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Song Parodies -> "Flintstones Love Song/If I Were a Flintstone"
Original Song Title:
"Because the Night/If I Were a Rich Man"
Original Performer:
Patti Smith/Fiddler on the Roof
Parody Song Title:
"Flintstones Love Song/If I Were a Flintstone"
Parody Written by:
Amiright Mash-ups: Chris Bodily TM & STG
The Lyrics
STG and I agree that Wilma is a beautiful Cromagnon wife for Fred Flintstone. This song is about how life would be if we were the Flintstones, and about how romantic prehistoric life was.
(The intro to "Flintstones Love Song" opens the song, played on electric guitar and keyboards/piano.)
(**STG**)
If I were a Flintstone,
(Because the night)
Ya ba dabba dabba, yabba dabba dabba dabba do!
(Yeah, belongs to u-us)
(Because the night)
(Belongs to us, yeah!)
All day long I wear nice loinclothe
If I were a Cromagnon.
(Yabba-Dabba-Doo!)
I'd work in a stone query.
Ya ba dabba dabba, yabba dabba dabba dabba do!
If I were in Prehisto-or-ric,
(Because the night)
I would be an idle wild man.
(Belongs to Rubbles)
(**Chris Bodily TM**)
We're the modern Stone Age family
(Yab ba Dab ba! Yabba-Dabba-Doo, now!)
See my clothes? They're so raggedy
(Ooga chugga! Ooga chugga! Ooga, Ooga, Ooga chugga!)
Oh, Wilma, I love you, but do you love me?
(Because the night belongs to lovers)
And why does Barney steal my Pebbles?
(Because the night belongs to cavemen)
Why is Dino a dinosaur?
(Flintstones, meet the Flintstones)
And why is Barney Rubble a bore?
(They're the Modern Stone Age Family)
I don't care, 'cause now I love you
(From the town of Bedrock)
Get romantic now
Get romantic now, prehistoric now
(They're a page right out of history)
(**STG**)
I'd build a big stone house it would only be one-story,
Right in the suburbs of Bedrock.
("Yeah, baby!")
A fine stone roof with real dirty floors and ash.
("Ash? Yeeech!")
There would be one wooly mammoth just for our shower,
(Because the night belongs to us)
And one even bigger for our sink,
And one pig underneath it, just for trash.
(**Chris Bodily TM**)
Get romantic now
Prehistoric nooowwww!
Because the dinos are among us
Because we're all neanderthals
Because the neighbors are the Rubbles
Because the night belongs to us
I'd fill my yard with Dinos and mammals and Bronto and Dactlys.
For the town to see and hear.
(Because the neighbors are the Rubbles)
(Because the night belongs to us)
And each loud "roar" and "swaqwk" and "honk" and "quack"
Would land like a trumpet on the ear,
As if to say "Here lives a Cromagnon."
("Yabba-Dabba-Doo!")
(**Chris Bodily TM**)
Everything is made of stone
Couches, TV, and telephone
Love among cavemen could not be lust
(**STG**)
If I were a Flintstone,
Ya ba dabba dabba, yabba dabba dabba dabba do!
All day long I wear nice loinclothe
If I were a Cromagnon.
I'd work in a stone query.
Ya ba dabba dabba, yabba dabba dabba dabba do!
If I were in Prehisto-or-ric,
I would be an idle wild man.
("Like Ted Nugent in the '70s")
I see my wife, my Wilma, looking like a Cromagnon wife
(Oh, Wilma, I love you, but do you love me?)
With a proper white loin clothe.
(Because the night)
Supervising meals to her heart's delight.
(Belongs to us now)
I see her broiling Bronto Burgers and eating like I would,
Serving good yummy food I love.
Screaming at my children, day and night.
("Wiiiiill-maaaaaa!!!")
(**Chris Bodily TM**)
You lie in bed when I take the cat out
(If I were a Flintstone)
Is it a cat or sabertooth?
(Ya ba dabba dabba, yabba dabba dabba dabba do!)
And no matter how I must command
(Ohhhhhhhh! Oh, baby, yeah!)
Locks me out in front of the door
(Stupid caaaaatttt! I love you, Wilma!)
We're romantic now,
We're cavemen now, neanderthals
(**STG**)
The most important men in town would come to fawn on me!
They would ask me to advise them,
Like a Barney or Mr. Slate.
(Why did Barney steal my Pebbles?)
"If you please,Fred Flintstone..."
"Pardon me, Fred Flintstone..."
Making problems that would make a porcelain vase break!
And it won't make one bit of difference if it all comes out wrong.
(Because the night belongs to Flintstones)
If I were Fred, they think you really know!
(Because the night belongs to us)
If I were Fred, I'd have the time just to bowl.
To sit in the bolwing alley and play.
And maybe have a seat and drink a little wine.
And I'd discuss the shapes of rocks with my fellow men, after-work hours every day.
That would be the sweetest thing of all.
(**Chris Bodily TM**)
With love we sleep
(Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh!)
On rocks, be made of bedrock
(I looooove you Wiiiillllmaaaaaa)
My feet hurt
Because that is how we drive
(And if I were a Flintstone, you'd be my wife!)
Mr. Slate might fire me
("Pardon me, Mr. Flintstone...")
I believe it's time for love at last
(I see my wife, my Wilma, looking like a Cromagnon wife)
We're cavemen now, love me now, kiss me now
(I see my wife, my Wilma, looking like a Cromagnon wife)
If I were a Flintstone,
(Because the baby's name is Pebbles)
Ya ba dabba dabba, yabba dabba dabba dabba do!
(Because our cat's a sabertooth)
All day long I wear nice loinclothe
(Because the Rubbles' son is Bamm-Bamm)
If I were a Cromagnon.
(Because the night belongs to us)
I'd work in a stone query.
Ya ba dabba dabba, yabba dabba dabba dabba do!
If I were in Prehisto-or-ric,
I would be an idle wild man.
(The instrumentation to "Flintstones Love Song" closes out the song.)
(**STG**)
If I were a Flintstone,
(Because the night)
Ya ba dabba dabba, yabba dabba dabba dabba do!
(Yeah, belongs to u-us)
(Because the night)
(Belongs to us, yeah!)
All day long I wear nice loinclothe
If I were a Cromagnon.
(Yabba-Dabba-Doo!)
I'd work in a stone query.
Ya ba dabba dabba, yabba dabba dabba dabba do!
If I were in Prehisto-or-ric,
(Because the night)
I would be an idle wild man.
(Belongs to Rubbles)
(**Chris Bodily TM**)
We're the modern Stone Age family
(Yab ba Dab ba! Yabba-Dabba-Doo, now!)
See my clothes? They're so raggedy
(Ooga chugga! Ooga chugga! Ooga, Ooga, Ooga chugga!)
Oh, Wilma, I love you, but do you love me?
(Because the night belongs to lovers)
And why does Barney steal my Pebbles?
(Because the night belongs to cavemen)
Why is Dino a dinosaur?
(Flintstones, meet the Flintstones)
And why is Barney Rubble a bore?
(They're the Modern Stone Age Family)
I don't care, 'cause now I love you
(From the town of Bedrock)
Get romantic now
Get romantic now, prehistoric now
(They're a page right out of history)
(**STG**)
I'd build a big stone house it would only be one-story,
Right in the suburbs of Bedrock.
("Yeah, baby!")
A fine stone roof with real dirty floors and ash.
("Ash? Yeeech!")
There would be one wooly mammoth just for our shower,
(Because the night belongs to us)
And one even bigger for our sink,
And one pig underneath it, just for trash.
(**Chris Bodily TM**)
Get romantic now
Prehistoric nooowwww!
Because the dinos are among us
Because we're all neanderthals
Because the neighbors are the Rubbles
Because the night belongs to us
I'd fill my yard with Dinos and mammals and Bronto and Dactlys.
For the town to see and hear.
(Because the neighbors are the Rubbles)
(Because the night belongs to us)
And each loud "roar" and "swaqwk" and "honk" and "quack"
Would land like a trumpet on the ear,
As if to say "Here lives a Cromagnon."
("Yabba-Dabba-Doo!")
(**Chris Bodily TM**)
Everything is made of stone
Couches, TV, and telephone
Love among cavemen could not be lust
(**STG**)
If I were a Flintstone,
Ya ba dabba dabba, yabba dabba dabba dabba do!
All day long I wear nice loinclothe
If I were a Cromagnon.
I'd work in a stone query.
Ya ba dabba dabba, yabba dabba dabba dabba do!
If I were in Prehisto-or-ric,
I would be an idle wild man.
("Like Ted Nugent in the '70s")
I see my wife, my Wilma, looking like a Cromagnon wife
(Oh, Wilma, I love you, but do you love me?)
With a proper white loin clothe.
(Because the night)
Supervising meals to her heart's delight.
(Belongs to us now)
I see her broiling Bronto Burgers and eating like I would,
Serving good yummy food I love.
Screaming at my children, day and night.
("Wiiiiill-maaaaaa!!!")
(**Chris Bodily TM**)
You lie in bed when I take the cat out
(If I were a Flintstone)
Is it a cat or sabertooth?
(Ya ba dabba dabba, yabba dabba dabba dabba do!)
And no matter how I must command
(Ohhhhhhhh! Oh, baby, yeah!)
Locks me out in front of the door
(Stupid caaaaatttt! I love you, Wilma!)
We're romantic now,
We're cavemen now, neanderthals
(**STG**)
The most important men in town would come to fawn on me!
They would ask me to advise them,
Like a Barney or Mr. Slate.
(Why did Barney steal my Pebbles?)
"If you please,Fred Flintstone..."
"Pardon me, Fred Flintstone..."
Making problems that would make a porcelain vase break!
And it won't make one bit of difference if it all comes out wrong.
(Because the night belongs to Flintstones)
If I were Fred, they think you really know!
(Because the night belongs to us)
If I were Fred, I'd have the time just to bowl.
To sit in the bolwing alley and play.
And maybe have a seat and drink a little wine.
And I'd discuss the shapes of rocks with my fellow men, after-work hours every day.
That would be the sweetest thing of all.
(**Chris Bodily TM**)
With love we sleep
(Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh!)
On rocks, be made of bedrock
(I looooove you Wiiiillllmaaaaaa)
My feet hurt
Because that is how we drive
(And if I were a Flintstone, you'd be my wife!)
Mr. Slate might fire me
("Pardon me, Mr. Flintstone...")
I believe it's time for love at last
(I see my wife, my Wilma, looking like a Cromagnon wife)
We're cavemen now, love me now, kiss me now
(I see my wife, my Wilma, looking like a Cromagnon wife)
If I were a Flintstone,
(Because the baby's name is Pebbles)
Ya ba dabba dabba, yabba dabba dabba dabba do!
(Because our cat's a sabertooth)
All day long I wear nice loinclothe
(Because the Rubbles' son is Bamm-Bamm)
If I were a Cromagnon.
(Because the night belongs to us)
I'd work in a stone query.
Ya ba dabba dabba, yabba dabba dabba dabba do!
If I were in Prehisto-or-ric,
I would be an idle wild man.
(The instrumentation to "Flintstones Love Song" closes out the song.)
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whacked out delightfully goofy fun...5s
OK, as loath as I am to bust on two of the better Amirighters, this would have worked far better if it was a medley, or, better yet, two separate parodies. Can't vote on it, because trying to read it made me feel as if I were... uh... stoned.
Twisted. Weird. Totally off the wall. Totally five-worthy.
The least I can say is it's an interesting concept. Using the current mash-up trend in parodies was inevitable, so cheers on bringing it foward. The problem is, I had a hard time reading it (as did others)....Mash-ups work because of what we hear, not what we read. When what you hear is good (ie The Gray Album, "A Stroke of Genie-ius", etc), then a mash-up works. But when the two songs are merged together poorly (ie a mash-up I heard mixing The Cars "Shake it up" with Missy Elliot's "Work it", or The Killer's "Somebody told me" and Zeppelin's "Misty mountain hop"), then what we hear just seems like two misplaced songs played at the same time, or at worst, complete noise. Charles Ives would have loved any kind of mashup though. Anyway, I dont think these two songs work together and that's where the problem of this parody lies. Since we cant hear it, we cant tell how you mixed them, or if you used the drum beat from one over the vocals of the other, etc, so we cant tell if you made them work. I think the only way a parody mashup could work (by being read) is if the two songs had the same drumbeat and fit together nicely without any removals of instruments or verses or beats, etc. A good example of two songs that could be mixed like this well would be Nickelback's "This is how you remind me" and "Someday" by Nickelback....wait....hmmm....anyway, points for the attempt and bringing it to the forefront...sorry if this sounds harsh guys, you can yell at me on the boards lol
I agree 100% with what Billy said above.
Sadly enough I agree, if this was a recording I believe it would have worked a whole lot better. But I enjoy critique (negative or positive) It helps others who might try this someday. Thanx for the feedback.
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