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Roy Orbison & Nazereth, Roy Orbison Featuring Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne & Elvis Costello, Roy OrbinsonI may be a living legend but that sure don't help when I've got to change a flat tyre. - Roy Orbison Submitted by: LucidLupin
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Known informally as: Roy O. Submitted by: Wilbury 1988
Known informally as: The Big 'O'. Submitted by: RogerL
Notable Acting Credits | Comments & Submitter Name |
| "Fastest Guitar Alive (1967)" | How about a quick draw, repeating guitar. - Foster J. |
Original Song Name | New Song Name | Submitter Name |
| "Pregnant Woman" | "Pretty Woman" | Natasha Kershaw |
Song/Performer | Comment | Submitter Name |
| "Blue Rain," | Rain doesn't have color, and doesn't have emotion | Yvette Bristle |
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | |
| "You've Got Me Runnin'," Gene Cotton | "Running Scared," Roy Orbison | |
| "Little Boy Sad," Johnny Burnette | "Crying," Roy Orbison | |
| "Bang Your Head (Metal Health)," Quiet Riot | "I'm Hurtin'," Roy Orbison | |
| "Walking Through Walls," The Escape Club | "I'm Hurtin'," Roy Orbison | |
| There are additional songs titles that answer other songs available. | ||
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "Oh, Pretty Woman" | "Birka, Pretty Viking" | Robert D. Arndt Jr. |
| "Pretty Woman" | "Pretty Ensign" | John A. Barry |
| "Blue Bayou" | "Bluenose Crew" | John A. Barry |
| "It's Over" | "Comb Over" | Derry |
| "It's Over" | "Pulled Over" | Derry |
| "Crying" | "T-Paws Lament" | Squire Malloy |
| "Pretty Woman" | "Mitty’s Woe-in’" | John A. Barry |
| "Oh, Pretty Woman" | "Deadly Woman" | Robert D. Arndt Jr. |
| "Pretty Woman" | "Pity Wolfman" | John A. Barry |
| "Mean Woman Blues" | "Mean Wolfman’s Doom" | John A. Barry |
There are additional song parodies available. | ||
Song Name | Product | Submittor |
| Pretty Woman | Beauty products | Natasha Kershaw |
Song Name | Company/Organization | Submittor |
| House Without Windows | Microsoft | Pickle |
| Only The Lonely | Singles Hotline | Beichan |
| Pretty Woman | Richard Gere's Answering Machine | Richard Davies |
| Running Scared | Witness Protection Agency | Gretchen Seitz |
| You Got It | Disease Diagnosis Lab | Alison Runyon |
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| Angelina Harry Belafonte | Jolie Roy Orbison | Angelina Jolie | Hannah Bullecter |
| Aliens Exist Blink 182 | In Dreams Roy Orbison | Alens Exist In Dreams | hybrid |
| I'll Be Seeing You Billie Holiday | In Dreams Roy Orbison | I'll Be Seeing You In Dreams | oldtimer |
| Where's Captain Kirk? Spizzenergi | In Dreams Roy Orbison | Where's Captain Kirk? In Dreams! I can't get away from him! AAAAUUUUGH! | Ed |
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"Shahdaroba"
Misheard Lyrics: John the Robot
Original Lyrics: Shahdaroba
| "Oh, Pretty Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: Pretty woman, cantaloupe to meet.
Original Lyrics: Pretty woman, kind I'd like to meet.
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"Borne On The Wind"
Misheard Lyrics: Borne on the whim.
Original Lyrics: Born on the wind.
| "She's A Mystery Girl"
Misheard Lyrics: Darkness falls and sh**
Will take me by the hand. Original Lyrics: Darkness falls and she
Will take me by the hand. |
| There are additional misheard lyrics available. | |
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"Shadaroba"
Misheard Lyrics: John the Robot
Original Lyrics: Shadaroba
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Story about this misheard lyric by: Mary heard it first on Mad men Episode 13, Season 3. |
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"Blue Bayou"
The Funny Lyrics: Where you sleep all day, and the catfish play
Why They're Funny: Since when do fish play?
Submitted by: Rich
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"Oh, Pretty Woman"
The Nonsensical Lyrics: I can't believe you; you're not the truth.
Why They're Nonsensical: A statement is either a truth or a falsehood. A person is neither. So it makes no sense to say that a person either is or in not "the truth".
Submitted by: Karen Smith
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"In Dreams"
The Song Lyrics: A candy-colored clown they call "The Sandman"
Tiptoes to my room every night, Just to sprinkle stardust and to whisper, "Go to sleep, everything is alright." Song They Mention: Stardust, by various artists
Submitted by: Gretchen Wieners
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"Running Scared"
Opening Lines: Just running scared, each place we go
Comments: Submitted by: Candy Welty
| "Pretty Woman"
Opening Lines: Pretty woman walking down the street,
Comments: Submitted by: Larcen Tyler
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| There are additional spelling lyrics available. | |
"Ooby Dooby"
The Made Up Words: Ooby dooby
Comments: "When you do the ooby dooby, I just gotta be near." A single from early in Orbison's career, it apparently is the name of a dance.
Submitted by: Martha Hankins
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