I love messing with the lyrics of songs like a poor man’s Weird Al (or like a regular man’s Homer Simpson).
It took me forever to find the song that inspired me to write this post. It’s a song I generally only hear in bars/clubs and I rarely know what names of those songs are or who they’re by unless the voice is distinct enough for me to know, like an Eminem, Ludacris, or Kei$ha.
Well, after doing a little “research,” the song is, Sexy Chick by David Guetta featuring Akon. (It’s actually called, Sexy Bitch, but the slightly less inflammatory, clean, version is what I’m guessing I hear more often.) I was worried about looking up the real lyrics because I enjoy getting them wrong so much but here’s the chorus:
She’s nothing like a girl you’ve ever seen before
Nothing you can compare to your neighborhood
I’m tryna find the words to describe this girl
Without being disrespectful
The part that I would get wrong is, “Without being disrespectful,” which I just heard as “It’s Christmas baseball!” A dangerous sport I just imagine being played on a frozen-over baseball field where everyone wears ice skates while playing. Swinging a bat, running the bases, pitching, fielding… a real mess…Christmas baseball!
Another fun, very G-rated, mistake is to replace the words “Cinderella man” in the song Cinderella Man by Eminem with the words “Ginger-ale man.”
One that I like singing on the regular is All American Rejects’ song Dirty Little Secret, changing it from:
I’ll keep you my dirty little secret
(Dirty little secret)
Don’t tell anyone or you’ll be just another regret
(Just another regret, hope that you can keep it)
My dirty little secret
To:
I’ll keep you my dirty Ryan Seacrest
(Dirty Ryan Seacrest)
Don’t tell anyone or you’ll be just another regret
(Just another regret, hope that you can keep it)
My dirty Ryan Seacrest
Finally, my absolute favorite song to mess with is Sad But True by Metallica. Quite simply, just imagine James Hetfield is saying “sand patrol” instead of “sad but true.” Seriously, it’s so good and strangely believable. I enjoy it so much, I’m listening to it right now. The passion it’s sung with really helps sell the silliness.
Do you have any songs you do this to? Let me know in the comments section here, on Twitter, or my Facebook page.
