What The World Needs Now Is More Song Parodies
The president is going to send 20,000 more troops to Iraq to quell the violence in Baghdad. 20,000 young men and women who will risk life and limb in this folly of a war. And what do they get in return? A dearth of hilarious song parodies on popular radio. When I was a boy, you couldn’t listen to the radio for 5 minutes without hearing Weird Al’s latest assault on Michael Jackson or Nirvana. And what of those local radio station DJ’s that would write their own song parodies? I’ll never forget where I was when I first heard MC Hammer’s “Let’s get it Started” re-interpreted as “Somebody Farted” on Buffalo, New York’s own Kiss 98.5. Where are you now in our hour of need, DJ tandems? Where? Will I ever know who that somebody who farted was? Doubtful.
Think of all the songs being made today that would be perfect for a parodying. Really, think about it. Take your time. You done? Okay good. That’s a lot of songs, isn’t it? So who’s parodying them? Nobody. And why not? Because the government refuses to fund programs that would allow song parodists to work on their craft. The air force gets another bomber while the Weird Als of tomorrow put on bake sales and borrow money for their parents in order to buy an accordion to create a spot-on parody of that song by Rihanna. You know the song. I think it’s Rihanna. Doesn’t matter.
I think I’ve made my point. And that is, I could not think of any funny ideas today. So this is what you get. Whatever, it’s not like you’re paying for it or anything.
