So, without any further ado, please enjoy The Maccabeats and their, shall we say, less than traditional/stylistically varied take on the Passover classic "Dayenu."
That is so great I can't stand it. Seriously -- how do you say "words fail me" in Yiddish?
And I wish I knew if Dolly Parton has ever heard the tribute to her at the end. I mean, my guess is she would love it.
Anyway, that leads us inexorably to our weekly business. To wit:
...and your favorite (or least favorite) parody/satirical remake/reworking of a pop/rock/soul/folk song is...???
No arbitrary rules of any kind, you're welcome very much.
Discuss.
Meanwhile, have a great holiday weekend, everybody. Good Yontiff! And to paraphrase nice Jewish boy Warren Zevon -- enjoy every matzoh!!!
Incidentally, you can hear lots more stuff by the aforementioned (not aforeskinned, obviously) Maccabeats over at their Bandcamp page HERE.
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Take your pick of Spinal Tap, of course.
https://youtu.be/uzhcrN1D-tU?si=HYTQOQGEF9rmcJa-
Pretty Fly for a Rabbi
Amish Paradise
My Bologna
and many more by the great Weird Al Yankovic
rs
"A Simple Desultory Philippic" by S&G...
It would take a massive amount of talent and luck to surpass this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZuHAsf6qO0
for its all-in greatness, especially if you like/love the original.
C in California
This may be stretching even the "no arbitrary rules" policy, as it's only a snippet, and I may be misremembering it, but SCTV's "mail-order only!" parody TV ad offering "50 Artists Sing 'Stairway to Heaven'", including Slim Whitman and, my favorite, Rickie Lee Jones.
"She's buying...yeah, she's buyin' that stairway...spendin' all her money!"
JM
Big Daddy-- You Don't Bring Me Flowers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04bgfnOsWho
ANYTHING by Big Daddy is killer! And speaking of which, their version of “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” in the style of The Killer is sublime. (And their “A Day in the Life” in the style of Buddy Holly will bring a tear to your eye…)
Speaking of nice Jewish boys:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzgYERQ5ndk
Oh my god -- I had forgotten the Big Daddy "A Day in the Life." Wow.....
Too funny - If I Was A Rich Man.
Sung in Russian by the Russian Military Choir.
rob
I'm not going to list a song, but here's a parody that I wrote that never got past the first verse and the segue. "Looking for gloves in all the wrong places, looking for gloves, well I just went to Macey's, searching through crowds and looking in cases, for what I'm trying to find, hoping to find a pair the right color, leather or silk, or maybe just rubber, oh oh, looking for gloves...then you came along, selling door to door, I bought you out, but still needed more....."
I am very fond of their doo-woo version of Eye of the Tiger. It’s legitimately great.
Royal Jelly from the Walk Hard soundtrack goes pretty hard.
https://youtu.be/xVP31ofaU4w?si=LIu2y-aR8E3z7Hus
That’s great — I want the demo version.😎
from the early days of saturday night live - "genius is pain" parody of john lennon, and "deteriorata" version of "desiderata" - "you are a fluke of the universe, you have no right to be here" - could it really be true?
"Walk On The Kosher Side" - Gefilte Joe & The Fish
"Another One Rides The Bus" - Weird Al
"Whole Lotta Love" - The Temple City Kazoo Orchestra
"Born Under A Bad Sign" - Homer Simpson/Dan Castellaneta
Not my favorite guy by a longshot, but this is good:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1k6HmUY6Zk&t=192s
Actually those cuts were from National Lampoon's Radio Dinner album.
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