Sunday 21 February 2016

INCONTINENT WORDPLAY(Part B): CANADIAN ANAGRAMS, Eh?

POST #120
CREATIVE CARTOGRAPHY and PARODY-LYRICS, 
ORIGINAL SONG: "I've Been Everywhere", by Lucky Starr, covered by Hank Snow, Johnny Cash, Stompin' Tom Connors etc. Please also note take-offs of this song posted here as earlier blog-posts. 
PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, February 2016.
WORDPLAY LINK: An explanation of the derivation of the anagrammatic place-names, and extensive lists are found at "Giorgio's Weekly Wordplay" post #32.

KEYWORDS: goldenoldy, wordplay












Explanatory Notes: 
The verses of this song consist of anagrams of the word P-A-L-I-N-D-R-O-M-E-S, place-names with 2-letter postal abbreviations, e.g. April Dome NS and Pliers Dam ON. To increase the representation of Canadian provinces, a "B" was borrowed to be added for placenames in the provinces of AB (Alberta), NB (New Brunswick) and MB (Manitoba); this lets us include well-known locales like Snail Doper MB in the song. Unfortunately, the provinces of Quebec, Saskatchewan and British Columbia opted out of the arrangement.

Please see the previous post on this blog for the related but very different American lyrics. 
Incidentally, PALINDROMES and ANAGRAMS are somewhat related types of wordplay dealing with the rescrambling of letters in words or phrases. If you need to review the topic, check out the links provided.  



















Incontinent Wordplay: I'VE GOT ANAGRAMS, Eh? 



(to the tune of "I've Been Everywhere")
                                                                                          
Note that underlined lyrics are anagrams (word-scrambles) of the word "A-N-A-G-R-A-M-S)



I was sitting at my desk with “The Joy of Lex” composing PALINDROMES;
When along came a thought, where sometimes seems nobody’s home
If you’re gonna write some wordplay, go with what you understand
Cause you start off every morning, Jumble puzzle in your hand.
There’s no doubt that I can go both ways in handling ANAGRAMS,
But first I’d need return a message, I was told that A ‘SAM’ RANG.


Uncle Sam
See previous post
for the U.S. version
of this parody-song




CHORUS:
I’ve got A-N-A-G-R-A-M-S, Sam
Helps to SNAG A RAM, man
Told my MA, "GAS! RAN!", man
RAM SANG A 'NASA-GRAM', man
Sing and have some fun, eh?
Lots of anagrams. 
















I've been to:
Model Pair, April Dome, Dipole Arm, Rapid Mole
Moped Rail, Plaidmore, Modal Pier, Mid-parole
Those were places not so famous found in NS - yes!
Next comes cutesy villages in PE; can you guess?
Solar Mind, Mild Arson, Minor's Lad, Manorslid
Disnormal, Marlinsod, Morndials, Roman's Lid

Repeat Chorus

I’ve been to:
Pliers Dam, Idler's Map, Prismdale, Pram Slide
Dreamlips, Misled Rap, Pedal's Rim, Palms Ride 
Limp Dares, Mildersap, Alder Imps ON;
On 'The Rock' known as NL there's  Ram Poised and Roi-de-Spam
And Dimsoaper, Prime Soda, Paris Mode, Dipso-Mare
Maid's Rope, Depo Maris -  happily there's Mo' Despair.

Repeat Chorus

There's also: 
Permasolid, Spired Loam, Seldom Pair, Dismal Pore
Dreamspoil, Paris Model, Damsol Pier, Dimplesoar
Period Alms, Simple Road, Morale Dips, Load Permis
Dior Sample, Piso-del-Mar, Merdapolis in N(B);
There's Solemn Drip, Miners' Plod, Modern Slip in A(B)
And Mindsloper, Mi Splendor, Smolder Nip -  that's what you'll see.     

Repeat Chorus

Out west there's: 
Radon Piles, Prisondale, Lodesprain, Spindle Oar
Laidperson, Paler Dinos, M(B) towns like Île Pas-Nord,
Saline Drop, Lone Rapids, Repo Island, Prone Dials
Pride Salon, Silo Pander, Ail Respond and Pardon Isle
Dorsal Pine, Serial Pond, Lapin d' Éros* and Snail Doper
You'll find traces of these places when you go to Manitoba.  

Repeat Chorus (Final)

* a bilingual town, also known as Lovebunny MB










HOTLINKS TO OTHER CANADIAN-THEMED SONG-POSTINGS
I've Got Anagrams, Eh? (see below)
..AND A FEW LIMERICK-BASED SONGS
Canada Day 2015 (singable limericks)



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INCONTINENT WORDPLAY (part A1) : U S ANAGRAMS

POST #119
SINGALONG CARTOGRAPHY and PARODY-LYRICS
ORIGINAL SONG: "I've Been Everywhere", Geoff Mack 1959, covered by Lucky Starr,  Hank Snow, Johnny Cash, Stompin' Tom  et al. 
WORDPLAY LINK: An explanation of the derivation of the anagrammatic place-names, and an extensive lists are found at our sister-bloog "Edifying Nonsense" post #32 , using the tools of creative cartography.
PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, February 2016.

 KEYWORDS: goldenoldy, wordplay, cartography




Explanatory Note: The site editor, a great fan of palindromes,  recently made the discovery that the letters in the word P-A-L-I-N-D-R-O-M-E-S make a great base for anagrams, and that many of the quirky results sound like place names. But, strangely, if you look carefully at an atlas you will find many places with names almost like these.....  Canadian readers will acknowledge the similarity to Red Deer or Medicine Hat, Alberta, and Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan; Americans will recognize the similarity, given the naming by early international explorers, of Green Bay, Des Moines and El Paso.

This American patter-song-parody is more rigorous than the original Johnny Cash version, in using only place names from the United States (including PR - Puerto Rico). Place names from other jurisdictions, particularly Canadian ones, are excluded (in reality, all of these are stipulated by the initial designation of a postal code). However those interested in a Canadian take on the song are invited to view a post 'under construction'  dealing with this issue.












INCONTINENT WORDPLAY: 
U.S. ANAGRAMS (part #1)


 (to the tune of "I've Been Everywhere")

I was sitting at my desk with “The Joy of Lex” composing palindromes;
When along came a thought, where sometimes seems nobody’s home,
"If you’re gonna write some wordplay, go with what you understand
Cause you start off every morning, Jumble puzzle in your hand."
There’s no doubt that I can go both ways in handling anagrams
Because I've scrambled and resorted every phrase like "SPOILER DAMN".

Shake up "P-A-L-I-N-D-R-O-M-E-S", guy
You'll get DIMPLE ROANS,  guy
Also DISMAL PRONE, guy
Even LIDS PER MOAN, guy 
You'll get PRISM LOANED, guy
Shake up PALINDROMES.

Out west there's:
Limp Roads, Paris Mold, Solid Pram NE;
Normal Pie, Lime Apron, Roman Pile SD;
Prosemail, Parle-Mois and Liar's Poem -add these three
To Serial Mop, El Paso Rim, Spare Limo ND;
Salon Perm, Morselpan, Norse Lamp, Morn Pleas
And Solemn Rap, Mope Snarl and Lonerspam ID.

Shake up "P-A-L-I-N-D-R-O-M-E-S", Stan
You'll get SPOIL REMAND, Stan

And LOPSIDERMAN, Stan
With OLD MISERPAN, Stan 
You'll find PROMISELAND, Stan
Shake up PALINDROMES.

Down east there's:
Minor Laps, Moral Spin, Iron Palms DE;
Radon Slip, Lapins d'Or, Dorsal Pin ME;
MD has Prison Lea, Oral Pines and  Porn Aisle
And Palin's Roe, Plain Sore, Parole Sin, Posernail
Opal Siren, Parsonlie, Ailperson, Loserpain
Seal Prion, Reasonlip, Sailor Pen, Spiro Lane.

Shake up "P-A-L-I-N-D-R-O-M-E-S", guy
You'll get RANDOM PILES,  guy
Sites like MANDROP ISLE, guy
Check out PROMS DENIAL, guy
Still when RANSOM PLIED, guy 
Keep your SALMON PRIDE .

IN has:
Samplerod, Doper Alms, Pod's Realm, Maledrops
And Resold Map, Dorms Leap, not to mention Dermalsop
Iowa is short on vowels; IA has  Splendrom;
AL's home to Drop Mines, Snide Romp and Sniperdom 
RI has Solemn Pad, Endoplasm, Demon's Lap
Demo Plans, Modelspan, and pay attention! - Seldom Nap.

Shake up "P-A-L-I-N-D-R-O-M-E-S", Sir
You'll get ON-PAD SMILER
Even a LAPSED MINOR
Rebuff PEN-DOM LIARS
Grasp with NOMAD PLIERS 
Shake up PALINDROMES.


For the remainder of the song (9 more verses and choruses) see post #121. 




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Tuesday 2 February 2016

The Beatles' "SATURDAY NIGHT", with Thanks to Elton John and a Nod to Oscar Wilde

POST #118
PASTICHE with PARODY-LYRICS

ORIGINAL SONG#1:  "Yesterday", Beatles song written for the album Help!, Paul McCartney, 1965. 
ORIGINAL SONG#2: "Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)" Elton John, lyrics by Bernie Taupin, 1973. 
PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, August 2015.

KEYWORDS: goldenoldy, mishmash


Note on the Parody lyrics: Among Oscar Wilde ’s most famous sayings, “Work is the curse of the drinking classes”

SATURDAY NIGHT AS SUNG BY "BEATLES" 

(to the Beatles' tune, "Yesterday")


Getting late
Wanna little action on my plate
Ma, your discipline just aggravates
I wanna rock; where are my mates?

Sis looks cute
Hair all greased up, in her dancing-boots
Seven bells, my old man’s really juiced,
That monkey; Ma don’t give a hoot.

Saturday
It’s alright for fightin’; play that game!
I’ll be oiled as a diesel train
A beer-filled belly; why refrain?

Set this dance alight
It’s alright; we’re gonna fight.
I’ll do something wrong,
Then be strong to set things right!

Stubbornly
I’ll use muscle to get what I need
Find some dolly hanging over me,
From shadows shout out, “She’s with me!”

Party night
It’s a night whose sounds I really like 
Like a switchblade and a motorbike
Wilde’s ‘drinking class’ – I’m just its tyke.

Saturday’s the night I like!
Mm mm, mm mm, mm mm-mm.
 
(to the Elton John tune)

Saturday, Saturday, Saturday
Saturday, Saturday, Saturday
Saturday, Saturday, Saturday night’s alright.

(back to the Beatles' tune)

Saturday's the night I like.


Performing Notes:

"Yesterday" has some beautiful chords that contribute to its special feeling.
C9 = 0,2,0,3; Bm7 = 2,0,0,2; Am9 = 2,0,0,2; F6 = 2,2,1,3   


Verse:
[C9] Getting late..  [Bm7]
Wanna [E7]  little action [Am] on my [Am9] plate [C9]
[F6] Ma, your [G7] discipline just [C] aggravates
[G] I [Am7] want to [D7] rock; where [F] are my [C] mates?

Chorus:
[Bm7] Set [E7] this [Am]dance [C9] a[F6]light
It’s al[G]right; we’re [G7] gonna [C] fight. [C9] [C]
[Bm7] I’ll [E7] do [Am] some[C9]thing [F6] wrong,
Then be [G] strong to [G7] set things [C] right! .[Csus4] [C9] 

[Am7] Satur[D7]day's the [F] night I [C9] like 
[Am7] Mm mm [D7] mm mm [F] mm mm [C9] mm 

Elton John Ending
[C] Saturday, Saturday, Saturday
[Bb] Saturday, Saturday, Saturday
[F] Saturday, Saturday, Saturday night's al[C]right