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Song Parodies -> "A Lot Of Modern Music Has The Singin' So Unbearable"

Original Song Title:

"I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major-General"

Original Performer:

Gilbert & Sullivan

Parody Song Title:

"A Lot Of Modern Music Has The Singin' So Unbearable"

Parody Written by:

Andy Primus

The Lyrics

This parody is done to match the Delacorte Theater version with George Rose as the MG (from YouTube)
(There are other versions – this is the one where he is wearing a white uniform with a red sash)

All words or phrases marked with * have a meaning listed in the table below the parody.
A lot of UK slang will mean something completely different to someone from the US.
Some words have been added because they can have other, more obvious, meanings as well.
There are a few pacing anomalies in the song that are also explained below the parody.
A lot of “modern” music has the singin’ so unbearable
With ev’ry station on the cable full o’ bull, not blareable
I once saw Wings; oh: Linda; what I thought was, “Yikes, how boo-able”
Her wailin’ on; the *vid was *doo; she made it quite unviewable

Death metal, well, I hate that too; the grunting, so demonical
I cannot stand Madonna, with the costume that’s all conical
For *nowt, Bon Jovi, I’ll jeer ‘em; I’m fuming: they do not amuse
(Spoken line)
Ooh, lot o’ boos, lot o’ boos…hate ‘em!
(Resume singing)
So many tuneless acts about; I swear a lot; oh, what a ruse

(So many toneless tracks about; unfair: the rot; I’ll not a-choose)
(So many brainless *whacks about; their *air is hot, though lotta views)
(So, modern music lacks a clout; beware: a lot o’ rotten *grot *accrues)

Not very good is “Need a Girl”, for Diddy, he don’t tickle us
An’ now that Gary Glitter shames, him being’s jus’ ridickle-us
Up short: the records from the cable; full o’ bull, not blareable
A lot of “modern” music has the singin’ so unbearable

(Up short: the records from the cable; full o’ bull, not yeah-able)
(A lot of “modern” music has the singin’ so un-air-able)

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Why some dig rap’s a mystery; Snoop Dogg is bland, an’ Diddy, dull
They’re like retarded crackheads; how I’d love to see a Fiddy cull
I viewed an Eminem act: all the rhymes with none o’ the sobbiness
But lyrics that are poor; unduly idolized for gobbiness

“Can…you tell I’m wasted”, Macca yells, “From *blowin’ *J’s of *Lebanese”
His “Mull”: the joke’ll bore us, as will “Frogs” an’ Wonder’s “Ebonies”
I’d like to dumb a tuneless witch: I’ve heard the Yoko’s din *afore
(Spoken line)
Ooh, din: a chore; din: a chore…horrid!
(Resume singing)
I bristle at her *airs; it made me chuck ‘em in the bin afore

(Can’t whistle to her wares because they suck, an’ they’re a din, I’m sure)
(Her hiss’ll give you scares because it’s yuck, an’ it’s a din, an’ bore)
(Won’t listen to her airs because I stuck ‘em in the bin a min afore)

I look so white; I’m feeling ill; a stabbiness behind a rib
It may be indigestion, but it’s burnin’ like a kinda *squib
I’m short o’ breath, an’ song unable; have to slow: the smarter *tack
This song is not a *doddle; I’m about to have a heart attack

(I’m short o’ breath but should be able: have a go, this part o’ track)
(It now should be a doddle, but they had to give my heart a whack)

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I’m *hacked when I hear Engel-Dinck; his “My Marie” is fickle *cack
An’ when I *shell for shite: I bought a CD by that Nickelback
Them gimmick pairs, like *Orville and his voice man, make me really sick
And when I hear that Britney, what I think is, “Boy, she’s really thick”

Now I have burnt my LP’s by the Rod, for he went “Sailing”-y
That Ono bore an’ crack chicks, such as Whitney, are too wailing-y
*N Sync were awful; just a thing of monumental *twattery
(Spoken line)
Ooh, I say, what a horrid racket; twattery, that; ha, ha, ha, ha…hate it!
(Resume singing)
I’d say a lot of “modern” singin’ is assault an’ battery

(I hate a lot of modern singers, so I’m short on flattery)
(Don’t rate a lot of modern blingers; they’re not short on brattery)
(I say they’re not all model *zingers; it’s a sort of bitter battery)

Now to Little Jimmy Osmond; he was sucky in capacity
He wasn’t in bros’ act, so they were showing some sagacity
At two, upon my hate ‘em table, adamant it’s Adam Ant
At one, the yappy rappin’, or a sappy techno miscreant

(It’s true, they got my hate ‘em label; at an Ant, I had a rant)
(No fun: the *pappy rappin’; so for crappy dreck, no diss recant)


A few points on pacing anomalies – don’t know if all versions are the same:
(a-BOUT bi-NO-mi-al THEO-rem) = (for nowt, Bon Jovi, I’ll jeer ‘em)
(all the CRIMES of HE-li-o-GAB-a-lus) = (all the rhymes with none o’ the sobbiness)
(I…can TELL un-DOUBT-ed RAPH-a-ELS) = (“can you tell I’m wasted”, Macca yells)
(for my MIL-i-TAR-y KNOW-ledge) = (now to Little Jimmy Osmond)
There are 2 extra syllables (in the last lines only) in each section of triple repeated lines (in brackets)

Vid = a video cassette
Doo & Cack = rubbish, not good
Nowt = nothing
Whacks = whack jobs, nutters
Air is hot = as in ‘talking hot air’ – not as in ‘hot (great) air (tune)’
Grot = things of poor quality
Accrues = accumulates over time
Blowing = smoking wacky baccy
J’s = joints
Lebanese = hashish

A selection of rubbish singles by Macca (Paul McCartney):
(1977) Mull of Kintyre (Wings)
(1982) Ebony and Ivory (Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder)
(1984) We All Stand Together (Paul McCartney & the Frog Chorus)

Afore = before
Airs (Yoko’s) = tunes (if you can call them that)
Squib = a firework
Tack = a course of action
Doddle = a very easy task
Hacked = annoyed
Shell for = pay money for
Orville (the Duck) & his voice man (ventriloquist, Keith Harris)
*N Sync = apparently, the * is part of the name
Twattery = the act of behaving like a twat (twats = incompetent or stupid people)
Zinger = an outstanding person (US only but added for UK readers - I’d never heard of it!)
Pap = worthless entertainment

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Old Man Ribber - March 10, 2010 - Report this comment
Thank you for this... W.S. Gilbert himself would be applauding. ;D
Mark Scotti - March 10, 2010 - Report this comment
WOW, Andy! You really have the handle on parodies of this big 7!!!!
Jonathan S. - March 10, 2010 - Report this comment
"Modern singin' is assault and battery." And how. 555 (Great vocabulary, by the way!)
Phil Nelson - March 10, 2010 - Report this comment
So true. Excellently written
Fiddlegirl - March 10, 2010 - Report this comment
LOL all the way through! Love the concept, and the wordplay is irresistible! TMGLTM, but Madonna's "conical" costume, the "bitter battery" and "in the bin a min afore" made me giggle!...555
Tommy Turtle - March 10, 2010 - Report this comment
DKTOS .... Don't you know any other OSs? ;)

Cartoon: Shows passengers in a lifeboat with horrified looks, as one woman is face down.
Caption: "The other passengers looked on in horror as Madonna tripped and fell."

Soooo tottally with you on so many of these singers. -- It Is The Very Model Of A Modern-Singers' Skewering. 555
Meriadoc - March 10, 2010 - Report this comment
And don't forget that Kansas with their claptrap, virtuosity

Likewise Rush and ELP's instrumental mastrobosity...
TJC - March 10, 2010 - Report this comment
Well, *we're* certainly not "...short on flattery"! Great work Andy!
Andy Primus - March 12, 2010 - Report this comment
Thanks to all for votes, comments & gags
Christie Marie M - March 12, 2010 - Report this comment
What? I thought I commented on this already!..Oh, anyways, I've enjoyed your parody and I love the OS! What I couldn't stand sometimes is when old music gets remixed or sampled with music of today or they make crappy remakes. Great job, Andy! 555.
Andy Primus - March 14, 2010 - Report this comment
Thanks Christie - I'm certainly with you on the crappy remakes
Sam - April 14, 2011 - Report this comment
Very true.

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