{"id":3645,"date":"2012-10-05T20:37:18","date_gmt":"2012-10-06T01:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/?p=3645"},"modified":"2012-10-07T06:20:06","modified_gmt":"2012-10-07T11:20:06","slug":"shakespeare-song-parody-agamemnon-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/archives\/3645","title":{"rendered":"Shakespeare Song Parody: Agamemnon Style"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the ninth of a series<\/a> of Shakespeare-themed parodies of popular songs.<\/p>\n

I’ve been contacted by the American Song Parody Regulation Agency (ASPRA) and apparently I’m in violation of federal statutes by failing to provide a parody of “Gangnam Style” in a timely manner. With this post, I hope to bring the blog back into compliance.<\/p>\n

Enjoy!<\/p>\n

\nAgamemnon Style<\/strong>
\nrapped to the beat of “Gangnam Style”<\/p>\n

(With apologies to PSY, and his many fans…)<\/p>\n

Agamemnon style!<\/p>\n

\u2018Memnon style!<\/p>\n

A legendary woman with a beauty like no other,
\nI competed and then won you for my royal younger brother,
\nFor you to be his queen, his wife, and then his children\u2019s mother,
\nBut you left the King of Sparta for another.<\/p>\n

And so please beware!
\nI\u2019ll do the things I need to do for Greece and this I swear.
\nI had to sacrifice my daughter just to get us there.
\nI truly hate to interrupt your sordid love affair,
\nBut you should prepare.<\/p>\n

You were cared for, but let your heart roam.
\nYes, you did, hey! Oh yes, you did, hey!
\nYou were cared for, but let your heart roam.
\nThink on that, hey! Yes, think on that, hey!
\nAs the face that launched a thousand ships sails home\u2026
\nAgamemnon style!<\/p>\n

\u2018Memnon style! Ag- Ag- Ag- Ag- Agamemnon style!
\n\u2018Memnon style! Ag- Ag- Ag- Ag- Agamemnon style!
\nHey, get the lady. Ag- Ag- Ag- Ag- Agamemnon style!
\nHey, get the lady. Ag- Ag- Ag- Ag- Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey\u2026\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\nAnd now in spite of those offenses that have passed before,
\nDeliver Helen, that\u2019s the only thing we fight you for,
\nThen shall the damage we\u2019ve consumed within this cormorant war,
\nStand between our nations never more.<\/p>\n

Trojan offender, there!
\nBehold my fleet of ships approach in all their splendor there,
\nWith former suitors bound by sacred honor to defend her there.
\nWe\u2019re engaged to fight until your forces all surrender there,
\nThen apprehend her there.<\/p>\n

You were cared for, but let your heart roam.
\nYes, you did, hey! Oh yes, you did, hey!
\nYou were cared for, but let your heart roam.
\nThink on that, hey! Yes, think on that, hey!
\nAs the face that launched a thousand ships sails home\u2026
\nAgamemnon style!<\/p>\n

\u2018Memnon style! Ag- Ag- Ag- Ag- Agamemnon style!
\n\u2018Memnon style! Ag- Ag- Ag- Ag- Agamemnon style!
\nHey, get the lady. Ag- Ag- Ag- Ag- Agamemnon style!
\nHey, get the lady. Ag- Ag- Ag- Ag- Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey\u2026<\/p>\n

She\u2019s not \u201cof Troy,\u201d not for you to enjoy.
\nMaybe, maybe, your fine city here I will destroy.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s not \u201cof Troy,\u201d not for you to enjoy.
\nMaybe, maybe, your fine city here I will destroy.<\/p>\n

Agamemnon style! Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey\u2026<\/p>\n

Hey, get the lady. Ag- Ag- Ag- Ag- Agamemnon style!
\nHey, get the lady. Ag- Ag- Ag- Ag- Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey\u2026<\/p>\n

Agamemnon style!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is the ninth of a series of Shakespeare-themed parodies of popular songs. I’ve been contacted by the American Song Parody Regulation Agency (ASPRA) and apparently I’m in violation of federal statutes by failing to provide a parody of “Gangnam Style” in a timely manner. With this post, I hope to bring the blog back […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,12,6,48,78,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-humor","category-international","category-music","category-parody","category-shakespeare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3645"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3653,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3645\/revisions\/3653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}