Posted on 03/08/2008 6:25:36 PM PST by PJ-Comix
This week we might see a major duel between two figures known in the political world. No, not the feud between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. I am referring to a much more intense rivalry between song parodists Charles Henrickson and Paul Shanklin. The reason why we might see these two writers of parody go head to head is that this past Wednesday, Charles Henrickson posted his Ebony and Ovary song parody on the Free Republic at exactly 2:03 PM at Reply #60 on this DUFU THREAD. Six minutes later, on Reply #62, Freeper mikrofon, posted the following message:
Just to flag you Charles, if you hadn’t heard it just MINUTES AGO Rush said he had to get his “white parodist(?)” Paul Shanklin to do a variation on “Ebony and Ivory”...
‘Hate to see you get passed over by the “Pro” again...
The battle is ON! Obviously the lesser known Charles won't be plagiarizing the much more famous (for now) Paul Shanklin since his Ebony and Ovary parody was posted just as Rush was making his request. Therefore, this week we may have a unique chance to compare the lyrics of the two parodists on the same song. Therefore I am asking that anyone who hears Shanklin's Ebony and Ivory parody to post the lyrics here so that we may compare them in detail. Yes, this will definitely be a battle of the David vs Goliath song parodists. Of course, both of these gentlemen deserve to have their incredible song parodies heard on national radio. Paul Shanklin already does but perhaps a certain conservative female national talk show host will also give Charles Henrickson the same outlet.
In case you missed it, here is Charles Henrickson's Ebony and Ovary sung to the tune of Ebony and Ivory by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder:
Ebony and Ovary
In the gutter in every primary
Suicide when we hit November
D*mn her, Hillary!
We all know
That liberals are the same whatever their name
There's a Socialist
In everyone
But they sling the mud
When they have to face each other
When they need to attack
They lay down the smack
Ebony and Ovary
In the gutter in every primary
Suicide when we hit November
D*mn her, Hillary!
Ebony, Ovary, fighting in every primary
Ebony, Ovary . . .
We all know
That liberals are the same whatever their name
There's a Socialist
In everyone
But they sling the mud
When they have to face each other
When they need to attack
They lay down the smack
Ebony and Ovary
In the gutter in every primary
Suicide when we hit November
D*mn her, Hillary!
Suicide when we hit November
D*mn her, Hillary!
Ebony, Ovary, fighting in every primary . . .
PING!
First post AND in before ping! Yay!
Crap. Never mind.
Oh well. TOP TEN!!!
Present :-)
Charles, dude, you rock. Totally.
Funniest parody title ever...
Charles should be famous for all of his parodies, but Ebony and Ovary is untouchable!
Shanklin has his work cut out for him just to beat Charles' title.
Shanklin hasn’t done anything as funny as “Crusty the Pantsuit” or “Pantsuit in the Wind” yet.
Noway-nohow... can't be done :-)
Excellent! So Charles is getting some long overdue attention. Shanklin is darn good! So Charles in in good company. Kudos to them both!
“Charles needs his own recording studio” top 15.
Top 20 support for Charles...but I’m a bit biased.
That would mean I’ve been taken in by identity politics.
Thanx, PJ! I'm flattered by this DUFU! Paul Shanklin is terrific, and I certainly can't match him for musical resources, production values, etc. But I do think I can write some decent lyrics. So if Rush/Paul--or another talk show host--wants to make use of my services, I say let's talk!
In the meantime, here is my brand new shameless appeal to Rush, in musical form. Click and sing!
WHOLE LOT FOR SHANKLIN GOIN' ON
Tune: "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"
Come on Rush and pay me
Whole lot for Shanklin goin' on
Yes I said come on Rush and pay me
Pay me, you'll want my song
Just a Franklin
Whole lot for Shanklin goin' on
Well I said come on Rush and pay me
I got lyrics in my head
Come on Rush and pay me
Really got satirical to spread
Just a Franklin
Whole lot for Shanklin goin' on
Well I said take what I make
I said take what I make
I said take what I make
I said take what I make
Come on pay me
Whole lot for Shanklin goin' on
Ahh, let's go . . .
Well I said come on Rush and pay me
I got lyrics in my head--whose head, what head, my head
Come on Rush and pay me
Really got satirical to spread
Just a Franklin
Whole lot for Shanklin goin' on
Easy now
Take it, ahh
Take my lyrics
Yeah
You can take 'em one time from me
Well I said come on Rush and pay me
Whole lot for Shanklin goin' on
Now let's get real low one time now
Take what I make
All you gotta do, Rush, is kinda get out a check
Write somethin' down just a little bit
That's what you gotta do, yeah
Oh pay me
Whole lot for Shanklin goin' on
Now let's go one time
Take what I make
Take what I make
Take what I make
Take what I make
Come on pay me
Whole lot for Shanklin goin' on!
By request: Twin Spin!
CRUSTY THE PANTSUIT
Tune: "Frosty the Snowman"
Crusty the pantsuit
Was like clothes that you'd discard,
With a sweat-stained top
And a stretched-out butt
And two legs that smelled like lard.
Crusty the pantsuit
Was pulled out most ev'ry day.
As she put it on,
Hilly sang this song:
"Black is slimming, so they say."
She must have bought the pantsuit from
A wizard or an elf,
For when she took it off at night,
It stood up all by itself!
Oh . . .
Crusty the pantsuit
Was a fashion felony,
But the Freepers say,
"We can laugh and play
With these threads on Hillary."
Frumpety frump frump,
Frumpety frump frump,
Look at Crusty glow.
Rumpety rump rump,
Rumpety rump rump,
Over the Hill we go!
.
PANTSUIT IN THE WIND
Tune: "Candle in the Wind"
Hello, Crusty Queen,
Though you never cleaned it at all,
You had the guts to wear your suit
While those around you crawled.
They crawled out of the odor
And they kept on holding their nose,
They shouted from a distance
And they begged you, "Change your clothes."
And it seems to me you wore your clothes
Like a pantsuit in the wind,
Never knowing what to change to
When the stains set in.
And I would have liked to have worn one,
But it would make me ill.
Your perfume wore out long before
Your pantsuit ever will.
LOL! Perhaps the Henrickson vs Shanklin “feud” will match that of Jack Benny vs Fred Allen of an earlier century.
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