stella41b
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I have decided to come up with my own thread dedicated to song parodies, both old and new, and not exclusively mine, but maybe your's too. Please feel free to come and check this thread out, you can add to it too (please remember to post link to actual song and give original title and artist), leave comments, feedback, and if you are musically inclined even get the guitar out or the band together and come out with your own rendition.
Some of my parodies will be like before, on lifestyle subjects and some will be on 'nilla topics. In terms of copyright I'm not going to be a meanie but suggest Creative Commons Sharealike non-commercial (let Simon Cowell and music industry come up with their own ideas).
But to start the ball rolling a couple from the archives..
NO GIRO FOR YOU Based on Genesis - No Son Of Mine
This is for anyone who has ever had to claim welfare, unemployment, sickness and is a parody of the UK Department of Work and Pensions system. Giro here means the cheque (Americans - check) that you receive as payment which you needed to cash at the Post Office or in a bank to get your money. The DWP would do everything they could to post you the money even when you were desperate and only in extreme cases would pay you a Giro over the counter in an office.
NO GIRO FOR YOU
Well the key to my survival
Was always in some doubt
The question was how I could survive
While they worked my claim out
They didn't make it easy for me
Signing on was such a stressful time
And I needed an income, a job or some cash
Some money I could call mine
I didn't think much about it
Till I didn't get any post at the time
Soon I was living with the reality every day
Of the empty mailbox that I would find
I couldn't stand the abuse and aggro
They gave me at the Job Centre and I remember when
I had a nervous breakdown, went off sick
And I never went back again
They say I'm now on Income Support
And it'll take them three months to sort out my claim
So I went down to the Social for a Crisis Loan
I had to somehow get paid
They sat me down to talk to me
After making me wait all day
They said
No Giro, no Giro for you
No Giro, no Giro for you
Our decision went against you
So there's no Giro, no Giro for you
All the forms I filled out, I'll never forget
All I thought about was money I needed to get
No Giro, no Giro for you
But where should I go? And what should I do?
No Giro, no Giro for you
We just don't know, it looks like you're screwed
Well the weeks they passed so slowly
I phoned the Social almost every day
Sometimes it took them ages to answer the phone
At other times they didn't know what to say
Looking through the rubbish bins, soon I'd have to face the facts
I needed to claim another Crisis Loan, and that would mean going back
I gave a different reason, and filled out the forms all the same
I went back down to the office, and again they made me wait all day
They sat me down in a cubicle, they looked me straight in the eye
They said, no Giro, no Giro for you
No Giro, no Giro for you
Some asylum seekers got paid before you
So there's no Giro, no Giro for you
All the forms I filled out, I'll never forget
Sitting in the office all day, like a silly bitch
No Giro, no Giro for you
But where should I go? And what should I do?
No Giro, no Giro for you
Well I came here for help, 'cos I am truly screwed
No Giro, no Giro for you
No Giro for you
For you, for you
No Giro, no Giro
Oh oh, oh oh
Oh oh, oh oh
Oh oh, oh oh
etc
Following on in a similar theme...
FRIENDLY TAXMAN Based on Urban Spaceman - Bonzo Doo Dah Dog Band
I'm the friendly taxman my friend I don't have greed
I'll let you have everything you need
I'm the friendly taxman my friend I won't ask why
I'm an understanding guy
I'm here for your pleasure, I won't cause you pain
I'll work out your tax returns to give you maximum gain
I'm the friendly taxman my friend, I work it out
I give tax refunds out
I go to the office every day with a smile upon my face
I try to take out the minimum tax for each and every case
I'm the friendly taxman I'm intelligent and sane
Efficient with your claims
I'm the friendly taxman I love sending out refunds
It gives me so much fun
I've never charged unfairly, I've never made a boob
I support the working man who I meet in the tube
I'm the friendly taxman my friend
Here comes the twist, I don't exist
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