Friday 29 December 2023

A Medical Pair-ody: ADENOMA



PAIR-ODY-LYRICS, subbed into two songs (pair-ody is a neologism for a parody using a pair of original songs) .

ORIGINAL SONG#1: "Mona Lisa" , Nat King Cole, 1950 
ORIGINAL SONG#2. "Buona Sera", Louis Prima, 1956
PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, December, 2014.

EXPLANATORY NOTE: Rudolf Virchow, 1821-1902, is regarded as "the father of modern pathology".
PARODY-LYRICS LINK: If you are primarily
interested in the lyrics (without the chord indications) click HERE



ADENOMA

(to the tune of "Mona Lisa")



UKULELE-FRIENDLY FORMAT
(Click on any chord-chart slide to move to 'song-presentation mode'; then navigate through thumbnails at bottom of page.)

CM7 = 0002; A7+5 =0110; Fm = 1013; F#dim7 = 2323; C#dim7 = 0101; Dm6 = 2212 or 4555
















final harmonic: C6 = 12,12,12,12

 

  

Tuesday 19 December 2023

Dante's Inferno, sidebar: Rick Steves sends a "POSTCARD TO CHUBBY CHECKER" (Stuck in Limbo)


PARODY-SONG

ORIGINAL SONG: "Limbo Rock"
, as recorded 1962 by Chubby Checker.
PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, May, 2015.

The name "Limbo" conjures up an intriguing mixture of Caribbean dancing and Dante's Inferno. In another posting here, part of the Inferno sequence, Dante provides us with on-site reporting which seems to eliminate it from serious consideration as a longterm retirement home. Perhaps it is more realistic to consider it an untapped tourist destination.  








POSTCARD TO CHUBBY CHECKER
(to the tune of "Limbo Rock")



Performing Notes: 

The chord pattern is the same for all verses, and is quite easy. The trick is to clinch the Caribbean rhythm with heavy beats on 2 and 4. and the English lyrics ending just before the 4th downbeat for every line. Another nice trick is to to employ the 5,4,3,3, position for the C chord, and then use downward NewYork strum for the 4 and 4.5 counts in most lines (the F9 and G7 chords can also be adapted to do this for the last few line of each verse).
Fadd9 = 0,0,1,0 (for NY strumming try 2,0,1,3).

INTRO: = chords for first 4 lines


[C]Want to visit Limbo-land?
Rick Steves [G7]help vacation-plan[C]
Limbo-folks are tourist-shy
Compli[G7]cated reasons why.[C] 
Limbo-[F9]visa hard to get - 
Seems that [C]none been printed yet.[G7]
I.T. system's way behind,
Limbo-[F9]stuck in Dante's [C]time. 

[C]What to pack for Limbo-trip?
Don't need [G7]sunscreen - get a grip![C]
Limbo-weather always same
Sticky [G7]days, we're not to blame.[C].
Limbo-[F9]neighbors turn up steam
Get so [C]burned they moan and scream.[G7]
Don't advise excursion there
If no [F9]Hazmat suit to [C]wear. 

[C]Limbo-talk in Limbo-land
Locals [G7]hard to understand[C]
Few speak Eng., they all speak It.,
Antique [G7]Limbo-dialect.[C]
Limbo-[F9]customs might appeal - 
Walk feet [C]flat with weight on heels. [G7]
Limbo-nights - no moon or stars
Lean back [F9]in (or under) [C]bars.

[C]Got good staff at Limbo-Inns
They com[G7]mit no Limbo-sins;[C]
New construction in bare feet
Projects [G7]never get complete.[C]
Might not [F9]find a hotel room
Now or [C]when you're in your tomb.[G7]
Limbo-book with kids and wife
For the [F9]Limbo-after[C]life.

Rates discounted now.
Rates discounted now.
How low can they go?



Compare this with Ch.Ch.'s original:

[C]Every limbo boy and girl
All a[G7]round the limbo world,[C]
Gonna do the limbo rock
All a[G7]round the limbo clock.[C]
Jack be [F9]nimble, Jack be quick
Jack go [C]under limbo stick![G7]
All around the limbo clock
Hey, let's [F9] do the limbo [C]rock. 






Sunday 19 November 2023

Dante's Inferno, Canto#6: "DANTE, GO and SEE" (Crayfish Étouffée)

"The Circle of the Gluttons"
W. Blake

PASTICHE WITH PARODY SONG-LYRICS
ORIGINAL POEM:  Canto#6 of "Inferno" by Dante Alighieri, the first book in the triad, "The Divine Comedy", written in the early 14th century.
ORIGINAL SONG: "Baby, Please Don't Go", Big Joe Williams 1935, popularized by Muddy Waters, used here primarily for music and meter.
PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, November 2015.


In the Third Circle, Dante sees the fate of gluttons like his friend from Florence named ‘Ciacco’ (the equivalent of ‘Piggy’). No fire used for torture here; the climate sounds like Toronto in March. The poor souls confined here in the freezing mud are tormented by a demonic three-headed dog, Cerberus. I took some liberties with Ciacco’s tale; in the original, he discusses the complex politics of 14th century Florence. The details I provided re Ciacco's gluttonous exploits are imagined. Eschatology is the part of theology concerned with final judgment and the destiny of the soul.  Étouffée is a delicious Louisiana dish of seafood, usually crayfish, in a Cajun roux sauce.



"Cerberus", W. Blake
New Orleans style crayfish etouffée














DANTE, GO AND SEE 

(to the tune of "Baby Please Don't Go")

Sono al cerchio terzo,
Dov'è'l crudele Cerbero

La pena di golosi; mi veggio intorno
Novi tormentati.

Dante go and see
Dante go and see
Dante go and see what’s in Circle Three - 
They punish gluttony.

Virge led me way down here
Virge brought me way down here
Another Ring of Fear, fiend in charge appear
Be a three-headed dog.

Thermostat set low
Pelting rain, hail, snow
Sinners grovel, sit in freezing mud, like sh*t
Hounded by that cursed dog.

Guy who waves hello -
Dante used to know,
‘Ciacco’, brought so low; he’s a Florentine
He tells his story, so …..

'ALL YOU EAT - ' , sign say - 
'CRAYFISH ÉTOUFFÉE'
Stayed all day and ate food from New Orleans
Now Circle Three’s my fate. ”

Virgil’s prophecy:
Eschatology -
Our friend ‘Piggy’ sit in that freezing sh*t
‘Til final trumpet blow.

So baby, please don’t stray
Don’t pig out that way
Don’t eat étouffée down in New Orleans
Or Circle Three’s your fate.

Dante go and see
Dante go and see
Dante go and see what’s in Circle Three - 
They punish gluttony.







HOT LINKS TO THE SATIRE-SONGS IN THIS SERIES:
Canto 1A: Dante’s Song
Canto 6: Dante, Go and See (Crayfish Étouffée)  - see below.



UKULELE-FRIENDLY FORMAT: 
(Click on any chord-chart slide to advance to 'presentation/singalong' mode.)


































Thursday 19 October 2023

Dante's Inferno, Canto#5b: "DANTE MEETS THE PAIN OF LUST"

"Paolo and Francesca Discovered"
painting by Ingres

PASTICHE WITH PARODY SONG-LYRICS

ORIGINAL POEM:  "Inferno" by Dante Alighieri, the first book in the triad, "The Divine Comedy", written in the early 14th century.
ORIGINAL SONG: "Dance Me To The End Of Love",  Leonard Cohen, 1984.
PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, November 2015.

                                                                                  

Inferno Canto#5b: 
DANTE VIEWS THE PAIN OF LUST

(to the tune of "Dance Me To The End Of Love")

Intro: (reprise of Canto#5a)
Dante to the Second Circle warily descends
Dante with companion Virgil, Minos’ censure fends
A swirling flock of moaning souls who mortally
had letched
Choir-like, they are heard to kvetch
Choir-like, they are heard to kvetch.
 
Canto 5 continued:
Intesi che son dannati a così fatto tormento
Peccator che la ragion sommettono al talento
E come li stornei ne portano l’ali
Così quel fiato li spiriti mali
Quel fiato li spiriti mali.

Dante views the fate of those whose burning passion sinned
Buffeted like winter starlings by the smiting wind
Hurricanes that never rest tempestuously thrust,
And lash them with the winds of lust;
Damn them to the winds of lust.

Dante bears the witness, but his eyes he barely trusts,
Classical and literary lovers felled by Lust
Cleopatra, Semiramis, figures he knew well,
Tossing on the winds of Hell
Tossing on the winds of Hell.

Dante feels great pity for a thousand tortured shades
Torn by love from mortal life ‘though none of them had AIDS
Paolo and Francesca stop for coffee and a bite
Time-out from their endless flight
Time-out to describe their plight.

Paolo and Francesca were a pair to break your heart
Paolo and Francesca topped Ravenna’s scandal charts.
(Shakespeare’s sad Verona couple - not invented yet
So no-one knew of Juliet,
No-one heard of Juliet)    
 
Bro-in-law in castle garden, bad case of the hots;
Romance tales they read of Guinevere and Lancelot.
Bro Giovanni pulled his knife when they betrayed his trust
Murdered as revenge for lust
Murdered as revenge for lust.

Essa disse, “Esser basciato da cotanto amante,
Basciò e quel giorno non vi leggemmo avante
Dante, “Io venni men così com’io morisse
E caddi come corpo morto cade.
Caddi com'un morto cade.”

Dante learned how Frankie’d given into earthly bliss
When Paolo got his cue from reading of Sir Lancelot’s kiss 
Dante poet, overwhelmed by anguish, felt so crushed
He fainted with this tale of lust.
Dante felt the pain of lust.

Gianciotto, may he dwell in Caina; Caina, Caina, Caina, Caina, Caina Cai... 
Gianciotto, may he dwell in Caina; Caina, Caina, Caina, Caina, Caina, Cai.. 



Gianciotto ( or Giovanni the lame) - disparaging nickname for Giovanni Malatesta

Caina - a pit in the lowest ring of Hell reserved for those who have committed treachery and violence against family members (named after Cain, Abraham's son)








Italy in the late Medieval Period
HOT LINKS TO THE SATIRE-SONGS IN THIS SERIES:
Canto 1A: Dante’s Song
Canto 5B: Dante Meets the Pain of Lust (see below)
Canto 6: Dante, Go and See (Crayfish Étouffée



UKULELE-FRIENDLY FORMAT: 
(Click on any chord-chart slide to advance to 'presentation/singalong' mode.)