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Song Parodies -> "Japs Made Light Out of You"

Original Song Title:

"I Put a Spell on You"

 (MP3)
Original Performer:

Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Parody Song Title:

"Japs Made Light Out of You"

Parody Written by:

Robert D. Arndt Jr.

The Lyrics

Man has learned to use the light-producing ability of other organisms in several ways. For example, during World War II the Japanese use dried preparations of a marine crustacean, Cypridina. On adding water to the dried material a dim glow was produced – sufficient light for maps and compasses to be read without giving away their position. They had developed a crude form of bioluminescence. The Germans, OTOH, developed massive amounts of light from water using a sonic device- sonoluminescence... but that is another story....
Japs made light out of you
amazing find

Chemists searchin’ for a breakthrough
Cypridina dryin’
With water combinin’

Wartime matches could not be lit
And no use of kerosene
Didn’t want to give-away position
Bio light able to read maps unseen

Japs made light out of you
amazing find
Bio-shine

They dried you
They dried you
They dried you
Added water too
Shaken with care
In darkness, could now see
Produced reading light in a tube

WW2 secrecy
Japs made light out of you
amazing find
(bioluminosity)
Sorry to use the derogatory WW2 term "Japs" but it was the only 1 -syllable word available. Japanese is 3 syllables!!!

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Overall Rating: 4.9

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Patrick - August 09, 2011 - Report this comment
I once had a parody fail to post, I thought, for use of that 3 letter word used in the 1940's to designate the people we were at war with. Guess I'll try and post it again.
WCJ - August 09, 2011 - Report this comment
Reminds me of those little green things that you snap open, and they glow in the dark... Nice parody Rob! 555! :-)
Rob Arndt - August 09, 2011 - Report this comment
WCJ, yes this was an early bio-military "glow stick". And Patrick, I noted in the bottom box that I had to use that term b/c of syllables. Japanese does not work and neither does Nipponese!!!
WCJ - August 10, 2011 - Report this comment
I know that you weren't trying to insult the Japanese Rob, sometimes as far as pacing is concerned, it does work that way, I mean you couldn't have even used just plain "Japan" either, if it was only supposed to be one syllable in the song. ;-)
WCJ - August 10, 2011 - Report this comment
The only thing I see that you could have done, but it probably would have spoiled the parodies title, was to call it "Japan made light of you" and drop the "out" but, like I said, that would ruin the idea. ;-)

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