The Day the LOLcats Died [parody cover] [SOPA/PIPA]

THIS IS NOT MY PARODY

Well, not entirely. I covered the chorus and first two verses of LaughPong ( http://www.youtube.com/LaughPong ) and added my own third verse to it.
Watch his original video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p-TV4jaCMk

Instrumental: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPqS_Ohj3SY

Original "American Pie" by Don McLean: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAsV5-Hv-7U

There are a lot of words in the video and I'm really too lazy to rewrite them all here.
Youtubers mentioned in this video:

SHARM
http://www.youtube.com/taintedlore

GIGI
http://www.youtube.com/jljarrar

EMBERISOLTE
http://www.youtube.com/EmberIsolte

CRYSSY
http://www.youtube.com/CryssyProductions

NYHM
http://www.youtube.com/phrog801

DARKPIPPI
http://www.youtube.com/darkpippithemage

LYS
http://www.youtube.com/latentlullaby

TIMELESSMOTION
http://www.youtube.com/timelessmotion

GANKSQUAD
http://www.youtube.com/wowsganksquad

NANANEA
http://www.youtube.com/nananeawow

ADDY
http://www.youtube.com/amv4000

BLIZZLEMAN
http://www.youtube.com/blizzleman

CTP
http://www.youtube.com/craigthepatient

DECISION
http://www.youtube.com/decimusic

DRUIDBOYZ
http://www.youtube.com/abandonationz
http://www.youtube.com/demineonz

TUULI
http://www.youtube.com/Tuuliwow

YUMFRIES
http://www.youtube.com/yumfriesWOW


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LYRICS
A long, long time ago
On the world's largest network of interconnected computers
Those LOLcats used to make me laugh
And I knew I could make a joke
And not be sued by nasty folk
On the RIAA's behalf

Then along came SOPA/PIPA
The internet's very own grim reaper
Users could not edit
Ars Technica and Reddit
Tumblr, Gawker, Hacker News, and
Something Awful sang the blues
And every login was refused,
The day the LOLcats died

Why, why are laws a thing you can buy?
They got paid off, should be laid off, re-election denied
Our web means more than lawyers, lobbies, and lies
So speak up before the internet dies
Speak up 'fore the internet dies

Can you write a decent law?
Do you care about copyright at all?
Or just winning back your seat?
Content will begin to ebb
You'll watch the slow death of the web
And you'll be left with nothing more to tweet

Well, I know it's looking pretty grim
'Cause they'll tear our culture limb from limb
There's too much damn support
Oh this law we must abort~
Oh we can't let lobbies run amok
With our series of tubes and that big dump truck
And I know some folks who ought give a [MESSAGE REDACTED]
Or let the LOLcats die

So tell me!
Why, why are laws a thing you can buy?
They got paid off, should be laid off, re-election denied
Our web means more than lawyers, lobbies, and lies
So speak up before the internet dies
Speak up 'fore the internet dies

If you're a fan of AMVs
Machinima or parodies
You would help to make these bills fail
Because creators won't get a say
If those 1 percenters have their way
You might see us again in jail
Say goodbye to mashups and chipmunks
And covers sung by thousands of drunks
You want to know what was spoken?
But the URLs are broken
And the companies I admire most-
Where quotes and vids and users post
Took just 1 pic then they were toast
The day the LOLcats died

And I was singing
Why, why are laws a thing you can buy?
They got paid off, should be laid off, re-election denied
Our web means more than lawyers, lobbies, and lies
So speak up before the internet dies
Speak up 'fore the internet dies
We were singing
Why, why are laws a thing you can buy?
They got paid off, should be laid off, re-election denied
Our web means more than lawyers, lobbies, and lies
So speak up before the internet dies

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Special thanks to my mom and dad for singing with me in this song. Love you both!

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• The Day the LOLcats Died
• Lolcats
• parody
• song
• American
• Pie
• SOPA
• PIPA
• protest
• LaughPong
• Silverletomi
• singing
• cover
• funny
• stop internet piracy
• music
• save free speech
• save fair use

[NitramZiarreh]

I was gonna like this video, but then I saw "written with good intentions" on the screen and it almost made me puke. There are NO good intentions behind SOPA/PIPA, just a bunch of sleazy assholes.

[SilverLetomi]

@NitramZiarreh Not all of the people who were on board for SOPA/PIPA, or behind the fund raising, are evil people. A lot of them are, but there are also a lot of people who helped out with it that thought they were actually out to stop internet piracy. I'm trying to be nice here. ^^;;

[SilverLetomi]

@Whispringshadow That's true, parodies are not copyright however the instrumentals or karaoke tracks can be... and whether the piece really in the copyrighted song or a completely new parody, it's doesn't matter. It's likely they'll use similar software to what youtube currently uses and youtube has flagged my a capella content as being copyrighted... And once it's flagged, it's blacklisted.

[Firebirds101]

Censorshit

[THAMASTER94]

May sound weird, but your dad's voice is awesome :o

[pyr0cyb3r]

3 people supported SOPA. BUT! I am proud to say I am not one of them.

[pooptl]

nice voice and nice parody i havent heard alot of good parodies of this song !but u did good and u have an epic voice with a capital purple!

[bcrew1375]

Nice parody. You have an amazing voice. :)

[NitramZiarreh]

@starcrafter13terran What does that have to do with anything I said? Oh nevermind, I suppose you were talking to someone else.

[starcrafter13terran]

@NitramZiarreh Artists are mainly stolen from by managers, publicists, and private industry. Someone into music wants money, they tour... the album gives them a very low return itself.

[jackrock2000]

really love your voice

[MrSatternJr]

oh no acta passed..... SAVE US ANONYMOUS T_T

[Solianaras]

Great lyrics and an awesome voice, keep up the good work <3