tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57263665317732343302024-03-16T14:52:10.728-04:00SILLY SONGS and SATIRESong parodies and related nonsense since 2014. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger214125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726366531773234330.post-28316654951829227782024-03-09T05:00:00.001-05:002024-03-09T05:00:00.120-05:00Uke-Song: "REFLUX ROMP", decaffeinated version
PARODY-LYRICS
ORIGINAL SONG: "Java Jive" The Ink Spots 1940. PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, January 2014, originally posted on this blogsite January 10, 2014 as post #12. Thanks to Steve McNie of Corktown Ukulele Jam / Toronto Ukes for providing chord charts and other help!
REFLUX ROMP
(to the tune of "Java Jive")
UKULELE-FRIENDLY FORMAT
(Click on any chord-chart slide Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726366531773234330.post-20588783954688738602024-02-19T05:00:00.027-05:002024-03-01T11:25:58.431-05:00Uke-Song: "NO ELEMENTS", a Latin listing, imaginatively attributed to Tom Lehrer
PARODY-LYRICS
ORIGINAL SONG: "The Elements", Tom Lehrer, 1959.PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, 2013. A decade later, it might be worthwhile to review these once more!Please note that T.L.'s genius has provided inspiration for a handful of other parody patter-songs; these are summarized at the bottom of this post.
EXPLANATION: Lehrer had adapted the tune from "The Major General'sUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726366531773234330.post-39031513925288404642024-02-09T05:00:00.009-05:002024-03-08T21:36:40.213-05:00Uke-Song: "BROKEN ARROW", reminiscence of cold-war near-catastrophes SAD ANTI-WAR SATIRE:ORIGINAL SONG: "Desperado", The Eagles, 1973. "Desperado" is also the name of the second studio album recorded by the band. SATIRE COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, March 2018.SONGLINK: The same tune was used as the vehicle for a parody song posted in 2014 entitled "Macadamias".WORDPLAY LINK: A related post showing the song-lyrics only (without the chord indications)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726366531773234330.post-8903991758178453652024-01-29T05:00:00.007-05:002024-02-29T07:50:39.067-05:00Uke-Song: "WHILE MY UKE WORDLESSLY SINGS", a tribute to JakeSONG with UKULELE-CHORDS
ORIGINAL SONG: "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" written by George Harrison, and recorded by the Beatles for their 1968 album "The Beatles". JAKE'S RENDITION: Jake Shimabukuro had started playing instrumental ukulele as a band member, but in 2002 broke into a solo career. In 2006,Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726366531773234330.post-15891795976421434892024-01-19T05:00:00.022-05:002024-02-29T07:57:02.298-05:00Uke-Song: "ROBBIE BURNS' DAY", as might be sung by Dean Martin PARODY-SONG: "Dean Martin Sings Robbie Burns Day" 2024, a parody pastiche with lyrics by Giorgio Coniglio, substituted to "That's Amore", the Dean Martin 1953 classic. PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, December, 2018, updated from earlier blogposts, and with improved verse-charts. Explanatory Notes: Robert Burns, born 1759, became Scotland’s "national poet",Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726366531773234330.post-24302466983837476852024-01-09T05:00:00.009-05:002024-02-29T07:58:39.342-05:00Uke-Song: "AULD LANG'S SINE", the afterMath of New Year's Eve
Happy New Year - 2024
PARODY-LYRICS for an original song written by Robert Burns"Auld Lang's Sine", 2015, with lyrics by Giorgio Coniglio, substituted to Burns' classic song "Auld Lang Syne", (updated December 2017).Explanatory Notes: Robert Burns, born 1759, became Scotland’s ‘national poet’, and a cultural icon at home and among Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726366531773234330.post-41680200975114608402023-12-29T05:00:00.004-05:002024-02-27T21:14:44.893-05:00A Medical Pair-ody: ADENOMA
PAIR-ODY-LYRICS, subbed into two songs (pair-ody is a neologism for a parody using a pair of original songs) .
ORIGINAL SONG#1: "Mona Lisa" , Nat King Cole, 1950
ORIGINAL SONG#2. "Buona Sera", Louis Prima, 1956
PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, December, 2014.
EXPLANATORY NOTE: Rudolf Virchow, 1821-1902, is regarded as "the father of modern pathology".
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726366531773234330.post-47597874259857208232023-12-19T05:00:00.008-05:002024-02-28T06:35:53.009-05:00Dante's Inferno, sidebar: Rick Steves sends a "POSTCARD TO CHUBBY CHECKER" (Stuck in Limbo)
PARODY-SONG
ORIGINAL SONG: "Limbo Rock", as recorded 1962 by Chubby Checker.
PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, May, 2015.
The name "Limbo" conjures up an intriguing mixture of Caribbean dancing and Dante's Inferno. In another posting here, part of the Inferno sequence, Dante provides us with on-site reporting which seems to eliminate it from serious consideration as a longterm Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726366531773234330.post-25135795612610713712023-11-19T05:00:00.002-05:002024-02-27T04:59:24.534-05:00Dante's Inferno, Canto#6: "DANTE, GO and SEE" (Crayfish Étouffée)
"The Circle of the Gluttons"
W. Blake
PASTICHE WITH PARODY SONG-LYRICS
ORIGINAL POEM: Canto#6 of "Inferno" by Dante Alighieri, the first book in the triad, "The Divine Comedy", written in the early 14th century.
ORIGINAL SONG: "Baby, Please Don't Go", Big Joe Williams 1935, popularized by Muddy Waters, used here primarily for music and meter.
PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726366531773234330.post-84369864461021888612023-10-19T05:00:00.002-04:002024-02-27T04:59:49.343-05:00Dante's Inferno, Canto#5b: "DANTE MEETS THE PAIN OF LUST"
"Paolo and Francesca Discovered"
painting by Ingres
PASTICHE WITH PARODY SONG-LYRICS
ORIGINAL POEM: "Inferno" by Dante Alighieri, the first book in the triad, "The Divine Comedy", written in the early 14th century.
ORIGINAL SONG: "Dance Me To The End Of Love", Leonard Cohen, 1984.
PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, November 2015.
&Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726366531773234330.post-23145070947262584542023-09-19T05:00:00.002-04:002024-02-27T05:00:28.020-05:00Dante's Inferno, Canto#5a: "MINOS'S TAIL-TWIST"
PASTICHE WITH PARODY SONG-LYRICS.
ORIGINAL POEM: "Inferno" by Dante Alighieri, the first book in the triad, "The Divine Comedy", written in the early 14th century.
ORIGINAL SONG: "The Mexican Hat Dance", Allan Sherman, 1963.
PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, November 2015.
Resuming at Canto 5 of “The Inferno” after a considerable pause.... Dante, guided by the Roman poet Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726366531773234330.post-67832682599081149472023-08-19T05:00:00.003-04:002024-02-27T05:01:20.701-05:00Dante's Inferno, Canto#4: "LIMBO ROCKS, Or Not"
PASTICHE with PARODY SONG-LYRICS
ORIGINAL POEM: "Inferno" by Dante Alighieri, the first book in the triad "The Divine Comedy", written in the early 14th century.
ORIGINAL SONG: "Limbo Rock", as recorded 1962 by Chubby Checker, used here primarily for music and meter.
PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, June, 2015.
The lyrics for this Canto are condensed and re-arranged considerablyUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726366531773234330.post-74626680197643542462023-07-19T05:00:00.002-04:002024-02-27T05:01:53.065-05:00Dante's Inferno, Canto#3: "A TRIP DOWN THE ACHERON RIVIERA"
PASTICHE with PARODY SONG-LYRICS.
ORIGINAL POEM: "Inferno" by Dante Alighieri, the first book in the triad "The Divine Comedy", written in the early 14th century.
ORIGINAL SONG: "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald", 1976 by Gordon Lightfoot, used primarily for music and meter.
PARODY COMPOSED: Archaic quasi-Italian and English lyrics by Giorgio Coniglio, May 2015.
Charon herding Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726366531773234330.post-72557417548639538442023-06-19T05:00:00.002-04:002024-02-27T05:02:14.456-05:00Dante's Inferno, Canto#2: "BEA WANTS TO KEEP HER EYE ON YOU"
Beatrix Beata,
by D.G. Rossetti
PASTICHE WITH PARODY SONG-LYRICS.
ORIGINAL POEM: "Inferno" by Dante Alighieri, the first book in the triad, "The Divine Comedy", written in the early 14th century.
ORIGINAL SONG: "I Only Want To Be With You", Hawker and Raymonde, as recorded by Dusty Springfield, 1964.
PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, May, 2015.
KEYWORDS: Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726366531773234330.post-86997399095305573882023-05-19T05:00:00.002-04:002024-02-27T05:03:07.999-05:00Dante's Inferno, Canto#1b: "THE TOUR GUIDE KNOWN AS 'VIRGIL' "
PARODY-LYRICS
ORIGINAL SONG: "The City of New Orleans" Steve Goodman, 1970, as performed by Arlo Guthrie (also covered by Woody Nelson, many others)
OIGINAL POEM: "Inferno" by Dante Alighieri
PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, April 2015.
Virgil and Dante"The Onlookers"A-W Bouguereau
"The Thinker" from "The Gates of Hell"
by Rodin may represent Dante Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726366531773234330.post-23846912582761071332023-04-19T05:00:00.002-04:002024-02-27T05:03:59.705-05:00Dante's Inferno, Canto#1a: "DANTE'S SONG"
PARODY-LYRICS
ORIGINAL SONG: "Your Song", Elton John, 1970.
ORIGINAL POEM: "Inferno" by Dante Alighieri, the first of 3 books constituting "The Divine Comedy" or "La Divina Commedia".
PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, April 2015.
Although Dante Alighieri wrote these poetic lines 700 years ago, they have received very little play on various parody-sites. Dante was a forerunnerUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726366531773234330.post-84230022943167455412023-03-19T16:24:00.006-04:002024-02-29T07:59:41.108-05:00Uke-Song: "The MAPLE LEAF AD INFINITUM", an updated national hymn
PARODY-LYRICS
ORIGINAL SONG: "The Maple Leaf Forever", by Alexander Muir, 1867
PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, September 2013
PHOTOS: from GoogleImages, several derived from the wonderful blogsite TorontoThenandNow
HISTORICAL UNDERPINNINGS:
The original song proposed Canada’s national symbol, and acted for decades as the unofficial anthem of (English) Canada; it Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726366531773234330.post-81057856917183647072023-03-09T05:00:00.007-05:002024-03-12T21:24:48.853-04:00(MAR 9, 2023) singable saga: possessive pronouns W-I-PORIGINAL POETRY-LYRICS: The lyrics were originally composed in limerick format and submitted to OEDILF, an online humour dictionary, by Giorgio Coniglio in 2023, and can also be found published as a blogposted poem on, "DAILY ILLUSTRATED NONSENSE". Click HERE. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726366531773234330.post-6943289383983664282023-02-19T05:00:00.004-05:002024-02-29T08:10:54.843-05:00Uke-Song: "DARK SCHEMES" (Ochi Chornye), as might be sung by the Red Army Choir
Political parody
ORIGINAL SONG (music): "Ochi Chornye (Dark Eyes)", poem written in Russian by Ukrainian poet Hrebinka in 1843, set to music in 1884; recorded by Al Jolson, Django Reinhart, Louis Armstrong, Red Army Choir, Fyodor Chaliapin, Ivan Rebroff etc.
PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, January 2018.
SONGLINK: The same original song was used some time ago as the musical base for "Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726366531773234330.post-36890202943154305722023-02-09T05:00:00.003-05:002024-03-12T21:24:22.132-04:00(FEB 9, 2023) singable saga: Newfoundland potato famine W-I-P ORIGINAL POETRY-LYRICS: The lyrics were originally composed in limerick format and submitted to OEDILF, an online humour dictionary, by Giorgio Coniglio in 2023, and can also be found published as a blogposted poem on, "DAILY ILLUSTRATED NONSENSE". Click HERE.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726366531773234330.post-68531851395518858462023-01-19T05:00:00.002-05:002024-02-29T08:04:27.843-05:00Uke-Song : "THUNDER BAY (not CONSTANTINOPLE)", as might be sung by The Four Lads PARODY LYRICSORIGINAL SONG: "Istanbul (not Constantinople)" a jazz-band style concoction recorded by The Four Lads in 1953. PARODY COMPOSED: Dr.G.H. and Giorgio Coniglio, May 2023. See some additional photos and the song-lyrics alone (without chord indication) on the blog "Edifying Nonsense."Click HERE.BACKGROUND INFORMATION:In 1930, "Istanbul" was designated as Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726366531773234330.post-23628624447254923162023-01-09T05:00:00.004-05:002024-03-12T21:24:11.206-04:00(JAN 9, 2023): singable saga: squid in the time of COVID W-I-P ORIGINAL POETRY-LYRICS: The lyrics were originally composed in limerick format and submitted to OEDILF, an online humour dictionary, by Giorgio Coniglio in 2023, and can also be found published as a blogposted poem on, "DAILY ILLUSTRATED NONSENSE". Click HERE.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726366531773234330.post-67224421573733670332022-12-19T04:00:00.002-05:002024-02-29T08:06:03.728-05:00Uke-Song: "KOOKY PRESIDENTIAL VIEWS", an American carol SONG with UKULELE CHORDS
ORIGINAL SONG: "Good King Wenceslas", written by English hymnwriter John Mason Neale in 1853, but often now mistakenly referred to as 'traditional'. Neale's piece (based on accounts of the Bohemian Wenceslas legend and a 13th century 'spring-carol' tune), was highly criticized in the 1920s as "ponderous moral doggerel", but as you all know, has become a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726366531773234330.post-80870347356868616482022-11-19T05:00:00.005-05:002024-03-12T06:44:55.692-04:00Uke-Song: "VLAD PUTIN'S BLOGGER", upgrade of an American folk-ballad
SONG with UKULELE-CHORDS
ORIGINAL SONG: "The Frozen Logger", an American folksong of the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5726366531773234330.post-7830907551974979852022-11-09T05:00:00.005-05:002024-03-12T21:23:57.670-04:00(NOV 9, 2022): singable saga: Leigh Mercer's palindrome workshop W-I-P ORIGINAL POETRY-LYRICS: The lyrics were originally composed in limerick format and submitted to OEDILF, an online humour dictionary, by Giorgio Coniglio in 2023, and can also be found published as a blogposted poem on, "DAILY ILLUSTRATED NONSENSE". Click HERE.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0