Sunday 29 October 2023

Uke-Song: Al Jolson sings "POLYVINYL for MILLENIA"


PARODY-LYRICS

ORIGINAL SONG: "Carolina in the Morning" written 1922, best-known version is performed by Al Jolson.

PARODY COMPOSED:  Giorgio Coniglio, January 2014. To return to "Daily Illustrated Nonsense" and to see more photos on this topic, click HERE. (While there, you can also view the lyrics without the chord indications, should you desire.)






POLYVINYL for MILLENIA

(to the tune of "Carolina in the Morning")











Performing Notes

GM7 = 0222; G6 = 0202; G#dim7; E5+7 = 1203; Am7 = 0000; Am6 = 2423; C#dim7 = 0101/3434; D7+5 = 3223; Dm7 = 2213.

 

[G] What could be more [GM7] drastic than our [G6] seas awash in [G#dim7] plastic for mill[Am7]eni[D7]a;
[Am] Particles ac[E7+5]cumulate, then [Am7] hydrocarbons [Am6] degradate in [C#dim7] fau[G]na.

[C] Population's [G] highest, pol[C]luting near the [G] shore. [E7]
[A7] Altering  consti[D]tution [B7] of the [Em] worldwide [Am7] ocean [D7] floor. [D7+5]

[G] Jellyfish get [GM7] jealous of those [G6] gels the plankton [G#dim7] relish for their [Am7]vi[D7]nyl,
[Am] Seasoning our [E7+5] seafood and in[Am7]citing crude re[Am6] actions that are [C#dim7]fi[G]nal.

[G] If we had Aladdin's lamp and [Dm7] only one [G7] wish, 
We'd [C] ask, not me, but [A7] seals, whales and [D7] fish,                       
[G] Every Jane and [Em] Michael, it's not [G] hard, so please re[Em]cycle all your [A7]pla-[D7]a-a[G]stic. 










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. To return to the current post on "Daily Illustrated Nonsense" (and to see the lyrics without the chord-chart indications) click HERE

                                                                                  

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




Italy in the late Medieval Period


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