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Songs that rate a 3 on the fodder scale

Some songs are only the sum of their parts.

These are songs I deemed to be either a mix of ups and downs for parodying, or had nothing particularly helpful or unhelpful to that purpose.

Dennis DeYoung songs

Desert Moon

Don’t Wait For Heroes

I believe the song gives good advice, but it is a bit broader than many connections I make.

Fire

Simple, yet incomprehensible.

Gin Blossoms songs


Not Only Numb

Not much right or wrong here.

Cajun Song

Not a lot right or wrong here.

Just South Of Nowhere [Explicit]

A bit many modern inventions in this one.

Til I Hear It From You

Hear what from you?


Green Day songs

American Idiot

American Idiot [Explicit]

Simple format, complicated content.

Boulevard of Broken Dreams [Explicit]

Nothing particularly right or wrong here. Just walking down a road, as anyone might.

She’s a Rebel

Not a lot rhymes with this.

Dookie

She

Various ups and downs here.

Sassafras Roots

Just a lot of time-wasting.

When I Come Around

Not much right or wrong here.

Father of All. . .

Father of All. . .

Not much right or wrong here.

Meet Me on the Roof

 Not a lot right or wrong here, either.

I Was a Teenage Teenager

This may have been a funny enough song already.

Graffitia

Obvious difficulty rhyming.

Revolution Radio

Bang Bang

I consider this and the title track to be the toughest songs on the album, for similar reasons.

Revolution Radio

Obvious difficulty rhyming.


Journey songs

Escape

Don’t Stop Believin’

Obvious difficulty in rhyming.

Keep On Runnin’

A mixed bag in terms of relevance.

Still They Ride

Nothing too right or wrong here.

Lay It Down

Incomprehensible.

Frontiers

Frontiers

Clearly not the easiest to rhyme.

Rubicon

Again, obviously difficult to rhyme.


Loverboy songs

Loverboy

The Kid Is Hot Tonite

What does this mean, exactly?

Teenage Overdose

Obvious difficulty rhyming.


Pat Benatar songs


Anxiety (Get Nervous)

Obvious difficulty rhyming.

REO Speedwagon songs

Hi Infidelity

Don’t Let Him Go

Hampered mostly by the mention of a Mercedes-Benz.

Follow My Heart

The words here are unusually difficult for the artist.

Out of Season

Incomprehensible.

Someone Tonight

Not much of a song, really.

I Wish You Were There

This may actually be slightly too basic.

You Can Tune a Piano, But You Can’t Tuna Fish

Roll With the Changes

Hampered mostly by the sweet sun shower.

Blazin’ Your Own Trail Again

Such uplifting lyrics require extra care that the parody does not actually make the song worse.

Sing to Me

A disjointed mess of lyrics.


Rick Springfield songs

Living In Oz

Motel Eyes

Quite the odd lyrics to this one.

Tao

The Tao Of Heaven

Not much of a song.

Working Class Dog

Daddy’s Pearl

Not a lot going on here.


Styx songs

Cornerstone

Lights

Not the most clear-cut song.

Why Me

Not particularly easy or difficult.

Borrowed Time

Not a lot right or wrong here.

Eddie

Not outstandingly easy or hard.

Edge of the Century

Not Dead Yet

A bit many modern things in this one.

Equinox

Light Up

Apparently this one is about getting stoned.

Lorelei

Not the easiest name to rhyme, and much repetition ensues.

Mother Dear

Just kind of a weird song.

Suite Madame Blue

Specifically about the USA.

Kilroy Was Here

Cold War

More lyrics and complications here than the simplicity of the title might suggest.

Heavy Metal Poisoning

About a musical genre that did not exist until the 20th century.

Just Get Through This Night

A mixed bag in terms of relevance.

Paradise Theater

Rockin’ the Paradise

Generally easy, but like everything on its album, it is not just any rock song.

Pieces of Eight

Great White Hope

Generally easy, but lacking anything I could really work with.

Sing For The Day

Again, mostly simple if not relatable.

Blue Collar Man

Nothing too right or wrong here.

Styx II

Earl of Roseland

Specifically about a modern town.

The Grand Illusion

The Grand Illusion

A generally easy song, but it definitely takes place in the modern world.

Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)

Nothing really wrong here, just that little was right either.

Superstars

It could be worked with, but I had to break the fourth wall to do it.

Miss America

Bit of a mixed bag from a parodying standpoint.


Ultravox songs

Brilliant

Flow

Not entirely clear cut.

Brilliant

Songs with a single long word for a title are usually at least a little hard.

Rise

Workable only in a limited way.

Lie

Not a lot to this one.

The Collection

Dancing With Tears in My Eyes

Specifically about a nuclear holocaust.

Hymn

My niches helped a bit, but this is not high on my parodying recommendations list.

The Thin Wall

A generally tricky song to work with.

The Voice

Not very much going on here.

Sleepwalk

Has its hooks, but is not on the whole relevant.

All Stood Still

Specifically about modern technology.

We Came To Dance

Bit of a mixed bag for parodying.


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