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.
(Toggle Right Side Navigation)

Song Parodies -> "What To Read"

Original Song Title:

"What You Need"

 (MP3)
Original Performer:

INXS

Parody Song Title:

"What To Read"

Parody Written by:

Matthias

The Lyrics

You… Are so boring
With your 9 to 5 and your wife
Grab a book and start reading
Then you’ll bring to life Frankenstein

That’s what… You read
Ooooooh!!!
Hamlet… All these books to read
Moby Dick you’ll read!

(Instrumental)

Follow that wizard Harry
As beats down the Dark Lord Voldemort
Or Hobbit trips to get bling frying
Trek to Mordor and toss it in the blaze

Oh Yeah!

What’s what… You read!
Ooooooh…
Ben Hur… All these books you’ll read
William Tell you’ll read!

All these books you’ll read!
Robin Hood you’ll read!
These classics you’ll read!
Sherlock Holmes you’ll read!
I'll tell you what to read!

Ooooooohhhh…

Flip through!

Alice in Wonderland
The tale one chick’s trip on drugs
You think English classic is prison
Since in there Shakespeare’s
Works you’ll read

Ooooooooohhhh!!!!

What you read!
What you read!

Just flip through, Just flip through
All these books to read!

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

 LittleLots
Matches Pace of
Original Song: 
How Funny: 
Overall Score: 



In order for your vote to count, you need to hit the 'Place Your Vote' button.
 

Voting Results

 
Pacing: 5.0
How Funny: 5.0
Overall Rating: 5.0

Total Votes: 8

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   8
 8
 8
 

User Comments

Comments are subject to review, and can be removed by the administration of the site at any time and for any reason.

Matthias - February 09, 2010 - Report this comment
Having a typo on a short song makes me look stupid but "What's what you read" should have been "That's what you read" obviously...
Matthias - February 09, 2010 - Report this comment
Wow another one... "As beats down" should have been "As HE beats down" Geeze! I feel stupid looking back at this parody...
Jonathan S. - February 09, 2010 - Report this comment
Great title switch and lyrics. 555
Mark Scotti - February 09, 2010 - Report this comment
I had to read..had to read.....this wonderful parody! Just couldn't put it down! Fivers
Christie Marie M - February 09, 2010 - Report this comment
Great read...and sing, Matt! Don't worry about making mistakes writing this parody. When I used to write a few, there are some errors I made also. We knew what you meant. This is a great bookworm's anthem. My fave classic books are Old Man and the Sea, Grapes of Wrath, Moby Dick, Ivanhoe, Scarlet Letter, Harry Potter, and Animal Farm. Congrats, you just won 555 Nobel Peace Prizes for this parody!
Fiddlegirl - February 09, 2010 - Report this comment
On behalf of all English/Reading teachers... I thank you, Sir! :)
George W. Bush - February 09, 2010 - Report this comment
I love me some classic literture. But sometimes those words get in my way knowledging.
Phil Nelson - February 09, 2010 - Report this comment
Better than the original! Reminds me of the old clubhouse from the place I moved from recently where I read a lot of books.
Violet Baudelaire - February 10, 2010 - Report this comment
How come you forgot Snicket? Oh, well, here's some 555 volumes of books for you to enjoy... ^_^
Agrimorfee - January 03, 2018 - Report this comment
Cute and a very responsible message, but that's about it. The form and length of the song worked against you I think.
bobpiecheese - January 09, 2018 - Report this comment
(Artistry) Gotta echo Agri here. You did well with what you had, but what you had wasn't that much. Still, at least it didn't feel like a list of books, so that's worth 555, I think.
Max Power - January 09, 2018 - Report this comment
Enter some literary spoilers here.

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/80s/inxs29.shtml For help, see the examples of how to link to this page.

This is view # 1171