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Song Parodies -> "(Last Night) I Didn't Get To Sleep At All"
Original Song Title:
"The Star-Spangled Banner"
Original Performer:
Francis Scott Key
Parody Song Title:
"(Last Night) I Didn't Get To Sleep At All"
Parody Written by:
Tommy Turtle
The Lyrics
Oh-oh, darn, I can see now the dawn's early light
Haven't slept -- not a wink -- since the twilight's last gleaming
Should I call you myself and forget foolish pride?
Called your number; it rang; I hung up before screaming
I had given my best
My heart needed some rest
But sleep would not come
Broken dreams; too depressed
A drink and cou-ple Am-bi-en™, Val-i-u-u-m™, too...
I could not... fall asleep
'Cause my mind was on you
Haven't slept -- not a wink -- since the twilight's last gleaming
Should I call you myself and forget foolish pride?
Called your number; it rang; I hung up before screaming
I had given my best
My heart needed some rest
But sleep would not come
Broken dreams; too depressed
A drink and cou-ple Am-bi-en™, Val-i-u-u-m™, too...
I could not... fall asleep
'Cause my mind was on you
No, not gonna do all four verses of OS, but I did five verses here. Thanks to alvin rhodes and Paul Robinson for the switching (smooshing?) technique, and thanks to our UK friends for giving us the melody of their old drinking song, "To Anacreon in Heaven", to use for our National Anthem -- all is forgiven. © 2007 Tommy Turtle.
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nice smooshing...5s
I can relate, 555s
I don't know if I'm qualified to vote on this parody, being Canadian and all, but good work. 555
Good bannering...I like your sleep potion..555
I salute you
Good twist on the national anthem. Once Dr. Demento received a parody of the Star Spangled Banner in the mail. He played it on the air and then said it came wrapped in a plastic American flag.
alvin, thanks... John Lomain, thanks... Michael E Cormier, sure you can ('specially if they're good votes lol :) thanks... AFW, (good one) thanks... PMS (lol) thanks... 2Eagle, there's a joke about wrapping an unattractive woman in the American flag, but can't tell it here lol... thanks.
The national anthem induces drowsiness, your version woke me up! 555
Thanks, Yoidy. Glad to be of service!
he he I hung up before screaming
How is smooshing done and how do I recognize it? I couldn't follow, but knew that if it wasn't mangled, I'd have given you 5's anyway, which I did.
Nice job mixing and matching.
Ann Hammond and Meriadoc, thanks...
Adagio, sorry to be late in answering... it's been a very long work day (2am EST now). The other half of this smoosh, posted the same day,
www.amiright.com/parody/70s/thefifthdimension8.shtml,
has a link at the top to click to get to alvin's "Elenore/Eleanore Rigby" duo, or paste this in your browser:
www.amiright.com/parody/60s/thebeatles1695.shtml.
That was the first I'd seen of smooshing. You find two OS, preferably with something in common such as similar titles or themes; you twist the lyrics of one to fit the melody of the other, then twist the lyrics of the second one to fit the melody of the first. Confusing and tricky, but much fun!
Adagio, sorry to be late in answering... it's been a very long work day (2am EST now). The other half of this smoosh, posted the same day,
www.amiright.com/parody/70s/thefifthdimension8.shtml,
has a link at the top to click to get to alvin's "Elenore/Eleanore Rigby" duo, or paste this in your browser:
www.amiright.com/parody/60s/thebeatles1695.shtml.
That was the first I'd seen of smooshing. You find two OS, preferably with something in common such as similar titles or themes; you twist the lyrics of one to fit the melody of the other, then twist the lyrics of the second one to fit the melody of the first. Confusing and tricky, but much fun!
I can also relate 5-5-5
Gel, thanks for the vote and comment.
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