AUTHOR'S NOTES: Well, let me say that when I started all this, I never expected to write more than 8 songs and get maybe 20 or so reviews. Breaking 100 reviews, with about 98 of them being positive, was a real milestone.
Somebody has questioned the validity of the G rating for these songs. In my personal opinion, I can't find any material in these songs that I'd be hesitant to expose to children. Surely, some of the original songs (Eminem et al) contain inappropriate material, but my versions contain no harsh language or overtly sexual, violent or hateful references. If Sesame Street could get away with parodying the Beatles to teach children spelling, I think that this is in the same vein. However, if anybody can point out a specific passage they deem inappropriate, I'll be more than happy to up the rating to PG.
Rah Rah Palpatine
Premise: A rousing toe-tapper about the Empire's greatest love machine.
To: Boney M / ABBA's "Rah Rah Rasputin"
He ruled the galaxy a long, long time ago
He was old and mean, in his eyes a yellow glow
Most people looked at him with terror and with fear
But in the Republic days he was such a lovely dear
He could quell the Senate with his speeches
Bright as laser fire
But he got too big for his breeches
Power he'd desire
Rah Rah Palpatine
Advisor of the Naboo queen
There was a man that really was wan
Rah Rah Palpatine
Built a mighty war machine
He used it to blow up Alderaan
He had a clone army and a big Death Star
And his second-in-command was the man called Darth Vader
In every situation he was the man to please
And otherwise he'd give your neck a squeeze
Palpatine just loved to sneer and glower
Over all the things he'd done
He told Vader to get them more power
By converting his son
Rah Rah Palpatine
A tyrant like you've never seen
There was a man that really was wan
Rah Rah Palpatine
Built a mighty war machine
He used it to blow up Alderaan
(Spoken:)
But when his killing and pillaging and his hunger
for power became known to more and more people,
the demands to do something about this outrageous
man became louder and louder…
"This man's just got to go!" declared his enemies
But the Rebel Alliance left him quite displeased
No doubt that Palpatine had done a lot of harm
He was quite a brute, and his soldiers were all armed
Then one day he traveled to the forest moon
Set a trap, 'twas all a game
He told Skywalker his friends were all doomed
His anger was inflamed
Rah Rah Palpatine
Skin as dry as Tatooine
He electrified the young Jedi
Rah Rah Palpatine
He was acting really mean,
He said "Skywalker, now you will die!"
Rah Rah Palpatine
His breath smelled like kerosene
But Darth Vader was too strong to control
Rah Rah Palpatine
His demise was unforeseen
And so they threw him into a hole
(Spoken:) Oh, those Imperials...