Lightly tweak popular lyrics so they match a completely different artists' sensibility

For instance

Avril Lavigne: "He was a boy, she was a girl, Can I make it anymore obvious?"

Robyn Hitchcock: "She was a boy, he was a girl, Can I make it any more obvious?"

and so on...

"He was a boy, she was an elven lady with her eyes full of feathers and her hair full of stars yeah yeah drive a White car to the palace of the stars yeah yeah sha la la la shacka lacka boom bah" - T Rex

"He was a grrrl, she was a freedom fighter who resisted late capitalist gender binaries revolution now!" - Huggy Bear

"He was a boy/girl, she was a gdsykgdho fdscuyx22 jgdfrfddddijc kernowphlap v X.3" - Aphex Twin

"He was a boy, she was a street walking pantha with a cherry bomb napalm ow! Yeah!" - Iggy Pop

"He was a boy, she was a maschine maschine maschine maschine" - Kraftwerk

"He was a boy, she was a girl, but he was very shy, and raised in a poor family, so heaven knows why he should have bothered." -Morrissey

"She was a girl (from Greece), he was just a clever metaphor for the plight of the Working Classes" - Pulp

"he was a boy, she was... oh dear. A boy, too." - The Kinks

"He was a metrosexual, she was... OMG shoes!" - Tiga

"He was a boy. And he was a boy. Rinse. Repeat." - Frankie Goes To Hollywood

"She was a girl. He was IMPERIALIST SCUM!" - M.I.A

"I was a girl, she was a boy" Morrisey

"We were the Boyz, They were the Girlz" SLade

"He was a lowdown skuzzy drunken truck driver from hoboken, she was the lady on the front of the whisky bottle, damn that woman to hell" Tom Waits.

"He was a boy with the devil's heart, she was a girl he never could have, so he took her down by the river and SMASHED HER HEAD IN WITH A ROCK" - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Heeeeeeee[unintelligible yarl], sheeeeeeeeeeee[unintelligible yarl] - Pearl Jam

"he was a GLOOOOOAMMMING LOOOOOooooooOOOOOAAAAAming, she was a RUNNY MONEY HONEY love socks looo-oooo-oooove so-o-o-o-o-oooooooo-ocks" - Coctean Twins

He was first mate on an East India Company clipper, she the was daughter of a Chinese trapeze artist - The Decemberists

"Í eðlisfræði skammtafræði, er ögn lýst með öldu pakki, sem gefur tilefni til þetta fyrirbæri. Lítið á mælingar á stöðu ögn. Það gæti verið hvar sem er. bylgja Packet ögn hefur ekki núll amplitude, sem þýðir að staðan er óvíst - það gæti verið nánast hvar sem er eftir öldu pakka." - Sigur Ros (maybe)

"He was a boy. She... made me realise. SSSKKKKRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE... (for another twenty minutes at least.)" - My Bloody Valentine

xp Schoolhouse Rock: Quantum Physics with Jonsi vol 1

It is just as *possible* that he could be singing about Heisenberg's Uncertainy Principle as, well, anything else, really! ;-)

"He was a wide-eyed guy, he was passionate about punk rock; she was already high and askin' about crack rock" - the Hold Steady

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- Oneida

He wla-alallaaa-aas a bo-ey/She wlaaaas a giir-rl" - T-Pain

"I make it obvious for the boy. I make it obvious for the girl. The parents of the ersatz skate Betty couldn't spell April. Ontario, the Commonwealth. She did ballet for cretins." - The Fall

bendy wins

"He was a boy, she was a girl, and so was I" David Bowie

YEAH!!!
HE WAS A BOY!
SHE WAS A GIRL!
Take off your shirt and await further instructions!
SIBERIA!
- Scooter

he was a boy MY DEAAAAAR floating freee flesshhyy flowersfallingoutofhisearsmeltingontoherbeautifulbubbuhling FAAAYAAAAYYAAYAAAAACE

-jeff mangum

"If I were a girl and she was a boy" - Prince

Pet Shop Boys: "I am a boy, but she claims I am a boy because I listen to pop instead of rock. Cat she make it any more embarrassing?"

Pulp: "I was a working class boy, she was a posh girl"

(Ironically comes close to part of the original song's story as well)

(geddaway!)

I did that one already! :-(

It is a boys boys boys boys world. She is a girl. Hotpants! Popcorn! - James Brown

Elle était une fille, il n'a pas été - Serge Gainsbourg

Er war ein Jung, sie war ein Mädchen. Ich hasse sie alle soviel. - Tocotronic

"alle" should have been "beide", I guess.

(ominous creaking door in the silence)
"Hhheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee..."
(rich baritone vibrato dies away into silence, then hisses:)
"was a boy"
"Shhhhhhhhhhhheeeeee was a girl"
(kettle drums and seven basses now pound atonally over sound of deer carcasses falling onto vintage wine bottles)
"semaphoric ruminations of pulchritude bestrode their tragic attraction like a neo-liberal death tango"
- Scott Walker

Gilbert O'Sullivan: He was a middle aged man, she was an infant.

Suzanne Vega: He was a man, I was a girl. Please don't ask me to make it any more obvious.

OK, you get a point for that one.

he was a boy, she was a girl they wrote letters in Kanji under a rain cloud in the dark south. - Red House Painters

He was a boy. She was a boy. Can I boy it any more, boy? - Underworld

He was a boy, she was an ornamental sparrow's foot - Ivor Cutler

He was a kitten. She was a bat. Drowning inside as the animals die. - The Cure

He was a boy. She was a girl. I said "nigger" for no reason. - Christian Death

idgi

(outright plagiarism, innit?)

'tis

"He was a boy, she was a girl from Birmingham, she just had an abortion, she was a case of insanity, her name was Pauline, she lived in a tree" - Sex Pistols

^ also John Prine

He was a boa constrictor
She was a golden gazelle
Can I make it more faaaaaabulous?
Can I make it more suuuuumptuous?
- T Rex (again)

He read Norman Mailer
She took him to a new tailor
But were they ready to be...
More obvious?
- Lloyd Cole & The Commotions

He was a boy in black leather boots
She was a girl with a lipstick smile
Aww yeah! HEAD! CUT! CANDY! BLACK!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!
SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
- Jesus & Mary Chain

He was a boy. She was a girl.
She was a dead girl.
He killed her.
She was dead. Little boy killed her.
She was too obvious.
Uhhhhhhhhh. Uh-huh.

- Suicide

Heee-ee-eee-eeeee,
Oh-oh, he was a boy-y,
Ooooh, yes-he-was,
And she, she-she-she-she-she-yee,
Sheeee was a gi-irl,
Oh what a girl, yeah,
Ow!
Ain't it obvious,
That boys were made for lovin' girls?
Oh, yeah, baby,
And girls, girls, girls really love
Makin' love to boys, oh yes they do,
It's true now, a-come on, now,
Ain't it ooo-bvious?
Oh, yes it is,
Ay-yain't it obvious?
Hooo-oo-oo-oo
- Marvin Gaye

HWGRUS! (Napalm Death)

"She was a girl, he was just a poor boy, nobody loved him" - Queen

gucci mane with a gucci girl, gucci game gon' got stupid (yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah)

Gucci Mane (ft. OJ Da Juiceman)

i like the napalm death one

Can't believe Lil B hasn't turned up yet.

Yooouuuuuu yoooouur xylophone's on fiyah boooooooye Yooooour youuuu xylophone, it's sooo alight say so long.
Youuuur xylophone is aflame, alight yoooouuuuu. So long. (REPEAT STANZA 3X)
- Sigur Ros (again, hopelandic edition)

He was a boy livin in a cupboard
She was a girl separated by the suburbs
Isn't it obvious that they'd become lovers?
Drivin' 'cross the street tryin not to wake their mothers.

- Arcade Fire

He's was a boy apple pear plum sugar tree Naples Naples Naples sangria
She's girly whirl fluffy upset Mahler cosmetica
Oooooo-ooo-ooobvioo---uuuuuussssss
Oooooo-ooo-ooobvioo---uuuuuussssss

- Cocteau Twins

He was a boy, the cool son of Jedidiah...In love with a girl, a real hot mama. They held each other's hands and slew a lion in the FACE OF PHARAOH'S PARIAH -- Pixies

Uh ugh (what what? [Ha HA!]) He was (uh!) a boy (wooooooo!), [like wha? ha Ha!] she was (uh!) a girl (wooo! uh!)... -- Will Smith

I don't think (ha Ha!) I should have to (psshhhh!) make this, (huh!) any more (uh uh!) obvious, you know -- Will Smith

I think you meant Jay-Z

A hot boy always flossin' that uptown shit
Ridin' 20-inch dubs on the Bentley bitch
To all who know, don't get it tangled and twisted
'Cause them hot girls always tryna suck my dick

(W-Wobbledee wobbledee x10)

-Hot Boy$

lol Cunga

It just dawned on me that "He was a boy, she was a girl. Can I make it any more obvious?" is Terror Twilight era Pavement.

he was a boy, she was a visitor. she was a visitor. she was a visitor. she was a visitor. she was a visitor. she was a visitor. she was a visitor. she was a visitor. she was a visitor. she was a visitor. she was a visitor. she was a visitor. she was a visitor. she was a visitor. she was a visitor. she was a visitor. she was a visitor. she was a visitor. she was a visitor. she was a visitor. she was a visitor. she was a visitor. she was a visitor. she was a visitor. she was a visitor. she was a visitor. she was a visitor. she was a visitor.

He was a boy, she was a girl. Can I make it any more obvious for you? Fine, you're a big hot stud and you turn me on/are you just trying to get me alone? if I pretend to be a pretty little princess, boy, I bet that puts a smile on your face -- Kim Gordon

"He was a boy/He needed her joy/She was a mystery/Not very sisterly/Their desire was flame/He called her name."

*doomy piano chord*

"And that's from the latest Depeche Mode album The Everything..."

He was a boy, she was sitting in a room different from the one he is in now. She is recording the sound of her speaking voice and she is going to play it back into the room again and again until the resonant frequencies of the room reinforce themselves so that any semblance of her speech, with perhaps the exception of rhythm, is destroyed. What he will hear, then, are the natural resonant frequencies of the room articulated by speech. She regards this activity not so much as a demonstration of a physical fact, but more as a way to smooth out any irregularities her speech might have.

Hahah

"And the boy moved into the world
Finding his own path
He stood for what was right and true
While his past love, she did laugh."

*5/8 time signature, Alex Lifeson solo that lasts for two minutes*

*echoes, slight keening moan*

"I walked into your hallway...
That innocent boy was me
But my plan was working each day
My corruption became yours
You knew you wanted to share
Degradation
Degradation."

The last two lines are either shouted or sung in a wounded tone depending on if the lead guitarist is Adam Jones or Billy Howerdel.

BVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV
GWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
-Sunn O)))

Awww yeah baby, he was a boy just swinging on her groove thang.
Awww yeah baby, she was a girl, just swinging on his groove thang.
Can it be any more obvious, fantasticulous, masterbatulous, them getting stinky on a funk thang.
Awww no baby Aww no baby!

Bootsy Collins

i laughed at primal scream one but it's kind of wasted on primal scream

mine would've been like

SHOOT BOY KILL GIRL

cheating but I have to c/p these lyrics because they match perfectly...Brooooooce

The screen door slams
Marys dress sways
Like a vision she dances across the porch
As the radio plays
Roy orbison singing for the lonely
Hey that's me and I want you only
Don't turn me home again
I just can't face myself alone again

He was a boy, she was his sister/They lived in sin, and lust and fear of the Lord/And the Lord struck them down/Saying "I am the Lord, disobey me not"/For the Lord he is harsh and cruel/And he is righteous and good - Will Oldham

actual lol, Sigbran.

A girl and a boy on a walk by the sea:
Poor little girl, poor little boy,
life is not a joy, life is not a toy,
but an end of illusions. For a girl and a boy,
on a walk by the sea
--Randy Newman

he was a boy,she was a sad eyed lady of the lowlands
Can I make it anymore verbose?

"He was a boy, she was a girl, Can I make it anymore obvious, BASTARD?" Swans

He was a boy thought Leopold Bloom, Esq as the kidneys sizzled on the pan. A boy, a buoy, by the by, buy the buoy, just like Rudy, would be grown up by now, poor little boy, mustn't burn the kidneys. She was a girl, girlish curls, curlish girls, girlish girdles, curlish curdles. Grill, maybe should have grilled them, less fat that way, a girl has less fat than a woman, Milly lass than Molly, she, upstairs, waiting for him, Blazes, all that, can she make it any more obvious? Feign indifference, yes, that's it, oblivious indifference, not think about his vast difference, what does she see in him anyway, his boyish charm I suppose, appeals to the girl in her, too late for all that now for me I suppose, and yet perhaps. Acrid kidneyburnt smoke assailed his olfactory organ via twitching nostrils. Damn, burned again.
- James Joyce

He was a young man, traumas of history degrading,
She was to suffer, betrayal so obvious now.
- Joy Division

WE'RE COMPLEX BOYS
AND GIRLS
G
I
R
L
S AND BOYS
WORKING IN YOLKS FOR THE GIRLS
OH BABY I'M MAKING IT MORE OBVIOUS FOR YOU
DON'T SAY NO

-shadow ring

He was a boy, she was a unicorn.

she was on something
and he was delirious
this much was obvious to me
she wore capezios
he wanted to get serious
this much was obvious to me
and if they can make it home
they'll be all right
and if they can still stand up
they'll be all right

- LDC Soundsystem

She was a red hot, street corner mama,
He was low down, dirty and mean,
Well it was clear as day, the night was dark as sin,
He said come on now baby,
Tonight it's....
DARK AS SIN!

-AC/DC

He was a boy. So what does that mean? Abused by the system, they both were unclean. IT'S FUCKING OBVIOUS! [SKROOOOONK! SWKWEEEEEE!]

- Fugazi

she turns the lights out,
skinny girl,
tiny dancer,
second stall,
backstage bathroom,
self-control,
gonna puke another dinner
gonna spin her perfect body en pointe tonight

sheeee-heeee-heeee
sheeee-heeee-heeee
sheeee-heeee-heeee
sheeee-heeee-heeee

he sets the phone down,
sk8r boi
drunken daddy
subterfuge,
can't forgive and
won't regret
gonna ollie til he's senseless
gonna plunge the fuckin needle, methamphetamine grind

heeee-heeee-heeee
heeee-heeee-heeee
heeee-heeee-heeee
heeee-heeee-heeee

[guitar solo]

the first foot falls (obvious)
empty ballet shoes (and the crowd goes wild)
the last foot falls (obvious)
bloody halfpipe ooze (and the punks go wild)
the siren calls (ain't it obvious)

heeee-heeee-heeee
heeee-heeee-heeee
heeee-heeee-heeee
heeee-heeee-heeee

sheeee-heeee-heeee
sheeee-heeee-heeee
sheeee-heeee-heeee
sheeee-heeee-heeee

heeee-heeee-heeee
sheeee-heeee-heeee
heeee-heeee-heeee
sheeee-heeee-heeee
heeee-heeee-heeee
sheeee-heeee-heeee
heeee-heeee-heeee
sheeee-heeee-heeee
heeee-heeee-heeee
sheeee-heeee-heeee
heeee-heeee-heeee
sheeee-heeee-heeee
heeee-heeee-heeee
sheeee-heeee-heeee
heeee-heeee-heeee
sheeee-heeee-heeee
heeee-heeee-heeee
sheeee-heeee-heeee
heeee-heeee-heeee
sheeee-heeee-heeee
heeee-heeee-heeee
sheeee-heeee-heeee
heeee-heeee-heeee
sheeee-heeee-heeee
heeee-heeee-heeee
sheeee-heeee-heeee
heeee-heeee-heeee
sheeee-heeee-heeee
heeee-heeee-heeee
sheeee-heeee-heeee
heeee-heeee-heeee
sheeee-heeee-heeee
heeee-heeee-heeee
sheeee-heeee-heeee
heeee-heeee-heeee
sheeee-heeee-heeee

Yeah
Whoa
Whoa
Yeah

-Pearl Jam

I was a boy, she was a box of spam living in my fridge
(Weird Al Yankovic)