2005 Presidential Inauguration Special
Jan. 20th, 2005 02:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
osirusSo I had an idea the other night, and as proven with my versical translation of the 2004 presidential debate, when I get an idea that combines politics and rhyming I do not sleep overmuch until I carry it through.
I'm not as liberal as many of my friends, but I appreciate them. And I imagine at least one of them will appreciate this little song about George Bush that I've just written.
Part of the inspiration for this piece came from doing a different "We Didn't Start the Fire" parody with Lex. I argued that it's really sung as 6 syllables, and may as well be "we dint start the fi-yer", but he insisted that it was 7 syllables, which makes sense since "we didn't start the fire" is 7 syllables. We continued to disagree, so he asked an impartial third party who happened to be his wife, and she agreed with him. I was still not quite convinced, so I asked an impartial third party who happened to be a friend of mine who didn't know Lex at all. He also agreed with Lex. So, we co-wrote our parody with 7 syllables.
But now I've written my own parody, so I can use 6 syllables anyway, even though everyone else seems to hear two syllables in "didn't" in the song. I sure din't.
I'm not as liberal as many of my friends, but I appreciate them. And I imagine at least one of them will appreciate this little song about George Bush that I've just written.
Part of the inspiration for this piece came from doing a different "We Didn't Start the Fire" parody with Lex. I argued that it's really sung as 6 syllables, and may as well be "we dint start the fi-yer", but he insisted that it was 7 syllables, which makes sense since "we didn't start the fire" is 7 syllables. We continued to disagree, so he asked an impartial third party who happened to be his wife, and she agreed with him. I was still not quite convinced, so I asked an impartial third party who happened to be a friend of mine who didn't know Lex at all. He also agreed with Lex. So, we co-wrote our parody with 7 syllables.
But now I've written my own parody, so I can use 6 syllables anyway, even though everyone else seems to hear two syllables in "didn't" in the song. I sure din't.
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Date: 2005-01-20 01:36 pm (UTC)Anyway, linking!
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Date: 2005-01-20 01:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-01-20 01:53 pm (UTC)This is lovely. I can just hear Billy Joel singing it...
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Date: 2005-01-20 02:17 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2005-01-20 03:09 pm (UTC)Also, I didn't count the syllables. I'd go back and try, but I know I'd just get distracted.
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Date: 2005-01-20 04:02 pm (UTC)that's great! thanks for sharing :)
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Date: 2005-01-20 04:23 pm (UTC)This made my day.
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Date: 2005-01-20 06:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-01-22 10:47 pm (UTC)Oh so wonderful. Such a perfect classic song to abuse (er, use). Is there any chance more verses are on the way?
Sincerely,
Your friendly neighborhood Neil