Parody
It has often been saidthat, following its success as a single in the UK, "One of Us" was parodied in a sketch on the BBC comedy programme, Not the Nine O'Clock News. Renamed "Supa Dupa", the sketch comprised a musical parody (also lampooning Super Trouper and the general style of ABBA's music and videos). It included the following satirical lyrics about ABBA (intended to apply equally to the Not the Nine O'Clock News team themselves):
- One of us is ugly; one of us is cute.
- One of us you'd like to see in her birthday suit.
- Two of us write music; two have way a song.
- Sorry, in translation, that line come out wrong.
Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Agnetha Fältskog were played respectively by Griff Rhys Jones, Mel Smith, Rowan Atkinson and Pamela Stephenson.
In fact, the episode of Not the Nine O'Clock News dates from 15 December 1980, well before the release of "One of Us" by ABBA.
Read more about this topic: One Of Us (ABBA Song)
Famous quotes containing the word parody:
“Satire is a lesson, parody is a game.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)
“The parody is the last refuge of the frustrated writer. Parodies are what you write when you are associate editor of the Harvard Lampoon. The greater the work of literature, the easier the parody. The step up from writing parodies is writing on the wall above the urinal.”
—Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961)
“Pushkin’s composition is first of all and above all a phenomenon of style, and it is from this flowered rim that I have surveyed its seep of Arcadian country, the serpentine gleam of its imported brooks, the miniature blizzards imprisoned in round crystal, and the many-hued levels of literary parody blending in the melting distance.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)