Change just one letter of a song title for comedic effect

[Earbrass]

Prescient 1969  review of a hybrid delivery vehicle:    21st Century Schizoid Van

Edited October 18, 2023 by Earbrass

[bass_dinger]

Didn't this very thing happen when I am the walrus was written?

 

From Wikipedia, evidence of a single letter being changed:

 

Shotton was also responsible for suggesting that Lennon change the phrase "waiting for the man to come" to "waiting for the van to come"

[Doctor J]

The Beatles

 

I Want To Hold Your Wand

I'm A Laser

And I Love Hen

With A Little Hell From My Friends

 

[Elfrasho]

Sittin on the pink torpedo  of the bay

Edited October 18, 2023 by Elfrasho

[paul_5]

That one could have gone either way - pink torpedo or pink torpedo.

[Earbrass]

Ozzie sings Marvin Gaye: Wherever I Lay My Bat (That's My Home)

[BassTractor]

Magma - Hortz fur dëhn stëkëhn wost
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[mep]

 

[SteveK]

Patrick Cowley - Do you wanna fu*k? 😳

[TheGreek]

13 hours ago, mep said:

 

I thought that I'd seen a thread like this before...thanks for confirming my thinking. 

[bassbiscuits]

17 hours ago, mep said:

 

Aha. My sense of deja vu was not entirely misplaced then. 

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

Ah, but that thread also allowed adding or subtracting letters. This one is stricter in that one letter can only be substituted.

 

Anyone found adding or subtracting letters runs the risk of getting a Paddington Bear hard stare.

 

[rumble_on]

Billy Idol's ode to home furnishings - White Bedding
INXS's tribute to feederism - Feed You Tonight
New Order's love of DIY - Glue Monday
David Bowie's ballad about a regrettable encounter- Herpes

[rumble_on]

Cyndi Lauper - True Colons
XTC - Making Flans For Nigel
Elvis Costello - Oliver's Arsy

And then of course there is Blondie's classic hit - Denis

[Rich]

Steve Hackett - Fánny Feeling

Edited October 19, 2023 by Rich

[rumble_on]

Cream - I Feel Fred
Chic - Lost in Munic (I know! But so close)
Sam & Dave - Soil Man
Kate Bush - Wounds of Love
Kate Bush - The Man With the Chile in his Eyes (so close again!)
Queen - I'm in Love With My Cat
RHCP - Scat Tissue!!!
Amy Winehouse - Bears Dry On Their Own
Stevie Wonder - I Wash
Stevie Wonder - Isn't She Lonely?
The Kinks - The Village Greek Preservation Society

 

[ead]

Not forgetting KT Tunstall's ode to incontinence:  Suddenly I Pee

Nor Miley Cyrus' ode to a former lover:  Wrecking Bill

Edited October 19, 2023 by ead

[rumble_on]

The Pixies - Here Comes Your Nan

Pulp - Rabies

Duran Duran - The Mild Boys

Robyn - Dancing On My Owl

MichaelJackson - Shriller

 

[TheGreek]

An expelling of air from a vital organ:  Liver deep, Mountain Sigh - Ike and Tina Turner. 

 

A deaf, dumb and blind stomach: Tummy  - The Who

 

A musical about shopping: The Mall - Pink Floyd 

 

Sting and friends abusing Spike Milligan: Walking on the Goon - The Police 

 

Edited October 19, 2023 by TheGreek

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

1 hour ago, TheGreek said:

Liver deep, Mountain Sigh - Ike and Tina Turner.

 

The rules of this thread do not permit two letters in a song title to be changed

 

It's the thin end of the wedge; if we allow that we'll eventually have people submitting songs where all the the letters have been changed.

 

Edited October 19, 2023 by Jean-Luc Pickguard

[TheGreek]

Don't slob down  - UB40 

[miles'tone]

Take Me To The Rider 🍻 - Al Green

[RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE]

RHCP- under the fridge 

Faith no more - we bare a lot 

[paul_5]

Also Faith No More - Jazzlobber. That one's actually an improvement.

[paul_5]

Gove Rears Its Ugly Head - Living Colour