ORIGINAL SONG: "Bob" 2003, by Weird_Al_Yankovic, itself a parody of Bob Dylan's "Subterranean_Homesick_Blues", 1965
PARODY COMPOSED: by Giorgio Coniglio, February 2014.
PARODY-LYRICS LINK: To return to the corresponding post on "Daily Illustrated Nonsense" (and to see the lyrics without the chord-chart indications) click HERE.
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Weird Al Yankovic
Odd Al - Lad, do ! |
Weird Al took the lines of the original Dylan song, and made each one home to one or two PALINDROMES, i.e. phrases that can be read backward as well as forward. The title "Bob" is a simple one-word palindrome, but his video satire of Dylan's song, (click the link for You-tube) with carefully selected palindromic phrases is masterful.
There are a few hundred other examples of palindromic phrases; many are of the wrong length, grammatically bizarre, or seem politically incorrect. Strained, or even incorrect spelling is sometimes used, e.g. pavillion, and may even enhance the humor.
With optimism, I assumed that there were enough good palindromes left over after Al had culled the most singable selection. I composed half of the palindromes chosen here for my own parody, took the others from published lists. My selection was directed by rhyming, admiration for the iconic Panama-canal classic, and by freedom to pick more adult themes than those in W.A's opus.
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(to the tune of "Subterranean Homesick Blues")
A man, a plan, a canal–Panama
Uvula. A’ luv U; Toronto–got no rot
Dennis, Madam, sinned; Odd Al–Lad, do!
Amen, enema; Wets dab noses on bad stew
Amor, a dab, bad aroma;
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| 1/38 palindromes in the "Bob" video |
A Dan, a clan, a canal Canada?
Name tame mate, man; Dog-doo! good God
To pseudonym enemy, no due spot
A D-N-A, prefer panda
Wed on level, no dew; Able ere Elba !
Drown in Word; A yap, a Papa-papaya
Hair, a plain arc, cranial pariah
No ill, I’v a pavillion; Llama, nix in a mall
Diaper repaid; Far again, Niagara F(alls).
Eh (Can.), a panache; You boy! Yo, buoy!
I, Nina, place a caecal panini
Eh, ça va, la vache!; A lob, a rap-parabola
A dog, a plan, a canal - pagoda.
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| 4 more years? Please no. |
Flee to me, remote elf; No levers revel on
Egad, no bondage; Now, Roy, am I mayor won
Sex at noon taxes; Elle, canal à nacelle
Lewd did I live, evil did I dwel'
Dammit, I’m mad; A Santa deified at NASA
A tan, I plan a banal piñata.
Wontons–not now; Trats stressed desserts, start!
Dr. of trams, smart Ford; Draw eel leeward
Zeus sees Suez; Call–I’d a Cadillac.
Came curt war, now I won raw truce, Mac
Satan oscillate my metallic sonatas
A Nan, a brat, a gnat stang a tar-banana !
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| Cadillac SUV, famous driver |
Performing notes
[G7] A man, a plan, a canal–Panama
Uvula. A’ luv U; Toronto–got no rot
[C7] Dennis, Madam, sinned; Odd Al–Lad, do!
[G7] Amen, enema; Wets dab noses on bad stew
[C7] Amor, a dab, bad aroma;
A Dan, a clan, [D7] anal Cana[G]da
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