For those who Don't Know The Original Song ("Top of the World"), it's temporarily available at spaff.com/dktos

How the HELL did you come up with this idea, Spaff? Gloriously perfect...555

I'm kinda glad Kurt will never read/hear this, but oh how I hope it reaches Courtney's ears. The only way this could be better is if it was Hole lyrics in a Barry Manilow original. >:)

great stuff...always loved karen's voice, but thought the songs were weak...i've visited her crypt many times....5s

I wonder what Mary Lou Lord would think of this?

Well, regardless of what she might think, I think this is a slick and cleverly-written parody, Mighty Spaff.

A splendid piece of work!

Spaff - This was a BRILLIANT hybrid parody! Double-Kudos to youdo...

I literally had to read this twice...the first time I thought spaff blew a mental sprocket, but the second time through--wow, what a winner! The gun references were creepy, but ingenius. 555

Smells like 555. A merger of Nirvana and the Carpenters would surely have spawned a hit called '50 ways to kill your singer'

Three fives for you, and nothing I can say can possibly do this parody justice.

THis is awesome!!! 555!!! Spaff, Id love to see you do a seasonsi n the Sun parody called "Cant Stand Seasons In The Sun"

Spaff.com, I cant vote on this honestly as I DKTOS, and probably would like it, but if you want to hear something stranger, try this. Take an Alice in Chains CD ( Dirt or Facelift recommended ) and on your computer use like a Play Center 2 ( I'm sure you have much better than I ) and set the lyrics to something like "male to female vocals alto". When I first did it I was blown away. It make everything a little higher pitched , but the vocals change completely. Just something to consider ( and judging from your posts, ratings and website name ) you might like AIC ( if you do not already ).

If I were a carpenter, and you were a lady, would you buy my records anyway? No you wouldn't, not if you had good taste!

Since "getting" this requires some familiarity with both the Carpenters and Nirvana, I expected a really subdued response. Thanx, y'all, for confounding my expectations.

FOTSIRK NOSTREBOR: Random Play and NyQuil.
MELLO: Barry ManHole? Great idea. Gonna do it?
SCHOLAR RHODES: It's a nice place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there.
JOHNNY DD: I'll admit that I had to Google Mary Lou Lord to pick up on her connection to the whole Kurt/Courtney soap opera. Did you know that MLL also got together with Elliott Smith, another gifted singer/songwriter who committed suicide? If I were her current boyfriend, I'd be checking myself into therapy pronto. (After bragging about it first to anyone who'd listen.)
NOT-SO-TINY TIM: A splendid comment.
P-ROB: Thank you, mash-master. And, uh, arrrrh matey!
AGGRO: "I swear I don't have a gun" is one of my favorite Cobain lines.
LAUDANUM: "Make yourself hurt, Kurt. Starve yourself barren, Karen..."
OLVAN THE TERRIER: The only thing that would do this justice would be deletion.
LOCAL CELEBRITY: That sounds like a job for YOU. And see if you can track down the Squirrels' version of "Seasons in the Sun." It is one of the most hilarious covers of all time.
RED ANT: Alas, I have neither an Alice CD or Play Center 2. But the experiment sounds fun; I'm a proponent of any technology that makes grunge singers sound like Karen Carpenter.
MICHAELOPEDIA: If a tinker were my trade, wouldn't you repeatedly ask me what the hell a tinker is?

So basically, I can't begin to say how much I loved this. I really want to...but I can't. And I hate it when that happens. Bastard.

how do words suddenly appear
when you get
an idea
unlike me
struggling to be
close to you

just an inspired idea, this was - the lines just seem to come out ALL different when Karen's singing them - LOL!! - 555 - what about the reverse? Kurt singing Karen's lyrics....

While I have only been here about 2 weeks, I noticed you almost immediatly, and assume that you do this for a living probably better than Weird Al ( I would say definately better, just no videos ( that Ive seen anyway, if you do have some somebody let me know how to get them or the tapes)). Spaff.com, I must say that I have a very wide range of likes of almost every kind of music from as old as the Beatles/Animals ( 1964 approx. right? ) up to Korn and Tool today. I must say that Layne Staley of Alice in chains in IMO the most genuinely true to his own feelings/emotions out there, not just for drama, because he was indeed an " Angry Angel". What I was trying to say with him is that, if you did what I suggested you would most definately not get Caren Carpenter, but perhaps one of the best female grunge singers alive. ( although if you can cough up about 30-50 bucks you can get what I have, not a dig intended in any way/shape/form )If you changed vocals from say "male to female microphone" or something equivalent you might get Karen Carpenter. Yes Layne Staley was a heroin abuser, and most of their songs are depressing or about drugs, but real life isn't always peaches and cream either.

Smells like three 5s to me...

What the hell is a tinker? I don't give a tinker's dam.

SISTER EVENSTAR-A-LING: Speechless? You?!
STUARTISTE: You're already there. Take what you typed and set it to the tune of "Teen Spirit." Fives, baby.
RED ANT: OK, you've sold me. I promise to listen to more Alice In Chains. And I'm flattered by your suggestion that I "do this for a living," but I'd quickly starve. Like everyone else here, I only write parodies as an unhealthy obsession disguised as a hobby. I did do most of the lyrics for a CD, though - check it out at www.elvesgonewild.com
INDIGO: Smells sweet!
MICHAELOPEDIA: I believe a tinker is a Neverland pixie with its bells severed.

Im gonna start on that idea too!

Whoot! Possibly another AIC fan! I will check out your website since you were kind enough to respond to me twice. Thanks Spaff.com. :)

I really don't get it. Maybe it's because I'm a Karen Carpenter fan. And never a Nirvana one. I don't see any humor in it...

To ... , the humour is that he simply jammed the lyrics of some Nirvana songs into a The Carpenters song. Quite odd actually. Please record it.

Thanx, creamcheesepie, for explaining the joke to ellipsis. I wasn't going to submit this one until I received a visit from the ghosts of Karen Carpenter, Kurt Cobain, and KC (from KC and the Sunshine Band), all wearing KC baseball caps. They urged me to proceed. How could I say no? What freaked me out the most about their ghosts visiting me is that the Sunshine Band guy is still alive.