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(Click on the High Quality link under the video) A Star Wars Theme Song Parody, eighth in a series of Movie Theme Song Homages, sung to the tune of the One a...
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Star Wars Theme Song Sing-Along
Movie Moron —
Somewhere between Star Wars and opera, comes Golden Tusk’s latest grand musical effort - The Star Wars Theme Song, put to lyrics.
New for 2009, this encapsulates the original trilogy in one enormous 5 minute sing-along that starts with some very dodgy sound mixing but gets better and better.
It makes some great points along the way, eg - Why on earth didn’t Luke’s Uncle change his last name if they were in hiding?
And the Yoda section is amazing. That guy never disappoints.
Links for the Day (January 16th, 2009)
The House Next Door —
1. Ray Carney's site has been shuttered again (though it remains as an archive for now). The link above takes you to the final letters page (#122) from which the below announcement is quoted. One of Carney's final missives on this page calls for a compare/contrast between two Atlantic articles: the first (decried) on Jim Carrey; the second (praised) on the Twilight series. ["Carney: A concluding personal note: I have received notice that the Boston University College of Communication will no longer provide support to help me maintain the site (and is also ...
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