- Easy Mode: Weird Al tracks are allowed.
- Hard Mode: No Weird Al.
The Bad Lip Sync version of Gotye (Kicked Your Monkey And I Used Your Goat) kinda always comes to mind
Maybe a stretch as it’s not parodying a song but parodies Star Wars kinda sorta? Seagulls! (Stop it Now)
Lonely Island has a few (Jack Sparrow) comes to mind but again not a direct parody of a specific song.
Richard Cheese does straight up covers but they are so stylistically different that it’s basically a parody. Chop Suey
Then there’s the classic comedy music duos: Garfunkel & Oates (Loophole), Flight of the Conchords (Business Time)
Bo Burnham’s whole Inside special is fantastic too.
Looks like I’m mostly listing comedy music and not necessarily parodies, but oh well.
United breaks guitars.
Not quite parody but…
I had a friend who sung I Can’t Feel my Face when I’m with you, as I can’t feel my face when I Go POOP and that is all I will ever hear now.
I had a cousin who would sing to her kid to the tune of the CanCan song:
I’ve got something in my nappy, making me unhappy, tralalala la lalalalalala (repeat)
Nanobot by A Capella Science. The whole channel is pretty good, but this song just shines above the pack. Shivers every time:
Love is A Battlefield literal video is hilarious to me.
Lmfao! So many good quotes
- We only walk forwards in this house!
- Guy with a pedo moustache pulls me into a slow dance
- So let’s gang up on this guy and make him watch us dance
If you like that, here’s the Total Eclipse of the Heart literal video, which I also find hilarious.
Bo Burnham’s Kanye Rant