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Subject: Parodies...
Does anyone else not like it when people parody parodies? Example: If someone parodies "Another One Rides The Bus" by Weird Al. Personally, I think they should take the time to find the original singer (Queen, "Another One Bites The Dust") and give them the rightful credit for it. Just wanted to share my opinion.
Subject: Re: Parodies...
Exactly. That's just like someone writing a parody of "Drops of Jupiter" and putting "lebeiW15" as the original artist and putting "Drops of Mountain Dew" for the original song.
Subject: Re: Parodies...
Of course, if I recorded a parody, I'd make sure that the original artist gets at least 50% of the royalties. But if the artist demands more than 75%, I'd say, "no way" and refuse to record it…
Subject: Re: Parodies...
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Does anyone else not like it when people parody parodies? Example: If someone parodies "Another One Rides The Bus" by Weird Al. Personally, I think they should take the time to find the original singer (Queen, "Another One Bites The Dust") and give them the rightful credit for it. Just wanted to share my opinion.
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By and large, I agree, but there are times where the parody version of a song is what provides the inspiration - the parody actually *is* a parody of the parody (so to speak), but uses the tune of the original song.
OTOH, if the second parody takes nothing from and owes nothing to the first, then I agree with you 100%.
Phil
PS Should I change my sig to "Warning: sitting on the fence can hurt your backside"?
Subject: Re: Parodies...
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PS Should I change my sig to "Warning: sitting on the fence can hurt your backside"?
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Hehe! Sure!