On Jul 12, 7:02 pm, Steven D'Aprano <steve +comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: > John Keisling wrote: > > After too much time coding Python scripts and reading Mark Lutz's > > Python books, I was inspired to write the following lyrics. For those > > too young to remember, the tune is that of "Pinball Wizard," by The > > Who. May it bring you as much joy as it brought me! > > [...] > > I wouldn't know a good song parody if it kicked me in the head, but my wife > is a (retired) professional musician with a history of writing parodies. > She's not impressed by the work of most "filk singers" and supposed > parodies, most of which are seventeen kinds of crap... but she gives you > full marks. And trust me on this, she does not give compliments lightly. > > She says you got the rhyming scheme and number of syllables spot on. > Technically, "That modeling and sim guy" needs to be slurred to make it > fit, "That mod'ling and sim guy", but that's acceptable. > > (Most parodies get the syllable count wrong -- if a lyric goes > dum-de-dum-de-dum, the parody ends up like dum-dum-de-dum-de-dum or > dum-de-dum-de.) > > Have a +1 from me and the missus. > > -- > Steven
I very much appreciate that, coming from someone who clearly values well-written poetry and lyrics as much as I do! I double majored in math and English, and I always liked structured poetry. It's very important to match not only the syllable count, but the meter too. I also pride myself on never using the same rhyme twice in a song, which even the original does not manage to do (they used "fall" twice). Very glad you and the missus enjoyed it! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list