The canyonero song
Rats
there is a song about an SUV called canyonero. Is this a parody of another
song or is it a Simpsons original? If so then which song is it? Thanks. :-)
Tieus Albert
> In the Simpsons episode 10x15 - Marge Simpson in Screaming Yellow Honkers
> there is a song about an SUV called canyonero. Is this a parody of another
> song or is it a Simpsons original? If so then which song is it? Thanks. :-)
It's a ripoff of the song at the end of "The Last Tempation of Krust".
Can you name the truck with four wheel drive,
smells like a steak and seats thirty-five..
Canyonero! Canyonero!
Well, it goes real slow with the hammer down,
It's the country-fried truck endorsed by a clown!
Canyonero! (Yah!) Canyonero!
[Krusty:] Hey Hey
The Federal Highway comission has ruled the
Canyonero unsafe for highway or city driving.
Canyonero!
12 yards long, 2 lanes wide,
65 tons of American Pride!
Canyonero! Canyonero!
Top of the line in utility sports,
Unexplained fires are a matter for the courts!
Canyonero! Canyonero! (Yah!)
She blinds everybody with her super high beams,
She's a squirrel crushing, deer smacking, driving machine!
Canyonero!-oh woah, Canyonero! (Yah!)
Drive Canyonero!
Woah Canyonero!
Woah!
Matt Garvey
> "Rats" <rubix...@yahoo.co.nz> wrote in message news:<2jaa7rF...@uni-berlin.de>...
> > In the Simpsons episode 10x15 - Marge Simpson in Screaming Yellow Honkers
> > there is a song about an SUV called canyonero. Is this a parody of another
> > song or is it a Simpsons original? If so then which song is it? Thanks. :-)
>
> It's a ripoff of the song at the end of "The Last Tempation of Krust".
Well, it's not exactly a ripoff... it's just a clip of the very same song, which was
written for TLToK (5F10), so who's ripping off whom?
Vince McGowan
The tempo & cracking whip remind me of an old Frankie Lane (IIRC) tune,
"Mule Train".
Michael Black
song comes to mind, Lorne Green also comes to mind, doing "Ringo".
The Simpsons seem to be parodying a certain style of song that existed
in the early sixties.
Mihcael
Tieus Albert
> > It's a ripoff of the song at the end of "The Last Tempation of Krust".
>
> Well, it's not exactly a ripoff... it's just a clip of the very same song, which was
> written for TLToK (5F10), so who's ripping off whom?
So its an homage. ;-)
Galen Wiley
> "Rats" <rubix...@yahoo.co.nz> wrote in message news:<2jaa7rF...@uni-berlin.de>...
>
>>In the Simpsons episode 10x15 - Marge Simpson in Screaming Yellow Honkers
>>there is a song about an SUV called canyonero. Is this a parody of another
>>song or is it a Simpsons original? If so then which song is it? Thanks. :-)
>
>
> It's a ripoff of the song at the end of "The Last Tempation of Krust".
That may be true, but I believe the writers also intended to make a
crack at the popular usage of country songs in truck/SUV commercials at
the time. It makes sense, doesn't it?
> Can you name the truck with four wheel drive,
> smells like a steak and seats thirty-five..
>
> Canyonero! Canyonero!
>
> Well, it goes real slow with the hammer down,
> It's the country-fried truck endorsed by a clown!
>
> Canyonero! (Yah!) Canyonero!
> [Krusty:] Hey Hey
>
> The Federal Highway comission has ruled the
> Canyonero unsafe for highway or city driving.
>
> Canyonero!
>
> 12 yards long, 2 lanes wide,
> 65 tons of American Pride!
>
> Canyonero! Canyonero!
>
> Top of the line in utility sports,
> Unexplained fires are a matter for the courts!
>
> Canyonero! Canyonero! (Yah!)
>
> She blinds everybody with her super high beams,
> She's a squirrel crushing, deer smacking, driving machine!
>
> Canyonero!-oh woah, Canyonero! (Yah!)
>
> Drive Canyonero!
>
> Woah Canyonero!
>
> Woah!
Best. Song. Ever.
Chris ®
>Drive Canyonero!
>Woah Canyonero!
>Woah!
The Canyonero has been judged unsafe at any speed.
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"Vince McGowan" <SPAMvi...@nada.com> wrote
> The tempo & cracking whip remind me of an old Frankie Lane (IIRC) tune,
"Mule Train".
Made me think of 'Rawhide', a 1950's show that included Clint Eastwood
amongst others. The sig. tune was sung in a similar kind of way to the
Canyonaro song.
Move 'em on, head 'em up,
Head 'em up, move 'em out,
Move 'em on, head 'em out Rawhide!
Set 'em out, ride 'em in
Ride 'em in, let 'em out,
Cut 'em out, ride 'em in, Rawhide
Yeee-haw!
Paul
Vince McGowan
Mule Train Lyrics
Artist: Frankie Laine
Mule Train
-Artist: Frankie Laine as sung on "Mairzy Doats 44 Wacky Hits"
-MCA Records MSD2-35180/GMD 80041
-peak Billboard position # 1 for 6 weeks in 1949
-competing versions charted by Bing Crosby (#4), Tennessee Ernie Ford (#9),
-Vaughn Monroe (#10), and Gordon MacRae (#14)
-sung by Vaughn Monroe in the movie "Singing Guns" and by Gene Autry in
"Mule Train"
-nominated for an Academy Award
-Words and Music by Johnny Lange, Hy Heath, and Fred Glickman
(Hyah, hyah)
Mule train!! (Hyah, hyah)
Mule train!!
Clippety cloppin' over hill and plain
Seems as how they never stop, clippety clop, clippety clop
Clippety, clippety, clippety, clippety, clippety cloppin' along
There's a plug o'chaw tobacky for a rancher in Corona
A ghee-tar for a cowboy 'way out in Arizona
A dress of calico for a pretty Navajo
Get along, mule! , get along
Mule train!! (Hyah, hyah)
Mule train!!
Clippety cloppin' o'er the mountain chain
Soon they're gonna reach the top, clippety clop, clippety clop
Clippety, clippety, clippety, clippety, clippety cloppin' along
There's some cotton thread and needles for the folks in way-out-yonder
A shovel for a miner who left his home to wander
Some rheumatism pills for the settlers in the hills
Get along, mule!! , get along
Mule train!! (Hyah, hyah)
Mule train!!
Clippety cloppin' through the wind and rain
They'll keep goin' till they drop, clippety clop, clippety clop
Clippety, clippety, clippety, clippety, clippety cloppin' along
There's a letter full of sadness trimmed with black around the border
A pair of boots for someone who had them made to order
A bible in the pack for the Reverend Mr. Black
Get along, mule! , get along
Get along, mule, get along!! (mule train)
(Hyah, hyah)
(Hyah, hyah)
FADE
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A common theme here, I think.