Hey guys! I'm trying a parody of the opening number from Avenue Q, where all the (personified) sciences come out and complain about how their lives suck, and also accomodate a student who's looking for a major to study (and didn't quite plan to not make it into med). I know most people don't know the song at all, but I was hoping the cuteness and Broadway-style-ridiculousness of the personified sciences arguing about why they suck would make people laugh anyway. I'm having quite a bit of trouble coming up with reasons why each science would believe their lives suck, mainly because my knowledge on science is very, very, very limited. I've had a (fairly bad) go with Psychology and Neuroscience (who are the roommates in the original version), but most of the lyrics are unchanged (and in red). The whole song definitely needs a lot of work, I'll admit, but I'll continue working on it. If anyone has any ideas, please please please make changes! This isn't meant to be offensive in any way, so sorry if my (minute) changes to the song offends anyone!
I really hope you guys like the idea!
Here are links to the original :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK6ksA0QyE4 (track for both songs)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLnz2bXqjes&feature=related (performance of It Sucks To Be Me)
PARODY PRINCETON What do you do without a MBBS, What is my life going to be? How can I make use of my vast knowledge, For the good of humanity? I can't save a life yet, 'Cause I have no skills yet, The world is a big scary place. But somehow I can't shake, The feeling I might make, A difference to the human race. CHEMISTRY Morning, Physics! PHYSICS Hey, Chem. CHEMISTRY How's life? PHYSICS Disappointing! CHEMISTRY What's the matter? PHYSICS The catering company laid me off. CHEMISTRY Oh, I'm sorry! PHYSICS Me too! I mean, look at me! I'm ten years out of college, and I always thought - CHEMISTRY What? PHYSICS No, it sounds stupid. CHEMISTRY Aww, come on! PHYSICS When I was little I thought I would be... CHEMISTRY What? PHYSICS A big comedian on late night TV But now I'm thirty-two And as you can see I'm not CHEMISTRY Nope! PHYSICS Oh Well, It sucks to be me. CHEMISTRY Nooo. PHYSICS It sucks to be me. CHEMISTRY No! PHYSICS It sucks to be broke and unemployed and turning thirty-three. It sucks to be me. CHEMISTRY Oh, you think your life sucks? PHYSICS I think so. CHEMISTRY Your problems aren't so bad! I'm kinda pretty And pretty damn smart. PHYSICS You are. CHEMISTRY Thanks! I like romantic things Like music and art. And as you know I have a gigantic heart So why don't I have A boyfriend? Fuck! It sucks to be me! PHYSICS Me too. CHEMISTRY It sucks to be me. PHYSICS It sucks to be me. It sucks to be Physics... CHEMISTRY And Chem... PHYSICS To not have a job! CHEMISTRY To not have a date! BOTH It sucks to be me. PHYSICS Hey, Psych, Neuroscience, can you settle something for us? Do you have a second? PSYCHOLOGY Ah, certainly. CHEMISTRY Whose life sucks more? Physics’ or mine? NEUROSCIENCE & PSYCHOLOGY Ours! PSYCHOLOGY We work together. NEUROSCIENCE We're as close As subjects can get. PSYCHOLOGY We've found our place in science... NEUROSCIENCE Through valid ex- -periments! PSYCHOLOGY But now he makes us something the students regret. Oh, every minute, there’s a resignation. NEUROSCIENCE Come on, that's an exaggeration! PSYCHOLOGY You vex our students. With your use of Latin phrase! NEUROSCIENCE Oh yeah? You make us look like arts With your APA essays! PSYCHOLOGY You make our mostly quasi-scientific phase a hell! NEUROSCIENCE So do you, That's why I'm In hell too! PSYCHOLOGY It sucks to be me! NEUROSCIENCE No, it sucks to be me! CHEMISTRY It sucks to be me! PHYSICS It sucks to be me! ALL Is there anybody here It doesn't suck to be? It sucks to be me! BIOLOGY Why you all so happy? NEUROSCIENCE Because our lives suck! BIOLOGY Your lives suck? I hearing you correctly? Ha! I coming to this country For opportunities. Tried to work in Korean deli But I am Japanese. But with hard work I earn two Master's Degrees In social work! And now I am therapist! But I have no clients And I have an Unemployed fiancé! And we have lots Of bills to pay! It suck to be me! It suck to be me! I say it Sucka-Sucka-Sucka-Sucka- Sucka-Sucka-Sucka-Sucka- Sucka-Sucka-Sucka-Sucka- Suck! It suck to be me! PRINCETON Excuse me? PHYSICS Hey there. PRINCETON Sorry to bother you, but I'm looking for a pathway into medicine. BIOLOGY Why you looking all the way out here? PRINCETON Well, I tried to get into a MBBS, but so far everything is too high for my ATAR. But this faculty looks like something I can get into! PHYSICS You need to do mathematics first, let me get him. Yo, Maths! MATHS I'm comin'! I'm comin'! PRINCETON Oh my God. Not Mathematics! (Horrified) MATHS Yes I am! I'm Mathematics From since Ancient Greece! I made a lotta money That got stolen By my folks! Now I'm broke and I'm the butt Of everyone's jokes, But I'm here - The Superintendent! On Avenue Q - ALL It sucks to be you. CHEMISTRY You win! ALL It sucks to be you. PHYSICS I feel better now! MATHS Try having people stopping you to ask you "What you talkin' 'bout, Willis?" It gets old. ALL It sucks to be you On Avenue Q (Sucks to be me) On Avenue Q (Sucks to be you) On Avenue Q (Sucks to be us) But not when We're together. We're together Here on Avenue Q! We live on Avenue Q! Our friends do too! 'Til our dreams Come true, We live on Avenue Q! PRINCETON This is real life! ALL We live on Avenue Q! NEUROSCIENCE You're gonna love it! ALL We live on Avenue Q! MATHS Here's your keys! ALL Welcome to Avenue Q! | ORIGINAL PRINCETON What do you do with a B.A. in English? What is my life going to be? 4 years of college, And plenty of knowledge, Have earned me this useless degree! I can’t pay the bills yet, ‘Cause I have no skills yet, The world is a big scary place! But somehow I can’t shake, The feeling I might make, A difference to the human race! KATE MONSTER Morning, Brian! BRIAN Hi, Kate Monster. KATE MONSTER How's life? BRIAN Disappointing! KATE MONSTER What's the matter? BRIAN The caterine company laid me off. KATE MONSTER Oh, I'm sorry! BRIAN Me too! I mean, look at me! I'm ten years out of college, and I always thought - KATE MONSTER What? BRIAN No, it sounds stupid. KATE MONSTER Aww, come on! BRIAN When I was little I thought I would be... KATE MONSTER What? BRIAN A big comedian on late night TV But now I'm thirty-two And as you can see I'm not KATE MONSTER Nope! BRIAN Oh Well, It sucks to be me. KATE MONSTER Nooo. BRIAN It sucks to be me. KATE MONSTER No! BRIAN It sucks to be broke and unemployed and turning thirty-three. It sucks to be me. KATE MONSTER Oh, you think your life sucks? BRIAN I think so. KATE MONSTER Your problems aren't so bad! I'm kinda pretty And pretty damn smart. BRIAN You are. KATE MONSTER Thanks! I like romantic things Like music and art. And as you know I have a gigantic heart So why don't I have A boyfriend? Fuck! It sucks to be me! BRIAN Me too. KATE MONSTER It sucks to be me. BRIAN It sucks to be me. It sucks to be Brian... KATE MONSTER And Kate... BRIAN To not have a job! KATE MONSTER To not have a date! BOTH It sucks to be me. BRIAN Hey, Rod, Nicky, can you settle something for us? Do you have a second? ROD Ah, certainly. KATE MONSTER Whose life sucks more? Brian's or mine? NICKY AND ROD Ours! ROD We live together. NICKY We're as close As people can get. ROD We've been the best of buddies... NICKY Ever since the Day we met. ROD So he knows lots of ways to make me really upset. Oh, every day is an aggravation. NICKY Come on, that's an exaggeration! ROD You leave your clothes out. You put your feet on my chair. NICKY Oh yeah? You do such anal things Like ironing your underwear! ROD You make that very Small apartment We share a hell. NICKY So do you, That's why I'm in hell too! ROD It sucks to be me! NICKY No, it sucks to be me! KATE MONSTER It sucks to be me! BRIAN It sucks to be me! ALL Is there anybody here It doesn't suck to be? It sucks to be me! CHRISTMAS EVE Why you all so happy? NICKY Becuase our lives suck! CHRISTMAS EVE Your lives suck? I hearing you correctly? Ha! I coming to this country For opportunities. Tried to work in Korean deli But I am Japanese. But with hard work I earn two Master's Degrees In social work! And now I a therapist! But I have no clients And I have an Unemployed fiance'! And we have lots Of bills to pay! It suck to be me! It suck to be me! I say it Sucka-Sucka-Sucka-Sucka- Sucka-Sucka-Sucka-Sucka- Sucka-Sucka-Sucka-Sucka- Suck! It suck to be me! PRINCETON Excuse me? BRIAN Hey there. PRINCETON Sorry to bother you, but I'm looking for a place to live. CHRISTMAS EVE Why you looking all the way out here? PRINCETON Well, I started at Avenue A, but so far everything is out of my price range. But this neighborhood looks a lot cheaper! Oh, and look - a "For Rent" sign! BRIAN You need to talk to the superintendent. Let me get him. PRINCETON Great, thanks! BRIAN Yo, Gary! GARY COLEMAN I'm comin'! I'm comin'! PRINCETON Oh my God! It's Gary Coleman! GARY COLEMAN Yes I am! I'm Gary Coleman From TV's Diff'rent Strokes I made a lotta money That got stolen By my folks! Now I'm broke and I'm the butt Of everyone's jokes, But I'm here - The Superintendent! On Avenue Q - ALL It sucks to be you. KATE MONSTER You win! ALL It sucks to be you. BRIAN I feel better now! GARY COLEMAN Try having people stopping you to ask you "What you talkin' 'bout, Willis?" It gets old. ALL It sucks to be you On Avenue Q (Sucks to be me) On Avenue Q (Sucks to be you) On Avenue Q (Sucks to be us) But not when We're together. We're together Here on Avenue Q! We live on Avenue Q! Our friends do too! 'Til our dreams Come true, We live on Avenue Q! PRINCETON This is real life! ALL We live on Avenue Q! NICKY You're gonna love it! ALL We live on Avenue Q! GARY COLEMAN Here's your keys! ALL Welcome to Avenue Q! |