One Tin Woo-Woo - A Cautionary Tale

[Uncayimmy]

Listen, children, to a story
That was written by my hand
'Bout some people with beliefs
That woo-woos couldn't understand

The woos thought they had a treasure
Found deep within their hearts
"Convince the skeptics" is what they swore
"Some of us are very smart!"

Go ahead and hate your neighbor,
Go ahead and cheat a friend.
Thinking there is no Heaven,
Won't justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgement day,
On the bloody morning after....
One tin woo-woo rides away.

So the woo-woos of the web
Posted messages on the boards
Look, my skeptics, we have a treasure!
The Truth of which must strike a chord!

Came an answer from the skeptics,
We've heard this all before
All we ask is evidence
Nothing less and nothing more

Go ahead and hate your neighbor,
Go ahead and cheat a friend.
Thinking there is no Heaven,
Won't justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgement day,
On the bloody morning after....
One tin woo-woo rides away.

Now the woo-woos cried with anger,
"Pray for skeptics! Send your chi!"
Posted daily is what they did
The same arguments endlessly

One by one they saw the light
"What is true I cannot choose!"
Convinced they were by the fight
Not the skeptics but the woos

Some of us hate our neighbors,
Some of us cheat our friends.
A wishful belief in Heaven
Won't put that to an end
There won't be any trumpets blowing
Because there's no judgement day,
On the bloody morning after....
One tin woo-woo rides away.

[Uncayimmy]

It has come to my attention that this parody may a bit too subtle or dated, so maybe it needs explaining. First, it's a response to a recent thread: The Great Woo-Woo-Skeptic Culture War: A Cautionary Tale (http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=152658)

It's also a parody of the song "One Tin Soldier" - a somewhat popular anti-war song back in 1969-1970. More importantly it was also used as the theme song for the movie "Billy Jack". The title character was actually a childhood hero for me, seeing how he fought against bigotry and hatred. The fact that he did it with some kick-ass karate moves and was able to cock a rifle with one hand while sitting on a horse was most impressive.

However, Billy Jack was a woo, that's for sure. He believed in a bunch of Native American superstitions and participated in their rituals. These days Bill Jack the person (Tom Laughlin) is an even bigger woo in real life (http://www.BillyJack.com). So, my choice of this song to parody wasn't just because it was easy to rhyme.

Here's the opening theme from Billy Jack.
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[tsig]

It has come to my attention that this parody may a bit too subtle or dated, so maybe it needs explaining. First, it's a response to a recent thread: The Great Woo-Woo-Skeptic Culture War: A Cautionary Tale (http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=152658)

It's also a parody of the song "One Tin Soldier" - a somewhat popular anti-war song back in 1969-1970. More importantly it was also used as the theme song for the movie "Billy Jack". The title character was actually a childhood hero for me, seeing how he fought against bigotry and hatred. The fact that he did it with some kick-ass karate moves and was able to cock a rifle with one hand while sitting on a horse was most impressive.

However, Billy Jack was a woo, that's for sure. He believed in a bunch of Native American superstitions and participated in their rituals. These days Bill Jack the person (Tom Laughlin) is an even bigger woo in real life (http://www.BillyJack.com). So, my choice of this song to parody wasn't just because it was easy to rhyme.

Here's the opening theme from Billy Jack.
qswm7lHp7oY

So many heroes, so many feet of clay

[desertgal]

Excellent!

[Akhenaten]

Love it, but instead of the somewhat dated and dodgy sound of One Tin Soldier, I'm hearing your song as more Devil Went Down to Georgia.


Cheers,

Another Billy Jack fan.

[Audible Click]

Bravo! And I too love "The Devil Went Down To Georgia. When my son was little he'd sing it because in the song there is the word "damn" and that was the only way he'd get to say it.

[dudalb]

Ah, yes Billy Jack.
The first two films, "Born Losers" and "Billy Jack" were fun ,but the less said about "The Trial of Billy Jack" the better. One my personal nominees for the ten worst movies of all time. One critic said that "the charm of the First Billy Jack has become intolerable and preachy,turning into Billy Jerk".
Pauline Kael had one of my all time favorite lines from a critic when after seeing "The Trial Of Billy Jack" she wrote"The film has taken the worst aspects of cliched Hollywood Filmmaking, and combined it with the worst, most self righteous and smug aspects of the Counter Culture,to produce a true obnoxious mess of a film".
I always preferred Caine as the martial arts preacher of non violence who could be counted upon to kick some serious butt before the end of the story, anyway.

[desertgal]

Ah, yes Billy Jack.
The first two films, "Born Losers" and "Billy Jack" were fun ,but the less said about "The Trial of Billy Jack" the better. One my personal nominees for the ten worst movies of all time. One critic said that "the charm of the First Billy Jack has become intolerable and preachy,turning into Billy Jerk".
Pauline Kael had one of my all time favorite lines from a critic when after seeing "The Trial Of Billy Jack" she wrote"The film has taken the worst aspects of cliched Hollywood Filmmaking, and combined it with the worst, most self righteous and smug aspects of the Counter Culture,to produce a true obnoxious mess of a film".
I always preferred Caine as the martial arts preacher of non violence who could be counted upon to kick some serious butt before the end of the story, anyway.

You forgot "Billy Jack Goes To Washington", although, if you saw it, you might have blotted out the experience. It would be understandable. That film was just painful.

[FramerDave]

I was reading it to the tune of Johnny Cash's Ira Hayes. It worked fairly well.

[dudalb]

You forgot "Billy Jack Goes To Washington", although, if you saw it, you might have blotted out the experience. It would be understandable. That film was just painful.


"The Trial of Billy Jack" was painful enough ,thank you.
If memory serves, Billy Jack Goes to Washington was so bad that is never got a general release; it opened in a couple of theaters in big cities and then vanished.
From what I have read, it is basically an incredibly bad remake of Frank Capra;s "Mr Smith Goes To Washington" with the character of Billy Jack forced into the basic story. Bad,bad,idea.

[Uncayimmy]

I enjoyed The Trial of Billy Jack, but not as much as Billy Jack. I found Born Losers to be disturbing, but at the same time I found Elizabeth James to be an incredibly sexy woman (http://tallerdelinsomnio.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/born-losers-wallpaper.jpg). There's just something about a short haired chick in a white bikini and white cape riding a motorcycle that gets yer UncaYimmy's blood flowing.
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BTW, can you believe this movie was rated PG when it came out?

ETA: She only had one other movie role in her career. Go figure.

TLA: Three Letter Acronym.

[vIQleS]

:clap:

[desertgal]

From what I have read, it is basically an incredibly bad remake of Frank Capra;s "Mr Smith Goes To Washington" with the character of Billy Jack forced into the basic story. Bad,bad,idea.

Yep, that about sums it up. Bad, bad, bad movie. An experience right up there with gouging your own eyes out with a spork.

[blue sock monkey]

Terrible flicks...but a great parody, UncaYimmy!

[Careyp74]

I wish I read the comments first, those choices were better than when I read it with "Ballad of Jed Klampett" in my head.

[Akhenaten]

Don't feel too bad. I started down the same road when I read the first line, but I couldn't get the words to fit properly.

UncaYimmy will be so pleased with this revelation, I'm sure. ;)