Song Parodies -> I Bought a "New" Truck
| Original Song Title: | "I Want A New Drug" |
| Original Performer: | Huey Lewis & The News |
| Parody Song Title: | "I Bought a "New" Truck" |
| Parody Written by: | Andria |
Hello, this is Andria, and this is my third parody. (Do I sound like I'm in an AA meeting?) Since I discovered that all Mazda Rotary Engine vehicles, especially the fully-optioned 1974 pickup that I used as my daily driver up to today are collector's items, I decided to buy a restored black 1972 Chevy Cheyenne 1/2-ton shortbed pickup from the parents of a 17-year-old client of mine (I'm a high-school guidance counselor) who needed the money to bail their son out of jail after he was arrested for a sex offense. The truck is beautiful and runs and drives like new, and I am so ecstatic that I decided to write a parody about it. Hope you like it! NOTE: The Mazda Rotary Engine pickup (REPU) is essentially an early-model Ford Courier pickup with a different grille, four headlights, a powerful Mazda RX-4 Wankel Rotary engine with no pistons, no crankshaft, no valves, no cam and very few moving parts, a semi-exposed right-hand outside battery, is unreliable and has very little room inside for someone my size and my Samsonite attache case, let alone another person, such as my sister. (I am 5'7" and 155 lbs with a large chest, a full figure and size 8 feet, and my case is used to hold a well-used Tripp County (South Dakota) Public Schools-issued Dell laptop, a battery charger, my lunch, several cans of Rockstar, a few Clif bars, books and assorted other things) *A Rhinoliner is a spray-on bedliner/floor covering for a truck, a Jeep, a Scout, a Land Cruiser, a Land Rover or a dune buggy, and I omitted the final "r" for pacing reasons. A "2-08" refers to a 2008-model full-sized pickup or SUV of any make or model.
I bought a "new" truck
A '72 Chevy Cheyenne
One that has a huge V-8
And has steel half an inch thick
I bought a "new" truck
For a cool 4 grand
It is black on black
With an engine of red
*********CHORUS**********
One that's made in good old Dee-troit
A Rock-Solid Chevrolet
One with comfortable seats
And more headroom for me
I got a real great deal
I bought a "new" truck
One with a Rhinoline*
Didn't cost too much
Compared to a 2-08*
I bought a "new" truck
One with dual exhaust
One that gets 16mpg outright
And will cruise at 120 all day
************CHORUS************
I bought a "new" truck"
One that runs like it should
One that's painted raven black
Not Jackalantern Orange
I bought a "new" truck
Restored like new
One that won't make me a laughingstock
It's built like a rock
*********CHORUS*************
A '72 Chevy Cheyenne
One that has a huge V-8
And has steel half an inch thick
I bought a "new" truck
For a cool 4 grand
It is black on black
With an engine of red
*********CHORUS**********
One that's made in good old Dee-troit
A Rock-Solid Chevrolet
One with comfortable seats
And more headroom for me
I got a real great deal
I bought a "new" truck
One with a Rhinoline*
Didn't cost too much
Compared to a 2-08*
I bought a "new" truck
One with dual exhaust
One that gets 16mpg outright
And will cruise at 120 all day
************CHORUS************
I bought a "new" truck"
One that runs like it should
One that's painted raven black
Not Jackalantern Orange
I bought a "new" truck
Restored like new
One that won't make me a laughingstock
It's built like a rock
*********CHORUS*************
NOTE: ANDRIA KILGORE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE OF GENERAL MOTORS AND THUS DOES NOT REPRESENT THAT COMPANY. THANK YOU, DARRELL WILHELM, FOR THE 20-PAGE "HOW TO WRITE GREAT PARODIES" LETTER AND THE LONG-DISTANCE CALLS. PEACE ON EARTH, ANDRIA "ANNIE" KILGORE
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I would like to see more rhyming, but this is an entertaining submission, Andria.
Thanks, John. The explanation behind the dearth of rhymes was because I could not think of any rhymes that would work with the OS and my theme. Entertaining, yes. The story of my buying the truck from the parents of a client is true, he needed the bail to get out of jail, where he was charged with trumped-up sexual misconduct. (He was, let's just say "intimate" with an Angora goat.)
Correction for Preface: I have Four, not Three parodies on AiR. The Shakira and Destiny's Child parodies were written when I was in college and essentially ruled by conformity.
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