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Song Parodies -> "Idaho"
Original Song Title:
"Vertigo"
(MP3)Original Performer:
U2
Parody Song Title:
"Idaho"
Parody Written by:
Red Ant
The Lyrics
DKTOS? Song available here. A family trip goes bad; hilarity does not ensue.
[intro]
Boise: - means - "state is boring!"
"Shut the hell up, children!"
Driv-in' long, and far
The exit's up ahead
On fumes - the car
We roll into a park
So here - we are-
-my eyes don't like the scenery
It's drab - just rocks, and my mind wonders:
HELLO! (hello ... hello!) [echoes trigger avalanche]
Is this the place called Yellowstone? (don't think so!)
It doesn't seem to be where tourists go
(oh) Man that - travel package - was no deal...
DEAL!.....
The clim-ate's bit-ter cold
Still critters come alive
We're not - alone
Elk rutting, makin' noise
That's the - main show!
A ninety percent chance
(at least!) of snow!
This is no retreat
Vacation is a wreck
Then some bunny speaks
Says "Shoulda made that left
Turn at Albuquerque"
GPS is certain!
Wo-oh-oh-oh-no!
Wo-oh-oh-oh-no! ...
Hello, hello! ("OnStar!)
You're in the state called Idaho" (where is that?)
I was trying to get to Yellowstone
Can you - give directions - outta here?....
PLEASE!......
{Canadian OnStar Rep}:
"One moment...
No suh
Sorry, buddy, you're hosed!"
None of this - was promised in the tour
None of this - was in that free brochure
All of this - is a mistake, for sure
We'll have to suck it up - and like being bored
"We know we blow!" (state motto!)
Stuck in this place called Idaho (who da ho?!)
Guess we'll watch the potatoes grow
(that's) The truth: there is nothing - to do here...
There's sights to see?... ahhhhh!......
The flood museum? creeks? yawn!.....
I'm for real!.....
REAL!........
Dang, dang, dang, dang, dang.
I need a plan!
"Will flash ass for gas or cash"
Boise: - means - "state is boring!"
"Shut the hell up, children!"
Driv-in' long, and far
The exit's up ahead
On fumes - the car
We roll into a park
So here - we are-
-my eyes don't like the scenery
It's drab - just rocks, and my mind wonders:
HELLO! (hello ... hello!) [echoes trigger avalanche]
Is this the place called Yellowstone? (don't think so!)
It doesn't seem to be where tourists go
(oh) Man that - travel package - was no deal...
DEAL!.....
The clim-ate's bit-ter cold
Still critters come alive
We're not - alone
Elk rutting, makin' noise
That's the - main show!
A ninety percent chance
(at least!) of snow!
This is no retreat
Vacation is a wreck
Then some bunny speaks
Says "Shoulda made that left
Turn at Albuquerque"
GPS is certain!
Wo-oh-oh-oh-no!
Wo-oh-oh-oh-no! ...
Hello, hello! ("OnStar!)
You're in the state called Idaho" (where is that?)
I was trying to get to Yellowstone
Can you - give directions - outta here?....
PLEASE!......
{Canadian OnStar Rep}:
"One moment...
No suh
Sorry, buddy, you're hosed!"
None of this - was promised in the tour
None of this - was in that free brochure
All of this - is a mistake, for sure
We'll have to suck it up - and like being bored
"We know we blow!" (state motto!)
Stuck in this place called Idaho (who da ho?!)
Guess we'll watch the potatoes grow
(that's) The truth: there is nothing - to do here...
There's sights to see?... ahhhhh!......
The flood museum? creeks? yawn!.....
I'm for real!.....
REAL!........
Dang, dang, dang, dang, dang.
I need a plan!
"Will flash ass for gas or cash"
copyright 2006+ Jack "Red Ant" Fletcher
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Lotsa LOLz here! Why? "I-da-ho"!
Pretty bad and boring tour. "Will flash ass for gas or cash" was really cute! 5's
That ruled! 555!
I seriously LOLed at "Who Da Ho"....... People in my computer lab were looking me funny, darn you and your amazingly humerous parody Jack!!!!!
Well, I can now tear up my unfinished Idaho/Vertigo parody.....I wasn't ever going to finish it anyway....this is potato-rrific! 555
HEY...idaho is PRETTY.......PRETTY BORING.....not your parody though...5s
Great stuff!!
Yeah, but they invented the potato! 555
This should be the state song. 15 bars.
Quite the production number, here...555
555, I'm impressed ; not only a good job keepin it with the origional, but alot of your own jokes were quite funny ; like to hear it recorded, that'd be sweet
loved "Idaho" for "Vertigo", and loved the way you managed to get Bugs's most famous line in there too, Jack - 555
Red Ant! You never cease to amaze me. Including Canada was absolutely perfect and the whole "Shoulda made that left Turn at Albuquerque".... my cheeks hurt from laughing! 5's all around my friend! Glad the implications of retirement from your last parody have not yet come true!
Great stuff, Jack, start to finish...last line flashed me straight back to my hitch-hiking days in the 60's and 70's. And you are obviously not a grizzly bear-humping white supremacist...they love Idaho. I actually lived in Mountain Home, at the Air Force base in 1972 and 1973, and have skied Sun Valley lots of times. Saw Clint Eastwood there skiing once. It made my day.
Thanks Agrimorfee, Pat, Jack, Matthias, Kristof, Alvin, Spoof-Man, Yoidy, John, AFW, Sean Lee, Stu, Tam, Dee, and one (the only) Idahoan resident.
Pat: Much better than the "yeah, yeah..." ending I almost submitted, yes?
Matthias: Reading parodies in class? You rule.
Kristof: Great minds think alike, or so I've heard. Groan at the pun!
Yoidy: Perhaps, but it took the French to make them into fries. ;)
Sean Lee: Though I've had extreme technical difficulties with recordings thus far, I hope that I can do this one in the future, so stay tuned.
Stu and Tam: Thanks, the BB line was one of those lines that subbed too well to leave out.
Dee: LOL on the "It made my day."/Clint Eastwood reference.
Pat: Much better than the "yeah, yeah..." ending I almost submitted, yes?
Matthias: Reading parodies in class? You rule.
Kristof: Great minds think alike, or so I've heard. Groan at the pun!
Yoidy: Perhaps, but it took the French to make them into fries. ;)
Sean Lee: Though I've had extreme technical difficulties with recordings thus far, I hope that I can do this one in the future, so stay tuned.
Stu and Tam: Thanks, the BB line was one of those lines that subbed too well to leave out.
Dee: LOL on the "It made my day."/Clint Eastwood reference.
I guess this now makes up everything that I know about Idaho...
btw, re the Clint comments, I used to tell a joke about Clint Eastwood going to see the Sex Pistols... you can probably guess the punchline ;-)
btw, re the Clint comments, I used to tell a joke about Clint Eastwood going to see the Sex Pistols... you can probably guess the punchline ;-)
When we were brainstorming titles for Robert Lund's last CD, one of my faves was "How to Dismantle a Tuna Casserole." I figured I'd write "Idaho" to "Vertigo" about our neighbors to the north. I only got as far as "a place called Idaho" and "you give me something I can peel" (i.e., potatoes), so it was no big loss. THIS, however, is lovely, Red. I dig the lost-family-on-a-road-trip storyline, especially the way it allows you to use the echoing "Hello," the "OnStar" for "hola," and "Is this the place called Yellowstone?" Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah.
Just thinking ahead theoretically here but what if you should win SOTM with this song, how will you celebrate, by going to Disneyland? :-)
(SOTM) lookie what i said already....
(SOTM) This parody makes me glad you didn't retire. It has just about everything you'd want in a parody: OS choice, title sub, clever lyrics, perfect pacing, universal topic, Bugs Bunny jokes, OnStar jokes, wow... what is this parody missing? I award you five potatoes for your hard work and genius humor.
SOTM-Great
SOTM-You can never just pick an easy song can you, well it seems to be paying off in the means of bein one of the most creative parodists on the site.
(SOTM) Hey...at least it sounds better than North Dakota! All I know about Idaho is that it unleashed Napoleon Dynamite on us. (You decide what slant that last sentence takes.) Great job.
(SOTM) Great OS, possibly even greater parody! Remind me to never go to Idaho!
Well, I used to live in the corn belt..... But if you've been to Idaho, there are nice mountains there.----MM
(SOTM) just read this against the OS again Jack, and this is excellent - I love a parody that lampoons a well-known target and there are some classic not-too-harsh digs in this one - like the state motto and the potatoes - and I also liked how you managed to get the Albuquerque/certain couplet to work, and the cool Yellowstone sub
(SOTM) I'm still enamoured of this, Jack, and I'd be hard pressed not to find a place for it in my top 5. :-)
(SOTM) Welcome to the state of boredom. Very good translations.
(SOTM) Whoah ... I mean, IdaWhoah ... 555
(SOTM) Awesome once again
Great use of the original, Red. I remember disliking my couple of hours driving from Montana to Utah. Drivers seemed to magically become more like assholes the further I went in. Anyhow: I really enjoyed "A ninety percent chance/(at least!) of snow!" and the whole "You're in the state called Idaho (where is that?)" stanza was inspired.
SOTM - Been there done that. Idaho was boring but at least they have nice high speed limits to help you get away from there that much faster. The last line was classic.
Belated thanks to Phil, Spaff, Peter, Aggy, Chris, Max, Dave, Cat, Pieman, MM, Stu, Kristof, Tim, Johnny D, Jack, Glen and Jay. I would have replied sooner but I was stuck in Idaho, heh heh.
Phil: Me too, actually.
Spaff, I'd love to see "How to Dismantle a Tuna Casserole". Considering I can't stand the stuff, my vote would be by sledgehammer or high explosives.
Peter: Moot point now, but if I had gone I sure as hell would have avoided that "It's A Small World" ride.
Chris: Thanks for the generous praise. I'm not sure what it's missing... maybe a recording is in order...
Dave: I didn't think this OS was particularly hard, though the short lines were a bit tricky to pace. Thanks!
Cat: I saw Napoleon Dynamite: why is Idaho still a state? (Take that for what it's worth!)
Pieman: Never go to Idaho. You're welcome. =)
MM: There's nice mountains here in Va, and, like, other stuff too, heh heh.
Stu: Idaho is well-known? In Austrailia? I didn't think potatoes could make a 12k mile trip and still be any good! Thanks, mate.
Glen: I've never driven that far west, but I say that South Carolina is the most boring state on the East Coast to drive through - 3 hours driving, 3 exits, super boring. The only thing that was exciting was driving 95 mph past state troopers apparently asleep on the side of the road.
Jay: I thought it was Montana that, for a while, had the "no speed limit" rule....
Phil: Me too, actually.
Spaff, I'd love to see "How to Dismantle a Tuna Casserole". Considering I can't stand the stuff, my vote would be by sledgehammer or high explosives.
Peter: Moot point now, but if I had gone I sure as hell would have avoided that "It's A Small World" ride.
Chris: Thanks for the generous praise. I'm not sure what it's missing... maybe a recording is in order...
Dave: I didn't think this OS was particularly hard, though the short lines were a bit tricky to pace. Thanks!
Cat: I saw Napoleon Dynamite: why is Idaho still a state? (Take that for what it's worth!)
Pieman: Never go to Idaho. You're welcome. =)
MM: There's nice mountains here in Va, and, like, other stuff too, heh heh.
Stu: Idaho is well-known? In Austrailia? I didn't think potatoes could make a 12k mile trip and still be any good! Thanks, mate.
Glen: I've never driven that far west, but I say that South Carolina is the most boring state on the East Coast to drive through - 3 hours driving, 3 exits, super boring. The only thing that was exciting was driving 95 mph past state troopers apparently asleep on the side of the road.
Jay: I thought it was Montana that, for a while, had the "no speed limit" rule....
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