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Song Parodies -> "Jibjab.com"
Original Song Title:
"This Land Is My Land"
Original Performer:
Arlo Guthrie
Parody Song Title:
"Jibjab.com"
Parody Written by:
Chris Bodily TM
The Lyrics
I saw on Jibjab
A thing called "This Land"
It had George Dubya
And our next President
That guy's name's John Kerry
Jibjab's in hot water
That song was just a parody
As I was surfing
On Amiright's website
I found this par'dy
That stupid lawsuit
You can legally
Do a parody
That case ocurred in '93
On CNN's site
I finally found the headline
Gave a bunch of laughs out, and now my gut hurts
'Cause I heard George Bush and John Kerry singing,
"This land will surely vote for me"
The lawsuit's stupid
'Cause I was rolling
When I was laughing
Boy, that song was boring
I fell asleep every time I heard it
That song would make me go to sleep
Was Arlo Guthrie
A country singer?
Guess that's why that song's so boring
But on the other hand
Everybody loves it
Now that song was made for me to sleep!
I sure hope that John Kerry
Will attract all of the people
Or maybe third party
I see the people
All hate George Dubya
He can't say, "Nuclear"
Yeah, this song was made to parody
Nobody living can ever stop us
From doing parodies
That counts as fair use
Nobody really needs permission, yeah
Need no consent to parody
A thing called "This Land"
It had George Dubya
And our next President
That guy's name's John Kerry
Jibjab's in hot water
That song was just a parody
As I was surfing
On Amiright's website
I found this par'dy
That stupid lawsuit
You can legally
Do a parody
That case ocurred in '93
On CNN's site
I finally found the headline
Gave a bunch of laughs out, and now my gut hurts
'Cause I heard George Bush and John Kerry singing,
"This land will surely vote for me"
The lawsuit's stupid
'Cause I was rolling
When I was laughing
Boy, that song was boring
I fell asleep every time I heard it
That song would make me go to sleep
Was Arlo Guthrie
A country singer?
Guess that's why that song's so boring
But on the other hand
Everybody loves it
Now that song was made for me to sleep!
I sure hope that John Kerry
Will attract all of the people
Or maybe third party
I see the people
All hate George Dubya
He can't say, "Nuclear"
Yeah, this song was made to parody
Nobody living can ever stop us
From doing parodies
That counts as fair use
Nobody really needs permission, yeah
Need no consent to parody
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The song was written by Arlo's dad, the inimitable Woody Guthre.
And he was a folk singer, not a country singer.
Otherwise a good song (and I like the original as well)
Woody Guthrie's orginal "This Land" was originally parodied by a Canadian, substituting the lyrics pertaining to American landmarks for lyrics pertaining to famous Canadian landmarks. This version has been sung for many years by campers at Canadian summer camps, and no one has ever complained, so why should anyone complain now?! Besides, the jibjab.com parody does not favor either candidate; it is just another demonstration of smear tactics by opposing political candidates. Also, if Mark Russell can get away with performing political parodies of popular songs for 25+ years on PBS without any problems, why should there be problems now?! Hats off to Chris Bodily TM for another great version of "This Land"!
love the parody...love jibjab too...5s
GREAT parody. Arlo is personally insulted. I can respect that, but to sue is stupid. It will be thrown out of court. Weird Al has never been sued.
The original Jibjab parody was great; very funny, and I think Woody Guthrie would have written another song about the ridiculous lawsuit over his song. What I really liked about Jibjab's is that it poked fun at both sides, and was genuinely funny. The one above is simply someone's attempt at a political statement for his side, and not funny; Arlo should be insulted.
Juat so ya know......G.W. wins by a landslind
What's a landslind?
To call Arlo Guthrie boring is like saying Johnny Cash horrible, or Bob Dylan stupid. You DON'T do it.
Arlo Guthrie ain't boring. Johnny Cash ain't horrible. Bob Dylan ain't stupid. SamuraiMaster is none of these things as well. But Dumbya IS all these negative things. And this land is my land and your land, it's made for you and me - not Dumbass and his corrupt toady friends.
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