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Song Parodies -> "Mix Dusty Springfield; Mac-Beth, Too"
Original Song Title:
"I Only Want To Be With You"
(MP3)Original Performer:
Dusty Springfield
Parody Song Title:
"Mix Dusty Springfield; Mac-Beth, Too"
Parody Written by:
Fiddlegirl and Tommy Turtle
The Lyrics
Having trashed "Hamlet" and "Romeo And Juliet", here is Vol. III of "Shakespeare/Springfield Mashups".
Act 1, Scene 1, Act IV, Scene 1, and some miscellaneous bits and pieces of the plot.
Act 1, Scene 1, Act IV, Scene 1, and some miscellaneous bits and pieces of the plot.
WITCHES:
When do you think the three of us should meet again?
In thunder, lightning, hailstorm, sleet, or snow, or rain?
When all hurly-burly and battle, done
How 'bout upon the heath before the setting sun?
A curse will fall on you
We're stirring up a witches' brew!
A toad's entrails, the eye of newt and toe of frog
Fillet of fenny snake, bat's wool, and tongue of dog
The scales of a dragon, a dead wolf's tooth
The root of hemlock, gall of goat, we mix, forsooth
Sea-shark and slips of yew
The liver of blaspheming Jew [1]
Turk's nose and Tartar''s lips
Lizard's leg and owlet's wing
Finger of a birth-strangled babe
A bit of 'bout ev'rything
Now, cauldron, bubble!
Toss a tiger's guts in; stir it with a spoon
Then cool it with the hemoglobin of baboon [2]
All toil and trouble, will doubled, be
By hell-broth fire-burned: Hecate's witches, three
The pricking of our thumbs,
And something wicked, this way, comes
[interlude]
Oh, oh, MacBeth did ask the three
"Tell me, night hags, what you will"
"Man, of woman, born: fear no harm
"Nor till woods come to the hill"
Don't listen, Buddy!
WITCHES:
Ev'rything that's fair is foul, and foul is fair
We'll hover through the pea-soup fog and filthy air
Poor Mac-Beth relies on ... our pro-phecy
It seems MacDuff was given life like Julie C. [3]
His Lady, not a doubt:
She'll want to get that da*ned spot out!
Our curse: It's magic, but tragic: pain and death
Await poor Glamis' thane, MacBeth!
[1] Verbatim quote from the play. Of course, neither of us would write such a line, but Shakespeare, as most people then or now, was not immune from the prejudices of his era.
[2] i. e., "blood"
[3] No spoilers. Read the play.
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"Dusy"n off the classics for a new masterpiece!
Ahhh smart Fddleurtle, you've earned your fives well!!
I don't know about parodies, but even casually mentioning "Macbeth" in a play or movie is said to cause bad luck. Great job here, 5s, and I know I don't bring either of you bad luck! ;-)
Sounds like a recipe for Goth pizza - mmmm! I still say Dusty is Ophelia because she had mental issues.
Know ye that none of woman born shall top TT and FG! (They're both too clever and funny!) No mortals will ever match their skills until Great Birnam Wood to High Dunsinane Hill shall come against them! ;D
Mark Scotti: Thou art *too* full of the milk of human kindness, Sir! (Unlike my partner, who is definitely full of something, but that's another conversation for another time...) :)
Andria: I had not heard that before... What do you suggest? Backwards (Thebcam)? Inverted (Bethmac)? Scrambled (Methcab)? Pig Latin-- Acbethmay... ;) Thanks for v/c!
2Eagle: How about a parody to "Waltzing Matilda" on that subject? ("Dusty? Ophelia? Dusty? Ophelia?...") ;) V/C appreciated as always!
Andria: I had not heard that before... What do you suggest? Backwards (Thebcam)? Inverted (Bethmac)? Scrambled (Methcab)? Pig Latin-- Acbethmay... ;) Thanks for v/c!
2Eagle: How about a parody to "Waltzing Matilda" on that subject? ("Dusty? Ophelia? Dusty? Ophelia?...") ;) V/C appreciated as always!
Well written
Lexsquisite switchcraft in every way--from those intricately interwoven acursed recursive infer'sives to sly Ray Bradbury refs to all-round perfectly placed plosives... ewe tewe seem to abideth in that undiscovered punditry, that rarefied realm that lies in Superbia where thou hast no Shakes' peers!
@ FG: Such ingratitude! Hmphh! What did I do, besides finishing off all those things you start but can't finish, to deserve this? ;)
Mark Scotti: Thanks! (not gonna go anywhere else, unlike *some* replier did.)
@ FG, Vol. II: The curse mentioned by Andria is widely known among us actors, who refer to it as "the Scottish play" to avoid the bad luck said to result from mentioning it by name.. Fortunately, there has never been a mention of a curse on any parody of it, except, perhaps, for ingratitude from one's partner. (cf. supra.) xoxoxo
Andria: Amazing that the alleged Master of English and teacher of same didn't know of "the curse" (no, not *that* curse, silly!), but rest assured: your votes and comments bring us only joy! Thanks!
2Eagle: And if it's not delivered to your door in 30 minutes, it's free! ... How 'bout
"I Feel Like Loving You Again" by T.G. Sheppard
"Ophelia, Dusty: Two In Pain" by 2Eagle
Go for it! ...and thanks for v/c!
Old Man Ribber: But in the play, both of those things happened.... (no spoilers) Guess we'd better watch out for moving trees and the Octomom :) Thanks for v/c!
Phil Nelson: Thanks -- more of our ongoing efforts to popularize the Bard.
TJC: The Bradbury ref was so sly, I didn't even notice it! .. . (never read him). Uh, where was it? ... and Superbia is sooo much better than Suburbia! Thanks for v/c! (LOL @ "undiscovered punditry" ... from whose Bourne Identity, no parodist ever returns?)
Mark Scotti: Thanks! (not gonna go anywhere else, unlike *some* replier did.)
@ FG, Vol. II: The curse mentioned by Andria is widely known among us actors, who refer to it as "the Scottish play" to avoid the bad luck said to result from mentioning it by name.. Fortunately, there has never been a mention of a curse on any parody of it, except, perhaps, for ingratitude from one's partner. (cf. supra.) xoxoxo
Andria: Amazing that the alleged Master of English and teacher of same didn't know of "the curse" (no, not *that* curse, silly!), but rest assured: your votes and comments bring us only joy! Thanks!
2Eagle: And if it's not delivered to your door in 30 minutes, it's free! ... How 'bout
"I Feel Like Loving You Again" by T.G. Sheppard
"Ophelia, Dusty: Two In Pain" by 2Eagle
Go for it! ...and thanks for v/c!
Old Man Ribber: But in the play, both of those things happened.... (no spoilers) Guess we'd better watch out for moving trees and the Octomom :) Thanks for v/c!
Phil Nelson: Thanks -- more of our ongoing efforts to popularize the Bard.
TJC: The Bradbury ref was so sly, I didn't even notice it! .. . (never read him). Uh, where was it? ... and Superbia is sooo much better than Suburbia! Thanks for v/c! (LOL @ "undiscovered punditry" ... from whose Bourne Identity, no parodist ever returns?)
Echoing thanks to OMR (our comments must have crossed-- sorry!), Phil Nelson, and the always-delightful TJC!
@ TT: Ray Bradbury used, as the title of one of his best novels, "Something Wicked this way Comes."
@ TT II: All I meant was that you are full of wit, charm, genius, suavity, and are every lamb's dream guy... (shall I continue?)
@ TT: Ray Bradbury used, as the title of one of his best novels, "Something Wicked this way Comes."
@ TT II: All I meant was that you are full of wit, charm, genius, suavity, and are every lamb's dream guy... (shall I continue?)
re: "...Amazing that the alleged Master of English and teacher of same didn't know of "the curse" ..."
As that obscure Elizabethan poetess, Anne Sozure-Oldmann, once wrote: "Well, excuuuuuuuuse me!" ;)
As that obscure Elizabethan poetess, Anne Sozure-Oldmann, once wrote: "Well, excuuuuuuuuse me!" ;)
Doesn't that mean that Bradbury worked in a Shakes ref, (as did we) rather than us quoting Bradbury? ... (how unoriginal of RB!) ... but coming from TJC, meknows it's a gag. Thanks for the explanation.
@ FG II: By all means! Keep in mind that there's a 3,000-word limit to one comment (I'm probably the only one who's discovered that), so you might have to do it in multiple parts. As they said in Blazing Saddles (I think), "You must! You must!" (or was that Young Frankenstein?)
@ FG Re: Sozure-Oldmann, I've read quite a bit of her works, especially her most famous picaresque novel, "Heidi Salami", so when you're done with the latest volume, I can tell you exactly where to stick it. ;) xoxoxo muah!
@ FG II: By all means! Keep in mind that there's a 3,000-word limit to one comment (I'm probably the only one who's discovered that), so you might have to do it in multiple parts. As they said in Blazing Saddles (I think), "You must! You must!" (or was that Young Frankenstein?)
@ FG Re: Sozure-Oldmann, I've read quite a bit of her works, especially her most famous picaresque novel, "Heidi Salami", so when you're done with the latest volume, I can tell you exactly where to stick it. ;) xoxoxo muah!
F*ck, I'm dizzy & covered in spittle.
Andy Primus: Sorry (I think) to have missed your, uh, "compliment" (I think?).... but thanks for reading and spit -- I mean, commenting!
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