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Song Parodies -> "Janet Leigh"

Original Song Title:

"Let It Be"

Original Performer:

Beatles

Parody Song Title:

"Janet Leigh"

Parody Written by:

Rick Duncan

The Lyrics

A tribute to a legend.
When I find myself in motel showers
One film image comes to me
Tony Perkins stabbin'
Janet Leigh

And though it's just a movie
I keep thinking someone's after me
Screaming like a banshee
Janet Leigh

Janet Leigh Janet Leigh
Janet Leigh Janet Leigh
Violins are shrieking
Janet Leigh

And when the late show airs it, showing
Alfred Hitchcock on T.V.
I just have to look at
Janet Leigh

I hate it when she bares it, though the
Edits go by rapidly
Black and white blood drips from
Janet Leigh

Janet Leigh Janet Leigh
Janet Leigh Janet Leigh
Open eyeball staring
Janet Leigh

(Strings only solo)

And through the curtain cloudy
There's a shape that I can barely see
Gonna do me just like
Janet Leigh

I raise a loud godawful ruckus
Look at what was scaring me
Just my little daughter
Had to pee

Janet Leigh Janet Leigh
Janet Leigh Janet Leigh
Man, I'm still remem'brin'
Janet Leigh

Janet Leigh Janet Leigh
Janet Leigh Janet Leigh
Should have kept on driving
Janet Leigh

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Pacing: 5.0
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Overall Rating: 5.0
Total Votes: 36

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Johnny D - October 05, 2004 - Report this comment
She had a Kes-like quality, didn't she?
Arwen - October 05, 2004 - Report this comment
I'm totally laughing out loud...the daughter thing killed me...=) 5s, Rick!
Robert J. Pagliaro - October 05, 2004 - Report this comment
And she named her daugher Jamie Leigh . . . nice job Rick.
Ashkicksass - October 05, 2004 - Report this comment
The daughter thing killed me too!
Royce Miller - October 05, 2004 - Report this comment
a fine tribute
John Barry - October 05, 2004 - Report this comment
Nice tribute to an actress in one the best films of all time.
Adam Eccleshall - October 05, 2004 - Report this comment
Excellent!
2Eagle - October 05, 2004 - Report this comment
Good tribute that came on time. Speaking of tributes, does anyone remember that Oct. 2 was the fiftieth anniversary of the day "Peanuts" was first published?
Paul Robinson - October 05, 2004 - Report this comment
very nice job, Rick, I just saw the news item about Janet Leigh in the paper a couple minutes ago before I came online. 5's...the line about your daughter was really good, too...
Paul Robinson - October 05, 2004 - Report this comment
It just dawned on me that yesterday afternoon while I was driving I was listening to a song where a reference to the "Psycho" shower scene is mentioned, although it is a bit hard to make it out because it's part of a 3-part round and the line is sung in an high-pitched imitation of a child's voice sort of behind the other two parts, as though it is something in the back of the character's mind that they remember from childhood and has influenced them.
Dee Range - October 05, 2004 - Report this comment
Good job on a great old tune Rick. 5's across
Tim Hall - October 05, 2004 - Report this comment
Great tribute to a fine actress.
alvin rhodes - October 05, 2004 - Report this comment
nice tribute, rick....janet was a fine actress to be sure...5s
Steven Cavanagh - October 05, 2004 - Report this comment
5! 5! 5!
Stuart McArthur - October 05, 2004 - Report this comment
Perfect - fits the original like a glove - 555
Ingeborg S. Nordén - October 05, 2004 - Report this comment
Great pacing, topical, vivid descriptions...5's all round!
Rick D - October 05, 2004 - Report this comment
Thanks all. This one happened in the time it took the car to sink into the lake.
Claude Prez - October 06, 2004 - Report this comment
Loved the first verse best but the whole thing was good.
momrath - October 07, 2004 - Report this comment
I understnd she took abths instead of showers for years afterwards....VERY funny parody
Adagio - November 01, 2004 - Report this comment
SOTM...funny Rick 5's
Jake A Ralphing (Luke Brattoni) - November 09, 2004 - Report this comment
I'm sure there would be violin shrieks at the mere sight of you in the shower. ;) Some sharp wit here that really gets to the point. 5s from mother.
Ash - November 09, 2004 - Report this comment
SOTM - I read this and felt like the daughter... peed my pants laughing!
Guy - November 10, 2004 - Report this comment
(SOTM) This one cuts right to the point. I had a great visual on that daughter thingy. You'll find your votes in room 555 at the Bates Motel.
Kristof Robertson - November 10, 2004 - Report this comment
(SOTM) How did I not see this 1st time? Great...555
Agrimorfee - November 12, 2004 - Report this comment
(SOTM) And now, my tribute to Bernard Herrman...EEK! EEK! EEK! EEK! EEK! EEK! EEK! EEK!....Dunduuuuh! Dunduuuuuuuh! 555
Know 1 can hear you dream - November 12, 2004 - Report this comment
(SOTM) 555 cameos.
Melhi - November 17, 2004 - Report this comment
(SOTM) These lyrics pace into the original so perfectly I'm no longer sure these aren't the original lyrics and I've just been mis-hearing them all these years -- great job, Rick!
Claude Prez - November 19, 2004 - Report this comment
Wow, halfway through the SOTM voting and this is the first song I've commented on before? I need to get back here more often. Still like the first verse best.
Arwen - November 20, 2004 - Report this comment
SOTM--I just need to ditto my previous comment...still great, Rick!
Stuart McArthur - November 23, 2004 - Report this comment
(SOTM) loved it then - love it now - it really is a perfect OS/parody match-up - poignant too
martha - November 23, 2004 - Report this comment
great actress movie great song great parody .. it's all been said ... Jo Cocker's version of Let it Be is a big favourite of mine....
John Jenkins - November 23, 2004 - Report this comment
Even though she did a lot of other good acting, it is hard to separate the actress from that role, and you captured that connection very well.
Johnny D - November 25, 2004 - Report this comment
(SOTM) See above.
Peregrin - November 26, 2004 - Report this comment
Ick, you're my prick of the month. Oops! I mean : Rick, you're my pick of the month! ;-p Very funny. Top One finish for you!
Dee Range - November 27, 2004 - Report this comment
SOTM...excellent...high 5's
Spaff.com - November 28, 2004 - Report this comment
This settles it - Rick Duncan is a psycho. Love it. Love it. Love it.
2nz - November 29, 2004 - Report this comment
I've found myself lathering one side at a time as well. Nice one Rick.
Meriadoc - November 30, 2004 - Report this comment
(SOTM) I had no idea who Janet Leigh was until I started reading (yes, I live in a vacuum) ;-) Nice job.
Paul Robinson - November 30, 2004 - Report this comment
(SOTM) - Superb piece, as I mentioned above. Mer - you mean there is a cultural Item or icon I KNOW about that YOU don't? That's always been the other way around...anyway, Rick, you did an excellent job here and it was a nice tribute, too...in a strange way...
Jeff Reuben - December 01, 2004 - Report this comment
Very good job. And you picked a Beatles song I know! Don't see above (hadn't commented before)
Agrimorfee - July 20, 2005 - Report this comment
(ABC05) Have you met my mother? You'll like her. Um, never mind. How did I miss this one?
Red Ant - July 21, 2005 - Report this comment
(ABC05) A fine parody here Rick. Dark but impressive.
Charlie Decker - July 25, 2005 - Report this comment
(ABC) Great homage. Well done!
Johnny D - July 28, 2005 - Report this comment
(ABC) See above!
Rick C - August 01, 2005 - Report this comment
(ABC05) This is so well done, it's scary...555
Stuart McArthur - August 01, 2005 - Report this comment
( J ) yes, I DO remember this one, and repeat my first 2 comments - great parody, Rick - you penned it as an obituary I remember but it's still classy 6 months later
Jake A Ralphing (Luke Brattoni) - August 03, 2005 - Report this comment
Still a scream.
Phil Alexander - August 03, 2005 - Report this comment
I thought I'd commented on this already. Excellent, Rick. As usual.
Jeff Reuben - August 03, 2005 - Report this comment
I honestly didn't know who Janet Leigh was before reading this (dating myself a bit here). Well done!

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