Nice work on this one. Would have been good if a couple more verses rhymed (although I can't remember if all the verses in the original song rhyme...?), but a great topic to parody this song with. 5-4-5

Thanks very much AussieBullDog !

No - the Talking Heads' original verses did NOT always rhyme in this song - and if you take a look at the TH's original verses for "Burning Down The House" and compare them verse-by-verse to my parody "Burning Out The Mouse", you will find that I followed their lack-of-rhyme verse by verse and stanza by stanza.

(sniff, boo-hoo)...I guess parodying the original artist's lack-of-rhyme too closely is not looked upon all that kindly here by some.....or is it ? Heh heh heh...

AussieBullDog, maybe some of the difficulty you experienced came from the fact that the Talking Head's original song had some very, very long single verses that I split up into two parts for sake of my formatting....for example:

Original verse:
It was once upon a place sometimes I listen to myself
Parody verse which I split on two lines for formatting:
Once again on some web page / Always I download stuff for free
Original verse:
People on their way to work baby what did you expect
Parody verse, again split for format:
M-peg actors, how they work / Doing just what I expect

To respond... oops.

Nice refresher course...good job, Johnny!

Thanks Adagio!

AussieBullDog - everything's OK, mate - no oops at all as far as I'm concerned. You're a faithful reader and I love to read your comments - keep 'em coming mate, and thanks again.

Thanks for being good about it Johnny - I should have remembered that non-rhyming thing. Staying faithful to the rhyming of the original would have gotten you triple 5's from me had I remembered. Hmm... Hey, Ones Guy! Be a pal and give Johnny a 2 in pacing for me? Thanks, mate. There - fixed.

Smokin'!

I think i have been hit a little bit for the same things, if things dont rhyme in the original, i see that as a green flag, whatever i can fit in the measure count. 1s 5s, its all the same to me, means someone read it. have a 15

I think i have been hit a little bit for the same things, if things dont rhyme in the original, i see that as a green flag, whatever i can fit in the measure count. 1s 5s, its all the same to me, means someone read it. have a 15

Thanks, Gary! Did you already vote? The vote count stood at 3 both before and after your comment .... Just checking - some folks have reported problems with the voting mechanism recently. Thanks.

Johnny D - I couldn't remember enough of the original to size it up for voting. Just thought I'd comment on your remark about the vote-counting mechanism possibly having a problem this evening. I tried to post a new parody about an hour ago and my PC just froze up. Could be the Network here at work but it might also be on the 'amiright" end. I made a second post attempt and it went through. Just an FYI.

will try again, was rating in some spare time and site went screwy so i stopped i will vote again. if i commented on things tonight they got 5s, i liked all i looked at. i really have to stay with tunes iknow, which sucks for some songs, i try to visualize the song being sung to tunes i know, like i do my own, everything i do, i think it through in the original artists voice, either way here comes the 5s

Thanks very much, Gary.

You did a really good job with this one, Johnny. I give it a perfect score.

Yeah, it was good! Liked it a lot.

Thanks, Serafina and Max!