Paul Anka’s ‘My Way’: The Donald Trump version
Paul Anka’s ‘My Way’: The Donald Trump version
Donald Trump couldn’t book Canada’s Paul Anka to sing his signature song. So we remade the song, as if it were sung by Trump himself.
by Scott Feschuk, Maclean's Magazine, January 16, 2017
Big-time bummer for Donald Trump: Paul Anka won’t be performing on Inauguration Day after all. The Canadian-born crooner has a history of tweaking the lyrics of his signature song, My Way to pay intimate tribute to political leaders and other VIPs. Anka was scheduled to perform his tender ode to narcissism as Trump danced with his wife.
But hey, who needs Paul Anka? Who needs any fancy-boy singer, right? Here’s a friendly suggestion from north of the border for the new U.S. president: Sing it yourself! Rewrite the words, pick up the microphone and channel your inner Sinatra.
We enlisted Andrés del Castillo, lead singer of the ’80s band Eight Seconds, to show Trump how it’s done. Take a listen to a Trumpified reimagining of My Way above, and read the lyrics below:
(To hear the song click this link to take you to the original article)
http://www.macleans.ca/politics/washington/paul-ankas-my-way-the-donald-trump-version/
And now
The day is here
And so I face
Inauguration
My friends
I won it all
So I deserve
Your adulation
I’ve lived
A life that’s great
Kicked my tee shots
Back in the fairway
Because
Daddy was rich
I did it my way
Regrets
Can’t think of one
Blew three debates
Yet I still breezed in
I bragged
What I like to do
To random female
Nether regions
I winged
Each policy
Each vengeful tweet
Off the top of my toupee
When I
Get good advice
I say: I’ll do it my way
Most every day
I’m sure you knew
Deep down inside
I had not a clue
But when it came
To cast your vote
You picked the guy
Who often spoke
About who he banged
Or one time his wang
It’s completely fine
Size-wise.
I’ve fibbed
I’ve dodged and lied
Made things much worse
But they’ll still worsen
Because
I’m a blowhard
I did it all
In the third person.
I fail
To understand
The words I speak
Have consequences.
I wake at 6
So I can bitch
About what
CNN says
For what is a man
What has he got?
Two tiny hands
And no forethought
I’ll say crazed things
That you’ll weep over
And have Putin
For a sleepover
And when they teach
I was impeached
They’ll say:
Trump did it Trump’s way.
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This article is dedicated to John Russell.
Paul Anka, a Canadian singer who became famous in the 1950s with his song "Donna", has been playing Las Vegas for decades. He wrote "My Way" originally for Frank Sinatra, who often sang it calling it his "Anthem", and in fact it was an accurate story of Sinatra's life, and one of my favourite songs.
This article is dedicated to John Russell.
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Buzz, please don't dedicate articles to other members. It's calling them out.
John, I am warning you. Your F off's are going to stop. Next one will get you a 2 day vacation.
I saw a thread where the determination was made that F-OFF was not a coc violation, for semantical reasons.
F- OFF is defined as "go away".
If it was not a coc violation on another thread (it was restored) why is it here?
Whether or not it's a CoC violation it's in really poor taste and colours you as being a low-brow white trash redneck, incapable of expressing yourself with civilized intelligent vocabulary. "Please cease and desist" would have been a classier way to put it. And I will.
you as being a low-brow white trash redneck
How dare you refer to an Irishman like that ! lol
Is "Fuck off" a common Irish expression?
I think it's a NT expression. That's where i saw it anyway. Last I saw the word was it is not a COC violation.
Actually, I too questioned at one time whether it was a violation or not, and considered it to be giving someone directions, sort of like saying "Go to hell", but since it is directed specifically to another member I agree with Perrie that it should not be used in that way because it is tantamount to insulting another at the very least.
Oh.
I took f off the same way JR did. To me, it's just a crude way of saying get lost or go to hell.
"Is "Fuck off" a common Irish expression?"
I think it is, and I'm half Irish.
It would be pronounced Fook Off.
Yep!
"Is "Fuck off" a common Irish expression?"
I think it is, and I'm half Irish.
The whole country must be half-Irish.
I think it's funny. Why is JR offending by mocking Trump when he just said on another thread that Trump isn't trashed enough? I thought you were trashing Trump for JR -- hence the dedication. Did I get it wrong?
Not at all wrong. I thought the dedication was appropriate. There are actually a few other NT members that I could have joined with him, but nobody is as dedicated as JR is in continuing to incessantly trash Trump.
The rest probably have jobs. And lives...
Buzz, the song is mocking Trump. I thought that was obvious. So why would you use it to mock someone you think trashes Trump?
Do you folla?
John, you're missing the point. I posted this article and dedicated it to you to indicate your obsession with trashing Trump. You always thought I supported Trump. Frankly, the only reason I had any feelings of support for Trump was his intentions with respect to Israel (in total contrast to how Obama has and most likely how Hillary would have continued). It's patently obvious to every member of NT how I feel about Israel. I am as concerned as everyone else as to what kind of President he will be, but at least I'm willing to wait and see how he handles it rather than try up front to damage America's democracy and make it a world-wide laughing stock which appears to be the intention of a lot democrats.
Donald Trump is not only the most unfit, ill-prepared and unqualified person to ever run for president, he is the worst human being to ever run for president.
That actually matters to me, sorry.
I think that Anka 1950's song was Diana, not Donna. Donna was Richie Valens.
It's been so long.....so I'm sure you're right Kavika.
Buzz... a little off topic but I dedicate this cartoon to you:
Sorry, I can't open it. Can you copy it to your picture album and then post it like a photo?
Try seeing if it works now.
Okay that worked. Actually, it's almost correct. However, there really are Canadian Armed Forces - Remember that the Canadian Army was fighting the Nazis well before America got involved. I think Canada is aware that America would come to its defence because it's a buffer zone that Russia or China or North Korea would cross to get to the USA.
Buzz...
It was a yoke. It's two things you often comment on.
OMG...
Hey, I enjoyed the joke. No problem.
No more jokes late in the day. Everyone runs out of humor it seems, well before that.
I'm proud to be a Canadian no matter what black people use the word to mean. When I say "spade" or "spook" I don't use those words to label black people. By the way, your comment says both "Canadians" and "Canadiens" the word "Canadian" is an English word for a nationality, but the word "Canadiens" is not only the French word for "Canadians", but is also the name of the Montreal NHL team.
All I know is that some white people say things like "let's go to a different restaurant dear, there are too many Canadians in this one".
Okay, I know you don't mean to insult Canadians, but I'm going to tell a story about one of my experiences dealing with language here while teaching English. One weekend, before I got married, I flew to Nanning in Guanxi Province to meet a prospective date. While there she took me to a restaurant where foreign teachers liked to meet, and I met a young American English teacher. We were talking about our travels around China, and when I referred to The Great Wall, he said "Oh yes, we was there." My jaw almost dropped to the table top. This man was teaching English to Chinese students? I then saw a cartoon of a young woman meeting the principal of a school. The principal asks "Are you the new English teacher?" and her reply was "Yes, I are." I labelled the cartoon "American English teacher" and posted it in the room where I teach students.
John,
Are you out of your flipping mind? That cartoon had nada to do with race.
John,
Are you out of your flipping mind?
Uh, no. Are you?
Well then don't take my personal joke to Buzz and pervert it into something it never meant. Sheesh.
My comment was not making fun of your cartoon. Sorry for the misunderstanding.
So what was it supposed to mean? Why even bring it up?
It is social commentary, based on the question "what is a Canadian?"
but it was not making fun of your cartoon. I am sorry I bothered.
I hope you are as concerned the next time someone else goes off topic as you are at this moment.
Race is everything to some folks.
Race is everything to some folks.
Yes, to the people who use the word "Canadians" as a code for blacks. My comment about someone saying that in restaurant was not a hypothetical, it happens and I have seen it happen.
It's okay, Perrie, I understood John's train of thought and I didn't think he had any intention of denigrating the cartoon you posted, which I did think was fun.
I want to know who's on first?
Funny!
Yeah, that's about right!!!
This is officially my new favorite song. Funny, funny, funny! And true...every word.