Living In Oz
Parody: Giving Up Cause
Artist: Rick Springfield
Album: Living In Oz
Track number on album: 4
Duration: 3:49
Fodder rating (out of 5): 5
The whole song is a bit odd, and therefore could easily be limited to being a 4-fodder at most for other parodists. It bounces around things like his having had dreams ever since he was a kid, fighting, having some relationship, and the really confusing part, All the people that protect and serve would disappear if the well dried up.
For the Crew, dealing with any place that does not appear in their franchise is a mixed bag at best, but some of the best fodder in the album appears here nonetheless. As the only song I know to mention suicide that is not by Green Day, it is an opportunity for sure, especially because it is emotional suicide in this case. The fighting and the love, I could also work in, plus I had a way to make the drying-up thing make sense.
Categories: Rick Springfield songs, 1980s songs, 5-fodder songs