Hello, I’m Rick Cormier. I’m a native New Englander, living in Woburn, MA. I have a wife and three daughters and, during the day, I sell electronic components. (Not stereo equipment but, all of the small components used inside of electronic equipment).
On weekends, I also do sound for Boston area comedians.
Music has always been of interest to me. I started playing guitar and singing lead vocals in original and cover bands about three decades ago. Vocal harmony was always a key element of any band I was in. The Beatles had the biggest impact on me musically. When synthesizers started to get cheaper and more sophisticated, I latched onto that technology and studied piano. I use PC software and a midi keyboard on most of the songs I record.
I have written many original songs but, got into parodies in 2000, when my best friend got married. He put me in charge of the music for his wedding reception (he had five different bands play) and, I thought it would be fun to roast him with a parody. I changed the lyrics to Sinatra’s “My Way” to fit the circumstances and sang it live to a karaoke accompaniment. It was a big hit.
A couple of years later, another friend had a birthday and I wrote a parody for that occasion and, another one later for yet another friend’s birthday. My friend’s urged me to keep doing it so, in 2004, I wrote a few more and recorded them. I will be performing some of my parodies in comedy shows in the near future.
I discovered Amiright.com a couple of months ago (late March of 2005) and, posted the lyrics to a couple of those recorded parodies. The reaction was positive so I wrote some more and submitted them. Now, I can’t seem to stop.
I would like to thank Chucky G. for hosting this looney bin. It’s a lot of fun for me to submit my material and, to read the parodies that others submit.
If any of you would like to chat, my email address is: ricloose@yahoo.com
Song Parodies -> Recordings 
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| Parody Title | Original Song | Original Performer | Submitted |
|---|---|---|---|
| It's Rover | It's Over | Roy Orbison | 2005-08-14 |
| Don't Whine at Me, Angelina | Don't Cry For Me, Argentina | Sarah Brightman | 2005-10-13 |
| Fit You | Fix You | Coldplay | 2006-03-11 |
| M-A-R-T-Y-R | M-O-T-H-E-R | Howard Johnson | 2006-08-29 |
| Were You Doing Some Floozy Neighbor? | Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its' Flavour? | Lonnie Donegan | 2006-10-16 |
| Shopping With a Weapon in My Hand | Winter Wonderland | Christmas Traditional | 2006-12-03 |
| Pee-Yew Pussy Scat ! | What's New Pussycat? | Tom Jones | 2007-02-07 |
| The Guy With Sleep Apnea | The Girl From Ipanema | Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto | 2007-02-20 |
| (Let Me See Your) Titties Bare | (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear | Elvis Presley | 2007-04-14 |
| I'm Pinned Beneath My Things | The Wind Beneath My Wings | Bette Middler | 2007-05-25 |
| Commando | Fernando | ABBA | 2007-10-16 |
| I Wrecked My Heart With Spam and Crisco | I Left My Heart in San Francisco | Tony Bennett | 2007-10-21 |
| Dubya | Julia | The Beatles | 2007-11-23 |
| It's Obama Time | In the Summertime | Mungo Jerry | 2008-12-10 |
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 |
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| I Wonder if She's a Girl | What a Wonderful World | Louis Armstrong | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 195 | |
| I'm So Unusual | It's Not Unusual | Tom Jones | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 400 | |
| Fan of Lepidoptera | Phantom of the Opera | Andrew Lloyd Webber | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 190 | |
| If I Fell | If I Fell | The Beatles | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 180 | |
| You Made Me Write | You May Be Right | Billy Joel | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 206 | |
| Clones to You | Close to You | The Carpenters | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 162 | |
| Gotta Pee | Let it Be | The Beatles | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 303 | |
| Prom Assistants | From a Distance | Bette Midler | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 204 | |
| She Smelled Onions | She's Come Undone | Guess Who | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 172 | |
| If I Only Hadn't Stained | If I Only Had a Brain | Wizard of Oz | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 231 | |
| Can't Get Fueled Again | Won't Get Fooled Again | The Who | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 177 | |
| Faking Carey's Big Chest | Taking Care of Business | Bachman, Turner Overdrive | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 273 | |
| Extra Cargo | Desperado | The Eagles | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 224 | |
| Useless Teddie | Do the Freddie | Freddie and the Dreamers | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 145 | |
| Tyson Fight | Silent Night | Traditional, Christmas | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 211 | |
| You Own Flowbee | You Don't Know Me | Ray Charles | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 205 | |
| Where's Remote? | Mairzy Doats | Johnny Mercer | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 168 | |
| George, How He Bungles | George of the Jungle | Weird Al Yankovic | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 153 | |
| Ample Toes | Ramblin' Rose | Nat 'King' Cole | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 155 | |
| Under the Raincoat | Over the Rainbow | Judy Garland | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 225 | |
| Why'd This Fellow, Gibson Make His Bold Movie | Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree | Tony Orlando and Dawn | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 154 | |
| Funny Man | Handy Man | James Taylor | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 243 | |
| Pope, He Ain't Likin' That Rock'n'Roll Music | Daddy Don't Live in That New York City | Steely Dan | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 301 | |
| Hips Widen Away | Slip, Sliding Away | Paul Simon | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 213 | |
| Cheap, Turd-Riddled Parodies | Cheeseburger in Paradise | Jimmy Buffett | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 197 | |
| She's Sick of Me, I'm Sick of Her | Funiculi, Funicula | Italian Traditional | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 477 | |
| Sing About a Sixth Sense | Sing a Song of Sixpence | Traditional | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 148 | |
| The Toot Toot Song | The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss) | Betty Everett | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 733 | |
| Play Twister | Day Tripper | The Beatles | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 173 | |
| Nicky Can't Lose His Lumber | Rikki Don't Lose That Number | Steely Dan | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 144 | |
| Alvin Rhodes | Ramblin' Rose | Nat 'King' Cole | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 182 | |
| F.U.! Go Away | If You Go Away | Jacqes Brel/Rod McKuen | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 158 | |
| Flingin' My Rogaine | Singin' in the Rain | Gene Kelly | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 195 | |
| Slingin' it Again | Singin' in the Rain | Gene Kelly | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 172 | |
| Shoes Askew | Suzie-Q | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 146 | |
| Two Non-Singers | Two Gunslingers | Tom Petty | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 153 | |
| J-Lo | Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) | Harry Belafonte | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 253 | |
| Large Derriere / Panty Full | Scarborough Fair / Canticle | Simon and Garfunkel | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 228 | |
| Some Clown | Sundown | Gordon Lightfoot | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 163 | |
| Talking Bird | Mockingbird | James Taylor and Carly Simon | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 226 | |
| Spilling My Coffee | Killing Me Softly | Roberta Flack | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 258 | |
| Missile Silos Work | Whistle While You Work | Disney | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 320 | |
| Doberman Pincer | Needles and Pins-ah | The Searchers | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 203 | |
| The Wax From My Ears | The Tracks of My Tears | Smokey Robinson and the Miracles | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 219 | |
| Rough Lolita, Beatin' Babe | Lovely Rita, Meter Maid | The Beatles | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 232 | |
| The Elf Says Never | The Twelfth of Never | Johnny Mathis | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 227 | |
| New Pelvis | Blue Velvet | Bobby Vinton | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 173 | |
| They Had to Set Him Free | She'd Rather Be With Me | The Turtles | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 149 | |
| Mohair Man | Nowhere Man | The Beatles | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 182 | |
| Stretch Pants | Let's Dance | David Bowie | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 192 | |
| You Ain't Screamed, 'Nelson!' Yet | You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet | Bachman Turner Overdrive | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 187 | |
| Dong's Done, Through | Song Sung Blue | Neil Diamond | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 132 | |
| Saudi | Cloudy | Simon and Garfunkel | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 145 | |
| Juts Out Way Too Far | Just the Way You Are | Billy Joel | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 199 | |
| Jacky Chirac | Yackety Yak | The Coasters | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 473 | |
| Wafers | Schaefer Beer Jingle | Jingle | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 607 | |
| Stuck on the Ceiling | Hooked on a Feeling | BJ Thomas | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 162 | |
| The Baby Bites | You May be Right | Billy Joel | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 185 | |
| I'm Snapping Rubber Pants on You | I'm Happy Just to Dance With You | The Beatles | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 173 | |
| My Pony Just Sighs for You | I Only Have Eyes For You | Art Garfunkel | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 159 | |
| Master Bates | Yesterday | The Beatles | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 680 | |
| It's Rover | It's Over | Roy Orbison | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 173 | |
| I Wrecked My Heart With Spam and Crisco | I Left My Heart in San Francisco | Tony Bennett | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 191 | |
| Norwegian Blue | Norwegian Wood | The Beatles | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 202 | |
| Flora's Thong's a Crime | For the Longest Time | Billy Joel | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 214 | |
| I'm Pinned Beneath My Things | The Wind Beneath My Wings | Bette Midler | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 454 | |
| Don't Whine at Me, Angelina | Don't Cry For Me, Argentina | Sarah Brightman | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 817 | |
| Shopping With a Weapon in My Hand | Winter Wonderland | Traditional | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 581 | |
| I Saw Blondie Doing Dagwood's Boss | I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus | Jimmy Boyd | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 721 | |
| Schuss, Bang! | Bang, Bang | Cher | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 220 | |
| Fit You | Fix You | Coldplay | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 301 | |
| Wanna Pizza? | Mona Lisa | Nat King Cole | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 217 | |
| Pruned Liver | Moon River | Andy Williams | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 256 | |
| Wretching Anew | Precious and Few | Climax | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 234 | |
| Slingin' a Load | King of the Road | Roger Miller | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 183 | |
| Don't Know Why | Don't Know Why | Norah Jones | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 244 | |
| Sucked in a Little Kazoo | Stuck in the Middle With You | Stealers Wheel | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 169 | |
| Pruned Liver | Moon River | Andy Williams | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 259 | |
| Chia Pests | Be Our Guest | Beauty and the Beast | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 393 | |
| Jolie, She's Enraptured Me | Bohemian Rhapsody | Queen | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 196 | |
| Dollar-Fifty Ho | When I'm Sixty-Four | The Beatles | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 161 | |
| The Guy With Sleep Apnea | The Girl From Ipanema | Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 212 | |
| Commando | Fernando | Abba | 4.8 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 611 | |
| M-A-R-T-Y-R | M-O-T-H-E-R | Traditional | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 169 | |
| You're So Swell Agrimorfee | Hotel California | The Eagles | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 369 | |
| Were You Doing Some Floozy Neighbor | Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its' Flavour | Lonnie Donegan | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 294 | |
| Pee-Yew Pussy Scat! | What's New Pussycat? | Tom Jones | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 1315 | |
| (Let Me See Your) Titties Bare | (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear | Elvis Presley | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 245 | |
| Dubya | Julia | The Beatles | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 196 | |
| The Little Old Lady Loves Pasta Dinners | The Little Old Lady From Pasadena | Jan & Dean | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 444 | |
| Santa's Elves Did Very Little Christmas | Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas | Traditional Christmas | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 351 | |
| Santa Claus is Gumming Food Down | Santa Claus is Coming To Town | Traditional | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 305 | |
| She's Lindsay Lohan | Please, Mr. Postman | The Beatles | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 230 | |
| It's Obama Time | In the Summertime | Mungo Jerry | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 290 |
