Help me write a song about Johnny Yong Bosch!

[duohimura]

Okay, so that sounds stupid. And it is. But anyway I was listening to the Weird Al Song "Gump" (about Forrest Gump), already a parody of the song "Lump," and decided that "Bosch" needed to be made to compete the triumvirate. Here's what I've got so far...

Bosch stood at the podium in front of a crowd,
"My name is Johnny Yong," he declared nice and loud.
Hair stickin' up like he was trying for Grease,
He just kept saying "This land is made of love and peace!"

He's Bosch! He's Bosch!
He's kinda young.
He's Bosch! He's Bosch! He's Bosch!
What an awful pun.

Yeah that's kinda it. Um... yeah. Random in the truest sense of the word, I think. Submit your ideas for where to go from here! I know there's gotta be something about his stint on power rangers, not sure what though...

-Ben S. '13

[trickssi]

Dude, I'm always up for a parody. Give me time to figure out relevant information and I'll come up with something mind-numbingly catchy, I promise. My last hit was "Toaster Face" (Godot - Phoenix Wright fandom) set to Lady Gaga's "Poker Face," and after three months I'm still getting e-mails about it.

[trickssi]

I tried to no avail to re-parody a parody. Instead, I decided that Weird Al's slightly less well-known "I Remember Larry" would be a much better setting for an ode to Mr Bosch. So here you have it: "I Remember Johnny (Yong Bosch)":

Say, are you familiar with Johnny Yong Bosch?
Well, his voice became the talk of the town
Though he started out as just a Power Ranger in the nineties,
He didn’t let the role get him down
Like the time in the movie when he was agog
When the Amazon chick turned him into a frog
How original of the script, trying to keep him around

Bosch, what an actor
Even if he sounds the same
I’ll never forget about Johnny,
‘Cept how you spell his name

Say, do you remember when he started to dub
‘Cause the audio had failed for a flick
And they told him he’d be good for making heroes out of voices
And just like that it started to click
All his voices for Namco:
Emil, Cress, and Guy
Bleach’s Ichigo; Itsuki, Kiba, oh my!
Oh, Bosch, my gosh, his roles were really going to stick

Bosch, what an actor
Even if he sounds the same
I’ll never forget about Johnny,
‘Cept how you spell his name

You know I had to laugh when Vash
Sang the song when it was killing time
Remember Lelouch’s voice in Code Geass?
There’s a reason why the series rhymes…

Say, do you remember when I started watching subs
‘Cause I realized the English was crap?
Then I gave away my anime (except with Crispin Freeman)
And never want to hear him again
If his dubs ever sell, well, I know who would pay
It’s the same nerdy losers who watch him today
But I have to agree with them,
He had a pretty good band

Oh, Bosch, what an actor
Even if he sounds the same
I’ll never forget about Johnny,
‘Cept how you spell his name

Oh, Bosch, what an actor
Even if he sounds the same
I’ll never forget about Johnny,
How do you spell his name?
Ol’ Johnny What’s-His-Name

(I’ll remember Johnny)

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Haha, cheers to him, he's a good guy. That's just the way the lyrics crumbled! Hope you guys enjoy. I did have to do some research for this one, though my other parodies tend to be shameless. And I'd recommend listening to the original song before casting judgment on this.

[duohimura]

Hey, thanks for that, it was quite amusing. I actually did read it back when you posted it but didn't really have anything to add, so...

Anyway, I still sort of liked my idea, but seeing as you've already written about Bosch, it occurred to me that "Vash" actually works just as well as a parody and I don't have to look up what else he's been in! So, without further ado:

Vash walked through the desert all alone
His crazy red coat dramatically windblown
Hair sticking up like he had tried out for Grease
He just kept saying "This land is made of love and peace!"

He's Vash! He's Vash!
He's kinda square...
He's Vash! He's Vash! He's Vash!
What's with that hair (darkening effect)?

Vash is a big celebrity
Declared the very first human calamity
Tries to hide his name, but he'll never succeed
Cause someone always shouts "IT'S VASH THE STAMPEDE!"

He's Vash! He's Vash!
He's pretty fun.
He's Vash! He's Vash! He's Vash!
He's from Trigun.

(You... killed... the people! You killed all the people!
You killed all the people! You killed them all!
And you were the one responsible for all their deaths!
Because you killed them!)

His brother Knives is one crazy guy
Wants every human on the planet to fry.
His pal Wolfwood is the cynical one
That's why his big ol' cross is actually a gun!

He's Vash! He's Vash!
He's kinda nuts.
He's Vash! He's Vash! He's Vash!
But he's got guts!

Is this Vash really a plant?
I think so.
Does this Vash, love moral rants?
I think so!
Would this Vash, break his vow not to kill?
Probably not!
But this Vash, sure does love donuts a lot!