1.
Roll a boulder
Run away
Why’s it always
Always
Al
Ways
Snakes?
Fight the Nazis
Get the girl
Indiana
You wanna
Come see him
The great Dr. Jones
2.
Dark Lord
Here comes the Sith
Here comes the Emperor Palpatine
Death Star
That is no moon
That is a weapon a trap your doom
Stepping down
From the ramp
To the floor
Guards salute
One by one
Faceless clones
Here
Here and now
On this battleship
He stands
In a galaxy
So far
far away
Long ago
3.
The sun sings
To
Me
Dark side of
The
Moon
Play the five
Tones
Now
4.
One alien man
Came to earth
One alien man
All
Alone
Starship in a field
Kansas road
Mr. and
Mrs. Kent
Found
Him
There
5.
This has
Gotten
Really
Really
I mean
Really
Really
Silly
Not so
Silly
As the people
Swimming in the ocean
When a shark is coming people
Please stop swimming in the ocean don’t you know the shark is coming can’t you hear the music speeding faster ever faster and the shark is coming people running screaming shoreline bloody shark is coming
6.
We’re gonna need a bigger boat
I swear I’m working on some proper blank verse but this week I’m about up to “have fun with scansion, be serious later” so… I did.
Michael said:
I got to hear John Williams in concert about a year and a half ago; he did three encores, including the Superman, Raiders, and Jaws theme.. Your words fit perfectly. I especially liked the Jaws verse. Silly people.
saroful said:
I had originally intended to do something with the Lone Ranger theme, but Indy was stuck in my head…. and I was awfully proud of the Jaws verse, so thanks!
Michael said:
I think it brilliantly captures that sense of rising panic the music conveys as the shark comes in. (I haven’t actually seen Jaws myself, sadly. I might, someday…)
saroful said:
I haven’t either; read the book a few times, though. I feel like I ought to see it but I also wonder if it really holds up after all these years… Still, the special effects can’t really be worse than the rubber shark in Deep Blue Sea, right?
Jennifer G. Knoblock said:
This is so clever and funny. I laughed out loud at the Jaws stanza. Star Wars one was particularly good as well.
Silverleaf said:
This is great! A total departure from the norm, whatever that is. Reading it was like a breath of fresh air.
saroful said:
I’m at a really heavy point in my other writing- it looks like you and I reached THIS NEEDS TO BE FUN AGAIN burnout this week!
Silverleaf said:
Ohmygod, yes!
innatejames said:
I’m sure you meant for me to play the soundtracks as I read this. Any advice on stopping the clamor of music you’ve created in my brains?
saroful said:
Tom’s Diner.
innatejames said:
You are evil like the fruits of the devil.
saroful said:
I don’t say this often, but you were literally asking for it.
saroful said:
Or My Sharona.
Cyn K said:
I can’t remember at what point I got this. But I definitely had to go back, start over and sing it through. So fun!