Microfiction IV

[vakkotaur]

"I have decided," announced Roger, "to take up a new avocation."

Stanley paused, a look of worry slowly engulfing his face. "Not another one. Then, if it keeps you from writing song parodies it might be a good thing."

"And what was wrong with my song parodies?" demanded Roger.

"Lack of effort. The song you started with is rather a self-parody already."

"You really have it in for 'These Bombs Were Made For Dropping' don't you?"

"Have it in?" Stanley scoffed, "Come on, you changed one line, the title and alleged refrain, and did a bit to the first verse. The other verses didn't get changed at all."

"Well, they didn't need changing..." offered Roger.

"That's exactly it. It was too easy."

"I had to start somewhere. Why start with something overly difficult?"

"You were in no danger of excess difficulty, I'll grant, but... it was really your second attempt that shows you shouldn't do song parody."

"You mean, 'These Boobs-"

"STOP! Not only is it offensive, it uses the same tune as 'Bombs' did."

"Well..." Roger changed the subject, "anyway, you will be relieved to hear that my new endeavor has nothing to do with song parody."

Stanley, looking vaguely pained, asked with an air of resignation, "Very well, what horror are you going inflict upon the world -- and worse, upon me -- this time?"

"No horror. I shall break into automobiles..."

"That's wrong!" Stanley protested.

"...and steal..."

"That's illegal."

"...the alarms."

"That..." said Stanley, as he sank back into his chair, "...might just be a public service."

Comments

[kelloggs2066.livejournal.com]

Of course the ideal filk song needed today is more in the line of:
"The Battle Of New Orleans"

But, the problem is, it'd probably be in bad taste. :o

[vakkotaur.livejournal.com]

There have been a few parody songs of that tune. One is The Battle of Cucamonga (http://www.lyricstime.com/lyrics/31825.html). I don't recall the title offhand, but I have heard another which was a tune from the early 1990s about Operation Desert Storm.

[kelloggs2066.livejournal.com]

I guess I was thinking something more along the lines of
"We fired our guns but the looters kept a comin'..."

But, as I said, it's in Very Poor Taste... :/

[vakkotaur.livejournal.com]

Poor taste, yes. Also inaccurate as those with arms were able to prevent looting of the immediate areas they were in, often without firing a shot.

Maybe, "We reinforced the levees, but the waters, they just kept a-comin'" as the breech was in a place where the levee had been reinforced and was thought to be up to specifications.

[kelloggs2066.livejournal.com]

Forgive me.

I think just about any filk song about New Orleans would be in poor taste these days.

Only slightly better might be a parody of "The House Of The Rising Sun"

"There was...
a levy...
In New Orleans...
They call the Rising Tide...
And it's been the ruin...
of many a poor boy..."

[vakkotaur.livejournal.com]

Well, yes, anything right now would be in poor taste. But I expect that a rebuilt New Orleans, even if built in a different location, will have musicians and there will be a few tunes about this year's events - and they won't all be serious. I'm willing to wait for the musicians of New Orleans to come up with something. That does not mean, however, that we can't speculate a bit about what someone might come up with.