Weird A.I. Yankovic: Generating Parody Lyrics
&gt;&gt; Lyrics parody swaps one set of words that accompany a melody with a new set
of words, preserving the number of syllables per line and the rhyme scheme<p>That&#x27;s an interesting definition of &quot;lyrics parody&quot; - interesting in that it
ommits the most obvious component of lyrics <i>parody</i>, in that the replacement
must result in a, well, parody. Of the original.<p>For example, take the result listed in table 1 in the paper, where the
original lyrics of Micheal Jackson&#x27;s &quot;Beat It&quot; are parodied by Weird Al
Yankovic (with a lower-case &quot;L&quot;) and the paper&#x27;s system (Weird AI Yankovic,
which an uppercase &quot;i&quot;). Jackson is first, Weird Al is second, Weird AI is
third:<p><pre><code>  They told him don&#x27;t you ever
  come around her
  Don&#x27;t want to see your face, you
  better disappear
  The fire&#x27;s in their eyes and their
  words are really clear
  So beat it, just beat it

  How come  you&#x27;re always such a
  fussy young man?
  Don&#x27;t want no Captain Crunch,
  don&#x27;t want no Raisin Bran
  Well, don&#x27;t you know that other
  kids are starving in Japan?
  So eat it, just eat it

  The best part is that each taco
  contains a small
  To medium sized piece of sliced
  chicken nepal
  I don&#x27;t think the food in question
  lasted awhile
  I promise, just promise
</code></pre>
I&#x27;ll spare the HN readership an erudite analysis of why Weird Al&#x27;s parody is a
parody- basically, it&#x27;s funny and it makes one laugh. The Weird AI&#x27;s &quot;parody&quot;
is just a bunch of text that rhymes and sounds nonsensical, but it&#x27;s missing
the point of coming up with nonsensical rhymes; namely, to make you laugh. Or
in other words not all nonsensical rhymes are funny and you can&#x27;t call
something a &quot;parody&quot; just because it&#x27;s nonsensical and it rhymes.<p>But maybe this is a bit of a joke and I missunderstand it? I have been told
that I miss a humour module, at times, so maybe it&#x27;s my fault for
misunderstanding why this system is interesting? &quot;It generates nonsensical
language that rhymes, surely that&#x27;s an achievement&quot;, that sort of thing.<p>Oh, apparently the author contemplates a fart mode, following user
suggestions. Maybe I really am misunderstanding this.<p>Maybe all of arxiv is really a big joke and I&#x27;m just not in on it.