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Max Rebo Band
(This is a cover tune that I like to play a lot. When I saw this one at Steven Cavanagh's Songbook of the Whills site, I knew I had to play it. It definitely has all the elements that make a great Filk. I also sometimes like to follow it with Steven's 'Only a Gungan' as sort of a Billy Joel/Steven Cavanagh double-header.)
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	Max Rebo Band
	By Steven Cavanagh
	To the tune of "Piano Man" by Billy Joel
	(c) 1993 Steven Cavanagh

It's nine o'clock down at Jabba's place 
the regular crowd waddles in 
there's a weird thing sitting next to me 
it has three eyes and mottled grey skin. 
 
Boba Fett says, "Max, play me a memory 
I'm not really sure how it goes 
but it's haunting and sweet and if you miss a beat
then this carbine will blow off your nose." 
 
        La la la, de de da, La da de de da, da dum 
        Sing us a song now, Max Rebo Band 
        sing us a song tonight 
        'cause we're all in the mood for a melody 
        except Solo, who's in carbonite. 
 
Now Jabba the Hutt is a friend of mine 
he gives me my life for free 
And because he's a Hutt, why, we all kiss his butt 
or the rancor will have us for tea. 
 
He said "Bo Shuda, offom du Tukatti!" 
as he stuffed a frog into his face 
but we don't know a woid, 'cause he shot the talkdroid 
So we'll smile and nod, just in case. 

        La la la, de de da, La da de de da, da dum 
        Sing us a song now, Max Rebo Band 
        sing us a song tonight 
        'cause we're all in the mood for a melody 
        except Solo, who's in carbonite. 
 
Sy Snootles is our favourite vocalist 
but her face it ain't launching no ships. 
Don't know why it behove her to go kiss a hoover
but that's how she got those weird lips. 

And a Gammorean guard is headbutting bricks
as another one gnaws on a bone
and I don't know which has less intelligence
either those two big thugs or the stone. 

        Oh, La la la da, de de da, La la de de da, da dum
        Sing us a song now, Max Rebo Band
        sing us a song tonight
        'cause we're all in the mood for a melody
        except Solo, who's in carbonite. 

It's a pretty good crowd, here at Jabba's place
it's a killing, that's why we're all here
we'll sail over the dune to the pit of Carkoon
and we'll toss someone in with a cheer. 

'Cause we gotta new droid on the pedestal
and a man in black's come in the door
he just pointed a gun over Salicious Crumb
and then promptly fell through the floor. 

        Oh, La la la da, de de da, La la de de da, da dum
        Sing us a song now, Max Rebo Band
        sing us a song tonight
        for the last of the Jedi is down below
        and the rancor is gripping him tight 

Click on a song below for my personal parody songs (not related to Vixy & Tony):

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