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Song Parodies -> "Like a Retriever"
Original Song Title:
"I'm a Believer"
(MP3)Original Performer:
Neil Diamond
Parody Song Title:
"Like a Retriever"
Parody Written by:
Doug Raiden
The Lyrics
She looked like a princess from a fairy tale.
But sometimes life isn't what it seems.
Never thought they were stretching
When they said she was fetching.
I thought she was the woman of my dreams.
Then I saw her face. Looked like a retriever.
She gave chase all the way to the end
While I raced for a place I could leave her.
Not all dogs are man's best friend.
I like to take my date out for a walk.
Or call her for a frolic on the beach.
I like heavy petting
But not in this setting.
Chasing tail is just a figure of speech.
Then I saw her face. Looked like a retriever.
She gave chase all the way to the end
While I raced for a place I could leave her.
Not all dogs are man's best friend.
But sometimes life isn't what it seems.
Never thought they were stretching
When they said she was fetching.
I thought she was the woman of my dreams.
Then I saw her face. Looked like a retriever.
She gave chase all the way to the end
While I raced for a place I could leave her.
Not all dogs are man's best friend.
I like to take my date out for a walk.
Or call her for a frolic on the beach.
I like heavy petting
But not in this setting.
Chasing tail is just a figure of speech.
Then I saw her face. Looked like a retriever.
She gave chase all the way to the end
While I raced for a place I could leave her.
Not all dogs are man's best friend.
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I wrote this song, but I myself never performed it; the Monkees performed it. So you should not have credited me as the original performer.
Correction. I suddenly realized that I did perform this song and that my recording is contained on my greatest hits collection, The Essential Neil Diamond. Whoops!
Hey, wait, I'm the REAL Neil Diamond! :P
So am I.
I'm the real Anastasia Romanov.
(confused) Will the real Neil Diamond please stand up?
(standing) I am Spartacus.
The song's pretty funny, but all the Neil kibitzing is hilarious.
Will the real Neil Diamond please stand up? I think we've got a problem here.
I'm hoping the real Neil Diamond is the young guy who sang "Cherry, Cherry" and "Cracklin' Rosie" and "Sweet Caroline," not the middle-aged "Jewish Elvis" who sang "Desiree" and "Hello Again" and "America"... today or any other day.
SS: Hey, that's my line!
I command the forces of American imperialist oppression to stop impersonating celebrities on this page. P.S. I am available for commercial endorsements. Please contact my agent.
Why not? You're impersonating a celebrity too, so why not practice what you preach?
I just wanted to say that in my opinion Neil Diamond was the first to perform "I'm a Believer." Also, I wanted to let everyone know that I have applied for copyright protection for the term "weapons of mass destruction." And a patent.
I have also applied for a patent for the use of all articles and prepositions, like "the" and "of."
Correction: Neil Diamond wrote it for us. :-P....,.
Davy Jones: By the way, I don't think you're really Sadaam Hussein. Does he speak any English?
Mickey Dolenz: Probably not.
Davy Jones: By the way, I don't think you're really Sadaam Hussein. Does he speak any English?
Mickey Dolenz: Probably not.
I translate my entries through Babel Fish.
You really expect me to believe that you're Sadamn Hussein?
The "Saddam Hussein" in Iraq is an impostor. In reality I live in Garden Grove, California and am negotiating a major endorsement deal for a line of women's underwear.
Okay, how about telling me your real name? (And please put your real name in the name field so I know who you are.)
Well sometimes I go by the name of Dr. Filth. By the way, please stop using articles and prepositions. Kadaffi has the patent on nouns, verbs, and adjectives. Arafat used to have it on personal pronouns but now it belongs to his estate. I think you can still use adverbs and gerunds.
Excuse me but I can use them if I damn well please. You are not the boss of me. EVERYBODY uses them. So just shut the hell up about it or your comments will disappear.
Could you make my comments disappear? I didn't say half the things I said.
Neither did I.
All right you two, will you cut it out?
Come back, fake celebrities! Come back! I was only joking abut the prohibition. Saddam Hussein is not to be taken seriously.
The person above me is NOT the former Iraqi leader.
And sorry, I don't have change.
What teh hell do U mean?
If you owe $87,000,000 and pay $100,000,000, I can't give $13,000,000 back.
I think you're trippin.
Yes, I know. By any chance, do you happen to think that I write song parodies that don't meet the pacing of the original?
I have heard TOS, and I believe it was written by the Monkees, but I'm probably wrong. Didn't vote, but this has got to be the funniest thread I have ever seen. Lets have a celebrity death match between Neil Diamond and Saddam Husein. Now lets all shut up.
Red Ant, I should inform you that Neil Diamond wrote TOS, but the Monkees performed it. Can we all just be quiet about it now?
Red Ant: Although I did not write the fake Red Ant comment, I thought it was both hilarious and well-intentioned. He clearly was not trying to pass himself off as the genuine Red Ant. His comment does not reflect badly on you. In any case, while you are welcome to continue to post comments here that are either humorous or relate in some way to the parody, I would appreciate your not using this page as your personal blog.
Thank you Red Ant.
I'msorry I didn't realize that the first comment labeled "Red Ant" was by an impostor. I wasn't trying to be harsh or anything.
You probably don't know any of my parodies because I am not a parody author; I'm just a commenter. There are other people who visit this site who write comments but no parodies. When I made my first comment on this comment thread, I had no idea that I was responding to the fake Red Ant. We all know what it's like to be misunderstood, right?
P.S.: if you want to make paragraphs, just hitting the carriage return on here won't do; you will have to use the "br" tag (between the lessthan and greaterthan symbols).
P.S.: if you want to make paragraphs, just hitting the carriage return on here won't do; you will have to use the "br" tag (between the lessthan and greaterthan symbols).
But I didn't vote 1,1,1. A Parody Police Officer must have.
Hey, wait, I'm the REAL How to Work a Room.
all right you two, will you cut it out?
Red Ant, you killed the thread that wouldn't die.
I'll just try to settle this infamous argument by informing everyone who has made weird comments that Neil Diamond WROTE this song, but he himself did not PERFORM it. The Monkees did.
Period.
Period.
Dear Brown Ant: I performed the song while writing it.
That's a lie. The real Neil Diamond didn't even write that comment!
Dear Deal Nymond: First of all, I don't think you wrote your comment. Secondly, it is impossible to write music without performing it while you write. Thirdly, TV commercials are a lie. Secret deodorant might be made for a woman but it is not in fact strong enough for a man.
If any of YOUR comments were true, then Dick Van Dyke's real name would truly be Penis Van Lesbian.
Lol at the Real Neil. (Hey! I just made something rhyme!)
I'm thinking of changing my name to Neil but I might spell it Neal or possibly Kneel.
^ ^^ ^^^ Cut it out, you morons.
Sirhan Sirhan is too repetitive. I've been repeating it my entire life. That's why I'm thinking of changing my name to Neil Neil.
To the moron who keeps posing under different aliases (most recently "Sirhan Sirhan"), get a life. You're boring me to death.
You tell him, Dickie.
I'm also considering Diamond Diamond ... or maybe Neil Diamond Neil Diamond.
I said GET A LIFE!!
You guys are criving me daisy. Steeze plop it.
As the price vesident said, let a gife.
Whoops, wrong song. I meant people are strange.
I bet the last three comments were all written by the same person. Beisdes, the real Mim Jorrison is dead now. He would've turned 63 last Friday if he were still alive.
I would like to use this forum to say that I oppose my death penalty.
The REAL sadaam didn't write the above comment. And the one above that one, well, it wasn't even written by the real Mother Teresa (there's no H in her name), and thats because she's been dead for nine years. So PTHBTPBPT!!
I'm a different Mother Theresa. Theresa is a very common name, you know. There are six Mother Theresas in my convent, at least four of whom have never molested children.
Also, you misspelled Saddam.
Just a minute, Mother Theresa. How can you have more than one mother per convent?
We were promoted. Sister Superiors were promoted to Mother. Mothers were promoted to Grandmother.
Hey, wait, I'm the REAL Chick Daney. I didn't write that comment!
Will you all please be quiet??
I'm the real Yubble Doo.
I'm the real Austin Stench, International Man of Overpowering Bodily Odor.
STOP IT, ALL OF YOU!! You're acting like children!!! Not one single comment on this comment thread has to do with the parody itself, which is what is intended. If you do not stop, I will personally ask the admins to take it down, and if the author still gives a s**t about his parody, he will have to re-submit it.
Seriously people. Grow up.
P.S.: the nazis who keep copying everyone's comments and ridiculing the names (who are probably all just the same moron under different aliases) can kiss my ass.
Seriously people. Grow up.
P.S.: the nazis who keep copying everyone's comments and ridiculing the names (who are probably all just the same moron under different aliases) can kiss my ass.
You're both wrong. I'm the real Yubble-Doo.
It's site quimple. Just whip your flerds.
It's site quimple. Just whip your flerds.
Abraham--I agree--whole heartedly, it's intended to be ABOUT THE PARODY---and these posts are far from about the parody--well not that I read all of them, but the ones I quick scanned weren't.
B.A.D.: Who is Abraham?
Just curious, Ack. What difference does it make to you?
Leave him alone, Balter. Mr. Jabramov is just trying to stop this comment thread from getting too outta control, and I support him whole heartedly. Let's have someone make an actual comment about teh parody, for cryin out loud.
Ack, are you the author of the parody? Are you the site owner or administrator?
I said leave him alone, dammit.
Don't leave him alone, Walter. Question him without mercy. Also, I liked the pardy and gave it 3 stars out of 5.
Don't listen to the MT imposter, he/she/it/banjo is just asking for trouble. I support Bobie Kryant whole heartedly, so all you nazis can go kiss my wazoo.
Please stop with the unnecessary comments, people. I bet most of the comments on here were written by the same 8 year old posing as famous people. Nice try, sucka.
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