COMPLETE: 1999 (Parody of "1985" by Bowling for Soup)

[Yoshi1001]

1999
Parody of “1985” by Bowling for Soup
With new lyrics by Steven “Yoshi” Reich ([email protected])

Woo hoo hoo!
Woo hoo hoo!
Couldn’t resist the call
Of “gotta catch ‘em all”
One hour a day
Couldn’t drag you away
Your list was down to four
Then they made hundreds more
Had to take a break, man
What happened to your plan?

You were gonna be a master
You were gonna go so far
You were gonna drive to class
In a yellow Pika-car
Your fellow devotees are nowhere to be seen
Look at your college life
And nothing, has been...
all right since

Ash Ketchum, his momma
Way before Carvahna
There was Mewtwo and Misty
And what happened to Togepi?
Your two friends, from high school
They tell you that you’re uncool
Cuz you’re still preoccupied
With 19, 19, 1999

Woo hoo hoo!
(1999)
Woo hoo hoo!

You saw all the evos
You knew every line
Marowak, Pidgeotto
Even for Arcanine
Had Alakazam
Not a big Gardevoir fan
Thought you'd make a stand
On the leader of Viridian

Where's the Lickitung, what’s a Shaymin?
And who's the other girl that's hanging with a penguin?
When did that (‘ol) Zubat become Crobat?
Whatever happened to Mankey, Fearow,
(still beats Yu-Gi-Oh-ah)

Goldeen, Dratini
Way before Happiny
There was Staryu and Ritchie
And Hitmonchan and Hitmonlee
M2M was so cool
Now you feel like you’re a fool
Cuz you’re still preoccupied
With 19, 19, 1999

Woo hoo hoo!

Don’t have time, make them stop
What’s up with that frog that keeps jabbing Brock?
And when did Gary become a nice guy?
Please make this…stop, stop,
Ash: Stop!
(tick tick tick)
and bring back

Dewgong, and Hypno
Way before Monferno
There was Raichu and Starmie
And could they bring back Butterfree?
Those two kids behind you
They tell you to get a clue
Cuz you’re still preoccupied
With 1999

Woo hoo hoo!

(There was) Horsea, and Scyther
Way before Seviper (1999)
There was Psyduck and Goldeen
And movies still on the big screen (1999) (Woohoo)
Those two kids ignore you
You guess you’ll have to make do (1999)
But you’re still preoccupied
With 19, 19, 1999

 

[Blackjack Gabbiani]

That was cute.

 

[Umbreon Freak]

LOL dude! 1985 used to be a favorite song of mine. A Pokemon version of the song? Epic win!!!

 

[Majinonifox1]

Epic win is right! This song rocks!

 

[Mooites]

Oh my god, I love you. I totally just sang this all out loud.

Lol at the Dawn reference.

 

[Kawaii-Pika]

LOL! I love this! This has to become a real song! (Hmm... for some reason, it sounds like a parody they would put on Saturday Night Live)

 

[Yoshi1001]

I've actually got a friend on another board who's volunteered to record it. Don't know what his schedule is like though.

 

[Kawaii-Pika]

I've actually got a friend on another board who's volunteered to record it. Don't know what his schedule is like though.

You should record it! It's a really funny song! It would probably play on Z100. They play alot of funny parodies! This HAS to be on the radio!

 

[nickstr]

Sure is the truth, when it comes to the Pokemon anime I am stuck in 1999 for the most part and it seems like only yesterday that I only had to catch 150 to have a complete Pokedex but now there are 491? It is really starting to get crazy these days especially since if you want to have them all. Also I really liked that whole thing with Dawn and it would be true for the majority of people who are familiar with Pokemon as it existed back in the late 1990s. I guess me being stuck in that era is because of my favorite character being booted off the anime (avatar, user title, and signature gives it away) to this day I am upset with it still and perhaps always be. Over all, I would say this is a great parody and it fits the original song exceptionally well, almost as well as Weird Al's parodies.

 

[Zephy]

I adore it!
It reminds me of when I play Crystal and think "I should catch a [insert name of Pokémon that did not exist way back when]. Darn!"
Now it's kinda crazy with the species count nearing 500.

 

[I Started A Cult]

You rock. The olden days were a lot better, I agree with you. I wish they would just plain reprint the early games, like they do with Metroid and Mario. And the anime seems to be just fan service with a budget now. What happened?