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Subject: ONE WEEK NOTICE: "No Strings Attached" (Due: 3/2/2018)

Written By: Matthias on 02/22/18 at 9:10 am

Welcome to the Friday 16th February to Friday 23rd February (publishing date) round of the One Week Notice challenge. My name is Matthias, I'll be your host.

The core of One Week Notice is this: We all write parodies of the same original song - and then we post them on the same day! The song chosen ideally should be one that has not been already parodied on Amiright, and should also be of reasonable difficulty and length (Matthias is hosting a separate thread for general discussion about that part, see the messageboard and feel free to join in - or even better - sign up to host a round yourself!)

http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=56105.0

As things have evolved we're working on a From Friday To Friday basis. The host picks an original song and posts about it in a new messageboard thread on the first friday (or after the Thursday update on Amiright's front page if that's more convenient) and those who want to participate have one week to create a parody of it. All those parodies of the same song are then submitted to go on the next week's Friday's publishing date on Amiright (barring acts of God/Site Mods).

This challenge is not a contest judging for quality. No points are awarded. Constructive criticism is encouraged, but we have no strict rule or requirement for everyone to even read each parody and/or leave comments. Obviously that's an important part of the whole thing, but you won't get bashed if life gets in your way. The whole thing is done in the spirit of flexing our parody writing "muscles" and to grow back the spirit of camaraderie within the Amiright community. The host of a round must provide a link to the original song's lyrics (or post them in his/her host post, like I'm doing here below), a link to a YouTube video of the song (or an equivalent thereof) and information about what year the song was first released (to allow for the submission form on Amiright).

With all that said, here's the brand new One Week Notice for Friday 16th February to Friday 23rd February (publishing date).

- Time to bring you back to the late 90s/ early 00s when Boy Bands were at their peak and the war between Backstreet Boys and N*Sync escalated. They both have a crapload of songs here on Amiright but surpsingly their signiture title track from their extremely popular "No Strings Attached" album has never been done before on Amiright.


Song Title: "No Strings Attached"
Artist - N*Sync
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du6qLKk7G3I


Baby you're not the only one...
Oh oh oh yeah
Hey yeah


I see the things he does to you
All the pain that he puts you through
And I see what's really going on
Staying out at night while you're by the phone

Take it from me
It's a lesson to be learned
Even the good guys get burned
Take it from me
See I would give you love
The kind of love that you've only dreamed of
Baby you're not the only one
You don't have to be afraid to fall in love
And I know that you've hurt in the past
But if you want it, here's my heart
No strings attached


He doesn't give you the kind of attention
That a girl like you needs (that a girl like you needs)
Cause he always looks around
His eyes wander 'round
He doesn't see you like I see

Take it from me
It's a lesson to be learned
Even the good guys get burned
Take it from me
Baby I would give you love
The kind of love that you've only dreamed of yeah
Baby you're not the only one (baby you're not the only one)
You don't have to be afraid to fall in love (to fall in love)
And I know that you've hurt in the past (hurt in the past)
But if you want it, here's my heart (here's my heart)
No strings attached

Take it from me
It's a lesson to be learned
Even the good guys get burned
Take it from me
See I would give you love
The kind of love that you've only dreamed of
So if you want to take a chance with me (ah-ah-ah-ah-ah)

If you (baby) take a chance with me
I'll be everything you need (everything you need)
Because it's our destiny



Baby you're not the only one (baby you're not the only one)
You don't have to be afraid to fall in love (you don't have to be afraid)
And I know that you've hurt in the past (know that you're hurting)
But if you want it, here's my heart (if you want here's my heart)
No strings attached

Baby you're not the only one (baby you're not the only one)
You don't have to be afraid to fall in love (you don't have to be afraid)
And I know that you've hurt in the past (know that you're hurting)
But if you want it, here's my heart (if you want here's my heart)
No strings attached



DEADLINE: 3-2-2018

Subject: Re: ONE WEEK NOTICE: "No Strings Attached" (Due: 3/2/2018)

Written By: K1chyd on 02/22/18 at 12:46 pm

Hmm... what to do with that title?

"My car's been scratched" - Might be too much like what Matthias did not long ago.
"My legs collapsed" - Could work, but I've covered running quite often.
"This song's abstract" - Nice title for word sallad, could go with that.
"When sharks attack" - I like that title, but could one milk the subject for variation all over the song?
"My xxx contracts" - About bladder problems we see at the clinic, but "bladder" is one syllable too much.
"It's first contact" - Doesn't really flow pacingwise, but I like sci-fi so maybe.
"I'm at the bat" - Don't know enough about baseball.
"I'm with the bat" - Batman's girlfriend's perspective, or Robin's.

Subject: Re: ONE WEEK NOTICE: "No Strings Attached" (Due: 3/2/2018)

Written By: Matthias on 02/22/18 at 1:00 pm

Here are some more ideas...


1. "We've Been Mismatched" (Bad date)
2. "Wrong Escape Hatch" (Villain chooses the wrong escape route)
3. "Insane Mustache" (Crazy looking mustache)
4. "I've Been Whiplashed" (Roller coaster ride goes awry)
5. "We're All White Trash" (White Trash version of N*Sync)
6. "Can't Play Blackjack" (Guy keeps losing at blackjack)
7. "Your Lame Comeback" (Guy is bad at insulting people)
8. "Can't Ride Horseback" (Cowboy complains about saddle sores)
9. "Igor's Hunchbacked" (About Igor from Frankenstein)
10. "Those Lame Knickknacks" (Old lady collects a bunch of dumb stuff)
11. "Need Some Prozac" (Dealing with depression)
12. "Try Coke Throwback" (I once did a short video which was a parody of "Pepsi Throwback" because classic Coke used to have trace amounts of cocaine in it)

Subject: Re: ONE WEEK NOTICE: "No Strings Attached" (Due: 3/2/2018)

Written By: K1chyd on 02/24/18 at 11:59 am

I've started working on something not quite title-substitution based (and the title line is only used three times in the original anyway). Thinking of it as "the bum band song" for now.

Subject: Re: ONE WEEK NOTICE: "No Strings Attached" (Due: 3/2/2018)

Written By: K1chyd on 02/26/18 at 9:27 am

Are the mod/mods late in updating "Amiright Events"?

Subject: Re: ONE WEEK NOTICE: "No Strings Attached" (Due: 3/2/2018)

Written By: Matthias on 02/26/18 at 3:05 pm


Are the mod/mods late in updating "Amiright Events"?


Oh! Oops! I forgot to make an event for this!

Subject: Re: ONE WEEK NOTICE: "No Strings Attached" (Due: 3/2/2018)

Written By: Matthias on 02/28/18 at 8:29 pm

Oh FYI the last chorus is repeated so make sure to do that or do a if you want to be lazy at the end there...

Subject: Re: ONE WEEK NOTICE: "No Strings Attached" (Due: 3/2/2018)

Written By: Matthias on 02/28/18 at 8:44 pm

Mine is done and ready for Friday! Hope to see some more people in this round as well... Agrimorfee? Claude Prez? Jeff Reuben? Anybody?

"These Springs Are Trash"
https://static.rcwilley.com/blog/34/5545/old-cartoon-mattress.jpg
(Just realized that I'm writing a bunch of "Spring" themed parodies for One Week Notice haha)

Subject: Re: ONE WEEK NOTICE: "No Strings Attached" (Due: 3/2/2018)

Written By: agrimorfee on 03/01/18 at 10:23 am

In. Not tipping my hat.  ;)

Subject: Re: ONE WEEK NOTICE: "No Strings Attached" (Due: 3/2/2018)

Written By: K1chyd on 03/01/18 at 11:15 am

Submitted! "The bum song" is not my best work I'm afraid, but I've had a couple of good weeks lately, no such run last forever.

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