Monday 29 December 2014

Headachy French Plural Nouns: MAUX--DE-TEXTE

POST #62
PARODY-LYRICS,  see also the previous posts on this blog.
ORIGINAL SONG: "Do-Re-Mi", Rodgers and Hammerstein 1959, performed by Julie Andrews and the cast of "The Sound of Music".
PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, December 2014.

KEYWORD: showtune, multicultural, goldenoldy


French Version of the Musical
MAUX-DE-TEXTE

 (to the tune of "Do-Re-Mi")

Let's start with French plural noun endings
It's a place to exert finesse,
To easy ones you just add an 's'
For others you may need to guess.

Think of 'x' - plural 'x'.
To avoid vexatious maux de texte
Think of 'x' - plural 'x'.

A few, a crew, a slew, beaucoup. 

(Spoken) Let's see if I can make it 'x'-y (rhymes with sexy)!


Joujoux - they're often soft and doux
Poux  - louse, plural, not so nice
Genoux - to kneel on both your knees
Bijoux - the slang is 'bling' or 'ice'
Hiboux - so unlike 'ox' or 'fox'
Choux - for cabbage in kings' stew
Cailloux - a slew of river rocks
That will bring us back to doux

Trous, clous, sous, fous, bayous, voyous! 

When you pluralize your nouns,
Mostly you don't change their sounds.
(Repeated by Maria while the children parade and sing the next verse)

Yeux - weird plural form of 'eye'
Chevaux - with riders à cheval
Travaux - projets où on travaille
Fataux - mot fautif for 'fatals'
Roux - a single type of sauce
Voix - for chorus or solo
Toux - for one or all the coughs,
 That will  bring us back to faux!

Yeux (oeil), fataux, roux, voix, toux - faux !



UKULELE-FRIENDLY FORMAT

























Saturday 20 December 2014

An Airline Saga: MACADAMIAS

POST #61
PARODY-LYRICS
ORIGINAL SONG: "Desperado", The Eagles, 1973.
PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, December 2014.

EXPLANATORY NOTE: 
On December 5, 2014 at JFK Airport,  Korean Air Flight 86 to Seoul returned to the gate before take-off. An executive vice president, also the daughter of Korean Air chairman Cho Yang-ho, had demanded the removal of a crew member from a flight for failing to serve macadamia nuts in a ramikin, rather than in a bag.
This episode provoked outrage concerning the ongoing role of the chaebol or family conglomerate in South Korean society. The CEO later appeared on television to apologize, announcing the dismissal of his daughter from further roles within the company.
















MACADAMIAS

         D       D7                      G                    Gm 
Macadamias, when they get served before take-off,
          D                         Bm                        E7              A7
It’s a breach you can’t  shake off -  in the bag’s a disgrace.
                D          D7
Flight procedure - 
                    G                            Gm 
I know that you’ve checked the entry,
      D           Bm
So do it correctly or
      Em            D 
I’ll surely lose face.

             Bm                     F#m
Don’t offend the Inflight Service Veep
       G                  D  
(Perhaps a tad unstable),
       Bm       G                 D       A
The CEO of airline is my Dad.
                 Bm                      F#m
Now your manual lists how first-class snacks
                 G                       D
Should be laid out on tray-tables -
               Bm                E7                     Em7  A7
But your short-cut variations make me mad.

                D             D7      G                       Gm 
Desp’rate outburst? No, it ain’t ‘cause I’m thirsty,
       D                       Bm
I’m pained that this purser
             E7            A7 
Won’t obey protocol.
        D        D7                 G                Gm  
And cockpit,  the cockpit follows my orders,
              D            Bm
We’re delaying departure
                 Em           D 
Have them radio Control.


             Bm                  F#m
Though Daddy might apologize
         G                          D 
If he feels this action’s not too wise,
           Bm                 G                         D    A
We all must keep respect for Cho chaebol   
          Bm                 F#m 
You’ll lose access to KA flights,
            G                           D                    Em7    A7
It ain’t funny, you’ll need days to get to Seoul.

         D       D7                      G                     Gm  
Macadamias, when they get snarfed on the runway,
            D            Bm                 E7                 A7        
There’s only the one way, the bag just ain’t right. 
                D            D7               G                    Gm  
It may be ‘nutrage’, but as the Airline’s chief nutcase, 
            D                      Bm 
And as Korean Airlines heiress,
        G                   Bm
The airline-chief’s heiress,
            D                      Bm
And as Korean Airlines heiress,
       Em         A7   D  
I’m aborting this flight.


ORIGINAL SONG-LYRICS






























Sunday 14 December 2014

Carolina - A Redawning (parody medley)

POST #60
PASTICHE with PARODY-LYRICS

ORIGINAL SONG#1: Buona Sera, Louis Prima
ORIGINAL SONG#2: Carolina in the Morning, Al Jolson
ORIGINAL SONG#3: Mona Lisa, Nat King Cole
PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, December 2014.

KEYWORDS: mishmash, classicsong. goldenoldy

Notes: 
1) This trio of substituted parody lyrics can be thought of as a parody-medley or parodley 
2) The pacing for the first song works much better when "Capri" is pronounced Italian style with the accent on the first syllable. 



BUONA SERA  

(to the tune of "CAROLINA IN THE MORNING")

What could make me keener than to kiss you, signorina, ‘Buona sera’ ?
Say goodbyes to Napoli and magic Isle of Capri, ‘Buona sera’
Where the mist-clad mountains wrap around the shore,
Sheltering village fountains we snap as we explore.

Strolling with my ‘bella’, I’m a hell’va lucky fella, signorina
But jewellery shops are tourist traps, and credit card got stuck in bank 
machin’a
If I had a stash of cash – a lot more euros,
We’d linger over dinner, and here’s what I’d propose:
Let's spring'a for that wedding ring'a, after doing traveling, signori-i-na. 


MONA LISA

 (to the tune of "BUONA SERA")

   
Are you snickering? Mona Lisa, men are asking -
La Gioconda – playful name for family;
But it’s hard for us to question L. da Vinci,
When that old guy died so long ago in Italy.

Are you smiling, Mona Lisa, to tempt lovers?
Or are you puffed with child and have your little laugh?
But from art critics we get speculating theory;
Leonardo’s face and yours – please, I get weary!

In the meantime, we’ll just view you in the Louvre,
Hang on in there, Mona Lisa, keep up the smile.
Hang on in there, Mona Lisa, keep up the smile!


CAROLINA IN THE MORNING 

(to the tune of "MONA LISA")

Carolina - it's much finer, in the morning,
Like my sweetie when I greet her before noon;
Where the vines so fine entwine around her doorstep,
I'd prefer to slide inside into her room.

I feel butterflies all flutter up, can’t ask her,
 Shall we stay and kiss your buttercup at dawn?
If I just had the lamp of Aladdin,
I would stay there, and just play there.
Are you wanting to stroll, whirly girlie,
Out where there’s pearly early dew upon the lawn?

Are you wanting to stroll, whirly girlie,
Out where there’s pearly early dew upon the lawn?
Squirrelly girlie, squirrelly gir-lie.


Performing Notes

GM7 = 0222; G6 = 0202; G#dim7; E5+7 = 1203; Am7 = 0000; Am6 = 2423;
C#dim7 = 0101/3434; D7+5 = 3223; Dm7 = 2213 


BUONA SERA  

[G] What could make me [GM7] keener than to [G6] kiss you, signo[G#dim7] rina, ‘Buona [Am7] se[D7]ra’ ?
[Am] Say goodbyes to [E7+5] Napoli and [Am7] magic Isle of [Am6] Capri, ‘Buona [C#dim7] se[G]ra’
[C] Where the mist-clad [G] mountains [C] wrap around the [G] shore, [E7]
[A7] Sheltering village [D] fountains [B7] we [Em] snap as [Am7] we ex[D7]plore. [D7+5]


[G] Strolling with my [Gm7] ‘bella’, I’m a [G6] hell’va lucky [G#dim7] 
fella, signo[Am7]ri[D7]na
But [Am] jewellery shops are [E7+5] tourist traps, and [Am7] credit card got stuck [Am6] in bank ma[C#dim7]chi[G]n'a 
[G] If I had a stash of cash – a [Dm7] lot more eu[G7]ros,
We’d [C] linger over dinner, and here’s [A7] what I’d pro[D7]pose:
Let's [G] spring'a for that [Em] wedding ring'a, [G] after doing [Em] travelling, signo[A7]ri-[D7]i-i[G]na. 





MONA LISA

 (to the tune of "BUONA SERA")

              G                         G6                  G        G6           
Are you snickering? Mona Lisa, men are asking -
          G                       G6                D    D7
La Gioconda – playful name for family;
            D                     D7                  D      D7
But it’s hard for us to question L. da Vinci,
                 D                       D7               G  G6      
When that old guy died so long ago in Italy.

             G                    G6                  G          G6
Are you smiling, Mona Lisa, to tempt lovers?
                  G                               G7                    C
Or are you puffed with child and have your little laugh?
                    Cm                                   G          G6
But from art critics we get speculating theory;
      D                        D7                         G           G6  
Leonardo’s face and yours – please, I get weary!

           G                              G7                    C         A7
In the meantime, we’ll just view you in the Louvre,
              G                      D7                       G    G6
Hang on in there, Mona Lisa, keep up the smile.
              D                     D7                       G    
Hang on in there, Mona Lisa, keep up the smile!


CAROLINA IN THE MORNING 

(to the tune of "MONA LISA")

        G                     GM7             G6         GM7
Carolina - it's much finer, in the morning,
             G                                                 D7 
Like my sweetie when I greet her before noon;
                 Am                     E7+5                   Am7       D7
Where the vines so fine entwine around her doorstep,
        Am                D7               G      G6   
I'd prefer to slide inside into her room.

         G                   GM7                   G6      GM7
I feel butterflies all flutter up, can’t ask her,
              G                          G7                 C      
Shall we stay and kiss your buttercup at dawn?
       Cm                              G
If I just had the lamp of Aladdin,
 G#dim      D7                          G           G7 
   I would stay there, and just play there.
              C               C#dim            G       G#dim
Are you wanting to stroll, whirly girlie,
                             Am7             D7                  G     G7 
Out where there’s pearly early dew upon the lawn?

              C               C#dim        G       G#dim
Are you wanting to stroll, whirly girlie,
                             Am7             D7                 G    G7 
Out where there’s pearly early dew upon the lawn?
               Cm D7  Am        D7 G
Squirrelly girlie, squirrelly gir-lie.

Polyvinyl for Millenia

POST #59
PARODY-LYRICS

ORIGINAL SONG: "Carolina in the Morning" written 1922, best-known version is by Al Jolson
PARODY COMPOSED:  Giorgio Coniglio, January 2014.
KEYWORDS: environment, classicsong 










POLYVINYL for MILLENIA
















(to the tune of "Carolina in the Morning")



What could be more drastic than our seas awash in plastic for millenia;
Plastic junk accumulates and traps or blocks the GI tracts of fauna.
Landfills are offenders; poly-bags wind blown,
Threatening fragile creatures in the intertidal zone.

Vortices of sea-dumped trash, like "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" keep growing;.
Astronauts can even spot them from their place in space; up there, they're showing.
If we had Aladdin's lamp and only one wish, 
We'd ask, not me, but seals, whales and fish - 
Every Jane and Michael, it's not hard, so please recycle all your pla-a-astic. 


What could be more drastic than our seas awash in plastic for millenia;
Particles accumulate, then hydrocarbons degradate in fauna.
Population's highest, polluting near the shore.
Altering constitution of the worldwide ocean floor.

Jellyfish get jealous of those gels the plankton relish for their vinyl,
Seasoning our seafood and inciting crude reactions that are final.
If we had Aladdin's lamp and only one wish, 
We'd ask, not me, but seals, whales and fish,
Every Jane and Michael, it's not hard, so please recycle all your pla-a-astic. 


Performing Notes



GM7 = 0222; G6 = 0202; G#dim7; E5+7 = 1203; Am7 = 0000; Am6 = 2423;

C#dim7 = 0101/3434; D7+5 = 3223; Dm7 = 2213 

[G] What could be more [GM7] drastic than our [G6] seas awash in [G#dim7] plastic for mill[Am7]eni[D7]a;
[Am] Particles ac[E7+5]cumulate, then [Am7] hydrocarbons [Am6] degradate in [C#dim7] fau[G]na.
[C] Population's [G] highest, pol[C]luting near the [G] shore. [E7]
[A7] Altering  consti[D]tution [B7] of the [Em] worldwide [Am7] ocean [D7] floor. [D7+5]

[G] Jellyfish get [GM7] jealous of those [G6] gels the plankton [G#dim7] relish for their [Am7]vi[D7]nyl,
[Am] Seasoning our [E7+5] seafood and in[Am7]citing crude re[Am6] actions that are [C#dim7]fi[G]nal.
[G] If we had Aladdin's lamp and [Dm7] only one [G7] wish, 
We'd [C] ask, not me, but [A7] seals, whales and [D7] fish,                       
[G] Every Jane and [Em] Michael, it's not [G] hard, so please re[Em]cycle all your [A7]pla-[D7]a-a[G]stic.