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Song Parodies -> "White Light-'White Heat'"
Original Song Title:
"White Light-White Heat"
(MP3)Original Performer:
Velvet Underground
Parody Song Title:
"White Light-'White Heat'"
Parody Written by:
John A. Barry
The Lyrics
If you haven't seen "White Heat" (1949; dir.: Raoul Walsh), James Cagney plays Cody Jarrett, an oedipal, psychopathic criminal seeking affection/affiliation from, respectively, his mother (Margaret Wycherly) and his wife (Virginia Mayo). As he stands triumphantly atop a gasoline storage tank at a refinery he's just tried to rob, his final line is: "Made it ma, top of the world!" Then the tank explodes. Lou Reed led the Underground, which did the OS. This parody is based on the short version of it (http://www.lyricsdepot.com/velvet-underground/white-light-white-heat.html)
White light up on the silver screen shines;
Don't look into the beam or you'll go blind.
"White Heat" is the flick that this theater shows;
James Cagney's in it; he goes nuts and blows.
White light through 24 per sec. frames
Let's you see this flick that's got two dames.
"White Heat" is the flick that this theater shows
White hot the flame singein' Jim's toes.
Ooo, white light,
Ooo, "White Heat,"
Ooo, white hot,
Ooo, "White Heat."
White light goes through those nitrate frames,
White light gets too hot, turns film into flames,
White light--to cool it down, a fan blows,
White-hot bulb--don't touch it with nose.
White light, if it shines in your eyes,
Gonna turn 'em into corneal fries.
"White Heat," to "top of world" Cag. goes;
Quite bright is the light when the tank blows.
Don't look into the beam or you'll go blind.
"White Heat" is the flick that this theater shows;
James Cagney's in it; he goes nuts and blows.
White light through 24 per sec. frames
Let's you see this flick that's got two dames.
"White Heat" is the flick that this theater shows
White hot the flame singein' Jim's toes.
Ooo, white light,
Ooo, "White Heat,"
Ooo, white hot,
Ooo, "White Heat."
White light goes through those nitrate frames,
White light gets too hot, turns film into flames,
White light--to cool it down, a fan blows,
White-hot bulb--don't touch it with nose.
White light, if it shines in your eyes,
Gonna turn 'em into corneal fries.
"White Heat," to "top of world" Cag. goes;
Quite bright is the light when the tank blows.
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i'm a fan of the movie and the song...marvelous collision
Thanks, Alvin. I saw 'em in concert once.
ok..now i'm jealous
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