Song Parodies -> Raising The Bar
| Original Song Title: | "Snow" |
| Original Performer: | Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| Parody Song Title: | "Raising The Bar" |
| Parody Written by: | Ethan Mawyer |
Come to believe that the things I’ve achieved
Were too easy I must try harder
Throw out common sense
Go for accomplishments
That have never been approached before
Like winning lots without seeing a card
In a hold ‘em game run by Shawn Carter
Or I’ll organize
For an enormous prize
Hydra fighting manticore
Wanna view those dueling monsters
I’ll find Osama, and take his bacon omelette
Walk on my nose and then talk with my toes
And sell nudist clothes are my ambitions
I’ll climb Kilimanjaro with both my hands
Very busy juggling fish
Rubbing a tree will get me a genie
And she will grant me a fourth wish
Then in Kazakhstan I'll say I’m Borat and
They’ll give me a scrumptious dish
Paid gold, just for playing Halo
Then maybe Plato will tell me that my brain’s slow
With orange beads and lima beans
I’m gonna build a time machine
Plato, whoa
Winter’s when it’s fun to wear swim trunks up in the tundra
Where I’ll sow wild oats
Fire eating pirates will write haikus on papyrus
On my own wooly boat
With a bit of trouble I’ll turn stubble into bubbles
Where I’ll bathe my pet goats
Rummaging through sand I will unearth a baby grand
And I’ll play the right notes
Might step outside late at night and collide with my shadow which will leave the ground
I’ll hit it to the wall when Glavine threw the ball three feet wide and two feet down
Strep in my throat or the pink in my eyes will cure themselves no need for treatment
I’ll sound eloquent reciting elements
When the Devils take the ice
I’ll go leap over a silo
I’ll play with play-doh, and remain on the payroll
My play-doh chart will earn such praise
My boss will recommend a raise
Play-doh, whoa
Sting and Deepak Chopra will sing opera lots on Oprah just because I said so
Pfizer will surprise the world by merging with Godiva they’ll have great placebos
The reason I say that is I’ll make that deal created in the late double ohs
Rhyming way down south a baby rattle in my mouth they will all love my flow
(unintelligible noises)
Simon’s gonna smile when Sanjaya uses Idol to book ten sold-out tours
Higher-minded science will help curb religious violence which will end lots of wars
Oh, I’ll earn promotions when I row across the ocean using toothpicks as oars
Maybe I will walk to a cute girl and start to talk and I won’t be ignored
Were too easy I must try harder
Throw out common sense
Go for accomplishments
That have never been approached before
Like winning lots without seeing a card
In a hold ‘em game run by Shawn Carter
Or I’ll organize
For an enormous prize
Hydra fighting manticore
Wanna view those dueling monsters
I’ll find Osama, and take his bacon omelette
Walk on my nose and then talk with my toes
And sell nudist clothes are my ambitions
I’ll climb Kilimanjaro with both my hands
Very busy juggling fish
Rubbing a tree will get me a genie
And she will grant me a fourth wish
Then in Kazakhstan I'll say I’m Borat and
They’ll give me a scrumptious dish
Paid gold, just for playing Halo
Then maybe Plato will tell me that my brain’s slow
With orange beads and lima beans
I’m gonna build a time machine
Plato, whoa
Winter’s when it’s fun to wear swim trunks up in the tundra
Where I’ll sow wild oats
Fire eating pirates will write haikus on papyrus
On my own wooly boat
With a bit of trouble I’ll turn stubble into bubbles
Where I’ll bathe my pet goats
Rummaging through sand I will unearth a baby grand
And I’ll play the right notes
Might step outside late at night and collide with my shadow which will leave the ground
I’ll hit it to the wall when Glavine threw the ball three feet wide and two feet down
Strep in my throat or the pink in my eyes will cure themselves no need for treatment
I’ll sound eloquent reciting elements
When the Devils take the ice
I’ll go leap over a silo
I’ll play with play-doh, and remain on the payroll
My play-doh chart will earn such praise
My boss will recommend a raise
Play-doh, whoa
Sting and Deepak Chopra will sing opera lots on Oprah just because I said so
Pfizer will surprise the world by merging with Godiva they’ll have great placebos
The reason I say that is I’ll make that deal created in the late double ohs
Rhyming way down south a baby rattle in my mouth they will all love my flow
(unintelligible noises)
Simon’s gonna smile when Sanjaya uses Idol to book ten sold-out tours
Higher-minded science will help curb religious violence which will end lots of wars
Oh, I’ll earn promotions when I row across the ocean using toothpicks as oars
Maybe I will walk to a cute girl and start to talk and I won’t be ignored
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The RCHP meet Blinded By The Light = Snow. Bastard of an OS to do Ethan, and this was wonderfully wacky, with some great rhymes to boot. "Fire eating pirates will write haikus on papyrus"; far out, man! 555
Well, a definitive challenge of a parody there. . .Red Ant really caught what I would have to say in words only he could do correctly. . .good job!
Very interesting and well crafted, Ethan. A lot of creativity on display here.
(SOTM) Your lyrics are 10x better than Anthony Kiedis', wacky like Steven Wright. Makes me actually want to hear that crappy song so I can sing along with the parody.
(SOTM) "Higher-minded science will help curb religious violence which will end lots of wars." We can only hope! This parody makes no sense, but in the best possible way.
SOTM - Great
SOTM = Superman of the Millenium?
Blinded By The Snow?!?!?!?!?! FIVES!!!
(SOTM) Random nonsense + cool song = 555 from me, mate!
I think I got lost in the tundra about halfway through this one.
(SOTM) wacky and random Ethan, with some truly brilliant bon mots, like the idea of getting a fourth wish out of a genie! LOL! - there should be a whole parody in that idea alone - 555 (...and Sting singing with Deepak on Oprah)
(SOTM) A riveting read. Made me chuckle.
(SOTM) Densely-packed with depth of thought ... "Higher-minded science will help curb religious violence which will end lots of wars" -- let's hope so!
(SOTM) It's the fact that so many great parodies are in each month that make it hard to rate a top 5, this one is no exception. Great word choices throughout.
(SOTM) - lol
SOTM- God, I love a nonsensical parody, very much like my version of Blinded by The Light (http://www.amiright.com/parody/70s/brucespringsteenmanfredmann2.shtml) and this was defintely a hard one to do but the results were downright silly and well done.
(SOTM) Couldn't access the OS, but this was brilliant! TMGLTM but the nudist clothing line was a favorite.
SOTM - Insanity is a beautiful thing. : )
(SOTM) See above, and this was even better on a second read - loved "And sell nudist clothes...", the fourth wish, "With orange beads and lima beans/ I’m gonna build a time machine" (LOL!) and what JD picked out. Crikey, this is turning out to be a killer SOTM...
PS - Your video link has been yanked from YouTube, but here's another identical video of "Snow" not yet gone:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8jS6jk8QlU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8jS6jk8QlU
(SOTM) Zany doesn't even begin to describe this parody, Ethan. Even John Lennon at the height of his narcotics-fuelled lyrical absurdity would be hard pressed to match this. 555 of course
That ruled, loved the Sanjaya refrence too, anytime he;s refernced in a parody is awesome to me
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