Allow me to be the first to bestow three 5s for this. Well done!

Sympathy... for your plea...here is three...fives, that is

Write on. 5's

I will teach you how to write if you teach me the art of creating an entire rolodex of pseudonyms....

Rick C: Thanks!
AFW: I'll some tea with that sympathy, please.
Larry: I'll do what I can't.
Arwen: what are you talking about, bass-turd elf?

Looks like you've learned. 5s

DKTOS so no vote, but I will attempt to help you ( I haven't seen much of your work ).
1. Pick original songs that people know ( although I still write parodies on basically unknown groups or songs alot for my own amusement but I do not expect masses of votes on them ).
2. Try to use a album/tape/or CD to make the parody with it. Downloaded lyrics on many songs are horrible ( incomplete usually ), and if you have no idea how the song goes what looks good on paper may not translate well vs TOS. I almost always specify now that either:
A: I was reading lyrics from a sheet or
B: That I know TOS quite well and that if you do not and rate me by downloaded lyrics alone my parody will look off.
3. Make it as funny as possible( can't really help you there but I can find humor in nearly anything )
4. Don't rush things. This looks very good. I have rushed quite a few things and screwed up song names, band names, my parody title name, etc. Finaly:
5. I do not know how you write your parodies, but for me it's much easier to write it on a Notepad then copy and paste into the submission field. This way I can save an unfinished work if I get stuck on an idea on a stanza for example and come back to it later.

Hope this helps you some.

PS- If I understand Arwen correctly ( which I may not ) if you leave a comment under someone else's parody don't be afraid of ashamed to leave your real name. Almost everybody is mature enough here to not hold what you say in the comments against you on your next parody. Have a good day.

John Barry: Thanks, I think I'm learning.

Red Ant: Thanks for the advise.

I am DYING. DY-ING!!!

p.s. You should win an American Music Award for this...

Some advice, Leon...check out the work of Leo Jay. He's not very good (frankly, blind ferrets could write better) but he's got a big heart. ;-) 555

Hey -- I resemble that remark...

DKTOS and ITFLTFTMP3 (I'm too -*- lazy to find the MP3), but it reads well as a stand-alone piece. Plus it contains a shout-out to me, which takes it to another realm. Great work, Leon. I think you should hang out at the site more; you might find that people love love love your work. Oh, and you should also try the messageboard.