So, it's a holiday. No random ten this week on account of that. But in its place, I'm going to offer something else.
At Karaoke last night, one of the regulars offered his own adaptation of a Christmas comedy classic, making up his own words to a well known song. I'll post more on that later, but in the mean time, here's a mutant version of a well-known non-Christmas song that I coposed for use at karaoke. There are some in-jokes which you won't get, though most of them you'll be able to deduce by having a look at the M&M Karaoke webpage.
The Devil Went Down To Dundalk
With apologies to the Charlie Daniels Band
The devil went down to Dundalk,
He was looking for some cash to win,
He was in a bind, fifty bucks behind,
So he saw a bar and went on in.
When he came across a bald man,
Playing at a karaoke spot,
So the devil grabbed the microphone
And said, "Let me tell you what:
"I bet you didn't know it,
But I'm a karaoke singer too,
And if you'd care to take a dare,
I'll make a bet with you:
"Now you sing pretty good karaoke boy,
But give the devil his due,
I'll bet you ninety-three Sound Choice CDs,
I think I'm better than you."
Now the man said, "My name's Joey,
And we might look like fools,
But I'll take your bet and you're gonna regret,
'Cause M&M Karaoke rules!"
Joey get your CDs out,
And raise a little heck,
'Cause hell's broke loose in Dundalk,
And the devil is on deck.
And if you win you'll get yourself
The best CDs around,
But if you lose, you're buying the next round...
The devil jumped up on the stage,
And he said, "I'll surely win,"
And fire flew from the monitor when he put his CD in
And he turned the volume too far up,
And it made an evil hiss,
Then he hit the "play" button,
And it sounded something like this:
Regrets, I've had a few,
But then again,
Too few to mention.
I did what I had to do,
And saw it through,
Without exemption...
When the devil finished, Joey said:
"Well you're pretty good old son,"
But get down of the stage right now,
And I'll show you how it's done:
Fire on the mountain,
Run boys run,
Devil's in Dundalk having fun
Chicken in the breadpan,
Picking out dough.
Granny does your dog bite?
No, child, no.
Well Joey hung his head,
In disbelief that he'd been hurt.
And we knew something was fishy,
When we saw the devil's shirt.
We saw the network logo,
And we knew he wasn't fakin'.
Now we know who the devil is:
He's freaking Clay Aiken!
Fire on the mountain,
Run boys run,
Devil's in Dundalk having fun,
Good thing Joe didn't bet his car,
Now we know how Clay became a star...
Happy holidays.
