"Papa's Got a Kidney Stone"; "I Get By with a Little Help from Depends"; "Bad Prune Rising."
This week on Car Talk, Tom and Ray shared some of their favorite rewrites of classic baby boomer tunes. (You can see the full list, right here.). What are your suggestions for new twists on the old classics? Share them here!
Ah the joys of Kareoke :)) You can sing anything you want, to the real music.
And in my live country/rock band we’d have fun changing lyrics to see if anyone was paying attention.
My favorite ;
singing and pointing “There’s the bathroom on the right”
( “there’s a bad moon on the rise” from Bad Moon Rising, C.C.R. )
dude still has his lady / dude looks like a lady / areosmith
sweet imodium / sweet emotion / aerosmith
everyday i have to snooze / everyday i have the blues / bb king
pepto bismol pam / polythene pam / beatles
im a crotchedy old man / im a man / bo diddely
discontinued mercury blues / mercury blues / canned heat
no haired country boy/ long haired country boy / charlie daniels
Hey! You! Get offa my lawn! (from “Get Off My Cloud, Rolling Stones”)
Hope I die 'fore I get really, really, really old. (from “My Generation, The Who”)
“I Can’t Give no Satisfaction” The Rolling Stones at 70.
Rolling Stones- My hair is greying and I want to paint it black
Beatles- Let Me Pee
Rolling Stones- Good bye Ruby Tuesday’s, your food won’t stay in me now
Beach Boys: “God only knows where’s my keys without you”
Led Zepplin, “Chair Lift to Heaven”
(Johny Nash) I can’t see clearly now, my eyesight’s gone,
I can’t see all obstacles in my way
Here I see dark clouds that have me blind
It’s gonna be a dark (dark), dark (dark)
Sunshiny day
Leaky, Leaky Oh, baby! I gotta go…
Ya Ya Ya Ya Ya Ya
(Louie, Louie, Richard Barry)
“Where Have All the Good Times Gone” Kinks. (didn’t change a thing)
“Let’s Pretend We’re not Married” (“Let’s Pretend We’re Married”, Prince)
“Raspberry Tums Beret” (“Raspberry Beret”, Prince)
House of the Setting Sun (The Animals)
There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
It’s been the ruin of many a poor boy,
Oh, God - I forget; was I one?
How about the classic song from Dusty Springfield:
“Brand New Knee”
(“Brand New Me”)
Let me pee let me pee
Give me just one drop of urine
Let me peeee
(let it be by the Beatles)
Celebrex, makes me feel fine (Summer Breeze by Seals & Crofts)
Willy Nelson “To the home again, I just can’t wait to get to the home again”
Johnny Nash Lyrics - I Can See Clearly Now the rain is gone
I can pee freely now the pain is gone
The Kinks
"She looks like a woman and walks like a man,
Lola, Lo-lo-lo-lo-lola,"
Oh, never mind. I can’t come up with any wierder lyrics than the originals.