Song Parodies -> Me And My Bobsled, You See
| Original Song Title: | "Me And My Bobby McGee" |
| Original Performer: | Janis Joplin |
| Parody Song Title: | "Me And My Bobsled, You See" |
| Parody Written by: | Larry Hensley |
Hit the wall in Torino
Bumpin' far and wide
And I'm feelin' near as beat up as it, no
Bobsled is just jumpin' 'round
I could feel it slide
But rode it all the way at Torino
Yeah, it was slippin'
Goin' zig zaggy and crazy, aaah
The three others in the bobsled sang the blues, yeah
They were holdin' on for life
This was while the bobsled went through strife
And we almost fell out, that's rough too
4th place is another word for "You're the first to lose"
Nothin', don't get nothin', because we messed up, no no
And drivin' good ain't easy, no, it's worse than the luge
You know, feelin' bad was good enough for me
Good enough for me and my bobsled, you see
From Salt Lake City gold time
To the bad Torino run
The bobsled shared all the times with the group
Now we all are weathered
I don't think this was fun
The bobsled was just scarin' us 'round loops
One day up in Italy, yeah
I let it slip away
Was lookin' for more golds, I hope we find them
But now all we have is our sorrows
For what happened yesterday
We'll get a new bobsled, oh yeah, for next time
4th place is another word for "You're the first to lose"
Nothin', that's all that bobsled left me, yeah
But drivin' good ain't easy, no, it's worse than the luge
Hey, feelin' bad was good enough for me, brrrrr! brrrrr!
Good enough for me and my bobsled, you see
Aaaah! ow ow
Aaaah! ow ow ow
Aaaah! ow ow ow ow ow ow ow
Aaaah! ow ow ow ow ow ow ow Bobsled's bumpin', yeah
Aaaah! ow ow ow ow ow ow
Aaaah! ow ow ow ow ow ow
Aaaah! ow ow ow ow ow ow Bobsled's slippin', yeah
Aaaah! ow Aaaah! Aaaah! ow ow Aaaah! ow ow Aaaah! ow ow
Aaaah! ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow
Hey, my bobsled, oh my bobsled's bumpin', yeah
Brrrrr! brrrrr! brrrrr! brrrrr! brrrrr! brrrrr! brrrrr! brrrrr!
Oh no Oh no Oh no Oh no Oh no Oh no Oh no no
Hey, my bobsled, oh my bobsled's slippin', yeah
Well, I called it my bobsled
They're still my team
And we used to be the best team you ever had seen, y'know
Want a bobsled now
A new bobsled, you see, yeah
Whooooooooa
Brrrrr! no brrrrr! no brrrrr! no brrrrr! no brrrrr! no brrrrr! no brrrrr! no Brrrrr! brrrrr!
Hey, hey, hey Bobsled's bumpin', yeah
Brrrrr! no brrrrr! no brrrrr! no brrrrr! no brrrrr! no brrrrr! no brrrrr! no Brrrrr!
Hey, hey, hey Bobsled's slippin', yeah
Bumpin' far and wide
And I'm feelin' near as beat up as it, no
Bobsled is just jumpin' 'round
I could feel it slide
But rode it all the way at Torino
Yeah, it was slippin'
Goin' zig zaggy and crazy, aaah
The three others in the bobsled sang the blues, yeah
They were holdin' on for life
This was while the bobsled went through strife
And we almost fell out, that's rough too
4th place is another word for "You're the first to lose"
Nothin', don't get nothin', because we messed up, no no
And drivin' good ain't easy, no, it's worse than the luge
You know, feelin' bad was good enough for me
Good enough for me and my bobsled, you see
From Salt Lake City gold time
To the bad Torino run
The bobsled shared all the times with the group
Now we all are weathered
I don't think this was fun
The bobsled was just scarin' us 'round loops
One day up in Italy, yeah
I let it slip away
Was lookin' for more golds, I hope we find them
But now all we have is our sorrows
For what happened yesterday
We'll get a new bobsled, oh yeah, for next time
4th place is another word for "You're the first to lose"
Nothin', that's all that bobsled left me, yeah
But drivin' good ain't easy, no, it's worse than the luge
Hey, feelin' bad was good enough for me, brrrrr! brrrrr!
Good enough for me and my bobsled, you see
Aaaah! ow ow
Aaaah! ow ow ow
Aaaah! ow ow ow ow ow ow ow
Aaaah! ow ow ow ow ow ow ow Bobsled's bumpin', yeah
Aaaah! ow ow ow ow ow ow
Aaaah! ow ow ow ow ow ow
Aaaah! ow ow ow ow ow ow Bobsled's slippin', yeah
Aaaah! ow Aaaah! Aaaah! ow ow Aaaah! ow ow Aaaah! ow ow
Aaaah! ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow
Hey, my bobsled, oh my bobsled's bumpin', yeah
Brrrrr! brrrrr! brrrrr! brrrrr! brrrrr! brrrrr! brrrrr! brrrrr!
Oh no Oh no Oh no Oh no Oh no Oh no Oh no no
Hey, my bobsled, oh my bobsled's slippin', yeah
Well, I called it my bobsled
They're still my team
And we used to be the best team you ever had seen, y'know
Want a bobsled now
A new bobsled, you see, yeah
Whooooooooa
Brrrrr! no brrrrr! no brrrrr! no brrrrr! no brrrrr! no brrrrr! no brrrrr! no Brrrrr! brrrrr!
Hey, hey, hey Bobsled's bumpin', yeah
Brrrrr! no brrrrr! no brrrrr! no brrrrr! no brrrrr! no brrrrr! no brrrrr! no Brrrrr!
Hey, hey, hey Bobsled's slippin', yeah
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555, very good.
nice job on a tough song
This was great and, it got funnier as it went along. 555
Cinques, signore.
An OS that richly deserved what it got. 5s
Thanks Stephen, Alvin, Rick, John, and Tommy.
(SOTM) - Is it because of lingering olympic spirit that we have two parodies about going downhill in this comp, or is it just another accidental crash? ;-)
A question from curiosity though: Why'd you go with "4th place is another word for 'You're the first to lose'."? Why not 2nd place? Did someone locally famous actually finish 4th or was it for the pacing?
A question from curiosity though: Why'd you go with "4th place is another word for 'You're the first to lose'."? Why not 2nd place? Did someone locally famous actually finish 4th or was it for the pacing?
Thanks Peter. As to your question- it paced better than second, and thought it'd fit better into the song if the bobsledders just missed a medal.
I have never heard of Torino, let alone how it's pronounced, so I had to take points off for that, and you could have mixed it up a littel with the Aaaah ow ow ow's and give them more of a variety. This parody was great. 444
(SOTM) Nice job. And I'm glad to see I wasn't the only parodist to do an Olympic-themed spoof, even if it was a little late. =)
(SOTM) See above This one's pretty funny. Good luck to you.
Thanks Chris and Cat. I just got back from vacation, which is why I haven't been around the site in recent days.
I loved the line "Worse than the luge"... man you miss one season of the Olympics you miss a lot... 5-5-5...
(SOTM) Love the "4th place is another word for "You're the first to lose"" line. Good job.
Thanks Matthias and Rex.
(SOTM) Clever how you aped Janis' adlibs to convey bobsled butt realignment.
Thanks Agri.
(SOTM) DKTOS but a good parody!
SOTM-Painfully funny.
Thanks Pat and Max.
DKTOS, but has a country feel from the free-read. And the 'Aaaah! ow ' stanza is funny even without knowing the song.
Thanks 2nz. It's actually an old rock song. I haven't heard it much myself, but thought of this one for bobsledding.
(SOTM) High speed spoofin'.
Thanks Scathe.
(SOTM) Wow. Just a bummer I DKTOS. Too bad. Nice work anyway, Larry.
Thanks Bob.
(SOTM) What I said earlier still stands. Funny and, got funnier as is slid on down.
Thanks Rick.
SOTM: Creative and original. I really enjoyed this, best bobsled song on the site =)
Thanks Jeff.
(sotm) loved the "4th place is just another word for..." and good song to choose for a rare song about "bobby"sledding - nice work Larry
Thanks Stu.
(SOTM) Cool running here, Larry. Very creative work with the ad-libbed parts. Agree with Alvin too. 5s.
Nice job, Larry. Trouble with bobsledding is it looks OK to start with, but tends to go downhill from there...
(sotm) hmm, maybe you're more cut out for writing parodies about olympic bobsledding than olympic bobsledding
SOTM--hee! I really enjoyed this...I'm starting to think I need to pay more attention to the Olympics next time...=)
(SOTM) Not bad. Not as painful to read as the last bit must have been for the athlete... sadly I can actually imagine Janis Joplin singing this in a bobsled...I'm not sure why.
(SOTM) Now THAT'S pretty funny !!! :-D
Thanks Jack, Phil, Conf, Arwen, Mustang, and Johnny.
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