Parody songs have been available on the internet for years.
I just discovered them.
The internet approaches the characteristics of the divine. It is omniscient, omnipresent, and infinite. The omniscient and omnipresent parts can be spooky and invasive. I browsed to buy a reflector disk to put at the bottom of my driveway, and then for a week I got ads for traffic barriers suitable for a construction company. "Alexa" and “Siri are listening to you. Like, Santa Claus in the song, "she knows when you've been sleeping, she knows when you're awake."
The "infinite" aspect of the internet means one can get lost in areas one doesn't know exist. Did you know there are thousands, maybe millions of parody songs, written by creative people who put new words to familiar music? If there is a well-known song, then someone sang it with new words.
The Beatles wrote "I'm a Loser."
I'm a loser
And I lost someone who's near to me
I'm a loser
And I'm not what I appear to beAlthough I laugh and I act like a clown
Beneath this mask I am wearing a frown
That song was just begging to be re-purposed in Trump-dominated political era.
Gerald Murphy set me off onto an expedition into the territory of parody songs. He did it by sending me two examples of words and music of a TV theme song. He wrote parodies based the theme song from "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp." Murphy is a dramatist, playwright, and a retired high school teacher, now living in Medford. The song he chose reveals his generation, since the Wyatt Earp series was introduced in 1955, four days before "Gunsmoke." Wyatt Earp ran for six years. This theme song became familiar to a generation of boys because it introduced -- and re-introduced -- the Wyatt Earp character for 229 episodes, beginning with the sound of a gunshot.
Here are the lyrics Murphy wrote in just prior to the 2016 election:
CHORUS
Donald Trump, Donald Trump,
Brave, courageous and bold
Long live his fame and long live his glory
And long may his story be told.Oh, they held a debate and the Donald was great
Though the questions he got were unkind
And he said to Jeb Bush “You can just kiss my tush”!
And he left all the others behind. (REPEAT CHORUS)
He’s in love with casinos, and hates the Latinos
And he’ll make them pay for the fence.
He said Megyn Kelly was dirty and smelly
I tell ya, the guy makes good sense! (REPEAT CHORUS)
When the votes are all in we all know he will win
Though some voters think he is odd.
There ain’t no temptation to beg for donations
‘Cause Donald is richer than God! (REPEAT CHORUS)
Oh, he is the latest and he is the greatest.
He’s headed to Chesapeake Bay.
You better beware, don’t make fun of his hair
If you do, there will be hell toupee! (REPEAT CHORUS)
A week ago, Murphy went back to the same song with this new version:
CHORUS
Donald Trump, Donald Trump,
Fat and angry and old.
Long live his grift and fraudulent swindles
As he sits on his toilet of gold!
His foes were all waiting their turn for debating
It’s Ronny, and Mikey and Chris
And Nikki and Timmy and V. Ramaswamy
The other ones you can dismiss! (REPEAT CHORUS)
Instead of debating, these clowns should be waiting
For Donald to fall from his thrown.
‘Cause Trump won’t debate ‘em. Instead he’ll outwait ‘em
And watch as they sink like a stone.(REPEAT CHORUS)
Where does one find well-done parody videos? Try these:
Trump, Let it Go, from Frozen:
Mr. Tangerine Man:
Fifty Ways to Leave the White House:
If you like parody songs and aren't familiar with the oeuvre of Randy Rainbow, you are in for a treat. My personal favorite is his parody relying on Jesus Christ Superstar, from a few years ago, but this is his newest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=596N4aPnjrs
And let’s not forget the parodies of Randy Rainbow.