destroyed
Honey honey yeah
(Read it in the tabloids bout how Siegfried wants to stab Roy, baby)
People say believe half of what you see
**Psycho Bear On Shooting Spree**
**Bigfoot Call Girl Loved By All**
**NBA Bans Alcohol**
Do you plan to just sit there
While the aliens are probing Cher?
Don't you know that I
Read it in the tabloids
John Paul II has been a bad boy
Ooh, I read it in the tabloids
He goes papal when he gets annoyed
Honey honey yeah
(Read it in the tabloids Wacko Jacko likes to grab boys, baby)
Honey honey I know
Who's been gettin' J. Lo
Read it in the tabloids...
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Brilliant, Claude :-) Favourite line had to be "He goes papal when he gets annoyed"
PS Congrats on getting into triple figures ;-)
Like Phil said--this is brilliant! Many great lines here. 555s in 190-point type!
Like MasonR and Philbo said, this is indeed brilliant. I wish I'd thought of it first .... Congratulations on your 100th parody posting, Claude! And welcome to The Amiright "Top 40".
Since Claude is 90% of the monkey room, he's been over 100 and in the top 40 for a long time.
Yes, I plan to just sit there while the aliens are probing Cher but it is a good chance that I might get up and do something about the rest, like sending you 555 for this monthly(?) issue for starters. Part from that I only wish that you had used a made up joke instead of a sad but true fact about Wacko. That line breaks off a bit from the rest.
best one i read today...bravo !
Rick D, thank you --- you've gibbon us all a fresh perspective on Claude's chimpionship status.
Hmm... sounds like SOMEbody had a long wait in line at the grocery store, recently! ;) Hilarious, love it!
I was gonna give you fives for this brilliant piece, Claude, but I had to dock you a point. How could you write a song about supermarket tabloid newspapers and not mention either Bill or Hillary Clinton? Other than that, it was sensational. Just make sure you weren't carrying 17 items on an express lane.
Yeah I know, Claude, some of that stuff is just unbelievable!
for instance, just the other week they ran the headline "Bush Gets Re-elected" - 555
for instance, just the other week they ran the headline "Bush Gets Re-elected" - 555
Claude, brilliant and inspired. I am pressed to give you 5's. I must disagree with Know1 because some tabloid stuff is indeed true. At least I prefer to believe so...
Claude, your parodies are really one of a kind.
A lot of good lines, particularly the Lobsters of Death line.
Hey thanks everybody
My favorite tabloid story is the ever present bat boy in the national examiner. This parody was a riot! Great work! 555
(SOTM) Really cute lines and good idea...loved it. 5's
Forgot to put this in my initial comment (SOTM) :)
(SOTM) Jazzy and incindiary, Claude.
SOTM--hilarious, Claude!
(SOTM) Still hilarious, still love it.
(SOTM) - FIVES AWARDED TO PARODY TYPED BY CAT. Claude's talented pet gets his glory stolen again!
I tend to run out of butt-kissing superlatives when commenting on your work, C4P. You go above and beyond in your pieces; one example that strikes me here is your coming up with three different rhymes for "tabloids" - and that for a line sung by the background singers and that doesn't even rhyme in the original. How anyone could rate this less than fives is beyond me.
(SOTM) Still wish I'd thought of it first.
(SOTM) already commented, but excellent still
Thanks for all the great comments everybody.
LOL! I must have read all of these papers! 3rd place in SOTM, Claude, I enjoyed very much!
(SOTM) Well, there went our chances - hee hee. Excellent as always Claude!
(SOTM) Unbelievable, in both content and...well, content. This was soooo worthy.
Well done, I read about this in the Enquirer last month.
(SOTM) thought I had a pretty good entry this month...let's see, I think this was the 13th I read...I put me around 14th place so far...Fantastic stuff, Claude...I could be allowed to vote for 10 and still feel bad about whoever's stuff I left out this month.
http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=3009.0;id=2912;image
better late than never..... just fabulous ... well done LOL!! 5s
What Spaff said. Superb. And now I know where I stole my Bigfoot idea.
If Congress is full of ETs, that would explain a lot of things. Still an excellent parody, Claude.
Missed this contest. Very funny stuff. Liked the 'Tabloid' rhymes you found the best, specifically 'Martha Stewart is an android'.
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