In May 2004, a friend of mine pointed me to amiright. I'd written a few song parodies up to that point, but the opportunity to have an audience was inspirational, and, for better or worse, I've been cranking them out and pouring them in (many with similar mixed metaphors) ever since.

I'm not too familiar with post-70s pop music--I listen mainly to jazz and classical--so my stuff tends to be oriented to the 60s/70s. I often try to mimic as closely as possible the word-sounds/rhymes of the original song, sometimes retaining portions of the original lyrics if they work within the context of the parody. Because I'm a nonmusician, I focus pretty heavily on the narrative, but I try to make the lyrics track to the tune.

I get many of my ideas by reading superb submissions from other contributors. I hope you enjoy my efforts, all of which are copyrighted by me, John A. Barry, in the relevant year.

It was great to find this forum, and my hat is off to Chucky G. for providing a place where I and other parodists can publish our work

Song Parodies -> Lyrics

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