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Because I want to help the producers of Galt!: The Musical I slapped a little something together…
I am the very model of a modern major industrialist
You people call me selfish, but I prefer ‘objectivist”
The looters and the moochers, they try to take what is mine
To share my genius with others, I’m afraid I must declineI’m very well acquainted, too, with things that should be taxable
But I will not pay my fair share and on this I am intractable
Push me just a bit too far and I’ll head to Gulch of Galt
Your world will start to fall apart and it will be your fault[chorus]
Your world will start to fall apart and it will be your fault
He’s packing up his bags and he’s going to Gulch of Galt
You people are annoying and it’s harshing his gestaltI’m very good at integral and differential calculus
Sometimes I get my numbers wrong, I think I’ll blame it on gastri-atis
You people don’t deserve me, I will not share my brain
So I’m leaving Moocherville on my private choo-choo train[chorus]
He’s leaving Moocherville on his private choo-choo train
He does not like the likes of you, on his parade you will not rain
He’s not a social butterfly, on this he must abstainIt’s not that people don’t love me, I don’t want to be a brag-ag-art
I’ve got a bitchin’ girlfriend and her name is Dagny Tag-ag-art
We have a lot of rough sex, that girl she loves to bone
But when it comes to orgasms, she has to reach hers on her ownMy philosophy is workable, they call me Libertarian
I actually have no talent so I write for Reason Hit & Run
Were I to leave for Galt Gulch, I’m not sure that I’d be missed
So in the meantime I’m a mouth piece for a wealthy industrialist[chorus]
In the meantime he’s a mouth piece for a wealthy industrialist
It’s really not his first choice but he is a realist
Thank God he has a good idea whose ass he is has to kissI am the very model of a modern major industrialist
You people call me selfish, but I prefer ‘objectivist”
The looters and the moochers, they try to take what’s mine
To share my genius with others, I’m afraid I must decline
This is what happens when my wife leaves me alone on a Saturday night while she goes on a pub crawl…
Also. Too. Gilbert & Sullivan? Sorry dudes…
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It’s a pity Big Hollywood doesn’t have a hope in hell of making a profit on teabag ticket holders, otherwise you’d be able to quit your day job.
I’m picturing Megan Claws on Chalkboard McCardle singing this.
Bravo!
Galt! The Musical might actually be bearable if it had any humor or irony, but libertarians take their own bullshit far too seriously for that to happen… Or rather, their idea of a good laugh is people they don’t like dying on a train.
Pls., don’t harsh my gestalt!
Listen to a lot of Gilbert & Sullivan while the wife is away, do ya?
OK, that was a laugher!
If you read along while listening to the YouTube, it is even more effective. If you can imagine such a thing.
Bravo, indeed!
PS: Another song parody to follow: I’m Leavin’ On a Choo Choo train. Don’t know when I’ll be back again…
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I thought your one-word “Galt!” parody was really on the mark for a musical, it instantly made me think of “Streetcar!” from the Simpsons.
Ending with the rousing chorus “You should never rely on the kindness of strangers…”
Tour. Duh. Force.
Effing brilliant.
harshing his gestalt
Don’t know what synapses stuff like this comes from, but keep taking those supplements!
(Having just finished reading Griftopia, I’m amazed you could make me still find any of this funny.)
BRILLIANT! BRAVO!
May Wembley and Fenway both give you howls of recognition!
Wooooooooooooooohooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Encore! Encore!
Brilliant! You should share this with Billionaires for Bush, or another group who could perform it in public.
Can we get this to the protesters? Oh, first we have to get face signs of the Koch Bros for them to hold up.
This is fantastic. I am filing it to pass on.
May your wife pub crawl often.
That was great! Brings back some memories, too. I was in the play, “The Pirates of Penzance” in the eigth grade and my friend had the “Modern Major General” role. I helped him rehearse that song over and over. Well done!
Wah! Me, all mine! Wahhhh!!
Galt Gulch: morality’s shame.
Libertarians!
It’s hilariously entertaining when these little seeds rattle around and suddenly take hold, sprout, get harvested. Thanks for sharing!
‘Be a dummy, not a schmarty; come and join the Lib’terian Party!’
‘Springtime for Dagny’
TBogg, that was TEH AWESOME!
And the Mods found you the perfect YouTube for the front page.
And I LOVE the comic.
Bravo! Karin’s right–get this to Billionaires for WealthCare, stat!
May I say sir, your powers of filk are strong! May I become your padawan? (Just so I can play with the beagles of course)
Anna Russell did a hilarious Gilbert and Sullivan pastiche, skewering New York society, the “village wanna be aristocracy” of her time. Listen to her at 1:43 in this Youtube recording.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yif-5xBbxd4
One example:
Of course, the current sort of monstrous psychopathy is rather out of her range, but worth a listen, IMHO.
And your contribution is fine, although may I say that what it needs is…..more bassett!
I’m in the light of genius. That was awesome. I’m stealing it.
That’s the most enjoyment I’ve ever felt while having a Gilbert and Sullivan earworm. Well done.
Great !! Loved it.
More Saturday night pub crawls for Wembley and Fenway’s mom, please.
This is magnificent, sir.
Brilliant. I can just picture Mrs. Tbogg returning home and being greeted by Tbogg all dressed up in some get-up he pulled together from several closets and the living room throws, singing his heart out — with bassets accompanying as chorus.
Pub crawl? Sounds foreign…and vaguely elitist! Are you sure the snark on this blog is good old fashioned American snark? Of course pending Wisconsin legislation would require only American(but not Union) made snark….
My brother and I had roles in HMS Pinafore when we were in junior HS. We had the D’Oyly Carte recordings of each work
My brother had the Admiral’s “When I was a lad…” patter song down perfectly and could also deliver “Modern Major General” word for word.
This, nay, THIS needs to be shared for all the world to see!
Brilliant sir. Simply brilliant.
See, I’ve been saying for years that Rand needs to be set to Gilbert & Sullivan, and now you come along and prove me right. Because that’s what first-raters do!
Shakira called!
And she loves her
Some T-Bogg!
When’s the video shoot? Can I be the “dolly grip”?
He is a wealthy asshole,
For he himself has said it,
And it’s greatly to his credit,
that he is a wealthy asshole!
Funny you should bring this up. Everytime I hear this verse from When I was a Lad from “HMS Pinafore” it reminds me of our wingnut friends.
Sir Joseph.
I grew so rich that I was sent
By a pocket borough into Parliament.
I always voted at my party’s call,
And I never thought of thinking for myself at all.
Chorus.
He never thought of thinking for himself at all.
Sir Joseph.
I thought so little, they rewarded me
By making me the Ruler of the Queen’s Navee!
Chorus.
He thought so little, they rewarded he
By making him the Ruler of the Queen’s Navee!
Love this, TBogg! Eggsellant!
Who knew?
Dang! I wanted to tell TBogg he’s in good company – Mad Magazine’s – but the Google schooled me!
Mr. Bogg–That was fracking fantastic. Just loved it–sang it aloud, too.
I do want to hear this in live performance. T’would be brilling!
That was wonderful and I hope you give us more.
Dude. Way too many big words in it for the targeted audience. I mean, gestalt. Really? Change that to, “You people are annoying and not worth a grain of pink Himalayan salt!”
I keed, I keed. It’s great. I think you should write the whole score.
Dolly grip, hell! I want to be the bikini wrangler. (And, yes, someone — a guy, no less — actually has that job on the SI Swimsuit Issue photo shoots.)
And there seems to be a disconcerting number of TBoggians who have first-hand experience with G&S productions. I must include myself in that number, as I was “Dick Deadeye, Able Seaman” in my 5th-grade class production of HMS Pinafore.
What a hoot! I played Dick Deadeye, too. Stole the show.
“Sing hey, the merry maiden and the tar….”