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Song Parodies -> "Michael Phelps"
Original Song Title:
"If I Fell"
Original Performer:
The Beatles
Parody Song Title:
"Michael Phelps"
Parody Written by:
Merry & Pippin
The Lyrics
Pippin: As an Aussie, writing this is bittersweet. Gotta admire the achievement, but admit to frustration that one man alone was the difference between the two countries.
Merry: Who's Michael Phelps?
A low-bitrate mp3 of the song can be found here.
Merry: Who's Michael Phelps?
A low-bitrate mp3 of the song can be found here.
Michael Phelps is in the pool
Would I therefore be a fool
To race him? He’s the man
Maybe silver? Maybe bronze?
Can I lay my hands upon
But gold, he commands
Try with all my heart - but lose
Of that, assured
From the very start
That dude swam past me in a blur…
Trained for many years, but he:
Blows dreams, goodbye
Yeah, he stuffed me good, left me
All starred and striped - and hurt
Winning medals seems mundane
But I would be glad if that was my gravy train!
Superman would be denied
By swimming’s Fort Knox
And so who am I?
Just a schmuck in speed-o
Cause I couldn't gold attain
When I raced this lad - he’d beat whales on their terrain
With this bloke, Beijing, for I
Was tough to swum through
‘Neath that smoggy sky, I guess brass - it must do...
Michael Phelps is in the pool…
Would I therefore be a fool
To race him? He’s the man
Maybe silver? Maybe bronze?
Can I lay my hands upon
But gold, he commands
Try with all my heart - but lose
Of that, assured
From the very start
That dude swam past me in a blur…
Trained for many years, but he:
Blows dreams, goodbye
Yeah, he stuffed me good, left me
All starred and striped - and hurt
Winning medals seems mundane
But I would be glad if that was my gravy train!
Superman would be denied
By swimming’s Fort Knox
And so who am I?
Just a schmuck in speed-o
Cause I couldn't gold attain
When I raced this lad - he’d beat whales on their terrain
With this bloke, Beijing, for I
Was tough to swum through
‘Neath that smoggy sky, I guess brass - it must do...
Michael Phelps is in the pool…
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i'm glad he won all the gold medals but watching swimming to me is about exciting as watching golf...especially liked the line about beating whales
I was gonna do Phelps! to Help!, but another Beatles parody about him would sink like a stone.
Someone else beat me to that one - good.
Love the 'left me starred and striped and hurt' line. 555
Alvin, the only thing exciting about watching swimming for me is watching the Aussies beat the Yanks, otherwise it serves no purpose ha ha! And of course this year, there were 8 races where that got ruled out before they got wet :)
8 for Phelps; 15 for you. Great title.
Good, funny stuff, though the wording got a little rough at the end. 5-5-5. McKludge, go ahead and do your "Help!" I look forward to it. Consider your parody just another gold around Phelps' neck.
M & P Austrailia has had some phenominal athletes particiating this Olympics! Many more than past years: Go Aussies!! . . . For Lord McKludge, I second Mel's urging of whelping ' Help ' on Phelps!
I meant to add earlier - I ALSO wanna see "Phelps" to Help!". Go for it :)
LCC, thanks! It's funny, the perspective issue. Per capita, Australia always does quite well, although this time, we are actually quite disappointed. Our male swimmers, our rowers and our cyclists have all done way below expectations. Then again, we got a silver in Athletics last night which is about the equivalent of 8 golds from our POV ha ha!
Michael would have been proud of this.
I thought this was gunna be about the Australian actor...but then I realised that's Peter.. 3 x golden 5's. Oi Oi Oi ! :)
Nice timing and good pacing. You might win the gold after all.
Olympic class parody
Wow an American Olympian sure brings 'em out in droves! Deservedly so, irregardless ;-)
M & P - Enter Michael Phelps - exit Mark Spitz. Nice topical parody. He is now the king of water-ness. =;-)
Michael Phelps is part dolphin
Does anyone know where the love of gold goes when Mike Phelps turns the minutes to seconds? The Aussies have screamed, but this parody, it seemed, is worth medal, itself, I do reckon.
put a audio link you SOB
Ah nick of the small 'n', how eloquently you write. Yes, as you noticed, I had an audio link. However, as the parody was released 6 weeks prior to your lovely feedback, it has since been replaced by something more recent. There is a concept of an ISP only allowing so much personal web space, you TWAT (see, I too can type in upper case) ;-p
Well swum. Glad a "latest comment" pointed me here else it'd've likely remained among the many gems I've doubtless missed during a long hiatus.
Nicely executed...5-5-5
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