WWTBAM Bored

Kroxquo Bonus: For 5 points, name a song with artist and provide a lyrical snippet of a parody you would write from that song (The subject can be about anything, and please make these original! Be creative!)

Mecca Bonus: Three of the songs above have appeared on the Mecca CD. Which numbers (6 possible points)

5 Point Bonus: The title of the folder I keep these parodies in over on our Yahoo Groups board is itself a parody of a Weird Al Yankovic album title. What is the name I gave to the folder?

Wierd Al Yankovic wrote:For this week's Free For All Friday, I'd like to bring something different to the LSWE table... namely, the fine and (ahem) hilarious parodies I used to write for this Bored back in the day when I ruled Fridays. Below are 30 lyrical snippets from some of my finest work I have posted on the Bored since 2001. You don't need to come up with the altered title, nor do you get 30 free points by naming me as all of the artists. Instead, name the title and artist of the song that is being parodied. There are a few songs in this game that have appeared already (or will appear later on) in the LSWE, and I apologize for that since this game was a last minute addition. But still, have fun figuring out the songs these lyrics were riffed from...

1 point for the title, 1 point for the artist...


1. You backed off from the TV
Like you were suffering from heartburn
Your hand strategically placed over your throat
Your stomach was on full churn
You had your head over the commode
As you asked "When will they learn?"

YOU'RE SO VAIN?, Carly Simon

2. Ain't going out tonight
I ain't feelin' alright
Hemmorhoids are hangin' out
Turn down the noise
You damn teenage boys
Don't make me scream and shout!

3. Well our fathers fought the second round war
To earn a weekend on the New York shore
They met Regis down at ABC
Didn't ask them to dance, or sing on TV

ALLENTOWN, Billy Joel

4. That little smartass with the blue shirt and the bow tie
He's lucky, that don't seem fair
That little smartass knew about Lesotho
That little smartass he's a millionaire

MONEY FOR NOTHING, Dire Straits

5. When I found the Bored
And my family
I was 0 for twenty-three
In the company of BB's
In the quiet of the callback window
Playing games
Posting Q's
Stengthening my poorer areas
With the tidbits I found here
Waiting for the chance
Knowing I'd appear

THE BOXER, Simon and Garfunkel

6. Who's that lingerin' in the lobby?
A horde of MAWG's, they're not happy
Dress shirts, slacks, and a tint of gray
"Come out Sonny!", here them say

7. A younger version of me
Is she retentive like me?
Does she know Lincoln was shot in a theater?
Does she babble endlessly
And met a celebrity?
I'm sure she'd make a really excellent walker

8. Crickets in the RoF, where did Regis go?
Four hundred New York actors on what used to be my show
I tuned in like everyone did when Davies stormed this land
Four years ago I played R2 with my unsteady hand

THE NIGHT CHICAGO DIED?, The Four Seasons?

9. When me and my friends turn on the ol' show
We can't hold back and we can't speak low
We don't like to gripe, we try to be humble
But we moan all night doing...

10. Soon the choir lead with a string of holy beads
Will perform Apostle's Creed, what a screed, what a screed
Next up in the chair, it's the poignant Thousandaire
You know he doesn't care, say a prayer if you dare

11. In a craze, I will raise
A complaint about lyonnaise
Oh you beat me down
Yeah you beat me down
And I blew up in a blaze

12. I knew that Spokane was north of Pebble Beach
I knew "Lorenzo's Oil" came after "Wall Street"
And then I heard her say most recent, but my mind hit the rocks
Because I put the Coupe de Ville as being introduced before the Cracker Jack box

13. Your nights are free, but you're still home
Calling Fred up on the phone
Your heart sweats, your body shakes
Another Q is all it takes

14. Yeah he's so cool, relaxed
He's hip, ain't a thing he lacks
Got onto Go, and wrote
The code that gave us our pristine Love Boat
We were merry

CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE?, Queen

15. And he drew Hooly on the beach now
Sun is fun
A squirrel in the pool of an infant son
Kiki in a wine glass bringing in dough
Fanny on the Rockies
Go Spiel go!

BLUE SUEDE SHOES?, Elvis Presley

16. She was old and her heart was black
And they say her name was Ann
She said "Listen fools
You better read the House Rules
Or there's more posts I will ban!"

THE DEVIL WENT DOWN TO GEORGIA?, Charlie Daniels Band

17. Please let's talk about Happy Days
How about Kramer's neurotic ways?
Will and Grace never bring me down
Nor does the death of Chuckles the Clown
I can watch them all, and when the night is through
I'll check out the ones, huh, that I TiVo'ed too

LAWYERS IN LOVE?, Jackson Browne

18. So this guy Sonny, thinks he's funny
Asks if you'd squash a rodent for money
You just stand there with a big blank stare
And you know that won't get you anywhere

19. Ooh, I bet you're wonderin' how I blew
That 8K Q everybody knew
A tough distractor put me in doubt
Between the two choices I couldn't pick it out

I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE, Creedence Clearwater Revival

20. I had a question, the phone game, in order east to west
Geneva, and Paris, Moscow and Budapest
I said 3-4-1-2, Fred said I failed this test

21. It was five years ago they cashed in with a smash hit
Mike's invention turned obsession and with Regis they clicked
And they stocked their show with people from the phone game
Just average and boring, but man they were enjoying

SERGEANT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND?, The Beatles

22. Show me to the recipe Bored in Go's scrapheap
Take me to the Phoenix Bored
The intrigue and suspicion are really getting deep
But we overcame this horde

TAKE ME TO THE RIVER?, Talking Heads

23. Well on the Love Boat website, you'll find me on a rainy night
Dishes are piling up, but I just don't have any time
Gotta keep posting
A gusgerbils looming, while my boss is fuming
He wants this project done, sorry sir I just ain't got the time
Gotta keep posting

24. I got dreams, and I'll keep tryin'
Though I'm losing control
Cause the PC's you're supplyin'
They're indignifyin'!

LET's DO THE TIME WARP AGAIN?, Dr. Frank N. Furter

25. I make my living while the rest all snooze
Filling the cleaners that you like to use
Don't matter what brand you choose

26. Who picks the passers, behind the closed doors?
Who writes the wrecking cards, for all of us bores?
You think you don't need us, cause we're the groupie fools
Looking for advantages, combing through your rules

27. Where have all the lurkers gone and where is the night crew?
Where is the PJ party to carry the gus through?
Isn't wild bill around or maybe ScrabbleTed?
We're just a hundred posts away, I don't want to go to bed

WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE?, Pete Seeger

28. There's Gary working out kinks
And Merry Men hijinx
Look at all the silly creatures on Naked Neighbor
Tests by takinover
Before the Bored changeover

LOOKING OUT MY BACK DOOR, Creedence Clearwater Revival

29. Get your bags together, and head over to EGroups
And get yourself included, after you go through all the hoops
Now come and join the Jipters, on the other side of the fence
Leave the Go Bored behind, and all of that nonsense

30. Surpise, we're dropped off at the dire
And delapidated dump known as the Empire
Good lord, I'd like to think that when you
Play at this level they could find a better venue
Like Super 8, or Motel 6, or Budgetel, but not this place!


Kroxquo Bonus: For 5 points, name a song with artist and provide a lyrical snippet of a parody you would write from that song (The subject can be about anything, and please make these original! Be creative!)

THE SAFETY DANCE, Men Without Pants,
"Drop your pants if you want to, let your friends see your behind,
'cause if you've no pants then they'll all get a glance and maybe they'll respond in kind!
And if they don't glance where you used to have pants they'll miss seeing where the sun don't shine!
Drop your pants, drop your pants, everybody drop your pants!
Drop your pants, drop your pants, everybody needs a glance!
Drop your pants, drop your pants, everything's out of control!
Drop your pants, drop your pants, let 'em see you from hole to pole!

Mecca Bonus: Three of the songs above have appeared on the Mecca CD. Which numbers (6 possible points)

15, 16, 23

5 Point Bonus: The title of the folder I keep these parodies in over on our Yahoo Groups board is itself a parody of a Weird Al Yankovic album title. What is the name I gave to the folder?

Bob's Log

Wierd Al Yankovic wrote:For this week's Free For All Friday, I'd like to bring something different to the LSWE table... namely, the fine and (ahem) hilarious parodies I used to write for this Bored back in the day when I ruled Fridays. Below are 30 lyrical snippets from some of my finest work I have posted on the Bored since 2001. You don't need to come up with the altered title, nor do you get 30 free points by naming me as all of the artists. Instead, name the title and artist of the song that is being parodied. There are a few songs in this game that have appeared already (or will appear later on) in the LSWE, and I apologize for that since this game was a last minute addition. But still, have fun figuring out the songs these lyrics were riffed from...

1 point for the title, 1 point for the artist...


1. You backed off from the TV
Like you were suffering from heartburn
Your hand strategically placed over your throat
Your stomach was on full churn
You had your head over the commode
As you asked "When will they learn?"

You're so Vain - Carly Simon

2. Ain't going out tonight
I ain't feelin' alright
Hemmorhoids are hangin' out
Turn down the noise
You damn teenage boys
Don't make me scream and shout!

3. Well our fathers fought the second round war
To earn a weekend on the New York shore
They met Regis down at ABC
Didn't ask them to dance, or sing on TV

4. That little smartass with the blue shirt and the bow tie
He's lucky, that don't seem fair
That little smartass knew about Lesotho
That little smartass he's a millionaire

5. When I found the Bored
And my family
I was 0 for twenty-three
In the company of BB's
In the quiet of the callback window
Playing games
Posting Q's
Stengthening my poorer areas
With the tidbits I found here
Waiting for the chance
Knowing I'd appear

6. Who's that lingerin' in the lobby?
A horde of MAWG's, they're not happy
Dress shirts, slacks, and a tint of gray
"Come out Sonny!", here them say

7. A younger version of me
Is she retentive like me?
Does she know Lincoln was shot in a theater?
Does she babble endlessly
And met a celebrity?
I'm sure she'd make a really excellent walker

You oughta know - Alanis Morrisette

8. Crickets in the RoF, where did Regis go?
Four hundred New York actors on what used to be my show
I tuned in like everyone did when Davies stormed this land
Four years ago I played R2 with my unsteady hand

9. When me and my friends turn on the ol' show
We can't hold back and we can't speak low
We don't like to gripe, we try to be humble
But we moan all night doing...

10. Soon the choir lead with a string of holy beads
Will perform Apostle's Creed, what a screed, what a screed
Next up in the chair, it's the poignant Thousandaire
You know he doesn't care, say a prayer if you dare

11. In a craze, I will raise
A complaint about lyonnaise
Oh you beat me down
Yeah you beat me down
And I blew up in a blaze

12. I knew that Spokane was north of Pebble Beach
I knew "Lorenzo's Oil" came after "Wall Street"
And then I heard her say most recent, but my mind hit the rocks
Because I put the Coupe de Ville as being introduced before the Cracker Jack box

13. Your nights are free, but you're still home
Calling Fred up on the phone
Your heart sweats, your body shakes
Another Q is all it takes

14. Yeah he's so cool, relaxed
He's hip, ain't a thing he lacks
Got onto Go, and wrote
The code that gave us our pristine Love Boat
We were merry

Crazy little thing called love? Queen

15. And he drew Hooly on the beach now
Sun is fun
A squirrel in the pool of an infant son
Kiki in a wine glass bringing in dough
Fanny on the Rockies
Go Spiel go!

16. She was old and her heart was black
And they say her name was Ann
She said "Listen fools
You better read the House Rules
Or there's more posts I will ban!"

17. Please let's talk about Happy Days
How about Kramer's neurotic ways?
Will and Grace never bring me down
Nor does the death of Chuckles the Clown
I can watch them all, and when the night is through
I'll check out the ones, huh, that I TiVo'ed too

18. So this guy Sonny, thinks he's funny
Asks if you'd squash a rodent for money
You just stand there with a big blank stare
And you know that won't get you anywhere

19. Ooh, I bet you're wonderin' how I blew
That 8K Q everybody knew
A tough distractor put me in doubt
Between the two choices I couldn't pick it out

20. I had a question, the phone game, in order east to west
Geneva, and Paris, Moscow and Budapest
I said 3-4-1-2, Fred said I failed this test

21. It was five years ago they cashed in with a smash hit
Mike's invention turned obsession and with Regis they clicked
And they stocked their show with people from the phone game
Just average and boring, but man they were enjoying

22. Show me to the recipe Bored in Go's scrapheap
Take me to the Phoenix Bored
The intrigue and suspicion are really getting deep
But we overcame this horde

23. Well on the Love Boat website, you'll find me on a rainy night
Dishes are piling up, but I just don't have any time
Gotta keep posting
A gusgerbils looming, while my boss is fuming
He wants this project done, sorry sir I just ain't got the time
Gotta keep posting

24. I got dreams, and I'll keep tryin'
Though I'm losing control
Cause the PC's you're supplyin'
They're indignifyin'!

You're the one that I want - Olivia Newton John and John Travolta



25. I make my living while the rest all snooze
Filling the cleaners that you like to use
Don't matter what brand you choose

26. Who picks the passers, behind the closed doors?
Who writes the wrecking cards, for all of us bores?
You think you don't need us, cause we're the groupie fools
Looking for advantages, combing through your rules

27. Where have all the lurkers gone and where is the night crew?
Where is the PJ party to carry the gus through?
Isn't wild bill around or maybe ScrabbleTed?
We're just a hundred posts away, I don't want to go to bed

28. There's Gary working out kinks
And Merry Men hijinx
Look at all the silly creatures on Naked Neighbor
Tests by takinover
Before the Bored changeover

29. Get your bags together, and head over to EGroups
And get yourself included, after you go through all the hoops
Now come and join the Jipters, on the other side of the fence
Leave the Go Bored behind, and all of that nonsense

30. Surpise, we're dropped off at the dire
And delapidated dump known as the Empire
Good lord, I'd like to think that when you
Play at this level they could find a better venue
Like Super 8, or Motel 6, or Budgetel, but not this place!


Kroxquo Bonus: For 5 points, name a song with artist and provide a lyrical snippet of a parody you would write from that song (The subject can be about anything, and please make these original! Be creative!)

BiT started a thread, which started the whole bored fighting
But then here came LB, Paint and the Avatars 3

I looked at the pic, trying to guess, who all it was,
So I went into search, trying for first to say Found It.

I started a joke - BeeGees

Mecca Bonus: Three of the songs above have appeared on the Mecca CD. Which numbers (6 possible points)

5 Point Bonus: The title of the folder I keep these parodies in over on our Yahoo Groups board is itself a parody of a Weird Al Yankovic album title. What is the name I gave to the folder?