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The song's lyrics include the repeated cry of "Genius is pain!" and were taken directly from Lennon's 1970 Rolling Stone interview, later published in book form as Lennon Remembers . [ 4 ] [ 7 ] Hendra plays Lennon, [ 7 ] while Melissa Manchester makes a brief speaking appearance as Yoko Ono . [ 8 ]
" The song itself is a response to and parody of "Download This Song" by MC Lars. It is also a spoof of the ending song during the credits on Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star with all the former child stars. [3] "Don't Wear Those Shoes" Polka Party! (1986) Original, although the intro is in the style of The Kinks' "Father Christmas". [1]
Satellite (The Hooters song) Scrap the Monarchy; Short People; Should the Bible Be Banned; Shukusei!! Loli Kami Requiem; So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star; Song for Whoever; A Song of Patriotic Prejudice; Springtime for Hitler (song) Stars Over 45; Sue Me, Sue You Blues; Sword of Damocles (Rufus Wainwright song)
For instance, Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A." (1984) listed in Rolling Stone's "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" and RIAA's Songs of the Century was written as a satire yet canonized as a "patriotic rock anthem," a designation that ignores the message "how far political leaders had strayed from the values the country was founded on ...
The 40th Psalm of the Book of Psalms from the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament [30] "1984" Diamond Dogs: David Bowie: Nineteen Eighty-Four: George Orwell: One of several songs that Bowie wrote about Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four; Bowie had also hoped to produce a televised musical based on the book. [31] "2112" 2112: Rush: Anthem ...
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Pink Floyd's albums Animals and The Dark Side of the Moon are conceptual and satirical albums. The Lonely Island is a satirical music group known for their work on Saturday Night Live . Trey Parker , Robert Lopez and Matt Stone 's Tony-sweeping Broadway show The Book of Mormon (musical) satirizes the applicability of first-world religion to ...
The song has been sung in films and on TV shows, for example by Harrison Ford in the film American Graffiti (1978 reissue), [24] by an itinerant chanteuse in Crossing Delancey (1988), [25] by Jon Bon Jovi on Ally McBeal in the episode "Homecoming" (2002) [26] and by Bert in episode 102 on The Muppet Show (1977) to Connie Stevens.