Deanna's Filks

I like writing parody lyrics. I'd even like to think I'm pretty decent at it (at least, I make lots of people laugh). Here's some of the stuff I've written over the years (in reverse chronological order, so the top stuff is newer and probably better):

The 2005 MVP Al-Star Team Money For Nothing, by Dire Straits Baseball Pujols and A-Rod 11/21/2005
Scutaro Sussudio, by Phil Collins Baseball Marco Scutaro 10/03/2005
Number Three Number Three, by They Might Be Giants Games D&D Fights 09/20/2005
What Do You Do With a Major League Contract / Sucks To Be Us What Do You Do With a B.A. In English? / Sucks To Be Me, from the musical Avenue Q Baseball Mariners Spring Training 08/06/2005
King Felix Prince Ali, from the musical Aladdin Baseball Felix Hernandez 08/04/2005
Good Morning Baltimore Good Morning Baltimore, from the musical Hairspray Baseball Eric Byrnes 07/31/2005
Pedro's Night Quintet/Rumble, from the musical West Side Story Baseball Mets and Mariners 07/25/2005
Gee, Umpire Buckley! Gee, Officer Krupke!, from the musical West Side Story Baseball Seattle Mariners 07/25/2005
Ball Belle, from the musical Beauty and the Beast Baseball Seattle Mariners 07/18/2005
Fugue For Vendors Fugue For Tinhorns, from the musical Guys and Dolls Baseball Vendors 07/15/2005
50 Ways to Lose Your Contract 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover, by Paul Simon Games Bridge 05/15/2005
The Officer-in-Training's Lament Closer To Fine, by Indigo Girls Puzzle Pirates 02/17/2005
King of Pain King of Spain, by Moxy Fruvous King of Pain, by the Police 02/07/2005
King of Spain King of Pain, by The Police King of Spain, by Moxy Fruvous 02/04/2005
Weaver I'm a Believer, by The Monkees Puzzle Pirates Weaver 02/02/2005
Sure Antsy Basket Case, by Green Day Puzzle Pirates Shuranthae 02/02/2005
Park and Epsilon Boston and St. John's, by Great Big Sea Puzzle Pirates Friendship 01/28/2005
The Fandango Tango The Masochism Tango, by Tom Lehrer Puzzle Pirates Fandango 01/15/2005
Ladies and Gentlemen, your 2005 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim She's An Angel, by They Might Be Giants Baseball Name Changes 01/11/2005
Down on Nu At the Zoo, by Simon and Garfunkel Puzzle Pirates Islands (Nu) 12/15/2004
Danny Wilson Brian Wilson, by Barenaked Lades Baseball Seattle Mariners 12/09/2004
Ladies and Gentlemen, your 2004 Seattle Mariners American Pie, by Don McLean Baseball Seattle Mariners 12/07/2004
The Ballad of Maxdemian Maxwell's Silver Hammer, by The Beatles Puzzle Pirates People 11/10/2004
Skellies on Olivia! America, by Simon and Garfunkel Puzzle Pirates Skellie Fighting 11/05/2004
Do The Local Potion Do the Locomotion, by Puzzle Pirates Apothecaries 11/01/2004
Carping Nut Coconut, by Harry Nilsson Puzzle Pirates Carpentry 10/12/2004
Turtle Island America, from the musical West Side Story Puzzle Pirates Islands (Turtle) 08/27/2004
La Isla Tortuga La Isla Bonita, by Madonna Puzzle Pirates Islands (Turtle) 08/14/2004
Pretty Fly For a Loot Guy Pretty Fly For a White Guy, by The Offspring Puzzle Pirates Looterati 08/05/2004
Complicated Complicated, by Avril Lavigne Puzzle Pirates Black Death 08/02/2004
Doin' Lots of Carpentry Doin' What Comes Nat'rally, from the musical Annie Get Your Gun Puzzle Pirates Black Death 07/23/2004
The End of the War The End of the Tour, by They Might Be Giants Puzzle Pirates Blockades 05/14/2004
Eight Foot Trochee Purple Toupee, by They Might Be Giants Puzzle Pirates Looterati 05/13/2004
Distill, Little Greenie Lie Still, Little Bottle, by They Might Be Giants Puzzle Pirates Distilling 05/12/2004
The Pillaging Song The Hunting Song, by Tom Lehrer Puzzle Pirates Pillaging 05/05/2004
Ice Ice Breakers Ice Ice Baby, by Vanilla Ice Puzzle Pirates Shipbuilding 03/11/2004
Ye Can't Booch This U Can't Touch This, by M.C. Hammer Puzzle Pirates Carpentry 03/09/2004
Onto The Boat Prologue (Into The Woods), from the musical Into the Woods Puzzle Pirates Looterati 01/22/2004
Aiai Butterfly, by smile.dk Video Games Super Monkey Ball 01/21/2004
Feelin' Gunny The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy), by Simon and Garfunkel Puzzle Pirates Gunning 01/13/2004
The Sloop Big Hake The Sloop John B, by Beach Boys Puzzle Pirates Looterati 12/05/2003
Sloop Ride Sleigh Ride, by Leroy Anderson Puzzle Pirates 12/01/2003
Pirate Cowgirl, by Bambee Puzzle Pirates 10/09/2003
Can't Stop Holding The Bar (Speed Mod Mix) Can't Stop Falling In Love (Speed Mix), by Naoki feat. Paula Terry Dance Dance Revolution 02/23/2003
Failing This Song Follow the Sun, by from DDR 3rd/4th Mix Dance Dance Revolution 02/01/2003
Tray Ride Sleigh Ride, by Leroy Anderson Carnegie Mellon Sledding on cafeteria trays 12/09/2002
I've Got a Duck That Quacks We've Got a World that Swings, by They Might Be Giants version My new duck keychain that quacks! 11/26/2002
The Night before DDRMas (or, a visit from St. Naoki) The Night Before Christmas, by Poem Dance Dance Revolution 10/7/2002
Dancing Queen Dancing Queen, by Abba Dance Dance Revolution 09/26/2002
Oops, I Bid It Again Oops, I Did It Again, by Britney Spears Games Bridge 04/16/2002
Morning Mother Wean Morning Morgantown, by Joni Mitchell Carnegie Mellon Wean Hall 03/20/2002
Old Time Swish'n'Flick Old Time Rock'n'Roll, by Bob Seger Harry Potter 11/29/2001
Hotel Hogwarts Hotel California, by The Eagles Harry Potter 11/29/2001
Banned That Largo Banned From Argo, by Leslie Fish Megatokyo 09/28/2001
Greyhawk City New York City, by Cub (covered by TMBG) Games The Free City of Greyhawk 10/25/2000
The Panther Hollow Bridge Song (Feelin' Bitter) The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy), by Simon and Garfunkel Carnegie Mellon Grad students in bad moods 10/06/2000
Let's Build Lots of Cities Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money), by Pet Shop Boys Games The Settlers of Catan 08/28/2000
Still Hackin' Perl To Me Still Rock'n'Roll To Me, by Billy Joel Computers Writing Perl code 07/29/2000
GUI Man Piano Man, by Billy Joel Computers Working at Claritech 06/29/2000
My Baby's In Love With Harry Potter My Baby's In Love With Eddie Vedder, by Weird Al Yankovic Harry Potter 06/27/2000
Naperville Video Bargainville, by Moxy Fruvous Concerts Roadtripping to Chicago 10/01/1999
Your Own Worst Parody Your Own Worst Enemy, by They Might Be Giants Filk Writing bad parodies 12/28/1998
Emerald City New York City, by Cub (covered by TMBG) Movies The Wizard of Oz 09/06/1998
Mr. Burch Mr. Jones, by Counting Crows Governor's School Carl Burch, CS Teacher 07/26/1998
The End of the Sore The End of the Tour, by They Might Be Giants Concerts 10/24/1997
Glad to Be a Govvie (original tune), by Deanna Rubin Governor's School General 07/25/1997
Hotel Hamerschlag Hotel California, by The Eagles Governor's School General 07/22/1997
My Ears are Ringing The Bells are Ringing, by They Might Be Giants Concerts Loud Concerts 12/29/1996
Pocket Protector Metal Detector, by They Might Be Giants Carnegie Mellon Nerds 12/13/1996
GDB Turn Around, by They Might Be Giants Computers Debugging C code 12/11/1996
Pittsburgh City New York City, by Cub (covered by TMBG) Carnegie Mellon Pittsburgh 11/20/1996
Prince of Clusters Prince of Darkness, by Indigo Girls Carnegie Mellon Computer Clusters 03/11/1995


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