This is the second parody I made back in 2017. I hadn’t upgraded my darkroom to double as a recording studio at that time, so I recorded it in the dance room using the mics in my computer. The recording wasn’t too bad other than being very tinny. I imported the original sound file into Studio One and clean up the vocals. I think a lot of writers who follow my blog will appreciate this parody.
Saturday Night’s Alright for Writing
Music by Elton John
Lyrics by Timothy Price
It’s getting late I found my PaperMate
I’m procrastinating sitting here
Seventy lines that I gotta pine
I have modifiers dangling near
My old Mac’s bonkers and it’s acting kind of funky
And my old adage is to be clear
My writing is cute like a guy in army Boots
A cowboy hat in his hair
Ohhhhhh
Don’t give us none of your imagination
Write facts be on your discipline
Cause Saturday night’s alright for writing
Let’s get a little action verbiage in
Let’s get about as riled as an op-ed rage
Let’s try to set this page alight
Cause writing on a Saturday night I like
Saturday night’s alright
to write to write
Ooooo oo-oo oh
A lot of words are getting packed in here tonight
I’m looking for a phrase that will seem alright
I might use an antecedent to get what I need
I might bare an infinitive and shout out “conditionally”
Some of the words that I really like
Are future perfect voicing that are out of sight
I’m a high school dropout from the ergative class
Who’s passive voices, dangled modified and got a pass
Ohhhhhhh
Don’t give us none of your imagination
Write facts be on your discipline
Cause Saturday night’s alright for writing
Let’s get a little action verbiage in
Let’s get about as riled as an op-ed rage
Let’s try to set this page alight
Cause writing on Saturday night I like
A Saturday night’s alright
to write to write
Oooooo oo-oo ooh
Off Center & Not Even 
Oh my gosh! You kill me, Tim!
You are such a fun sort!
Thanks, Dale. I’m always happy to kill you as long as you don’t die in the process.
No worries… this is the good kind of killing!
Great production, Timothy! Hard to believe you have the old Mac that used to illustrate its crashes with an old bomb floating down the screen…
Thanks, Cheyanne. We have a Mac Museum at the office.
Hahaha. That’s fantastic, Tim. “Action verbiage” is the best.
Thanks, Jeff. There’s never enough action verbiage around.
You’re most welcome, Tim. Indeed.
Awesome! 😂 Saturday night is alright for writing… and singing and laughing.
Thanks, Michele. Happy to inspire you sing and laugh. It’s good for east coast swing, too.
All of the above sounds like an entertaining Saturday!
Is that real or a hairpiece you’re wearing before the hat? Either way, I think you should ask for a refund. 🙂
HI David. If you think the parody sucks, just say so. Snarky comments about my hair are not appreciated. That’s how it grew back after a lot of intense chemo, as you should recall.
What a talent !!
Beautiful video
Thanks, Rudi.
Well done in getting rid of the tinniness, Timothy. Easier on the hearing! The first, of your efforts I caught every word of and had a laugh at the same time. Great effort! Cheers.
Thanks, Inchcock. That’s great if you got the words. Not and easy task when you have normal hearing.
Cheers, Timothy.
Love it!
Thanks, Heidi.
A great way to start my Sunday: having an espresso and watching a good music video! It brings back my days with the Macintosh SE 30 too…
Thanks, Herman. It’s amazing what we did with those tiny screens. Now we all have dual 24 to 30 inch monitors.
Some days I’m in a nostalgic mood when I think about music or movies. But getting nostalgic about tiny slow computers… I don’t think so!
It’s not nostalfia as much as amazement. BTW I have a Macbook Pro 16 with an Apple M1 Max chip with 10-core CPU, 32-core GPU, and 16-core Neural Engine, 64GB unified memory, and 2TB SSD storage on order. I have been waiting for Apple to come out with a Macbook Pro 16 with the M1 processor. I debated a long time on what size SSD to get. I finally decided on the 2TB SSD, and I’m getting a 24TB network-attached storage for a few hundred more than the 4TB SSD and a whole lot less than the 8TB SSD.
Wow, looking forward to see what you think about it when it arrives. The specs are very impressive! I’m still waiting for a new 27 inch iMac (Pro?) with the new M1 chip.
The 27 inch iMac will be really nice, also. They might have a M2 chip for that one. I’m also getting Logic Pro and Final Cut Pro with my Macbook 16. The M1 Macs have been really great so far. We have 17 Macs with M1 chips at the office and Laurie has a Macbook Air M1.
I’m really looking forward to get a new Mac with the new ‘M’ chip inside. My current iMac model is from late 2014 and still going fine. But once in a while you need to give yourself a little present… 😉
I’m sure you’re going to like Logic Pro. Let’s hope the AWB will love it too…
SO-oh funny. till laughing
Thanks, Shey. I’m happy you liked it.
Oh I aye love the variety here!
I like variety, also. So much music sounds similar these days, using the same tired contemporary formulas. It makes sense that oldie stations are popular because older rock is more musical and dynamic than most contemporary music. But for guys like me who are the oldies generation, I want different, I want variety.
I like a lot of indy bands And often I like cover versions if they are offering up a new take on a song. I ;like different too.
An original cover can be good and sometimes I like the cover when I don’t like the original song. Toto – Africa (metal cover by Leo Moracchioli feat. Rabea & Hannah) is one: https://youtu.be/MH9FyLsfDzw. I can’t take most of Leo’s covers, but I do like his Africa. Actually I like this Africa also: https://youtu.be/uolDTn5Aoxo it’s very tasteful. Africa is a good song, I just never liked the original by Toto.
I like this cover also: https://youtu.be/wbsEZzgCwmI. I really like Billy Momo and this video (original) is so much fun: https://youtu.be/sE4IJobd-50
Enjoyed these Timothy. Very much so. You sometimes can hear a song quit differently ina cover. I have certainly used a lot of covers in my playlist for the book I’m working on right now. They just gave the song a whole different meaning actually and that is why i chose them.
Are you familiar with Delta Rae. I think these songs would fit your book styles: https://youtu.be/bimam2j2gEg. https://youtu.be/lPOM0IUsd_0.
Yes I am familiar. SHe has a great voice and overall sound.
She’s great.
Oh, that Mac!!!!!! Well not only you set the page alight, you set the place alight! too!!! 👌👍👏👏👏
Thanks, Marina. Did you ever use an Mac SE/30?
I actually started on a Mac Plus!!!!! … and have worked probably on all its descendants! 😉
We got our first Mac Plus in 1986 with two floppy drives. We’ve have most iterations, even the 3rd party Macs in the late 1990s.
Wow! We’ve got none… all threw away. If only we had more space!
We had to get rid of a lot of them, but we have still have several generations in our Mac Museum.
Fantastic 👍
Thanks, Phil.
I remember the song,! I enjoyed your parody. So the darkroom doubles as a recording studio now? That should work well for sound isolation. I remember some of those older posts when you were building the darkroom, and all the work that went into it. I am still impressed by all you do. I wish I had those skills.
Thanks, Lavinia. The darkroom works pretty well. It also gives me a secure space to store guitars and equipment.
We are having some really wild weather at the moment. Could be one of those nights where we lose power. Cats are vacating the window seat due to wind gusts.
We have really nice weather. But I think that is supposed to change by Tuesday.
I had a rough day, this is exactly what I needed, thanks, Tim!
Thanks, Tiffany. I’m happy to cheer you up a bit.
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And I sang right along!
Thanks, Teri.
Lots of fun, Tim!!
LOVE the hat! xoxo
I know I’m right!
Thanks, Resa.
There’s nothing quite like your songs to brighten the day. Or night in this case. Sorry I’m late to the party 🎉
No worry. It’s good whenever you get to it.
😊🌷
So while I was here visiting yesterday, listening to this fabulous parody (love, love)
a nut case kicked in the front door which is all glass in a frame. He’s caught on Norm’s security camera, police came, repair guy came. We had a very late dinner, as the door had to be fixed asap.
It’s almost like our caged in area has become its own town…No Town!
It’s an organic un-happening, de-civilization.
Wow. Like a home invasion. Scary. That’s good you were able to get it fixed quickly.
Yes, it was scary. Fortunately there is another door inside, like a weather vestibule entrance. The cops came before he could get to the second inside door!
Good you had the second door. That kind of behavior is common here.
What?
Common behaviour?
I yi yi!
In these parts. It’s the wild west and NM has a lot of brazen criminals.
Harsh!
One of the reasons we moved out of downtown.
Makes sense. Were were tossing around ideas of where we’d like to move, then the pandemic hit!
8 hours of EVAC today!
OMG! I should shoot some video of the gown! Was toying with the idea of a parody to Under The Boardwalk…. Up on the Catwalk, and using the Art Gowns. Just a thought.
I’m game for anything you want to try. Video of the gowns would be good. Mabe video of yourself in the gowns? Even better.
Maybe 1 gown. lol!!!
It’s certainly enough to drive you crazy. It seems like a great place for gowns from your photos, but being an old building in downtown, I know about all the issues that go with those two.
I’m hoping there will be a just right day before I post. Norm said he’d carry her (Holly helped name her, but y0u’ll have to wait for the surprise) out into our streets cage. Could get some interesting shots!
I can’t wait.
Me too! Got some fab shots today!
Okay, it’s almost Magic Hour! Maybe I’ll get some magic!
Whooo hoo party on my friend in your old dig dance floor.
As soon as I see you I smile and then laugh. So fun, uplifting, funny and GREAT lyrics Timothy~.
You’re outfit and faces were awesome.. Thanks for the fun morning song.
Sharing now with others.. 👏👏👏👏 Take a bow.
I’m happy to make you smile and laugh. Thanks, Cindy.
Me too and I just emailed it with your video link to my friends who hired 55 Nashville greats every week on zoom during Covid. 💖
Thanks, Cindy. You have some interesting friends.
Ha! I’m so glad you shared this, Tim. Big hugs.
I think you saw it back in 2017, if I remember correctly. Thanks, Teagan.
I can’t listen to the video right now, but I love these lyrics. Excellent parody!
I think you will enjoy the video when you get to it. Thanks, JYP.
The video is fantastic too! Love this
I thought you would enjoy it.
❤
Stones symbol on an Elton John parody, now that definitely has the ability to “get a little action verbiage in”
More line stoned. Thanks, Brian.
You are amazing!! Lol …
Thanks, Julie.
This was one of your best videos I think, although I like them all. Your lyrics were great and I loved the computer, too funny. Hysterical really, Scott was laughing so hard. You really are funny Tim, I loved the tongue and the tie too. So entertaining, you put so much work into these but everyone loves watching them. Multi-talented friend. Sending hugs to you too, Love Joni
I am so happy you two got a good laugh out of it. Everyone needs a good laugh. Thanks, Joni.
We really did. I had the volume on my computer full blast and Scott was making lunch and he said is that Tim. So he came in and started listening to the lyrics with me and we were both cracking up. Great lyrics by the way, music, singing it was great. We couldn’t get over the cranes, those shots were amazing. So talented Tim. ❤️🤗🦉🦩
Read mine too
cool cool, nice hat buddy!