Son of W.A.Y. parody: Packard's Warranty Repairs

• Packard's Warranty Repairs

• Contrafactum of "Queen of Hearts" by Juice Newton.
• This parody is to be about the failed a car company that survived the Great Depression but couldn't update their cars and its features as fast as the market needed them to by the 50s.  By 1955, Packard was ~$30,000,000 in the red due to warranty repairs.
• This tune was thought of when I watched a documentary about the Packard Motor Company and at the part where a narrator mentioned warranty repairs in 1955 putting Packard $30m in the red.
• The instrumentation could be altered to sound like the stereotypical "'50s pop music" vibe. (Doo-wop, et al.)
• Music video ideas
• A montage of photos and videos of 1955 Packards and/or repairs being done on them are to be shown in the music vid.
• Lyric ideas
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• LYRICS
• (To be penned sometime.)

Son of W.A.Y. parody: Typhoon Kalmaegi

• Typhoon Kalmaegi

• Parody of "Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen
• This parody is to be about the cyclones or typhoons that hit Southeast Asia known as Kalmaegi, which is the Korean word for seagull.
• This tune was thought of when I listened to "Call Me Maybe" and thought of the typhoon, then I thought the name would fit.
• Typhoon Kalmaegi - Wikipedia
• Typhoon Kalmaegi (2014) - Wikipedia
• Typhoon Kalmaegi tracker | Weather Underground
• Music video ideas
• A montage of photos and videos of Typhoon Kalmaegi is to be shown in the music vid.
• Lyric ideas
• Replace the line "so call me maybe" with "Typhoon Kalmaegi."
• LYRICS:
• (To be penned sometime.)

Son of W.A.Y. parody: Ballad of Pope John Paul I

• Ballad of Pope John Paul I

• Contrafactum of "Danse Macabre" by Camille St. Saens
• This contrafactum is to go over the reign and (possibly) life of Pope John Paul I, born Albino Luciani, who only reigned for 33 days before his sudden death.
• This tune was thought of when I saw a picture of John Paul I. The fact that his death was so soon and sudden after a short reign helped bolster the tune's association with John Paul I.
• Pope John Paul I - Wikipedia
• Nun relives the moment she found Pope John Paul I dead - Catholic Herald
• The Mysterious Death Of Pope John Paul I - ATI
• Music video ideas
• A montage of photos and videos of Pope John Paul I is to be shown in the music vid.
• As budgets improve, an actor with a resemblance to Pope John Paul I can be dressed up like him to act out the part and possibly sing for the music vid.
• Lyric ideas
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• LYRICS:
• (To be penned sometime.)

Son of W.A.Y. parody: We're Looking For Universal People

• We're Looking For Universal People

• Contrafactum of "Party In The USA" by Miley Cyrus
• This contrafactum is to be about the type of people AutoZone (and maybe other employers) are looking for - people to fill multiple positions per person, therefore are "universal."
• This tune was thought of when I was at an interview at AutoZone in February 2019 for what I thought was a parts delivery driver position. I was misinformed by someone at the Kansas Workforce Center on the campus of Hutchinson Community College that as a delivery driver, I didn't need to know about cars because all I'd do is deliver parts from one store to another, or from the store to repair shops. Evidently I had to also know how to be a customer service worker / cashier / etc. who knew a lot about the mechanical aspects of cars. I knew, in reality, next to nothing about the mechanical aspects of vehicles.
• 6 Things To Remember For The ‘Universal’ People Out There - Thought Catalog
• Auto Parts Delivery Driver (Part-Time) - Careers.AutoZone.com
• Music video ideas
• A montage of photos and videos of people being "universal" in some way or another is to be shown in the music vid.
• Possibly a montage of Auto Zone delivery drivers / employees doing their thing is to be shown as well.
• Lyric ideas
• Replace "jumped in the cab, here I am for the first time" with "We're looking for universal people."
• LYRICS:
• (To be penned sometime.)

Son of W.A.Y. parody: It Came Back As "Proceed"

• It Came Back As "Proceed"

• Contrafactum of "As The Deer" by Dan Gardner, Integrity's Hosanna! Music
• This contrafactum is to be about how back in November 2019, Grand Mere Restaurant Group (DBA Pizza Hut) re-did my background check and the result came back as "proceed."
• This song was thought of after I got the phone call from the RGM Veronica Hutcherson that broke to me the good news that my background check was re-done (done the 2nd time) and since the results were "proceed," she offered me the job as delivery driver, so in that same call, she scheduled me to come to the Pizza Hut on 4th in order to get some paperwork and orientation done.
• proceed - Merriam-Webster
• proceed - Wiktionary
• Music video ideas
• A montage of photos and videos of anything that "proceeds" is to be shown in the music vid.
• Lyric ideas
• The line "To you alone may my spirit yield" is to be replaced with "And it came back as 'Proceed.'"
• LYRICS:
• (To be penned sometime.)

Son of W.A.Y. parody: Ballad of Celadon Trucking

• Ballad of Celadon Trucking

• Song following the tune of "Celadon City Theme" by Mykah, Junichi Masuda
• This song is to sing about the Celadon trucking company and its eventual bankruptcy.
• This tune was thought of when I first read about the bankruptcy of the Celadon trucking company because Celadon City from the Pokemon franchise came to mind, therefore the theme song for that city came to mind as well.
• Celadon Group - Wikipedia
• Celadon Group bankruptcy: What we know about the company, its workers and fraud cases - IndyStar
• Music video ideas
• A montage of photos and videos of trucks with Celadon Group livery and maybe its employees is to be shown in the music vid.
• Lyric ideas
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• LYRICS:
• (To be penned sometime.)

Son of W.A.Y. parody: Perma-flooded City

• Perma-flooded City

• Parody of "Shinjitsu no Uta (Translation: "Song of truth")" by Do As Infinity
• This contrafactum is to go over how cities may become permanently flooded in the future thanks to the sea-level rise caused by global warming and melting polar caps.
• This tune was thought of when I saw a scene from the Kurt Russell movie "Escape from LA" that showed a broken freeway drop into the bay that turned Los Angeles into an island after a major 9.6 earthquake. So the area around Los Angeles became permanently flooded by the events of that film.
• Sea Level Rise Will Flood Hundreds of Cities in the Near Future - National Geographic
• The three-degree world: the cities that will be drowned by global warming - The Guardian
• Shocking New Maps Show How Sea Level Rise Will Destroy Coastal Cities By 2050
• Rising Seas Will Erase More Cities by 2050, New Research Shows - New York Times
• Rising sea levels threaten hundreds of millions -- and it's much worse than we thought - CNN
• Music video ideas
• A montage of photos and videos of concept art or concept videos showing cities being permanently flooded due to sea level rise is to be shown in the music vid.
• Lyric ideas
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• LYRICS:
• (To be penned sometime.)

Son of W.A.Y. parody: Armando Martinez

• Armando Martinez

Armando Martinez, a footballer from a university in Chadron, Nebraska. (Placeholder image until an image of my dad's friend is found.)

Texan Member of the state House of Representatives, Armando Martinez (placeholder image until the image of the Armando Martinez I'm thinking of is found.)

• Parody of "Owarinai Yume (Endless Dream)" by Hiroshi Shibasaki, Nanase Aikawa
• This contrafactum is to go over a brief biological summary of Armando Martinez, an old friend of my dad from when they were both helicopter pilots in Desert Storm.
• If I cannot gather enough biological info about him, I will have to study the biographical information of other people named Armando Martinez, including the Texan public figure, and drum up song lyrics about them instead.
• This tune was thought of every time I thought of Armando Martinez, Dad's friend. I don't know the logic of the association with each other. It may have just been spontaneous.
• Armando Martinez - Ballotpedia (Contingency link; primary link would be my dad's friend's Facebook profile)
• Music video ideas
• A montage of photos and videos of Armando Martinez (either my dad's friend or other people by that name) is to be shown in the music vid.
• Lyric ideas
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• LYRICS:
• (To be penned sometime.)

Son of W.A.Y. parody: Watch People Survive

• Watch People Survive

• Parody of "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor
• This parody is to be the theme song of the "WatchPeopleSurvive" subreddit (a community on Reddit.com) and go over examples of close calls that could have cost anybody their lives.
• This tune was thought of every time I saw a post from the "WatchPeopleSurvive" subreddit.
• /r/WatchPeopleSurvive - Reddit
• "watch people survive" search query on YouTube
• Music video ideas
• A montage of photos and videos of close calls where people's lives were almost compromised or were otherwise in danger is to be used in the music vid.
• Lyric ideas
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• LYRICS:
• (To be penned sometime.)

Son of W.A.Y. parody: When You Scratch His Neck

• When You Scratch His Neck

• Song following the tune of "Super Mario 64 Carousel Theme" by Koji Kondo
• This song is to go over what could happen to kids who scratch another's neck, like while fighting.
• This tune was thought of when back in 6th Grade, Levi Michaelson and I fought for some random reason long since forgotten. (He turned from a friend to a worst enemy that year.) In the middle of fighting, I scratched his neck in an effort to get him to back away from me. I got two days out-of-school suspension for it, evidently because it was dangerous and could've caused a bleed.
• Kids Biting and Hitting and Scratching - Stress Free Kids
• Music video ideas
• A montage of photos and videos of children scratching each other while fighting is to be shown in the music vid.
• Lyric ideas
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• LYRICS:
• (To be penned sometime.)

Son of W.A.Y. parody: Back In 1900

• Back In 1900

• Song following the tune of "SimCity Village Theme" by Soyo Oka
• This song is to go over what life was like back in 1900, and possibly the current events of the day, etc.
• This tune was played in an old game titled "Sim City" - the game started in the "village" level in 1900, and the tune was the theme for the "village" stage of the game, therefore I associated the year 1900 with this tune.
• 1900 - Wikipedia
• 1900 in the United States - Wikipedia
• 1900 - On This Day
• 1900 (a movie filmed in 1976) - IMDb
• 1900 Fast Facts - History - US Census Bureau
• Music video ideas
• A montage of photos and videos from 1900 is to be shown in the music vid.
• As budgets improve, actors can be hired to wear 1900 fashion and handle / use props of items from 1900 while others sing the lyrics in the foreground, while also wearing 1900 fashion.
• Lyric ideas
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• LYRICS:
• (To be penned sometime.)

Son of W.A.Y. parody: North Korean Candy

• North Korean Candy

• Parody of "Fruits Candy" by Megumi Kojima
• This parody is to be about North Korean candy, and how it's distributed to all children on a Leader's birthday.
• This tune was thought of when, back in 2005, I read a minor news article (now not searchable) about how North Korean scientists developed a candy that makes consumers smarter. The tune's title "Fruits Candy," a CardCaptor Sakura song, was the tune that came to mind immediately as soon as I read the article.
• N.Korean snacks: The good, the bland and the prettily packaged - NKNews.org
• North Korean snacks: 'Speed cakes' and 'man-made meat' - BBC
• [BIG REUNION] Drinking and snacking, North Korean style - The Investor
• Music video ideas
• A montage of photos and videos of North Korean candy is to be shown in the music vid.
• Lyric ideas
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• LYRICS:
• (To be penned sometime.)

Son of W.A.Y. parody: Turn Left Onto North Plum Street

• Turn Left Onto North Plum Street

• Contrafactum of "Kookaburra Sits In The Old Gum Tree" by Marion Sinclair
• This contrafactum is to be about the numerous times I've been told by my Google Maps GPS app to turn left onto North Plum Street from eastbound on 4th while performing pizza deliveries.
• This Kookaburra tune came to mind when I was told to turn left onto North Plum Street and I thought that sentence fit pretty well in the tune so that's why I've conceived of this contrafactum.
• N Plum Street, Hutchinson, KS - Google Maps
• Throwback Thursday: Eighth Avenue and Plum Street - The Hutchinson News
• Where I was told to turn left on N Plum Street, the intersection of 4th & Plum, Hutchinson, KS - Google Maps
• Music video ideas
• A montage of photos and videos of N Plum Street in Hutchinson, KS is to be shown in the music vid.
• As budgets improve, actors/actresses are to sing the lyrics while driving / riding in a (rented?) vehicle as they're going down 4th, then N Plum, streets in Hutchinson, KS.
• Lyric ideas
• Replace all occurrences of "Kookaburra Sits In The Old Gum Tree" with "Turn Left Onto North Plum Street."
• LYRICS:
• (To be penned sometime.)

Son of W.A.Y. parody: Rabbit Ears

• Rabbit Ears

• Contrafactum of "Victory In Jesus" by E.M. Bartlett
• This contrafactum is to go over anything pertaining to Rabbit Ears - whether it's the actual ears of a rabbit, a TV antenna, or the gesture behind one's head.
• This tune was thought of back in my childhood when the rabbit ears hand gesture was a new concept for me, and when I thought of the tune, I sung in my head "Rabbit Ears, oh Pabbit Ears" but of course nowadays the lyrics will be different once penned up.
• Rabbit Ears - Wikipedia
• rabbit ears - Wiktionary
• rabbit ears - Urban Dictionary
• https://www.rabbitears.info/
• rabbit ears - Best Buy
• Music video ideas
• A montage of photos and videos of rabbit ears in different forms (whether literal, the hand gesture, or the antennas) is to be used in the music vid.
• As budgets improve, actors can stand behind one another wearing rabbit ears headgear and/or perform the gesture behind another while they all sing the lyrics.
• Lyric ideas
• Replace all occurrences of "Victory" with "Rabbit Ears."
• LYRICS:
• (To be penned sometime.)

Son of W.A.Y. parody: Mrs. Counts

• Mrs. Counts

• Contrafactum of "When You Wish Upon A Star" by Leigh Harline & Ned Washington
• This contrafactum is to be a biographical summary of Mrs. April Counts, who was once an inclusion consultant and is now an Assistant Professor of Education at McPherson College.
• Mrs. Counts was an inclusion consultant for an untold number of students and myself all throughout my middle and high school years. Even though we had a pretty rough time in my 7th grade year, we did a lot better in our educational relationship in all the years after. For some odd reason, the only song I think of when I think of her is "When You Wish Upon A Star," which I originally heard Jiminy Cricket sing when I watched Disney's "Pinocchio" back in the day.
• April Wilhite Counts - Facebook
• April Counts M.Ed. - McPherson College
• April Counts, the New Assistant Professor of Education - The Spectator
• Music video ideas
• A montage of photos and videos of Mrs. April Counts, if such media can be found, is to be used in the music vid.
• As budgets improve, an actress can be hired to portray a young Mrs. April Counts performing her duties as an Inclusion Consultant at a middle and/or high school in the background while singers sing the lyrics in the foreground.
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• LYRICS:
• (To be penned sometime.)

Son of W.A.Y. parody: What It's Like To Be Blind

• What It's Like To Be Blind

• Song following the tune of "Turkey In The Straw" by David W. Guion
• This song is to go over what it's like to be blind - the disadvantages, the (possible) advantages, and how different living needs to be.
• This tune was borne of a false memory - I thought reading an article about blind kids on the Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia 1997 Edition (not online; through a CD) caused "Turkey In The Straw" to play, but when I later went back to the same article, the song didn't play. However, the false memory made me forever associate blindness with "Turkey In The Straw."
• A Profile of Jeff Bishop, Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation (program manager of the Windows Accessibility Team) about life with blindness
• What Is It Like to Be Blind? - Slate
• What does 'blindness' look like? The Fred Hollows Foundation | Posted 29/06/17
• What it's like to go blind - Vox
• Music video ideas
• A montage of photos and videos of anything to do with blindness (blind people using adaptive objects, etc.) is to be shown in the music vid.
• As budgets improve, actors can be hired to portray blind people while singing and possibly dancing in the music vid.
• Lyric ideas
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• LYRICS:
• (To be penned sometime.)

Son of W.A.Y. parody: Events of 1928

• Events of 1928

• Contrafactum of "Springfield Stomp" by Cecil Scott & His Bright Boys
• This contrafactum is to go over the major current events of 1928.
• This tune was heard when I watched this video depicting New York in 1928, therefore I forever associated "Springfield Stomp" with 1928.
• Historical Events in 1928 - On This Day
• 1928 in the United States - Wikipedia
• 1928 - Wikipedia
• 1928 News, Events, Tech and Popular Culture - The People History
• Music video ideas
• A montage of photos and videos of anything of significance from 1928 is to be shown in the music vid.
• As budgets improve, actors can be hired to wear 1928 fashion and sing the lyrics while dancing 1920s-style dance moves.
• Lyric ideas
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• LYRICS:
• (To be penned sometime.)

Son of W.A.Y. parody: Ballad of Felix Tropschuh

• Ballad of Felix Tropschuh

• Song following the tune of "The Toy Trumpet" by Raymond Scott
• This contrafactum is to go over Captain Felix Tropschuh, a German POW from WWII, who was held at Camp Concordia in Concordia, KS and kept a diary where he wrote about his opposition to the Nazi cause.
• This tune was thought of when I first saw the name on a gravestone and heard about him on a documentary about the Concordia POW camp on YouTube.
• Felix Tropschuh - Find A Grave
• Learning Freedom in Captivity - Washington Post
• Music video ideas
• A montage of photos and videos of Felix Tropschuh's gravestone (no known pictures of him alive are findable online) and the Concordia POW camp are to be shown in the music vid.
• As budgets improve, actors dressed as German POWs in a reconstruction of the Concordia POW camp are to act out the relevant scenes (POWs from the Gestapo finding and reading Felix's diary and then making him hang himself) while American camp guards drive past in a vintage war jeep or stand guard somewhere on the outside.
• Lyric ideas
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• LYRICS:
• (To be penned sometime.)

Son of W.A.Y. parody: Bibimbap

• Bibimbap

• Song following the tune of "Song 10008; Subway Song (Sim City 2000)" by Sue Kasper, arranged by Brian Conrad and Michael Perry
• This song is to go over the Korean delicacy known as Bibimbap.
• This tune was thought of when I saw a photo of bibimbap and imagined singing the word "bibimbap" in the tune.
• BIBIMBAP – THE ULTIMATE BOWL MEAL - Budget Bytes
• Bibimbap at Home - Bon Appetit
• Bibimbap - Wikipedia
• Music video ideas
• A montage of photos and videos of bibimbap is to be shown in the music vid.
• As budgets improve, actors who know how to cook / prepare Korean food can be hired to cook bibimbap as props for the music vid, and (other?) actors can be shown eating it while some sing the lyrics.
• Lyric ideas
• Once the English lyrics are done, find somebody proficient in the Korean language to create a Korean-language version of this song.
• LYRICS:
• (To be penned sometime.)

Son of W.A.Y. parody: Orbital

• Orbital

• Contrafactum of "Road to Fuchsia City from Lavender Town" by Junichi Masuda
• This contrafactum is to go over anything to do with orbits, or anything that is orbital for some reason.
• This tune was thought of when I heard that a price of something was reaching orbital levels.
• Orbital - Wikipedia
• orbital - Wiktionary
• Music video ideas
• A montage of photos and videos of anything with an orbit or that is orbital for some reason is to be shown in the music vid.
• Lyric ideas
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• LYRICS:
• (To be penned sometime.)