Song Parodies -> Can
| Original Song Title: | "Stand" |
| Original Performer: | R.E.M. |
| Parody Song Title: | "Can" |
| Parody Written by: | MooRocca |
Ever wonder what kinds of stupid things might float through my head late at night when I should be sleeping? Well, now you know.
Can is a john or a loo
Toilet or
Privy, outhouse, restroom
Potty, wash room, lav or commode
Stool, head, facilities, throne
Ladies, Gents
Used to be the water closet
When the rich folk brought 'em indoors
Jail for the accused, tank or the jug
Pokey or prison, the clink, behind bars
Complete recordings of action or sound
Are held within, and so is the crowd
Oh!
Can is your butt, your rear end
Bottom or
Keister, rump or tushie
Your behind, buns, tookus, back door
Your fan-ny, caboose. Still unsure?
It's your ass
It's the lazy place where you sit
When you feel like shirking your chores
Complete recordings of action or sound
Are held within as men run afoul
It's just what you need when nature is calling
Natural cushion, eases the falling
Can is for food, it's a tin
From the store
Lots of fun to kick it
(So's a can I've mentioned, before)
And can's what you do to preserve
(Makes no sense)
Canning's what you're doing
When you seal your food up in jars
It's just what you need when nature is calling
Natural cushion, eases the falling
It keeps the food that you grew in the ground
And just for fun, I'll kick yours around
A can (can!)
Best place for
Stinky trash and garbage,
Junk you just don't want any more
Now, then (can!)
"Just can it"
Means to shut your face, or your lips
Gums no longer flappin...
Can means your able or it's
Possible
Maybe, not prevented
Means you might, it isn't for sure
You're canned when you're fired from work
Dismissed, axed
Means that you've been terminated
But it also means you're allowed
"Can" is a versatile word
(And it's short)
"Can" is a noun or a verb
(C - A - N)
It's easy spelling, it's just like it sounds
("Can" is one syllable long)
Yeah "can" is great, it's meanings abound,
Oh Can!
Toilet or
Privy, outhouse, restroom
Potty, wash room, lav or commode
Stool, head, facilities, throne
Ladies, Gents
Used to be the water closet
When the rich folk brought 'em indoors
Jail for the accused, tank or the jug
Pokey or prison, the clink, behind bars
Complete recordings of action or sound
Are held within, and so is the crowd
Oh!
Can is your butt, your rear end
Bottom or
Keister, rump or tushie
Your behind, buns, tookus, back door
Your fan-ny, caboose. Still unsure?
It's your ass
It's the lazy place where you sit
When you feel like shirking your chores
Complete recordings of action or sound
Are held within as men run afoul
It's just what you need when nature is calling
Natural cushion, eases the falling
Can is for food, it's a tin
From the store
Lots of fun to kick it
(So's a can I've mentioned, before)
And can's what you do to preserve
(Makes no sense)
Canning's what you're doing
When you seal your food up in jars
It's just what you need when nature is calling
Natural cushion, eases the falling
It keeps the food that you grew in the ground
And just for fun, I'll kick yours around
A can (can!)
Best place for
Stinky trash and garbage,
Junk you just don't want any more
Now, then (can!)
"Just can it"
Means to shut your face, or your lips
Gums no longer flappin...
Can means your able or it's
Possible
Maybe, not prevented
Means you might, it isn't for sure
You're canned when you're fired from work
Dismissed, axed
Means that you've been terminated
But it also means you're allowed
"Can" is a versatile word
(And it's short)
"Can" is a noun or a verb
(C - A - N)
It's easy spelling, it's just like it sounds
("Can" is one syllable long)
Yeah "can" is great, it's meanings abound,
Oh Can!
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WOW! Great job...555!
That was incredibly clever, Melhi...I'm more than impressed. 555
Pure Genius! Naturally my favorite line was: "Lots of fun to kick it (So's a can I've mentioned, before.)" LOL.
DKTOS, but DCE (don't care, either)... that was exceedingly clever, Melhi.
What a wonderful inCANtation. I light a CANdle in your honor! This is a definite CANdidate for SOTM! 555
'..fanny, caboose, still unsure? It's your ass' LOL, Melhi! This is one of the cleverest and most entertaining parodies on this site. Great work!
WOW -- thanks, Arwen, Kristof, Ashkickscan ;), Phil, Agrimorfee and Rod. Whew! I was really nervous submitting this one, because I figured folks would either love it or hate it. Thanks again!!
Well done, Melhi. I might never look at the word "can" the same again. Also, thank for teaching me how to spell "tookus."
Thanks John! (Psst... I have to admit I'm not sure if that's how anyone else spells tookus, I just took a guess at it.)
Very nice work! Amazing how many homonyms there are of this word... I especially liked the addition of all the idioms around it. So great. I have to say, though, I've never heard "tookus" before, and it sounds very much like it's a bastardization of the Yiddish "tuchus" (with the Yiddish hard "ch" like in "bach") that my paternal grandfather uses all the time; that being the case, it would probably still be spelled "tuchus".
Thanks Neminem -- and thanks also for the correct spelling of tuchus.
SHADES OF TOM CHAPIN!!!! This is brilliant stuff, Melhi. I don't know if you are in my late baby-boomer age bracket, but Harry Chapin's brother Tom used to host a wonderful, imaginative children's show in the early seventies called "Make a Wish" wherein he would take a word and musically explore all of its possible meanings. I wouldn't be surprised if at some point Tom sang "I'll make a wish/So come with me/I think a CAN is what I'll be." This is truly a great piece of work!! Well done and 555 for sure. Way to show a "can" do attitude!
And it still makes more sense than the original! good job
Thanks Stray Pooch and Billy! Stray Pooch, I don't remember that show, off hand, but the little piece of lyric you gave does has a vaguely familiar ring to it.
I love this song! So tasteless, yet so.....tasteless! Yeah!
Thanks Jango!
SOTM Great stuff, Melhi.
Nice...it's good to have a CAN-do attitude!
Thanks Jeff and Pat!
(SOTM) Wow! This one definitely sparked some giggling in me. Very creative, all 5's from me.
Thanks EmiLoca! Glad you enjoyed it!!
You musta been smoking some CANnabis, eh? How the HELL did I miss this one? Hilarious.
Hee hee -- nah, I only wish I had some such excuse, Claude. Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for the read 'n rate!
A confession: I first misread this as "Lots of fun to lick it / (So's a can I've mentioned before)" - and I nearly died. Now that I've recovered, let me just say that Roget's Thesaurus has nothing on you. Can I admit to loving Melhi's stuff? YES I...
You must have been confusing this one with my entry from last month, Spaff. ;) Hilarious mis-read!!! Thanks for the read n rate, Spaff, and right backatcha ten-fold with that last sentiment!
(SOTM) As I said b4, really good..good luck with SOTM
Thanks Kristof!
(SOTM) DKTOS and also DKE. FB! (The second word is 'Brilliant'). I must say the title of 'Can' does not do this justice and I delayed reading this one for a while. What a complete ass/butt/rear end/bottom/keister/rump/tushie/behind/buns/tookus/back door/fanny/caboose/lazy place where I sit when I feel like shirking my chores/area running afoul/answering machine for when nature is calling/natural cushion I feel like now!!! PS. You missed one synonym: 'George Dubya'. Very very good work.
Thanks Luke, glad you enjoyed it!
(SOTM) I can vote 5's for this, and I will.
(SOTN) Very clever - I loved it! I think I counted 5 meanigs for can in there...
Very funny! A definite CANtender for SOTM!
nothing i can say that hasn't been said. good job
Wonderful use of the original song lyrics. Can something that you put in a jar, heh heh. Reminds me of driving on a parkway and parking in a driveway.
Thanks Johnny D., Merry, Pippin, Ethan and 2nz!
Still freakin' cantastic!
(ABC) Wow. Very original as always, Melhi. Nice job!
Thanks Luke and Charlie!
(ABC05)see above
I love your Can-do attitude! Oops...already went there a few months back. You get points from my wife for using Pokey (our dog's name). Amazing what you've done with a simple idea!
(ABC05) DKTOS, but a fun read!
Thanks Agrimorfee, Jeff and Adagio! Jeff, wow, your dog was famous as a pup! I loved his book, when I was a little kid. ;)
Thanks, we actually have the book, and can read it to our new little one!
(ABC) See above.
(ABC-C) Cantankerously uncanny.
Thanks Johnny & Guy! Guy: Hmm... and here I was worried it was too "canny" :D
(ABC)"Can" gets a second contest outing...and quite rightly so. Still great!
Thanks Kristof!
(ABC) DKTOS
Thanks for the looksee, GoatMan!
(ABC) Can't remember the original well enough to place the pacing, and can't find a midi (so no vote), but the lyrics are great :-)
Thanks for read-through, Adam. I had the same problem finding anything when I went looking for a link to include with this entry.
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