POST #95
PASTICHE with PARODY-LYRICS: parodysitism?
INVADING SONG (lyrics): "Budapest", 2013, George Ezra.
PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, September, 2015.
KEYWORDS: goldenoldy, modernsong, mishmash
KEYWORDS: goldenoldy, modernsong, mishmash
I rather enjoy George Ezra’s recent song “Budapest”. Notes on the
web suggest that he wrote this song before he had ever visited the city. It’s a
beautifully simple 3-chord song, but somehow it reminds me of some well-known
older gems.
BUDAPEST IS SO FINE IN THE SUMMERTIME
(to the tune of "In the Summertime")
(to the tune of "In the Summertime")
Introduction:
|Chh chh-chh, uh. Chh chh-chh,
uh.| x6
Back in Budapest, there’s a grand piano
In my hidden house - it’s a gold Castillo -
I’ve a treasure chest, also hectares of a land
that I’ve achieved
It is hard, but believe,
For you, I’d stop all that and leave.
Oh, my daddy's rich, family don’t understand
My friends fear they’d lose if you take my
hand,
And my artifacts - of them I’ve got a tonne
or twenty-one
And the list goes on
But if you just say the words – I’ll up and
run.
They’re not mean people, but they never make
a change
We love everybody, but find foreigners quite
strange
Give me one reason why I shouldn’t do just as
I please
Hold me, baby
And all of this will go away.
I would lose it all, dah dah, dee dee dee
For you I’d leave it all, and still be happy.
Dah dah dah dah dah, dee dee dee dee,
Dah dah dah dah dah
 |
| A gold Steinway piano |
Back in Budapest, there’s a grand piano
In my treasure house - it’s a gold Castillo
Dah dah dah dah dah,
But for you.., you.. I’d leave it all.
Performing Notes:
Introduction:
lines of Fx2, Bb, F, C/B, F
Chh chh-chh,uh. Chh chh-chh, uh
lines of Fx2, Bb, F, C/B, F
Chh chh-chh,uh. Chh chh-chh, uh
Back in [F] Budapest, there’s a grand piano
In my hidden house - it’s a gold Castillo -
I’ve a [Bb] treasure chest, also acres of a land that I’ve a[F]chieved
It is [C] hard, but believe,
For [Bb] you, I’d stop all that and [F] leave.
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