Comments on: Licenced to.........sing???

Licenced to.........sing???

bap98189 — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 06:01:43 -0800

Fitness to Practice is a collection of songs written and performed by Amateur Transplants, two practicing doctors from the UK. The album consists of original songs as well as witty parodies of songs originally performed by among others Tom Lehrer and The Jam (mp3 links). The lyrics contain a lot of medical in-jokes, but the humour is broad enough to appeal to everyone.

By: blahblahblah

blahblahblah — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 06:14:58 -0800

The drug song is not bad. Although the idea of someone writing a parody of Tom Lerhrer almost made my head explode.

By: Turtles all the way down

Turtles all the way down — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 06:59:38 -0800

It reminds me a lot of medical school skits nights. The highlight of which for me was when a born performer in the class ahead of us, belting out the finale of his song, rhymed "I'm such a lucky fool" with "My Colon's Full of Stool!". Yeah, I know, you probably had to be there. And being drunk and sleep deprived wouldn't hurt either.

By: soyjoy

soyjoy — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 07:22:48 -0800

Fun stuff, but I wouldn't call it a parody of a Tom Lehrer song - his "The Elements" was simply the names of the elements set to the tune of "I am the Very Model of a Modern Major General." It's more like a ~~ripoff~~ reworking of the idea behind the song.

By: NickDouglas

NickDouglas — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 08:51:08 -0800

Hot songs; the clever sort of bouncing lyrics that you find on the Dr. Demento Show. This is good, and it's funnier than that anti-Rx cartoon.

By: Quinbus Flestrin

Quinbus Flestrin — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 11:01:13 -0800

Reminds me some what of Instant Sunshine, though I.S. left their medical roots behind years ago.

By: deemer

deemer — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 11:56:23 -0800

One to make Animaniacsproud!

By: lowgfr

lowgfr — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 16:15:47 -0800

Bloody brilliant!! It reminds me of my medical school years. I would have loved to have a song like "The drugs song" to sing along to.

By: sien

sien — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 19:40:39 -0800

Listen to track 2 - nothing at all. It's offensive and totally lame. I'm a guy, but seriously, these guys are completely misogynistic pricks.

By: ZenMasterThis

ZenMasterThis — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 10:00:40 -0800

"London Underground" is brilliant.