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Song Parodies -> "I Only Want A Neat Igloo"
Original Song Title:
"I Only Want To Be With You"
(MP3)Original Performer:
Dusty Springfield
Parody Song Title:
"I Only Want A Neat Igloo"
Parody Written by:
Stuart McArthur
The Lyrics
In today's episode of Iceland's "The Sveinn Springer Show" wives tell their husbands "Shape up or Kayak Out!" and now let's hear from our first wife Vigdis.......Original Song here
I DON'T know what it is that makes you such a slob
I only know I wish you had a nicer job
coz when you return from
collecting hides
you never hang your bearskin on the peg outside
I always ask you to!
I only want a neat igloo
It doesn't matter where you go when you harpoon
you always smell of polar bear or caribou
remember what happened, when you emptied
your thermos and the floor melted into the sea
you can't expect me to
maintain an incomplete igloo
You knelt
down on one knee
and asked me to become your wife
gee I wish you'd mentioned then
these aspects of igloo life
coz listen honey
I don't tell you what to do or what to wear
as long as you're harpooning honey, I dont care
coz those Japanese like
to pay big bucks
by all means keep on tossing harpseals in their trucks
it's not a huge issue...
I said I only want a neat igloo
You sometimes snarl at me
and tell me I should lighten up
You try cleansing the igloo of
all traces of harpseal pup
so listen honey
I don't really care that you're not romant-ic
As long as once a year we go to Reykjav-ic
coz me and the penguins
we get on well
I've even gotten used to that whale blubber smell
now all I ask of you
is help maintain a clean igloo
y'know it's NOT like...I want a new skidoo!
I only want a neat igloo
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She sounds pretty resonable, I mean if she can deal with that whale blubber smell she's a keeper.
This is great
I was under the impression that one definition of "neat" is that it comes without ice.
Then after this she appears on The Sveinn Springer Show again to whine about how a polar bear is her baby's daddy. Oh wait wrong Springer. 5s, awesome job
I'd say "great job" in Icelandic, but I don't know any, and I'm busy having my breakfast danish.
great concept...lol
Very unique..don't recall seeing the eskimo theme used much before..excellent story, although, I was hopin' to see some reference to a nose rub
I really enjoyed this one!... Especially loved your concept of melting one's floor out from under... Highly singable a major coup, too, for you, Stu!
I read and voted a bit earlier, but ran out of time to comment. I saw this play out in my head: very descriptive work, Stu. Loved the gender switch and inspired title sub. I always want to sing parodies of this song to Hootie + the Blowfish's song of the same name - the first two verses scan amazing well to that... anyway, I'd leave you some fives, but "Vigdis" (lol) would probably complain about them not being neat enough. =)
Am I the only one laughing over the harpooned baby seal references? I guess I'm one sick puppy, but then so is Stu... Gotta root out that wildlife... ;-D
Matthias, I know! - and that's "next morning" whale blubber smell too, what's more, still coagulating in the frypan from having saute-d baby seal fillets the night before - "keeper"s not the half of it...thanks mate :-)
thanks Claude - an honour getting a visit from you
brilliant, MP!
LOL, Jack! - wow, what a cool set of comments...
oh, so you say this is something you don't know, JAB? then it's definitely "sigminnsvnendis occupatis" - thanks ;-)
thanks alvin...thanks AFW - I would have put "nose rub" in if I'd thought of it - and yeah eskimos are sadly under-represented at this site - which makes no sense, because they're just so funny
thanks TJC - after I submitted it I thought, uh oh, does everyone know what a thermos is?
thanks for picking up on my Vigdis, Jack - lol (proud of that)
I'm glad you inserted "out" into that last sentence of yours Merry - thanks fellow sick puppy :-)
thanks Claude - an honour getting a visit from you
brilliant, MP!
LOL, Jack! - wow, what a cool set of comments...
oh, so you say this is something you don't know, JAB? then it's definitely "sigminnsvnendis occupatis" - thanks ;-)
thanks alvin...thanks AFW - I would have put "nose rub" in if I'd thought of it - and yeah eskimos are sadly under-represented at this site - which makes no sense, because they're just so funny
thanks TJC - after I submitted it I thought, uh oh, does everyone know what a thermos is?
thanks for picking up on my Vigdis, Jack - lol (proud of that)
I'm glad you inserted "out" into that last sentence of yours Merry - thanks fellow sick puppy :-)
Dusty Springfield did this OS? Learn something new every day. Anyway, a remarkably funny parody about something you'd not normally think about. Do you get polar bear/caribou in Iceland?
Great from start to finish. Loved the combo of romant-ic/Reykjav-ic :)
thanks Phil - actually I was expecting the tougher question about igloos in Iceland - the defiant answer to both being "OF COURSE YOU DO!!!" ;-)
thanks Pippin - ah yes, those great romantic cities for lovers: Vienna, Paris, Venice, Reykjavic....
thanks Pippin - ah yes, those great romantic cities for lovers: Vienna, Paris, Venice, Reykjavic....
To pick up on John Barry's comment I'll add that it's not very hard to imitate Icelandic, just add the suffix "ur" to each or every other word, like this "Sergeantur Peppur's lonely heartur clubbur bandur". :-)
555. Pure genius.
(SOTM) My favorite couplet: "romantic/Reykjavik"... :)
This is one darn cool parody. So cool it's frozen.
That was cool.
(SOTM) - The hole in the igloo would just make it easier to clean. Just sweep all the dirt into the hole. Better than under a rug.
Of course TOS was bi Dusty (lol), and love it... OK, I'll ask the toughies: ... 1) Isn't Iceland's climate rather moderated by the ocean (sort of a "Spring field"), and hence, uh, igloos more popular in "Canada's Central Arctic and Greenlands Thule"? ... 2) Isn't it the women who smell like whale blubber, or am I confusing that with the well-known "Tuna Taco"?
Fantastic title switch and a great Caribou, Stew. Know that I Caribou-t you a lot, Mate. Fives, of course. :)
Fantastic title switch and a great Caribou, Stew. Know that I Caribou-t you a lot, Mate. Fives, of course. :)
(SOTM) Pardon the bad pun, but that was cool. Cooler than Samuel L. Jackson in a block of ice. That kind of cool.
(SOTM) This is brilliant. I wish i thought of this!
(SOTM) So, I'm not the only one with penguins in this month's contest eh. . .my favorite line(s) were "remember what happened, when you emptied your thermos and the floor melted into the sea " I mean, that painted a funny image, the idea that the house could melt. . .your penguins would probably be converted by my terrorists though:) Awesome parody.
SOTM- It's always fun to see parody topics about things you'd never expect to hear about. Very funny and well done, Stu.
Very original, won't get the cold shoulder for this one. I'm sorry I missed this one the first time around as well.
Sir Stuart, General McArthur, this is simply grand! The images are sooo cute! and IceLand is one country on my list to see. . .
This parody was hilarious! 3rd paragraph was my favorite... 555!
Parody and story line go really well with the OS. Nice job on a classic.
ABC: Very nice, I had to look up the original song, but that was really funny and creative.
(ABC05I)
Stu - were the penguins reffed in this parody of the "Fridge" variety? I know TOS very well and this one kept me ig-glued" to my seat reading it. Well done parody to a great oldie of an OS.
Stu - were the penguins reffed in this parody of the "Fridge" variety? I know TOS very well and this one kept me ig-glued" to my seat reading it. Well done parody to a great oldie of an OS.
See above
(ABC5I) See above (boy, that was a while ago).
(ABC) Ah, the problems of maintaining marital bliss, applied in a most original way!...Great job!!!...555!!!
I obviously remember this one, it was the second place song the month of my first SOTM podium (the third place Antarctican Terrorist), my opinion hasn't really changed. . .
I remember this one well: the month where all cold related parodies swept the podium. Even in the dead of summer (here), this parody is still cool.
This is a Stuart classic with a fantastic title sub and an even better idea behind the entire song! A husband and wife conflict in the Sub-Arctic region is a fantastic follow through!
Still good...see above!
Ahh Stu...we're both treating our poor wives like crap in this round
This is over-the-top classic Stu.
And, I bet you had that "romant-ic/Reykjav-ic" gag written in the margin and as you wrote you just couldn't wait to see where it would land.
This is over-the-top classic Stu.
And, I bet you had that "romant-ic/Reykjav-ic" gag written in the margin and as you wrote you just couldn't wait to see where it would land.
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