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Song Parodies -> "Jell-o"
Original Song Title:
"Yellow"
Original Performer:
Coldplay
Parody Song Title:
"Jell-o"
Parody Written by:
Spaff.com
The Lyrics
Utahns are the world's leading purchasers of Jell-o. Whether they are the leading *consumers* of Jell-o is another question entirely, for Utahns are also renowned for the construction of terrific Jell-o molds, which usually are gifted to unsuspecting members of the local congregation (ward). Also, Mormons eschew alcohol but are quite fond of a casserole popularly called "funeral potatoes." The correlation of these facts eludes scholars; whatever your position, please help yourself to Robert Lund's delectable recording of this parody (recently aired on Salt Lake's 107.5 The End): http://www.spaff.com/poesy/jello.html
Look how the ward
They brought dessert for you
They brought a salad too
It was all Jell-o
Oh bless their hearts
They heard you got the flu
So they brought all this food
It's wall-to-wall Jell-o
When I got feeling bold
I ate that brownish mold
It's apricot Jell-o
Babe please
I need a jiggly fix
Grate cheese
And lots of carrot sticks
You know
I've got a Cool Whip soul
With chunks of pineapple
I went to school
I went to lunch with you
My friends'd join us too
And we would snarf Jell-o
We used a straw
Or just our mouth and nose
Sometimes we'd overdose
And then we'd barf Jell-o
I fear
Your alkie brother brought
These here
I think they're Jell-o shots
Oh dear
My favorite flavor is lime
We could pretend they're just fine
Let's brew-ooh
A batch of Berry Blue-ooh
(etc.)
Look at the spread
The neighbors brought for you
Funeral potatoes too
They brought dessert for you
They brought a salad too
It was all Jell-o
Oh bless their hearts
They heard you got the flu
So they brought all this food
It's wall-to-wall Jell-o
When I got feeling bold
I ate that brownish mold
It's apricot Jell-o
Babe please
I need a jiggly fix
Grate cheese
And lots of carrot sticks
You know
I've got a Cool Whip soul
With chunks of pineapple
I went to school
I went to lunch with you
My friends'd join us too
And we would snarf Jell-o
We used a straw
Or just our mouth and nose
Sometimes we'd overdose
And then we'd barf Jell-o
I fear
Your alkie brother brought
These here
I think they're Jell-o shots
Oh dear
My favorite flavor is lime
We could pretend they're just fine
Let's brew-ooh
A batch of Berry Blue-ooh
(etc.)
Look at the spread
The neighbors brought for you
Funeral potatoes too
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Good one Spaff!
Excellent recording
Wild and D: Kraft and I thank you.
Finally got a chance to listen to this (being an old fogey, I wasn't familiar with the original...I should stop listening to so much country and sports radio). Reminds me of a saying: "I won't eat anything that's green and moving." "What about Jello?" So this was actually on a radio station out in Utah? Excellent job! And the recording really adds weight to the lyrics (as always). Something (for me) to shoot for, you have some of the best recordings on this site!
Thanks, Jeff. That means a lot from you. And, yes, the morning guys on Salt Lake's big alt-rock station played it a couple of times. What a rush. (As if I needed anything else to make me obsess about writing parodies.)
thank you! i pissed myslef laughing :D
Marketa: Belated thanks. If you're still paying attention, here's a shameless plug: This made it onto Robert Lund's CD as a bonus track. www.elvesgonewild.com
Ditto, excellent recording...the first time I sat and listened to anyone here.
Thanx, Aggro. In my completely biased opinion, this is the best thing RL has done.
One of the better songs on your CD...and see above =)
Spaff.com? Get some real shit...
There's always room for Mr. Spafford's parodies!
Spaff strikes again! Well done, dude. d;:^)
Thanx, Jeffaroo & Johnny Dangle!
C-Pac: Thanx, but I'm already full.
Bob Frickin' Gomez: Is that really you? Where ya been, stranger?
C-Pac: Thanx, but I'm already full.
Bob Frickin' Gomez: Is that really you? Where ya been, stranger?
All together now: revote
cpac, get a god damn life
Didn't care for this one... didn't make me laugh or anything
Dominic: This was written for a probably-too-small target audience: people who (1) know the original song, (2) are familiar with Utah Mormon "culture," and (3) are willing to poke fun at both. That being the case, I was going to keep it on my web site and not submit it to Amiright, but it's one of my all-time fave Robert Lund recordings, so I had to inflict it on y'all.
That said, If you are *in* my target audience and *still* don't like it - well, then, I've got plenty of other stuff you won't like either.
That said, If you are *in* my target audience and *still* don't like it - well, then, I've got plenty of other stuff you won't like either.
Well, I am 1 and 3, but not 2... As for the recording, it is good, except for the fact it skips every few seconds.
Well - that would be a bad thing. The skipping, that is. Do you have the CD or the MP3?
Well, I have the MP3, so I guess that's probably the problem.
Yep - buy the CD. Even though it's exactly the same song, the CD version is MUCH funnier than the MP3 version.
This has also alwas been another one of my faves for you, 555! Maybe you can do one to Speed of Sound, ythere's one Coldplay song you havent paroddied yet
Local Celeb: Thanks. That's actually a song I intended to parody back when it was still new. But I guess there's not really a deadline, so maybe I still will.
Youre welcome! Ah,AWESOME! and thats awesome! maybe "Seeds in Ground?" "Coffee Grounds?"
I actually remember back in 2001 wnating to parody the OS couldnt think of anything for it but this or about someomne wnating things in differnet colrs but theyw ere all yellow. You did it better than I could have!
Thank you, Jack.
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