The Grand Illusion
Parody: The Bad Delusion
Artist: Styx
Album: The Grand Illusion
Track number on album: 1
Duration: 4:37
Fodder rating (out of 5): 3
Once I got a serious idea of what I wanted my parodies to be, this was one of the first songs I took that new direction to. I thought it served the parodist-in-training pretty well and still do. Easy to learn as they are, the lyrics contain several polysyllabic words and the subject may not be the most clear-cut, but it is not really difficult.
The main relevant thing for the Crew is the mention of complete confusion. The main problem is all the modern stuff, particularly the verse where radio, TV, magazines, and photographs are all mentioned in quick succession. Still, one trained in parodying knows it takes more than that to render a song 1-fodder.
Categories: Styx songs, 1970s songs, 3-fodder songs