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Revising The Classic Song Titles?
Don't know if any of you have seen this in emails, but I got this today & I doubled over laughing so hard! (though they'll only be funny if you know the original titles):
Some Artists of the 60s Are Revising Their Hits w/ Baby Boomers
Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Walker (Herman's Hermits)
How Can You Mend a Broken Hip (Bee Gees)
50 ways to Lose Your Liver (Paul Simon)
Heard It Through the Grape Nuts (Marvin Gaye)
You Make Me Feel Like Napping (Leo Sayer)
Papa's Got a Kidney Stone (Temptations)
Denture Queen (Abba)
I Am Woman, Hear Me Snore (Helen Reddy)
I Can't See Clearly (Johnny Nash)
Splish, Splash, I Was Havin' a Flash (Bobby Darin)
The 1st Time Ever I Forgot Your Face (Roberta Flack)
A Whiter Shade of Hair (Procol Harem)
So the question is- What're some song titles You can revise on your own? Old or new songs. :)
Lol! Good start, Leech!
Jazz- "Susie Who?"! LOL!!
Walrus- "I Can't Get None(But You Can't Either)-The Rolling Stones" Lol!
Have~A~N-
Blue Haired Girl (Van Morrison)
Hit Me With Your Walking Cane (Pat Benatar)
I Might Survive (Gloria Gayner)
Nice! lol!
miss understood- "Sit Down, Shut Up- Bob Marley" LOL! Instant classic!
LOL! "Grandma's Many (little)Helpers - Rolling Stones" Love it!
other winners!
"Stairlift To Heaven" by Led Zeppelin
"Just Can't Get It Up" by Depeche Mode
"Wheelchairs Of Steel" by Saxon
The Fountain of Lamb Chops-Rush
Tom Sawyer (And Huck Finn)-Rush
By Tor and the Snowboard, Dude-Rush
Life In The Slow Lane-The Eagles
SmokerLung (Jethro Tull)
Born to be Filed (Steppenwolf)
I Wanna Be Cremated (the Ramones)
Thanks guys!
19 Answers
- Honorary WalrusLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
With a Little Help From My Sex Toy(The Beatles)
I Can't Get None(But You Can't Either)-The Rolling Stones
Baba Oriley but in Reality Shoulda Been a Teenage Wasteland-The Who
Sweet Home Soul Asylum-Lynyrd Skynyrd
It's Along Way To the Top(Unless You Have a Chopper)-AC/DC
No Sugar Tonight(Even Though It's Your Birthday)-Guess Who
My Boy-Temptations
I Can't Help Myself(My Zippers Stuck)-The Four Tops
59th St Bridge and Damn I Wanna Jump-Simon and Garfunkel
Take The Chance On Her-ABBA
Popsicle Race-Queen
**edit**
Another One Bit My Bum-Queen
I've Had Enough Of Your Love-Bad Company
Crazy Little Thing Called Stalking-Queen
BE'ER MAK'ER-Led Zeppelin
Dirty Deeds Just Before We Sleep-AC/DC
Sniffing a Line-Tommy James
Foreplay/Not Long Enough-Boston
God Gave Rock To Everyone But You-Kiss
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Run to the Mall-Iron Maiden
The Green Manalishi (With My Unpaid Bar Tab)-Judas Priest
Paranoid (The Yahoo Answers Song)-Black Sabbath
Lonely are My Pants-Billy Squier
Rock You Like A Category 5 Hurricane-The Scorpions
Should I Stay Or Should I Call A Cab-The Clash
Fight The Good Fight When It's Convienent-Triumph
The Fountain of Lamb Chops-Rush
Tom Sawyer (And Huck Finn)-Rush
By Tor and the Snowboard, Dude-Rush
Let's Go Crazy, Then Go Streaking-Prince
I Still Haven't Remembered What I Was Looking For-U2
The Carpet Crawlers Went Up My Leg-Genesis
A Plague Of Outhouse Keepers-Van Der Graaf Generator
Hello Again, and Again, and Again-The Cars
Life In The Slow Lane-The Eagles
- DaftLv 61 decade ago
A Whiter Shade of Hair (Procol Harem)
^that was hilarious!!
Losing My Pigeon - REM
Climbing Up The Stairs - Radiohead
Photosynthesis Needs A Warm Sun - The Beatles (it's a little far-fetched)
I Wish We Could Clown Around - Phil Collins (this too, haha)
Mary Jane's Last Chance - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
I'm Waiting For The Mail - The Velvet Underground
edit: I realize that REM is not very "classic" lol.
- 1 decade ago
Sit Down, Shut Up- Bob Marley
On The Porn Again- Willie Nelson
Stairway To Devon- Led Zep
Smack Up Little Susie-The Everly Brothers
Burning Itch- Elvis
Spirit Of 8 Track- Rush
When Doves Poop- Prince
Don't Let The "Son" Go Down On Me- Elton John
Killing Me Softly With His Ax-Roberta Flack
One Way Ticket To Ride- The Beatles
I Want You To Leave Me Alone- Cheap Trick
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- rotten c0re/Lv 51 decade ago
I Wanna Cough N Wheeze All Night - KISS
Anarchy In The Nursing Home - Sex Pistols
Slowly Stroll To The Hills - Iron Maiden
Over The Hills And Not That Far Away - Led Zeppelin
No More Mr. Old Guy - Alice Cooper
Living After 3PM - Judas Priest
Pensioner Song - Led Zeppelin
Department of Old - Alice Cooper
Old (We're All) - Alice Cooper
- PaulieLv 51 decade ago
My mother runs an old-folks' home so she'd probably kill me if she saw this:
"Stairlift To Heaven" by Led Zeppelin
"Back In The Retirement Village" by Iron Maiden
"Hot Rockin' Chair" by Judas Priest
"Just Can't Get It Up" by Depeche Mode
"Blue Rinse" by New Order
"Click Of The Wrist" by Queen
"Wheelchairs Of Steel" by Saxon
"I Can't See Clearly Now" by Johnny Nash
- Anonymous1 decade ago
SmokerLung (Jethro Tull)
Sugar Jag Coma (Grateful Dead)
Born to be Filed (Steppenwolf)
Don't Fear the Beeper (Blue Oyster Cult)
Carry One (Crosby Stills and Nash)
I Wanna Be Cremated (the Ramones)
- 1 decade ago
The Animals- House of the Rising Cholesterol
Rolling Stones- Can't Get No (Supplements)
Van Halen- Wheeze the Night Away
- Nancy DLv 61 decade ago
19th Nervous What - Only 19? You Weakling - Rolling Stones
Grandma's Many (little)Helpers - Rolling Stones
Watching Law and Order Reruns - Elvis Costello
Stray Cat Strut (go away i'm allergic) - Stray Cats
Cuts Like a Knife (in my gallbladder) - Bryan Adams
Losing My Memory - REM
I Fooled Around and Fell and Broke My Hip - Elvin Bishop
- 1 decade ago
Fonzie, this is a great question :)
'It's Not Alright Now' ~ Free
'Don't Stop (Thinking About Tomorrow) Because I Can't Remember Yesterday' ~ Fleetwood Mac
'Black Magic Chocolates' ~ Fleetwood Mac
'(Like A) Tortoise Out of Hell' ~ Meat Loaf
'Zimmer-Frame Race' ~ Queen
'Pacemaker' ~ Led Zeppelin
'Replacement Hip' ~ Jethro Tull {'Aqualung'}
Hannah :
I love your Sex Pistols answer :)