What If Al Only Did Food Parodies?

[Skippy]

First and foremost, the question is not what you would think of that, so please no "That would be boring" posts. Thanks.

Thanks to this new video of Jon Iverson discussing the early days of Al, we now have a little more background on why there were so many food-based parodies on Al's earlier albums. (Or maybe everybody else knew this, but I didn't realize that there was a conscious effort to make all of the songs about food, rather than it just being a coincidence that a lot of the ideas were about food.)

Anyway, with this in mind, let's have some fun. (Yes, it's mandatory.)

Imagine that Al never deviated from the food parody plan, but still parodied all of the same songs on his albums. What would the food parodies have been? For example, besides "I Love Rocky Road" and "My Bologna," the first album might have included the Toni Basil spoof "Twinkie," a parody of Tom Petty & Stevie Nicks set in a grocery store called "Stop Draggin' My Cart Around" and of course the Queen-mocking ode to pizza: "Another One Bites the Crust."

Only 13 more albums... GO!

[mrmeadows]

Mandatory Fun:
"Hungry" / ("Fancy")
"Birds Eye" / ("Blurred Lines")

Alpocalypse
"Party At the KFC" / (Party in the USA)

Poodle Hat
"Burger King" (AKA "I'll Have It My Way") / (I Want It That Way)

Running With Scissors
"Chicken Pot Pie" (American Pie) -- Take THAT McCartney!

Bad Hair Day
"Gastro Paradise" (Gangsta's Paradise)

Off the Deep End
"I Can't Eat This" (U Can't Touch This)

[Teh Dingo]

Alapalooza would have Jurassic Pork, Throw it Away (And yes, that would make Livin' in the Fridge expendable, so Fillin' Up on Bread), and Artichokey Heart.

[mrmeadows]

Alapalooza would have Jurassic Pork, Throw it Away (And yes, that would make Livin' in the Fridge expendable, so Fillin' Up on Bread), and Artichokey Heart.

That may have actually been a slightly better album...

[Orthography Enthusiast]

I would actually like to hear Artichokey Heart. And Al did work the Fillin' Up On Bread trope into First World Problems.

[Skippy]

"Birds Eye" / ("Blurred Lines")
"Party At the KFC" / (Party in the USA)
"Burger King" (AKA "I'll Have It My Way") / (I Want It That Way)
"Gastro Paradise" (Gangsta's Paradise)

You are very good at this! I want to hear all of these!

[mrmeadows]

Thanks! I thought Dingo's Alapalooza ones were great!

[mrmeadows]

How about....

"Cola" ("Lola")
"King of Grain" ("King of Pain")
"My Baloney" ("Mony Mony") -- okay, so a bit redundant....
"The Smoothie Song" -- AKA "Don't Forget Cucumber" ("Don't Forget My Number")
"Pretty Fly For a Fry Guy" ("Pretty Fly for a White Guy")
"Rump" (as in roasts) ("Lump")
"(I Eat) Corn This Way" ("Born this Way")

[anthontherun]

"(This Song's Just) Six Words Long": "Got My Mind Set on Food"
"Smells Like Nirvana": "Smells Like Bean Salad"
"Cavity Search": "Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. Theme" ("Bake it, boil it, sautee it, broil it...")

[TMBJon]

Omelette Paradise