Song of the Week: The Homecoming Queen’s got a Gun
Thursday, November 4th, 2010The Homecoming Queen’s got a Gun
Julie Brown
One of the miracles of the modern age is being able to track down dimly remembered novelty tunes on Youtube – like this one by Julie Brown.
Written way back in the 80s when school shootings were merely fantasised about rather than actually undertaken, ’The Homecoming Queen’s got a Gun’ parodies the 80s Valley Girl life that I was only familiar with through trash teen novels and Frank Zappa songs. Still, the song and its accompanying video captured my imagination and despite not hearing it in years until this week, I’ve never forgotten winning couplets like:
God, my best friend’s on a shooting spree
Stop it, Debbie, you’re embarrassing me
and
Debbie’s really having a blast
She’s wasting half of the class
Ah, they don’t write parody songs like they used to. And what’s Weird Al Jankovic up to these days…






