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Subject: PICKY PICKY PEOPLE!

Written By: QueenAmenRa on 01/06/04 at 11:04 a.m.

Ok so MUST I hyphenate EVERY held out word to ensure people of where the pacing is NOT OFF!!!!   >:(

Subject: Re: PICKY PICKY PEOPLE!

Written By: jreuben on 01/06/04 at 11:11 a.m.

I'd pay more attention to the "funny" and "overall" ratings...I think they're a better measure of how well you write.  Want an example?  Weird Al himself rarely matches the pacing of the original songs beat for beat, but since he sings his parodies, he makes it sound right, and no one notices (unless they're comparing the words with the real ones).  Al would get 3s and 4s in pacing regularly, but I'd argue that it doesn't take away from his songs.  In fact, I'd say his songs are pretty decent  ;D

Subject: Re: PICKY PICKY PEOPLE!

Written By: QueenAmenRa on 01/06/04 at 11:20 a.m.

True
But I guess nobody finds my songs that funny because they're either too personal or most people don't know the original songs  :-/ - A lot my songs (that I have not posted) come from church hymns or arias that few people are familiar with

Subject: Re: PICKY PICKY PEOPLE!

Written By: adagio on 01/06/04 at 12:03 a.m.

Queen...I've been considering putting one in of my own about St. Francis of Asissi, but hesitated because he is not well known...spiritually, that is.

Subject: Re: PICKY PICKY PEOPLE!

Written By: Johnny_D on 01/06/04 at 12:44 a.m.


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Queen...I've been considering putting one in of my own about St. Francis of Asissi, but hesitated because he is not well known...spiritually, that is.
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I like St. Francis!  I will read it if you post it.

Subject: Re: PICKY PICKY PEOPLE!

Written By: QueenAmenRa on 01/06/04 at 01:26 p.m.

I don't know who that is
Most people's parodies are about celebs or everyday things; mine are mostly about stupid teachers or people I dislike so if anyone else reads them they'd go:  ???

Subject: Re: PICKY PICKY PEOPLE!

Written By: Johnny_D on 01/06/04 at 01:57 p.m.


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I don't know who that is
Most people's parodies are about celebs or everyday things; mine are mostly about stupid teachers or people I dislike so if anyone else reads them they'd go:  ???
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You can take advantage of the top-comment box on the Parody Submission Page, to explain who your parody's main characters are to the viewing public.  Here's a parody, not written by me but I voted and commented on it - the author of the following parody used the top-comment-box to introduce the characters to the readers, and it worked for me - I really liked this parody:

http://www.amiright.com/parody/80s/gunsnroses18.shtml

Subject: Re: PICKY PICKY PEOPLE!

Written By: adagio on 01/06/04 at 02:54 p.m.

Good idea for the top comment box.  St. Francis is even deeper spiritually than most think...they think...oh...the bird-guy...lol.
 You will read it, Johnny?  It's half finished already.

Subject: Re: PICKY PICKY PEOPLE!

Written By: Johnny_D on 01/06/04 at 04:21 p.m.


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Good idea for the top comment box.  St. Francis is even deeper spiritually than most think...they think...oh...the bird-guy...lol.
 You will read it, Johnny?  It's half finished already.
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You betcha I'll read it, Adagio!

Subject: Re: PICKY PICKY PEOPLE!

Written By: adagio on 01/06/04 at 04:23 p.m.

Johnny... ;D

Subject: Re: PICKY PICKY PEOPLE!

Written By: QueenAmenRa on 01/07/04 at 01:12 p.m.


Quoting:


You can take advantage of the top-comment box on the Parody Submission Page, to explain who your parody's main characters are to the viewing public.  Here's a parody, not written by me but I voted and commented on it - the author of the following parody used the top-comment-box to introduce the characters to the readers, and it worked for me - I really liked this parody:

http://www.amiright.com/parody/80s/gunsnroses18.shtml


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Maybe I should've explained my "Beauty and the Beast" further, then maybe it would make more sense:
Basically, I went to sleep one night, only to wake up and find the guy who was considered by all as "My Keith"  with my
ROOMMATE!  So I go to my friends room because I'm so upset.  Then she decides to "make things better" by bring Keith in the room, who tries to "make things better" by telling me that my roommate is hot....WHAT THE CRAP???
Well, with that in mind maybe the parody makes a little more sense
http://www.amiright.com/parody/90s/disneysong0.shtml

Subject: Re: PICKY PICKY PEOPLE!

Written By: philbo_baggins on 01/08/04 at 09:31 a.m.


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Basically, I went to sleep one night, only to wake up and find the guy who was considered by all as "My Keith"  with my
ROOMMATE!  So I go to my friends room because I'm so upset.  Then she decides to "make things better" by bring Keith in the room, who tries to "make things better" by telling me that my roommate is hot....WHAT THE CRAP???
Well, with that in mind maybe the parody makes a little more sense End Quote


...Ouch!  Wouldn't it have more punch then (as well as answering Agrimorfee's pacing gripe) to rename it "Kelly and My Keith"?


Phil

Subject: Re: PICKY PICKY PEOPLE!

Written By: QueenAmenRa on 01/08/04 at 10:32 a.m.

Yeah maybe....but as far as pacing goes....CAN'T Y'ALL SEE THAT SOMETIMES, ONE SYLLABLE CAN BE SUNG IN TWO BEATS?  

Subject: Re: PICKY PICKY PEOPLE!

Written By: philbo_baggins on 01/08/04 at 10:51 a.m.


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Yeah maybe....but as far as pacing goes....CAN'T Y'ALL SEE THAT SOMETIMES, ONE SYLLABLE CAN BE SUNG IN TWO BEATS?  
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Doesn't that depend how far South in the States one lives?

;-)

Phil

Subject: Re: PICKY PICKY PEOPLE!

Written By: Melhi on 01/08/04 at 01:23 p.m.


Quoting:
Ok so MUST I hyphenate EVERY held out word to ensure people of where the pacing is NOT OFF!!!!   >:(
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There's no law saying you have to use the hypens.  There are some times you might want to consider using them,  but, it's always your call.   If it helps anyone, here are the times I can think of off the top of my head:

If the original line has five syllables/beats and your new line has 4 syllables that you fully intended to be drug over 5 beats, you might want to try to let the reader know which syllable is either repeated or drawn out, so that it's read as you intended it to be read.

If the original line has the word baby as "Ba-ay-by"  but your parody line has two words in its place,  like "bite me" you might want to write it "bi-ite me" or "bite me-ee" for the added reason of helping the reader keep or get his/her bearings in the song.  Same thing, for the same "bearings" reason, if the corresponding word in your parody doesn't happen to rhyme with the drawn out word in the original. Example: original "I lost my ba-ay-by now I'm sad" to parody  "I lost my te-em-per with her dad"

Also, if a word is one of those you know is pronounced very differently by different people, and you think it would help, you might want to hyphenate it to show which pronunciation you intend. (even then, good luck.)   I seem to remember a minor scuffle in the comments over whether "foil" (or something that rhymed with foil) is one syllable or two.  At the most basic level, it has three  "foe-ee-ill" or "foe-ee-ull" depending on regional accent (unless you know someone who learned to talk by reading lips, it's unlikely you'll ever hear all three pronounced distinctly.)  Technically, it has one vowel sound "oy" and thus one syllable.  But, the human mouth is made such that the rough transition between the "oy" and "l" sounds often comes out, audibly, as two syllables: "foy-ill" or "foy-ull") In my neck of the prarie, it's pronounced in two audibly distinct syllables, so I've made a mental note to write it "fo-il" if I ever use it in a parody.  (Actually, it's more of an addendum to my official mental note of "avoid using the word 'foil' in a parody unless it's an exact rhyme for the word it's replacing."  ;) )

I'm not consistent about the hyphens, myself.  If my fingers are sore from too much typing or from heavy work or if I'm tired or extremely rushed or I'm doing too many other things while I'm typing one, I'll just skip them and hope nobody who reads the parody needed them.  If I type them all and then the parody looks like a hyphen-convention, I'll sometimes go back and take out all but the most crucial ones or, if I have time and inclination, I might even rewrite some lines to render them unnecessary.

Like I said, it's always your call.  

Subject: Re: PICKY PICKY PEOPLE!

Written By: QueenAmenRa on 01/10/04 at 01:36 p.m.


Quoting:

Doesn't that depend how far South in the States one lives?

;-)

Phil
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Well, Oklahoma- is that South enough?