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Song Parodies -> "Those Who, Perhaps, Shouldn't Vote"
Original Song Title:
"My Favorite Things"
(MP3)Original Performer:
Julie Andrews
Parody Song Title:
"Those Who, Perhaps, Shouldn't Vote"
Parody Written by:
Arwen
The Lyrics
I'm just sayin'....
As I look forward to polls in November
I’m worried a-bout some voting class members
These are some people who don’t float my boat
Maybe they shouldn’t be all-owed to vote
Watchers of “Jersey Shore” have broken noodles
As do those folks who match clothes with their poodles
Girls who think “Twilight” is awesome reading
I’m not so sure that they should be voting
Anyone wearing those horrible toe shoes
Guys who make TV shows for Honey Boo Boos
If you choose Coke over Pepsi, drinking
Voting might not be for you, I’m thinking
Mullet hair cut?
Hammer pants, too?
A Tim Tebow fan?
My ultimate goal’s to keep you from voting
I’ll try any way I can!
(interlude)
If Dog the Bounty Hunter is your idol
If your fav’rite CSI’s Sara Sidle
I don’t know how your brain waves stay afloat
But, if you please, I don't want you to vote
If you love music made by One Direction
Or have a creepy old earwax collection
Your new tattoo features a Ke$ha quote?
I’ve now decided that you shouldn’t vote
If in the break room you shake your head, “Oh great,
What’s the diff’rence between a red and blue state?
I’ve never known, although I’m fifty-two.”
Don’t bother voting, I’m begging of you!
If you’re clueless
Informed view-less
Choosing aimlessly
If it’s all the same to you, I’d rather that
You don’t pick a Prez for me!
I’m worried a-bout some voting class members
These are some people who don’t float my boat
Maybe they shouldn’t be all-owed to vote
Watchers of “Jersey Shore” have broken noodles
As do those folks who match clothes with their poodles
Girls who think “Twilight” is awesome reading
I’m not so sure that they should be voting
Anyone wearing those horrible toe shoes
Guys who make TV shows for Honey Boo Boos
If you choose Coke over Pepsi, drinking
Voting might not be for you, I’m thinking
Mullet hair cut?
Hammer pants, too?
A Tim Tebow fan?
My ultimate goal’s to keep you from voting
I’ll try any way I can!
(interlude)
If Dog the Bounty Hunter is your idol
If your fav’rite CSI’s Sara Sidle
I don’t know how your brain waves stay afloat
But, if you please, I don't want you to vote
If you love music made by One Direction
Or have a creepy old earwax collection
Your new tattoo features a Ke$ha quote?
I’ve now decided that you shouldn’t vote
If in the break room you shake your head, “Oh great,
What’s the diff’rence between a red and blue state?
I’ve never known, although I’m fifty-two.”
Don’t bother voting, I’m begging of you!
If you’re clueless
Informed view-less
Choosing aimlessly
If it’s all the same to you, I’d rather that
You don’t pick a Prez for me!
The last two stanzas, which inspired this entire parody, pretty much document an actual conversation I had earlier this week with a colleague.
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Arwen, this is my idea of a perfect political parody - one that doesn't address right or wrong (boring), left or right (yawning), just talks about what it is. As for: "If you choose Coke over Pepsi, drinking, voting might not be for you, I’m thinking", well, I agree with your policy on this, so I'm voting for you!
OMG! What was I thinking? (It is very late where i am, clearly I was affected by bleariness...). I prefer Coke. The taste of a new generation (and in my case, an old one). I am sorry Madam President, but you've been overthrown. Before you even got into Office :)
If you like music by One Direction, it'll probably be about ten years before you're old enough to vote, anyway :-) It's a long-held view of mine that most people use entirely the wrong criteria when it comes to voting, and while the majority don't judge (or even think) using their brains, voting in the best candidate is random chance at best (and actively selected against most of the time).
People who cannot discern truth from lying
People who never think before replying
Those where the odds of deep thought are remote
We should think twice before letting 'em vote...
...OK, maybe a bit too serious :-)
People who cannot discern truth from lying
People who never think before replying
Those where the odds of deep thought are remote
We should think twice before letting 'em vote...
...OK, maybe a bit too serious :-)
Great political parody here and I loved all the insulting references like One Direction, Dog the Bounty Hunter and Jersey Shore!
I loved the style of this as well, Arwen. Nice jabs at the uninformed AND at pop-culture. ANd well-rhymed as always. Excellent
What Peregrin said..appreciate the non-partisan faction...and very clever "Shouldn't Vote" picks
Also, anybody whose name is Michael Pacholek, Phil Alexander, or Charles R. Grosvenor Jr. probably should never be allowed to vote. Just sayin'.
Moreover... what's with the callout? Calling out ChuckyG will not go over well here either. Voted for Obama this year, decided that a Gary Johnson vote would be a wasted effort and a Romney vote is another drop in the bucket toward 49 more states and 5 territories of Mormon theocracy (we already have one, it's called Utah) or a police state.
Pip...I love you anyway...Coke loving and all. Thanks! :)
Phil...I couldn't agree more...and informed voter is my favorite kind of voter. Even if I disagree with how a person votes...I want to at least know they are voting according to their own conscience and not according to what their mom/dad/preacher/boyfriend/favorite celebrity told them to do. Oh, and I love your stanza!
Matty...thanks! So glad you liked it!
2nzy...thank you. I appreciate your kind words, as always.
AFW...well, I'm glad we can agree! Thank you!
Moreover....while everyone is entitled to their own opinions, I'm absolutely not a fan of negatively name dropping anyone like that, least of all Mr. Pacholek and Mr. Alexander, who are always kind and supportive and hilarious to me. None of us would be here without Chucky...so that's super lame, too.
Anondria...while I appreciate the spirit of defense in which your comment began, I don't care who you voted for or why...mostly because I hate the narrow-minded spirit...(I can think of plenty of reasons not to like Mitt Romney...none of which have to do with the easy-way-out bash of his religious beliefs)...in which your comment ended.
Phil...I couldn't agree more...and informed voter is my favorite kind of voter. Even if I disagree with how a person votes...I want to at least know they are voting according to their own conscience and not according to what their mom/dad/preacher/boyfriend/favorite celebrity told them to do. Oh, and I love your stanza!
Matty...thanks! So glad you liked it!
2nzy...thank you. I appreciate your kind words, as always.
AFW...well, I'm glad we can agree! Thank you!
Moreover....while everyone is entitled to their own opinions, I'm absolutely not a fan of negatively name dropping anyone like that, least of all Mr. Pacholek and Mr. Alexander, who are always kind and supportive and hilarious to me. None of us would be here without Chucky...so that's super lame, too.
Anondria...while I appreciate the spirit of defense in which your comment began, I don't care who you voted for or why...mostly because I hate the narrow-minded spirit...(I can think of plenty of reasons not to like Mitt Romney...none of which have to do with the easy-way-out bash of his religious beliefs)...in which your comment ended.
I drink Coke and I'm not voting. :)
Excellent parody Arwen.
Excellent parody Arwen.
Arwen, did you know voting in Australia is compulsory? All taxpayers over 18 have their names on the local electoral rolls and they get a Fed govt fine if they don't show up.
I don't think it makes much difference to the quality of those elected because the kind of people who can afford to stand and their spurious claims to be able to change the nation limit the choices you have. I usually vote just to help keep the less-liberal fascists out, the ones who think countries are worth dying for, but I don't expect to see any real democracy happening through a representational system which is not one-man-one-vote anyway and seeks to disqualify low-status citizens.
Anyway, I'm just here to compliment you on a well-crafted and thought-provoking parody.
As for Coke vs Pepsi, they're just like the candidates. What's the real deal? You have to get past the smokescreen of icing and chilled glasses, and sample them at room temperature for the truth (almost undrinkable). Both also contain a large amount of dangerously addictive sugar and sweeteners. Bring back the days when coke was coke - the pep of the coca leaf enhanced by the unique flavor of the cola nut - now that's a drink worth drinking.
I don't think it makes much difference to the quality of those elected because the kind of people who can afford to stand and their spurious claims to be able to change the nation limit the choices you have. I usually vote just to help keep the less-liberal fascists out, the ones who think countries are worth dying for, but I don't expect to see any real democracy happening through a representational system which is not one-man-one-vote anyway and seeks to disqualify low-status citizens.
Anyway, I'm just here to compliment you on a well-crafted and thought-provoking parody.
As for Coke vs Pepsi, they're just like the candidates. What's the real deal? You have to get past the smokescreen of icing and chilled glasses, and sample them at room temperature for the truth (almost undrinkable). Both also contain a large amount of dangerously addictive sugar and sweeteners. Bring back the days when coke was coke - the pep of the coca leaf enhanced by the unique flavor of the cola nut - now that's a drink worth drinking.
Moreover - a statistic I occasionally point out: I've voted in every election (except one or two local council ones) for the last 28 years now. Where I have been able to, I have worked out who the best candidate is (based on things like intelligence and lack of superficiality - showing that they can think about issues rather than come up with soundbites).. and in dozens of elections now, I have never voted for the winning candidate. Not once. In our wonderful UK democray, it really doesn't matter how good a candidate is... maybe there's an alternative version to this parody that could be written:
Men with opinions they've formed without thinking
People who are prone to excessive drinking
[Or] rabbit on 'bout things they don't understand
These politicians we should not let stand
Folks with charisma of a tax inspector
Ethical standards of Hannibal Lecter
Those with less brains than a hot toasted bun
Arrogant twits who we should not let run..
Men with opinions they've formed without thinking
People who are prone to excessive drinking
[Or] rabbit on 'bout things they don't understand
These politicians we should not let stand
Folks with charisma of a tax inspector
Ethical standards of Hannibal Lecter
Those with less brains than a hot toasted bun
Arrogant twits who we should not let run..
Coke vs Pepsi
Red vs Blue
Hmmm???
Red vs Blue
Hmmm???
...but I like Sara Sidle!
Subject: HR 4646 -NO NEW TAXES RIGHT?
Very well done, Arwen, particularly the "cluless/informed viewl-less" verse. I think the two best targets for parodies are empty-headedness and arrogance. I am partial to arrogance, but you are the master of empty-headed spoofing, and this is a masterpiece.
Your clever parody has inspired a lot of clever comments, especially from Phil Alexander, but I think he means rabid, not rabbit.
Your clever parody has inspired a lot of clever comments, especially from Phil Alexander, but I think he means rabid, not rabbit.
JJ - it's not what I was thinking, but you're absolutely right - "Rabid about things they don't understand" scans better, too :-)
Funnier than a flummoxed NPR debate Moderator--loved it!
Four years ago, alas, NOBODY heeded this advice. Now a number of the voters so described shall have to do their voting from military trucks, if they even bother at all.
Truly funny........Half the world doesn't have a clue, the rest think we do......A vote is a terrible thing to waste..............
tx 4 awl your help. it was no help at all
I love my Vibram FiveFingers toe shoes so I guess I'll not be allowed to vote, but I'm still allowed to run I hope?
(SOTM) You're lucky I didn't deduct you for the Twilight diss. (One of my favorite things) *wags finger* But then again you said "girls" who read Twilight. Anyway, the rest of the parody was hilarious! Five more years for you!
Oct 2012 SOTM: As per my comments above! Was particularly gald you had a go at Jersey BORE, Dog the BOOFHEAD Punter, Twi-BLIGHT, and One Predilection. A few of my favourite stinks.
2nd read and the last stanza stands out especially, like you mentioned. Still a great take on the voting situation, and written very well as always Arwen. The 'Honey Boo Boo' line stood out this time around as well.
(SOTM) What's this? A political parody that I...enjoy? And understand?! WHAT NEW SPORE OF MADNESS IS THIS?! Seriously, this was a great parody. I myself don't know the diff between red states and blue states, but I'm in Australia, so I don't have to know. 555!
(SOTM) My favorite line was the floating brain waves... :)
Great work here, a lot of funny lines here to a really good OS. Nice work as always!
(SOTM) I used to love The Sound of Music, but now I've seen it so many times I cringe when I hear music from it, but I enjoyed the parody none the less. It was certainly funny (as your stuff always is in no short supply of). Great work!
Well done, making a political parody that seems to work for all!
I like One Direction's songs-that does not mean that I should not vote. A great parody though-10/10.
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