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| One problem with just writing parodies of songs is that it's difficult to communicate exactly how the words are sung via text on some web page. Without an actual performance of the parody, the audience often misses the nuances present in the parody (if they follow the parody at all). I discovered early on that most people couldn't really appreciate a Parodeity without actually listening to the tune. Not being a musician or singer myself, I originally tried to find someone to perform these parodies so I could post recordings on Webster. However, recording this music is a lot of work and expecting someone else do that that work, gratis, was expecting a bit too much. So I broke down and recorded these tunes myself. Originally, without any form of formal vocal training the vocal performances were pretty rank. So I took some vocal classes at the local community college in order to improve things. Since then, I've been busy re-recording some of the old recordings to improve the quality of their performance. Note, however, that I've yet to get around to re-recording any of the songs on Volume VII; so these performances are going to be pretty bad. Note that updating Volume VII is going to happen someday, so keep checking around here for updates. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parodeities Volume VII: Hey! Don't These Parodies Just Beat All? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1. Acts Naturally (Act Naturally) 2. All My Looking (All My Loving) 3. And He Loves Her (And I Love Her) 4. Ate From The Tree (Eight Days a Week) 5. Birthday (Birthday) 6. Day Flipper (Day Tripper) 7. Do You Taunt Old Noah's Sea Ship? (Do You Want to Know a Secret?) 8. Elijiah Met the Sidon Widow (She Came In Through the Bathroom Window) 9. Glad I Got You Into My Life (Got to Get You Into My Life) 10. Hard Way's Right (Hard Day's Night) 11. Hear, They're My Every Care (Here, There, and Everywhere) 12. He Is God's Son (Here Comes the Sun) 13. I'm Refined (I Feel Fine) 14. Judgement (The End) 15. Revelation (Revolution) 16. Said The Angel Standing There (I Saw Her Standing There) 17. Scarred Bent Lepers Only Touch His Hand (Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band) 18. Smelly Submarine (Yellow Submarine) 19. Trackin' The New Eastern Star (Back in the U.S.S.R.) 20. When He Came (Penny Lane) 21. While My Dear Lord Gently Sleeps (While My Guitar Gently Weeps) 22. With a Little Help That He Sends (With a Little Help From My Friends, Beatles version) 23. With a Little Help That He Sends (With a Little Help From My Friends, Joe Cocker version) 24. Wonderful-est Garden (Octopus' Garden) 25. You Better Love Not Your Money (You Never Give Me Your Money) Beatles' parodies have been a common theme throughout the Parodeities series. Several of the Beatles' songs I've done have proven enourmously popular (especially "At Book 64") and I've had some requests for more Beatles' tunes. So I decided to devote a whole CD to tunes by the Beatles. There's more to come on future Parodeity CDs, but this should satisify a few Beatle-maniacs out there. Enjoy! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||