Popropriation - Lock the Taskbar! Lock the Taskbar!

Ross Mills

Apparently it's a pretty normal thing for people to take music, change the words, and then sing them while doing other things they do. This has been labelled "Popropriation" by BBC's Adam & Joe radio show.

An example of this is, when locking the taskbar in Windows, singing along to The Clash's "Rock the Casbah",
"Lock the Taskbar! Lock the Taskbar!"

Recently, when I've started getting tired, I've started singing to myself to the tune of Olivia Newton-John's "Physical":
"Let's get cyclical! Cyclical!
I wanna get cyclical!
Let me feel that body clock!"

I was wondering if anybody else had any good examples that they, or people they know, do.

Poorochondriac

Don't post around tonight
Well, it's bound to waste your life
There's a bad thread on the rise

Ross Mills

What's that to the tune of?

Nads

"Nights In White Satin" by the Moody Blues.

Duh.

UnbrokenEva

this thread is so bad I thought it was a shanadeus alt.

I know this account has been around since 2003, but has anyone seen both of them in the same place at the same time?

Blake T

When I take a dump after eating something really spicy.

I sing a well known johnny cash song.

And change the words to.

And it burns burns burns the ring of fire.

The ring of fire.

TheRealBadger

Blake T wrote:

When I take a dump after eating something really spicy.

I sing a well known johnny cash song.

And change the words to.

And it burns burns burns the ring of fire.

The ring of fire.

I do this when dumping as well. "Record Company Pimpin'" by Ice Cube with the words changed to "Record Company Poopin"

No more, record company poopin'

I can't help it; it's automatic.

Squall

goddamn you nads

UnbrokenEva

my go-to spicy pooping song is "The Fire Down Below" by Bob Seger

Ross Mills

Fearghaill wrote:

this thread is so bad I thought it was a shanadeus alt.

I know this account has been around since 2003, but has anyone seen both of them in the same place at the same time?

You cut me deep. :-( I just lurk a lot.

Jedoc

I recently went through a dark period in my life in which the lyrics "Fried egg, fried egg, gettin' down on fried egg" featured every time I had weekend breakfast.

However, I also have an automatic loop of "Are we stupid, and are we cancer" that starts up every time I hear any Killers song, so I've got that going for me.

TheRealBadger

I can't tell right now but you might have just ruined fried eggs for me.

Sonofa...

cabsy

Jedoc wrote:

I recently went through a dark period in my life in which the lyrics "Fried egg, fried egg, gettin' down on fried egg" featured every time I had weekend breakfast

that is BEAUTIFUL and I love it

dedust

OH NOOO, I think my breakfast is ruined. Can't get down on fried egg anymore.
Well, no more Friday at least.

Speed Racer

I feel like I do this all the time

but I can't think of any examples

Quetzi

This thread sounds roughly exactly like every conversation with my dad.

JohnHam

Sometimes when I'm using a public urinal, a tiny piece of an ancient Papa Roach song comes into my head. I think the original lyric is "Suffocation, no breathing" but my permutation is "Urination, I'm peeing"

BahamutZERO

JohnHam wrote:

Sometimes when I'm using a public urinal, a tiny piece of an ancient Papa Roach song comes into my head. I think the original lyric is "Suffocation, no breathing" but my permutation is "Urination, I'm peeing"

I remember that lyric bit from Weird Al's Angry White Boy Polka medley.

Centipede Damascus

sometimes when I worked at T-Mobile I would catch myself singing "na na na na like a good old fashioned voicemail" in the style of Matt & Kim

Fandeathis

I do this for sure, but I'm having trouble thinking of an example that isn't dumb. I guess I used to sing, "Rollin', Rollin', Rollin' like a raver," when I was at raves. That's pretty awful.

Ross Mills

Fandeathis wrote:

I do this for sure, but I'm having trouble thinking of an example that isn't dumb. I guess I used to sing, "Rollin', Rollin', Rollin' like a raver," when I was at raves. That's pretty awful.

I don't think there are any that aren't "dumb" (as in silly). We just all do it!

Tommy2Hands

I have high hopes for this thread

Nads

Squall wrote:

goddamn you nads

What did I do now?

ASimPerson

Dad thread

YaYa

this isn't necessarily relevant to the thread but if anyone sings Total Eclipse of the Heart and doesn't include the Dan Band profanity then they should never be allowed to open their mouths

Incendiary

Hungry hungry, I am so hungry
Feed me feed me, just say that you'll feed me
I can't care 'bout anything but foooood!

Ironically, music is a good source of dietary fiber.

Squall

Nads wrote:

Squall wrote:

goddamn you nads

What did I do now?

you nearly got me with your miscrediting of CCR's hit song, "Bathroom on the Right"

Nads

Shit, we're both wrong. It's Elvis Costello's "(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Shoes."

Deicist

I consistently sing the to theme tune from 'Ducktales' whenever I log into hotmail.

"Hotmail, awoooOOOO"

Monkeyfeet

Every time I have cereal I do sing "gotta have my bowl, gotta have my cereal"

Same thing whenever I smoke pot

Samir Duran Duran

Deicist wrote:

I consistently sing the to theme tune from 'Ducktales' whenever I log into hotmail.

"Hotmail, awoooOOOO"

Thread delivers. Finally.

SporkAndrew

Steven?

Poorochondriac

Harold?

darleysam

Sandwiches on my legs and my arms from you.

Darth Waiter

JohnHam wrote:

Sometimes when I'm using a public urinal, a tiny piece of an ancient Papa Roach song comes into my head. I think the original lyric is "Suffocation, no breathing" but my permutation is "Urination, I'm peeing"

Must find the Triforce pieces,
This is my Master Sword!
Octoroks and Leevers
Up in my grill just like the damn Keeses!

YaYa

blatantly stolen from the picture thread