This is a great find. James Corden is a terrific singer.
So much art this morning.
James Corden deserves a Grammy in the political mockery category.
Had my lighter in the air by the end.
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) October 7, 2020
One thing about the sanctimony and snake oil salesmanship of Donald Trump, it attracts the best talent to mock it. I guess there is some faction of the electorate that still takes Trump seriously. My theory on that, is that if they’re not already embarrassed they will be after November 3.
It’s been said for quite some time now that Trump will be the president that nobody will claim to have ever voted for. Remember the old “All In The Family” theme song, “Mister, we could use a guy like Herbert Hoover again…..” I don’t know if you’re going to hear that about Trump, unless it is in another parody song.
I hope James Corden does more Trump satire. This is first rate.
I love it!
Isn’t that first rate? I also think “Maybe I’m Insane” would have been a good parody song. Lots of material for that!
Just when I was starting to think this maladministration was beyond parody, along comes this. Genius.
Your All In The Family song reference made me (the trombone was my first instrument) think of the first line – Boy the way Glenn Miller played and thinking that if on election night it’s clear Trump has gone down and gone down hard a meme with Miller doing the “womp womp” would be perfect.
Given how grim Covid is with all the deaths we’ve had already it wouldn’t be appropriate but I have also thought back to an old HBO comedy series from several decades ago. Remember that Reagan recession? Not Necessarily The News did a parody using Great Depression era pictures and ones from Reagan’s time of people in relief/unemployment lines, lines at food kitchens, banks and so on set to the song Everything Old Is New Again and it was a devastating indictment of Reagan’s sunny bullshit vs reality. While we don’t have the number of deaths now when compared to the flu pandemic a hundred years ago it’s only due to advances in medicine but the comparison is valid.
Satire & irony is lost on the stupid & corrupt, but not on the rest of us. B e a UTIFUL!
It’s so unfair that so many people don’t want to have him serve another term.
Why don’t people like him, it’s just unfair.
I’m old school, if such a thing exist, & I can’t vote for a man who acts like a clown & wears as much makeup but not as colorful. Maybe if he tried adding in some red with the oramge, id consider taking another look.
And then either you are an RT bot, or you are having us on. If you are engaging in political satirical “speak,” maybe a bit more tongue-in-cheek, eh? Remember, we are suffering right now from Trumpanzee fatigue and aren’t the sharpest knives in the drawer. Shoot, anyone have a look at the indomitable Rachel Maddow lately. She looks like she’s been dragged across barbed wire and dunked in a muddy creek–she is exhausted and incensed and fed up.
If so, needs to learn to use snark tags.
He’s on too late for me to watch regularly, but I had no idea he had such a great voice. I’ve seen the karaoke in cars videos, but this is smashing. A really good job telling the story and making good use of elements of the original.
I don’t see what this has to do with Paul McCartney. He didn’t sing it.
He not only sang it, he wrote it.
Hey Miranda,
This is as Ursula says, a parody–the actual song is Maybe I’m Amazed:
Lyrics
Maybe I’m amazed at the way you love me all the time
Maybe I’m afraid of the way I love you
Maybe I’m amazed at the the way you pulled me out of time
And hung me on a line
Maybe I’m amazed at the way I really need you
Maybe I’m a man and maybe I’m a lonely man
Who’s in the middle of something
Aha, I see what you are saying here: you are approaching the headline literally not figuratively. But honestly, it is not easy to put together day after day news/opinion materials, even with a huge staff. Which is not the case here.