Melanie Lee (aka Melanie N. Lee, mnl_1221) is a Queens, NY native with an MA in English-Creative Writing; her thesis was a musical playscript of a famous YA novel. She's a part-time tutor for City University of New York, and has also taught English 101. She's written three produced plays (including one in the New York International Fringe Festival, 2005) and three unproduced screenplays. She's also been a telephone interviewer, a radio monitor for ASCAP, and a party clown. A politically-liberal born-again Christian, she's spouted her opinions in several letters to the editor published in New York newspapers. Her theater reviews are on nytheatre.com, and her snippets of advice on Yahoo! Answers and Sparknotes.
Melanie has enjoyed, at various times, making decorated cakes, Christmas ornaments, Halloween costumes, Easter bonnets, and offbeat evangelical tracts. She has a pretty good ear for harmony, wishes she could play the piano, and wishes she had the stomach for Broadway cattle calls. Oh, well—she gets to sing in the chorus of community theater musicals, including scaring audiences as Fruma Sarah in Fiddler on the Roof in Flushing, Queens.
She's furious over the current American corporate practice of "squeeze more work out of fewer workers for less pay", hates the egregious economic imbalance, and prays that Bush/Cheney won't stage a coup.
Her goal for this life is to create a work—poem, song, play, novel, movie—that will outlast her, inspiring and moving people.
She's thankful to Amiright.com for giving her a forum to hone her comedic and songwriting skills. BTW, if you know of a movie producer or director who'd like to film a screenplay about a group of twentysomethings forming a band in 1980 Queens, NY, please contact her: mnl_1221@yahoo.com. Blog: http://360.yahoo.com/mnl_1221.
Song Parodies -> Lyrics
P stands for Pacing, F stands for How Funny, and O is for Overall Score.
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| Parody Title | Original Title | Performer | Submitted | P | F | O | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bomb Iraq | Barbara Ann | Beach Boys | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 117 | |
| Rush's Little Helper | Mother's Little Helper | Rolling Stones | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 86 | |
| Dennis and the Right | Bennie and the Jets | Elton John | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 190 | |
| It Wasn't Me (Florida 2000) | It Wasn't Me | Shaggy | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 109 | |
| We Got Code Orange for Christmas | Nuttin' for Christmas | Barry Gordon | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 215 | |
| Rock the Vote | Rock the Boat | Hues Corporation | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 173 | |
| Yankees Got Run Over By the Red Sox | Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer | Elmo & Patsy | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 208 | |
| Count Every Ballot | Climb Every Mountain | The Sound Of Music Soundtrack | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 83 | |
| Ah, Fallujah! | Hallelujah Chorus | G. F. Handel | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 102 | |
| Wake Up, Little Demmies | Wake Up, Little Susie | Everly Brothers | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 70 | |
| Mandate My Ass | Earache My Eye | Cheech and Chong | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 92 | |
| The Night Detroit Died | The Night Chicago Died | Paper Lace | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 79 | |
| The Night They'll Drive Ken Jennings Down | The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down | Joan Baez | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 75 | |
| O Come All Ye Faithful (Inauguration 2005) | O Come All Ye Faithful | Traditional | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 144 | |
| Pray | Stay | Four Seasons | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 62 | |
| Pope Ben | Ben | Michael Jackson | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 79 | |
| You're So Vain (You Prob'ly Think This Show Is...) | You're So Vain | Carly Simon | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 118 | |
| A Hundred Million Bucks to Spend (Fluid Cash Song) | A Hundred Million Miracles (Flower Drum Song) | Miyoshi Umeki/Rodgers and Hammerstein | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 159 | |
| Crappy Christmas (War Continues) | Happy Xmas (War is Over) | John Lennon | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 192 | |
| Gold Medal | Goldfinger | Shirley Bassey | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 70 | |
| Bombed Gay! | Born Free | Andy Williams | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 76 | |
| We Have Cable | We Have Heaven | Yes | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 106 | |
| Watermelon Truck | Watermelon Man | Mongo Santamaria | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 180 | |
| Bad, Bad Andy Dick | Bad, Bad Leroy Brown | Jim Croce | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 187 | |
| Bleep! the Mets! | Meet the Mets | New York Mets | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 154 | |
| Bronx Song (Yankee Star) | Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) | The Doors | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 203 | |
| D.C. Song (Mid-East War) | Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) | The Doors | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 191 | |
| Remember Walking into Shea | Remember (Walking in the Sand) | The Shangri-Las | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 123 | |
| Halloween | Edelweiss | Rodgers & Hammerstein | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 149 | |
| My Eye Is on My Waistline | His Eye Is on the Sparrow | Traditional | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 100 | |
| Yes! We Have No Scriptwriters! | Yes! We Have No Bananas | Frank Silver and Irvin Cohn | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 123 | |
| 24 | 1921 | Who | 5.0 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 134 | |
| Goodbye Rudy Tuesday | Ruby Tuesday | Rolling Stones | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 196 | |
| Manateeky | Jabberwocky | Lewis Carroll | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 115 | |
| Elections (Piddler on the Bush) | Tradition | Fiddler on the Roof | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 190 | |
| Price Hike, Price Gouge | Sunrise, Sunset | Fiddler on the Roof | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 158 | |
| Love Client Number 9 | Love Potion Number 9 | The Searchers | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 1414 | |
| Resignation Won | Revolution 1 | The Beatles | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 93 | |
| Eliot Spitzer | Anatevka | Fiddler on the Roof | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 186 | |
| Silda Wall's Husband | Sylvia's Mother | Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 113 | |
| The Luv Guv | Theme from 'The Love Boat' | Jack Jones | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 113 | |
| Inaugural Prayer | Sabbath Prayer | Fiddler on the Roof | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 111 | |
| Far from the Far Right Crowd | Far from the Home I Love | Fiddler on the Roof | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 71 | |
| Easter Too Soon | Easter Parade | Irving Berlin | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 86 | |
| Huckabee | Chavaleh | Fiddler On The Roof (Musical) | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 84 | |
| God Damn America | God Bless America | Kate Smith | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 183 | |
| Challah Bread | Chavaleh | Fiddler On The Roof (Musical) | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 121 | |
| Anatevka Dreamin' | California Dreamin' | The Mamas & The Papas | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 123 | |
| Knight Bus | Nightshift | The Commodores | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 86 | |
| Muckraker | Matchmaker | Fiddler On The Roof (Musical) | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 101 | |
| Speed Racer Redux | Speed Racer Theme | Danny Davis and the Nashville Brass | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 338 | |
| Papal Man | Puppet Man | The Fifth Dimension | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 93 | |
| Clemens' Trampy Teen | Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves | Cher | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 129 | |
| Right-Wing Fantasy | Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves | Cher | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 114 | |
| Oil King | Sun King | The Beatles | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 92 | |
| 1/21/09 | One After 909 | The Beatles | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 89 | |
| Waiting for the Smirk to Leave | Waiting on the World to Change | John Mayer | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 114 | |
| Oil King Medley | Sun King Medley | The Beatles | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 88 | |
| You Never Divvy Your Profits | You Never Give Me Your Money | The Beatles | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 84 | |
| Little Big Horn Medley | Sun King Medley | The Beatles | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 120 | |
| Bloopers | Bluebird | Paul McCartney & Wings | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 124 | |
| Don't Dumb Me Down | Don't Let Me Down | The Beatles | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 102 | |
| Cranes | Chains | The Beatles | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 71 | |
| We Have 'Bama! | We Have Heaven | Yes | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 69 | |
| Get Smart—Again! | Get Smart Theme | Irving Szathmary | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 240 | |
| Bleep! The Mets! Part 2 | Meet the Mets | New York Mets | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 89 | |
| Can I Kick You Out? | Do I Make You Proud? | Taylor Hicks | 5.0 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 96 | |
| I Enjoy Seeing the Gays | I Enjoy Being a Girl | Rodgers & Hammerstein | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 85 | |
| Bride on the Run | Band on the Run | Paul McCartney & Wings | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 104 | |
| Someone Spoofed Obama | Some Enchanted Evening | Rodgers & Hammerstein | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 90 | |
| He's the Word | The Word | The Beatles | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 45 | |
| Tomorrow, Vote for Me! | Tomorrow Never Knows | The Beatles | 5.0 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 56 | |
| Heart of the City (A Portrait of Times Square) | Heart of the Sunrise | Yes | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 47 | |
| MS Word 2007 | The Word | The Beatles | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 70 | |
| Beer | Here, There, and Everywhere | The Beatles | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 69 | |
| George in the White House | George of the Jungle | Weird Al Yankovic | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 78 | |
| Batman | Taxman | The Beatles | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 78 | |
| Black Man | Taxman | The Beatles | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 80 | |
| Over the Wee-Wee Pad | Under the Bridge | Red Hot Chili Peppers | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 77 | |
| Conventions | Birthday | The Beatles | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 41 | |
| Sweet YouTube | Sweet Blindness | Laura Nyro | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 33 | |
| Hey, Miss Nunnery! | What's New, Pussycat? | Tom Jones | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 37 | |
| My Chance? Gone Now! (Hillary's Lament) | My Man's Gone Now | Porgy and Bess | No Votes | 25 | |||
| Margarine | Tangerine | Frank Sinatra | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 32 | |
