Making fun of music, one song at a time. Since the year 2000.
Check out the two amIright misheard lyrics books including one book devoted to misheard lyrics of the 1980s.
Song Parodies -> "A Kick To Be Sick"
Original Song Title:
"Thick As A Brick"
(MP3)Original Performer:
Jethro Tull
Parody Song Title:
"A Kick To Be Sick"
Parody Written by:
Agrimorfee
The Lyrics
This is based on the first 10 minutes and the last 5 minutes of this classic mega-song. The singer of the song is a grumpy, slightly senile old man in bed at a nursing home.
Do me a favor before you go out
Pull the curtains closed, Honey, tell the kids not to shout
Please forget all about my hair in the sink
And please give me a sponge bath, I'm starting to stink
My sore throat makes me talk like a seal
And my chicken soup starts to congeal
And the kids, they don't know how it feels
What a kick to be sick
Now the time-release capsules have been put away
But my skin still takes on a pallor of grey
Honey comes in and asks, "Are you OK?"
I feel just a bit better than I was yesterday
I lay back and think of Jennifer Beals
The used-car salesmen give me their spiels
And Judge Wapner don't know how it feels
What a kick to be sick
And the itch on my heel is so far away
I'm in such pain that I can't reach it today
Then I blow my nose (PPPPZZ!!)
It's clogged just the same
Let me tell you about years that were much more uncouth
Pour me six parts of sloe gin to one part vermouth
Sit back, and I promise I won't keep you very long
Look now! A baby's born, and he's got the croup all right
There is panic in the bedroom, let's call the MD tonight
We'll Vapo-Rub him, a vaporizer by his bed
Shove a thermometer up his butt, and place moist towels on his head
Antibodies fight the bug, but the audience is bored...
So come on all you doctors, with your high-tax bracket wages
With your appointment books, you lousy crooks
Why don't you cure the cold today?
You cannot fight Establishment, the AMA is Government
The secret is lemon juice, now isn't it?
What's with the world today?!
Now where the hell's my Skittles?
I need them now, not yesterday
And where is my breakfast, and my newspaper, too?
You don't care about me at all
Writing up your contracts to keep me locked up in the Shady Folks Rest Hall
So I sit back and watch all the game show deals
And I see my chicken soup still congeal
And none of you know how it feels
What a kick....to be sick
Pull the curtains closed, Honey, tell the kids not to shout
Please forget all about my hair in the sink
And please give me a sponge bath, I'm starting to stink
My sore throat makes me talk like a seal
And my chicken soup starts to congeal
And the kids, they don't know how it feels
What a kick to be sick
Now the time-release capsules have been put away
But my skin still takes on a pallor of grey
Honey comes in and asks, "Are you OK?"
I feel just a bit better than I was yesterday
I lay back and think of Jennifer Beals
The used-car salesmen give me their spiels
And Judge Wapner don't know how it feels
What a kick to be sick
And the itch on my heel is so far away
I'm in such pain that I can't reach it today
Then I blow my nose (PPPPZZ!!)
It's clogged just the same
Let me tell you about years that were much more uncouth
Pour me six parts of sloe gin to one part vermouth
Sit back, and I promise I won't keep you very long
Look now! A baby's born, and he's got the croup all right
There is panic in the bedroom, let's call the MD tonight
We'll Vapo-Rub him, a vaporizer by his bed
Shove a thermometer up his butt, and place moist towels on his head
Antibodies fight the bug, but the audience is bored...
So come on all you doctors, with your high-tax bracket wages
With your appointment books, you lousy crooks
Why don't you cure the cold today?
You cannot fight Establishment, the AMA is Government
The secret is lemon juice, now isn't it?
What's with the world today?!
Now where the hell's my Skittles?
I need them now, not yesterday
And where is my breakfast, and my newspaper, too?
You don't care about me at all
Writing up your contracts to keep me locked up in the Shady Folks Rest Hall
So I sit back and watch all the game show deals
And I see my chicken soup still congeal
And none of you know how it feels
What a kick....to be sick
Copyright 1992, Agrimorfee Yeah, I kinda stole one line from Tom Lehrer.
Your Vote & Comment Counts
The parody authors spend a lot of time writing parodies for the website and they appreciate feedback in the form of votes and comments. Please take some time to leave a comment below about this parody.
Place Your Vote |
Voting Results
| ||||||||||||||||||
Voting Breakdown
The following represent how many people voted for each category.
| Pacing | How Funny | Overall Rating | |||||||||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
User Comments
Comments are subject to review, and can be removed by the administration of the site at any time and for any reason.
Agrimorfee - I've been meaning to look at your stuff and know this original song. But it's a long one and today I've got to run, lot's of things to do, so I PROMISE to check you out while I'm up North next week kicking back. Take care.
I love the kicked back optimism and it's downward spiral through the song.
Agrimorfee, Just got to a place where I could get on-line a couple days ago. Finally got a chance to got thru this and it's strictly superb. 5-5-5. Had already written this one down to look at but 2nz's "Agrimorfee Appreciation Week" recommend reminded me about your other stuff. Keep up the good work.
Paul is right. It's a Tull order and you filled it.And even I wouldn't have caught the TL line if you hadn't mentioned it.
Just seen this one from comments left: there's not enough Jethro Tull around... but I'm sure Tom Lehrer never mentioned sloe gin (though I did take the change to be sort of a homage rather than a plagiarism).
Ten minutes? The version I got hold of only reads 3:01! :-0
I'm puking at this parody, but not because I don't like it ;-) Good Job
I agree that doing a parody of the entire original song would have been too taxing for you ... and the reader. The length of the parody was probably just right, and it also had good elements of rhyming and humor.
Very clever, kind of Volpone-e-esque. Ben Jonson would have approved.
Missed this one. Some clever wording in there. 5s for a difficult song to parody.
"Yeah, I kinda stole one line from Tom Lehrer." - "Only be sure always to call it please 'research'" :-P. Anyway... this song is a bit disguisting, so how about I just give you a 5/5/5 already and get the heck out :-P.
Agrimorfee - Great job here, voted back in January.
Hey Aggro - forgive me cuz my Jethro Tull familiarity is severely limited, and when you said that this parody covers only FIFTEEN MINUTES of the song, I threw in the towel. But I can still appreciate the rhythm, rhyme, and sentiment. My favorite line: "I lay back and think of Jennifer Beals." (I'm assuming that's not the one you borrowed from Tom Lehrer.)
Spaff, you can get the gist of it from any well-stocked Jethro Tull "hits" compilation, they edit it into bite-sized morsels for the Prog-Rock-Intolerant. :) Original lyrics here:http://www.letssingit.com/?http://www.letssingit.com/song/11pkk2w.html
great parody soem really nice lines here
"Shove a thermometer up his butt, and place moist towels on his head"--Pure poetry right there buddy; probably appreciate it even more if I knew the original better though
(ABC-K) Nice write.
(ABC) See above
ABC. Only remember parts of the OS, but this is good. Matched what I remember very well. Liked the Skittles/ Biggles sub
(K) I reckon congealed chicken soup would be one of life's little miseries at that age too Agri - very perceptive - and I still have the OS album - and it just keeps getting better (unlike anything else by Jethro Tull) - 555
Well done!
(ABC05) DKTOS, just "kid"ding =). Anyways, I like this one. 555
VERY poetic! good work
The author of the parody has authorized comments, and wants YOUR feedback.
Link To This Page
The address of this page is: http://www.amiright.com/parody/70s/jethrotull7.shtml For help, see the examples of how to link to this page.
This is view # 1723
