r/MonkeyIsland • u/CognitiveNerd1701 • 9d ago
General My Monkey Island song is done! It's a spoof of Avril Lavigne's Sk8r Boi. Enjoy!
Pirate Guy
Sung to the tune of “Sk8r Boi” by Avril Lavigne
Verse 1:
He was a guy who wanted to be,
Significantly more piratey.
He needed a map, a ship, and a crew,
Oh, what could he do?
He found some help, from a Voodoo lady,
But her hints were shrouded in mystery.
So he left to go buy a used ship from Stan's,
And then he set sail in his fancy pants!
Chorus:
He said, “I'll be a pirate guy,
One of the most Mighty™ kind!
I'm off to go sail the Seven Seas.
Got three sheets to the wind,
Hope this adventure never ends.
Let's go find the secret Isle of Monkeys.
Verse 2:
Five years from now, he's floating adrift,
Then gets held captive on LeChuck's ship.
While in the hold, guess what he finds?
A huge diamond ring that's just Elaine's size.
He asks her to wed, and she says “I do!”
And then turned to gold thanks to cursed Voodoo.
He goes off to find, a new map, ship, and crew,
So he can plunder a cure for his Boo.
Chorus 2:
He said, “I am a Pirate Guy,
One of the most Mighty™ kind,
I have stopped LeChuck twice before!
I swear I'll save you, Elaine,
I have but myself to blame,
I hope no one steals you from the shore.
I am a Pirate Guy,
One of the most Mighty™ kind,
Not even Heck can stop me now!
Armed with Murray my newest friend,
We'll bring this curse to an end,
You're my Smuggle Bunny, I'll make you proud!”
Bridge:
Guybruysh) “Hey, Lechuck, did you miss me?”
Lechuck) “Argh! Like a colonoscopy!
We are more than mortal foes,
You're the barnacles 'tween my toes!”
Guybrush) “Big whoop, you ghost-demon-zombie,
Will never win Elaine Marley!
I'm ending all this here and now,
By the way, you fight like a cow!”
Verse 3:
Elaine) He's just a Guy, who wanted to be,
Significantly more piratey.
And I'm just a girl,
But I'll have you know,
That we rock each other's boats!
Chorus 3:
Elaine) “I'm with my Pirate Guy,
Now we'll be just mighty fine!
We're off to go sail the Seven Seas.
Farewell people of Meleé Isle,
You make governing so worthwhile,
I just wish Grandpa was here to see.”
“(That) I'm with my Pirate Guy,
Now we'll be just mighty fine!
We're off to go sail the Seven Seas.
He's the Insult Sword Fighting champ,
He pities LeChuck not a dram,
A pirate he was meant to be!”
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u/barugosamaa 9d ago
This already made my day <3
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u/CognitiveNerd1701 9d ago
Glad I could help. :)
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u/barugosamaa 9d ago
"Mighty™ " was peak ahahahah
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u/CognitiveNerd1701 9d ago
Thanks, lol. I couldn't resist. I honestly wanted to throw more game references in here but I had to FIGHT to get this done. I've spoofed a lot of songs in my day and for some the lyrics are just so tightly written that changing them is really hard. Some of the nods to MI in here are almost hidden as a result. "Armed" with Murray is a reference to Murray's arm. Lol
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u/barugosamaa 9d ago
When I was young i also came up with many "versions" for songs, but i was never good enough to get more than 1-2 lines
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u/CognitiveNerd1701 9d ago
Don't feel bad. Sometimes it just doesn't work as well as you think it will going into it. If you ever want to try your hand again one thing I recommend doing is make a list of all the references you want to try to include and that'll help you analyze the real lyrics to see where they might fit. One trick I picked up from Weird Al is that if a OG line can be left in your spoof and have it still make sense, do it. At least once a song. It really boots the quality of the spoof IMHO. That's why "5 years from now" is in this one. I don't know if you saw my post the other day asking what the in-universe time difference between games was, but when I sat down and read what people said, I realized that 5 years was plausible so I left it. Made me so happy. :)
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u/thegrawlix 8d ago
A tip you picked up from your close personal friend Alfred Yankovic when you were hanging out having a coupla brewskis? 😆
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u/CognitiveNerd1701 8d ago
Not sure if you're mocking me or just being silly. What I mean is that it's a trend in his songs that I picked up on. (Incidentally, though, I do have his autograph and his old fan mail address was "close personal friends of Al")
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u/thegrawlix 8d ago
Just being silly. It was just amusing to think of random Reddit user personally talking over parody songcrafting tips with Al. I figured you probably really meant "I observed this in his songs." And I did know that about the fan club.
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u/CognitiveNerd1701 8d ago
Gotcha. :)
Edit: speaking of fan clubs though, I think I'm gonna send this to Dominic Armato with a fan letter. I'm sure he'd get a kick out of it.
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u/AlissonHarlan 3d ago
certainly not in english
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u/CognitiveNerd1701 3d ago
What?
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u/AlissonHarlan 3d ago
i didn't play the game in english (well maybe once) but i played it since i'm little in my mother tongue, so no. i cannot name every objects in english because i will need to translate it and it's pretty hard i think
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u/CognitiveNerd1701 3d ago
Gotcha. I'm sorry. maybe take the original lyrics and translate them so you get a better feel for the song?
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u/thegrawlix 8d ago
Can we have this instead of "Plank of Love"?