Emma K Doub ES 2015

Emma K Doub parodies 2015

Emma K Doub ES Students write super songs this year!

Songs we used this time:

All About That Bass; What About Love?; Shake it Off

Students at one of my favorite elementary schools wrote fantastic parody songs with me this past week. The third-graders were studying the science of sound, which includes vibration, waves, sound discrimination, anatomy of the ear, etc. They chose three fun pop music songs to parody and here are the lyrics:

All About That Sound (parody of All About That Bass)

Chorus:

Because you know I’m all about that sound, ‘bout that sound, vibrations

I am all about that sound, ‘bout that sound, vibrations

I’m all about that sound, ‘bout that sound, vibrations

I’m all about that sound, ‘bout that sound

verse 1:

Yeah it’s pretty loud, this drum I play for you

And it will vibrate, vibrate, like it’s supposed to do

Because there’s lots of tension when you hit the top

When there’s less room to vibrate, it will stop!

verse 2:

I hear that sound go up and down and all around

We know that sounds have pitch, high up or far low down

A massive elephant will make the deepest sound

‘Cause every note is high or low pitched as I think you might’ve found

Yeah, my teacher she taught me about sound waves today

    (sha-ooh, wup wup, sha-ooh, wup wup)

And she told us,” The lower the sound is the slower the wave”

    (s-wavy wavy, s-wavy wavy)

You know the faster the frequency is, the higher the sound

   (sha-ooh, wup wup, sha-ooh, wup wup)

So, if sounds what you’re into

Just turned the knob so it’s loud!

chorus

Because you know I’m all about that sound, ‘bout that sound, vibrations

I am all about that sound, ‘bout that sound, vibrations

I’m all about that sound, ‘bout that sound, vibrations

I’m all about that sound, ‘bout that sound

verse 3:

Do you hear that sound?

Go ahead and tell them turn the volume down

Music too loud it makes my eardrums pound

My stirrup’s so fragile and

Your ears are real important from the inner to the outer

I can play the piano and it has vibrating strings

    (sha-ooh, wup wup, sha-ooh, wup wup)

The 28th keys on the xylophone go ding

    (yeah do it do it, yeah do it do it)

He said the beat keeps the music going head on strong

   (sha-ooh, wup wup, sha-ooh, wup wup)

So if that’s what you’re into

Then go ahead and sing-along

chorus

(FYI: the original song has lyrics that are inappropriate for children, but we used a clean version by Kidz Bop, and I think that at least at a simple level the song has a positive message about body image.)

What About Soung 

(parody of All About That Love by Austin Mahone)

verse 1:

I, I’m feeling your vibration

Your communication

This eardrum is hurting

And I, I hear that earth shaking

I hear the vibration

Traveling waves bounce off your ear

You say you here all day

All the sounds

I hope the decibels aren’t crazy

But what about sound? 

What about our vocal chords?

What about ears? 

You hear sound all around the world

What about sound?

Pitch is high and low all the time

What about pitch?

This bird has no strings but it’s singing

And about sound?

What about ears?

verse 2:

Why do we hear thunder?

We’d better duck under

To stop the vibration, yeah

And protect your eardrums

Please try to remember

We don’t want is hurting, quiet please

You’re hearing many sounds

Very loud

I’ll take the soft sounds, soft sounds

Chorus

bridge:

Your ears are sound receivers

What about, what about sound?

Vibrations hit your eardrum

What about, what about sound?

It zaps a signal to your brain

What about, what about sound?

Now you know what the sound is trying to say

What about, what about sound?

You’re hearing many sounds

Really loud

Vibrations pluck a string, high-pitched

You’re hearing many sounds

It’s screaming

I’ll take them the low sounds, high sounds

Chorus

Back and Forth (parody of Shake it Off)

verse 1:

I got wax in my ear, it’s pretty hard to hear

Discrimination, mm-mm, discrimination, mm-mm

Sources make the sound, We hear them out loud

Low sounds on the ground, mm-mm, high sounds all-around, mm-mm

Dog whistles high

Poodles hear them cry

But I hear a trombone playing notes

And it’s really low

‘Cause the vibrations gone be high, high, high, high

The vibrations is gonna make you cry

The vibrations gonna shake shake shake shake shake

Back-and-forth, Back and forth

The vibrations going to sound low low low low

The vibrations going to be slow slow slow slow

The vibrations gonna shake shake shake shake shake

Back-and-forth, Back and forth

verse 2:

The pitch tells high and low, vibrations fast and slow

And that’s what we know, mm-mm, and that’s how they go, mm-mm

Short bars make sounds high (make sounds high),

Might even make you cry (even make you cry)

And we will tell you why, mm-mm, and we will tell you why, mm-mm

Tension is pulling

The pitches are dueling

It’s like there is this strong force in the strings shaking back and forth

Chorus

bridge:

Hey hey hey, just think while you’ve been wondering about sound and the vibrations in the world, this tension is getting faster and faster.

My ex teacher brought her new flute

It went root-a-toot toot, but I’m just gonna hear it

She played it very loud and you can hear it all downtown

Fast and slow vibrations here it with your ear ear ear

Chorus