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Guantanamo Rock

To the tune of Jailhouse Rock

The warden threw a party down at Gitmo Bay
Because 'Bama's letting the detainees out to play
The band was jumpin' and the camp began to swing.
You should've heard those crazed jihadis sing:
"Let's rock, infidel scum, let's rock.
Everybody in Camp Delta block
Do the Guantanamo Rock."

Muezzin were layin' down the prayer call drone,
When Taliban party someone gonna get stoned,
The suicide boys, let outside, went crash, boom, bang,
That's seventy two chicks each for Bin Laden's Gang.
"Let's rock, infidel scum, let's rock.
Everybody in Camp Delta block
Do the Guantanamo Rock."

Number forty-seven said to number three:
"You're the cutest jihadi I ever did see.
I sure would be delighted with your company."
Three replied "DIE YOU ABOMINATION UNTO GOD!!"
"Let's rock, infidel scum, let's rock.
Everybody in Camp Delta block
Do the Guantanamo Rock."

The hunger striker was no more than skin and bone,
On the Guantanamo plan he'd lost seven stone.
The warden said, "Hey, towelhead, don't you be no square,
Just give co-ordinates to Ol' Bin Laden's lair."
"Suck cock, infidel scum. Let's rock.
Everybody in Camp Delta block
Do the Guantanamo Rock."

Distraught in his cave Osama wailed, "For Allah's sake,
If Obama goes rightin' all Dubya's mistakes,
How's fundament'lists like us gonna keep our grip?
But hey! there's always Israel and the Gaza Strip!
Throw rocks! Infidel scum, let's rock.
Everybody in Camp Delta block
Do the Guantanamo Rock."

Original lyrics

The warden threw a party in the county jail.
The prison band was there and they began to wail.
The band was jumpin' and the joint began to swing.
You should've heard those knocked out jailbirds sing.
Let's rock, everybody, let's rock.
Everybody in the whole cell block
was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock.

Spider Murphy played the tenor saxophone,
Little Joe was blowin' on the slide trombone.
The drummer boy from Illinois went crash, boom, bang,
the whole rhythm section was the Purple Gang.
Let's rock, everybody, let's rock.
Everybody in the whole cell block
was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock.

Number forty-seven said to number three:
"You're the cutest jailbird I ever did see.
I sure would be delighted with your company,
come on and do the Jailhouse Rock with me."
Let's rock, everybody, let's rock.
Everybody in the whole cell block
was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock.

The sad sack was a sittin' on a block of stone
way over in the corner weepin' all alone.
The warden said, "Hey, buddy, don't you be no square.
If you can't find a partner use a wooden chair."
Let's rock, everybody, let's rock.
Everybody in the whole cell block
was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock.

Shifty Henry said to Bugs, "For Heaven's sake,
no one's lookin', now's our chance to make a break."
Bugsy turned to Shifty and he said, "Nix nix,
I wanna stick around a while and get my kicks."
Let's rock, everybody, let's rock.
Everybody in the whole cell block
was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock.

Awwwwwesome if slightly controversial lol...

Well realized, but for me it kind of misses the fundamental(ist) point that most prisoners at Guantanamo have nothing to do with any Jihadist movement and should never have been there in the first place.

So; nicely done, but I'm not really onside.

To be honest I have no idea what proportion of the detainees are genuine "enemy combatants"; I don't doubt that US forces were none too discriminating as to who they rounded up, but as most of the detainees are not Afghan citizens, they were at best ill-advised in their choice of holiday destination. Not that that excuses Guantanamo Bay, the objection to which is not really to do with the likely guilt or innocence of the inmates.

Mostly I have just tried to have fun with Islamic fundamentalists, who I think are ghastly, while suggesting that monstrosities like Guantanamo play into their hands.

Quote: Eden Carter @ January 25 2009, 7:43 PM GMT

Awwwwwesome if slightly controversial lol...

Satire should be controversial. ;)

I very much enjoyed this, Tim, especially the third verse.

Cheers. That verse did not particularly test my lyrical ability...

No, but it's beautifully jarring, especially if you know the original song well enough.

Very good, Timbo. Very good indeed. Do you plan on doing anything with this or was it written for fun?

Cheers. I shall send it to TS and NR to see if I can maintain my 100% record of them failing to use my songs.

Very nice! Clever too, very in keeping with tone and rhythm of the original, good use of the "crash boom bang" part

Quote: Timbo @ January 25 2009, 9:42 PM GMT

To be honest I have no idea what proportion of the detainees are genuine "enemy combatants"; I don't doubt that US forces were none too discriminating as to who they rounded up, but as most of the detainees are not Afghan citizens, they were at best ill-advised in their choice of holiday destination. Not that that excuses Guantanamo Bay, the objection to which is not really to do with the likely guilt or innocence of the inmates.

Mostly I have just tried to have fun with Islamic fundamentalists, who I think are ghastly, while suggesting that monstrosities like Guantanamo play into their hands.

Satire should be controversial. ;)

I take your point, and have no problem with either of the points you're making, I just couldn't get past the apparent premise that the people at Guantanamo are combatants when the whole reason for releasing them is that little or no evidence has been presented to that effect. That probably says more about me than the song.

:$

Good luck with NR/TS.

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