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Song Parodies -> "Comma Semicolon"
Original Song Title:
"Karma Chameleon"
(MP3)Original Performer:
Culture Club
Parody Song Title:
"Comma Semicolon"
Parody Written by:
The Comedian
The Lyrics
English majors criticize what I say
When I listen to them I smile and say
I'm a man (a man)
Without good diction
I'm a man (a man)
Who doesn't know
How to write (to write)
A line of fiction
That doesn't blow
That doesn't blow
Comma, comma, comma, comma, comma; semi-co-lon;
You pause, and go; you pause, and go, o-o-o!
Punctuation's easy if you bother to write stuff clean
Proofread and screen; proofread and scree, ee-ee-een
Didn't read my wicked words every day
But I'm used to how you beat-up what I say
Yet my love (my love)
For lousy diction
Is a thing (a thing)
I love so strong
When I show (I show)
You my poor letters
You think I'm wrong
You think I'm wrong
Comma, comma, comma, comma, comma; semi-co-lon;
A clause ends so; a clause ends so, o-o-o!
Punctuation's easy if you write only shite that's keen
Proofread and screen; proofread and scree, ee-ee-een
Every phrase
Is like "Survivor" ("Survivor")
Vote my rough words off as eye-sores!
Every phrase
Is like "Survivor" ("Survivor")
Vote my rough words off as eye-sores!
(instrumental)
I'm a man (a man)
Without good diction
I'm a man (a man)
Who doesn't know
How to write (to write)
A line of fiction
That doesn't blow
That doesn't blow
Comma, comma, comma, comma, comma; semi-co-lon!
You pause, and go; you pause, and go, o-o-o!
Punctuation's sleazy if you don't give a damn like me
Read; it; and; weep,,,,,,read; it; and; weep!
(repeat chorus; then, repeat chorus, then;re,peat;cho,rus;)
When I listen to them I smile and say
I'm a man (a man)
Without good diction
I'm a man (a man)
Who doesn't know
How to write (to write)
A line of fiction
That doesn't blow
That doesn't blow
Comma, comma, comma, comma, comma; semi-co-lon;
You pause, and go; you pause, and go, o-o-o!
Punctuation's easy if you bother to write stuff clean
Proofread and screen; proofread and scree, ee-ee-een
Didn't read my wicked words every day
But I'm used to how you beat-up what I say
Yet my love (my love)
For lousy diction
Is a thing (a thing)
I love so strong
When I show (I show)
You my poor letters
You think I'm wrong
You think I'm wrong
Comma, comma, comma, comma, comma; semi-co-lon;
A clause ends so; a clause ends so, o-o-o!
Punctuation's easy if you write only shite that's keen
Proofread and screen; proofread and scree, ee-ee-een
Every phrase
Is like "Survivor" ("Survivor")
Vote my rough words off as eye-sores!
Every phrase
Is like "Survivor" ("Survivor")
Vote my rough words off as eye-sores!
(instrumental)
I'm a man (a man)
Without good diction
I'm a man (a man)
Who doesn't know
How to write (to write)
A line of fiction
That doesn't blow
That doesn't blow
Comma, comma, comma, comma, comma; semi-co-lon!
You pause, and go; you pause, and go, o-o-o!
Punctuation's sleazy if you don't give a damn like me
Read; it; and; weep,,,,,,read; it; and; weep!
(repeat chorus; then, repeat chorus, then;re,peat;cho,rus;)
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I'm semi-callin' this a hit. Nice work JD. This was over the top.
Johnny D, Looks like you are ready to give some of us a "Colon-ass-kicking". 5's.
How come we gotta scan so much up and down to read your stuff? You're a real "space" cadet. I used to be a cmplete A-hole. Now I'm only a semi-colon.
I hope you won´t follow further in the steps of BG and join some wacky cult or something... you´d be high priest before noon. :-)
i wish you'd have been my high school english teacher...5s
That is the funniest thing I've ever heard....
Thank you all, folks!
Guy: Now THAT's a "semi" I wouldn't mind getting "hit" by!
Paul: Hmm, you have a point, considering I went from yesterday's "enema" theme to today's semicolonic endeavor.
Rick: Is space becoming a pain for you? You should visit Captain James T. Kirk's Star Fleet Chiropractor, and FACE....THE SPINAL FRONTIER.
K1chyd: Follow in the footsteps of George O'Dowd? HA! My twirl isn't nearly campy enough! ;-)
Alvin: Oh do you non't !!
Holli: Wow, thanks! ;-D
Guy: Now THAT's a "semi" I wouldn't mind getting "hit" by!
Paul: Hmm, you have a point, considering I went from yesterday's "enema" theme to today's semicolonic endeavor.
Rick: Is space becoming a pain for you? You should visit Captain James T. Kirk's Star Fleet Chiropractor, and FACE....THE SPINAL FRONTIER.
K1chyd: Follow in the footsteps of George O'Dowd? HA! My twirl isn't nearly campy enough! ;-)
Alvin: Oh do you non't !!
Holli: Wow, thanks! ;-D
This do'nt blow...great as usual JD
spacey!,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,5's
Johnny.....what you said...'FACE....THE SPINAL FRONTIER. 'LOLOLOL
What? No 'postrophes? Sigh! 5's anyway! Good one JD
Hey, Johnny D, good going on this one! Nothing wrong with your diction as far as I can tell! 555 d;:^)
Thanks Dee, Adagio, Pippin, and Bob!
Very creative, JD! This was by far one of the best parodies I've read on this site lately; I give it a perfect 5-5-5! One thing I must say, it absolutely bugs me when I see misuses of punctuation. You really nailed it. :)
Thank you, Serafina. ;-)
I bet you've got Lynne Truss's 'Eats, Shoots And Leaves' book on punctuation. Although the title to me always suggests that the panda walks into a bar and shoots someone and departs!
Heh heh, thanks, pickle!
Having written a song about hyphens, I absolutely loved this one, great job Johnny!
Thanks for "pausing by", Jeff!
Great choice of subject, funny handling...but the stress in "semicolon" simply wouldn't match "chameleon" no matter how hard I tried, and rhyming "survivor" with "eyesores" was a reach. 4-5-5...
Thanks Ingeborg .... I'm just glad you took the time to read it so closely and write a comment that shows you gave it an in-depth look!
Now here is a song that has been crying to be parodied since its release, and Johnny has pulled it off tremendously! Put this one up for SOTM, Johnny! 555
Thank you Agrimorfee!
SOTM Already voted...still great!
Thanks, Pat.
SOTM - What Adagio said.
Thanks, Guy.
Another one I could have sworn I left a comment for earlier... obviously not, though. I obviously liked it first time around as it certainly had a part in my writing "Bad Grammar" :-)
SOTM--5s from this grammar geek!
I loved this the first time I read it; I love it still. (How's my semicolon use?) But since I failed to comment before: Ditto what RAD said (heh heh). Ditto what k1chyd said (though I didn't know that Bob Gomez had joined a wacky cult). Ditto what Bob Gomez said (even if he's joined a wacky cult). Ditto what pretty much everyone said. I have a feeling that this is one of those where every time I hear the original my brain will substitute "comma sem-ee-co-lunn."
(SOTM) Johnny took my advice...still a big contender.
(SOTM) Wow, that brings a lump to my colon. It's excellent, period. Must dash!
Thank you Philbo, Arwen, Mighty Spaff, Agrimorfee, and Steven.
(SOTM) Your diction's airy. (Curse you Rick D!!!) Completely to the contrary of Ingeborg, rhyming semicolon with chameleon was a / of genius!
Thank you, Luke.
SOTM > You're, a; guy: who -- makes... me. giggle! :)
You sure Phil didn't write this? (that's a compliment to both of you). To be honest, this title has stuck with me all month even though I'm just now finally clicking on it; as someone who overuses semicolons, I'm glad I did; it's quite good; no "anal colon" puns from me, though; sorry.
Thanks, Melhi; glad to hear it! And Claude, it's an honor to give you pause...thank you, too! ;-)
(SOTM) - Still like it as I said above. Very good stuff, to use my best Ingrishh werds...
Thank you again, Paul.
reminded me a little of Victor Borge's musical punctuation pieces ... anybody remember those???? great stuff as always Johnny 5s
Thanks, Martha. I remember Victor Borge, but not that particular schtick.
Nothing autobiographical about this parody - well done, JD.
Thanks very much, JJ!
Fiveulous work JD!
(SOTM) I like punctuation parodies! :-)
Thanks Pippin and Merry! ;-)
Who can take a comma
Write a parody
Who can give the song a semi-colonoscopy
It's Johnny D
Yes, it's Johnny D, see
Write a parody
Who can give the song a semi-colonoscopy
It's Johnny D
Yes, it's Johnny D, see
Thanks for the mini-parody, 2nz!
What put this one over the bar from funny to hilarious was actually using commas and semi-colons in the song. :)
Thanks SomeGuy!
I like your little english punctuation songs
I appreciate your comments, Dominic, thanks.
If you were of oriental origin, I'd punctuation. (reeeally scraping the barrel here!) Still groovy, JD.
(AbC) 555 from a noted semicolon abuser.
(ABC05) A good one reprised...see above
(ABC05) Already commented...lol still. 5's
(ABC-C) See above comments.
C - "C" my previous comment, above ^ :)
(ABC) I think I was away when this was first posted.....but it rocks!! 555
It's amazing what a well placed comma can do for a sentence.
(ABC) Hilarious :-)
One of my favorites, excellent job JD...and see above.
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Belatedly --- (ABC-thank-you), Luke, CD, Agri, Pat, Guy, Melhi, Kristof, MysteryGoat, Adam, and Jeff!
(ABC Finals) This was great, especially the last 2 lines! 5s.
(ABC-SOTY) whoa, I must not have been in the C-comp JD as there's no comment here - what a brilliant take on the OS title - typical JD genius here
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