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Yellow Submarine - Yellow Kombi Van Full Parody

Listen to a full parody of The Beatles Yellow Submarine transformed into Yellow Kombi Van. Before and after audio from ChangeLyric.

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Custom lyric swap - The Beatles Yellow Submarine kombi van parody

Tony wanted The Beatles' "Yellow Submarine" rewritten as "Yellow Kombi Van" end to end, with the Beatles' sound intact.

What Changed

"Yellow submarine" becomes "yellow kombi van" throughout. The narrative shifts from sea to land. The man who "sailed to sea" now "drove a van." The "land of submarines" becomes the "land of kombi vans." The "sea of green" becomes a "field of green." Even the spoken bridge gets updated, with "Mister Boatswain" becoming "Mister van man."

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Original Lyrics
In the town where I was born Lived a man who sailed to sea And he told us of his life In the land of submarines So we sailed on to the sun 'Til we found a sea of green And we lived beneath the waves In our yellow submarine We all live in a yellow submarine Yellow submarine, yellow submarine We all live in a yellow submarine Yellow submarine, yellow submarine And our friends are all aboard Many more of them live next door And the band begins to play We all live in a yellow submarine Yellow submarine, yellow submarine We all live in a yellow submarine Yellow submarine, yellow submarine (Full steam ahead, Mister Boatswain, full steam ahead Full steam ahead it is, Sergeant) (Cut the cable, drop the cable) (Aye-aye, sir, aye-aye) (Captain, captain) As we live a life of ease (a life of ease) Every one of us (every one of us) Has all we need (has all we need) Sky of blue (sky of blue) And sea of green (sea of green) In our yellow (in our yellow) Submarine (submarine, aha) We all live in a yellow submarine A yellow submarine, yellow submarine We all live in a yellow submarine A yellow submarine, yellow submarine We all live in a yellow submarine Yellow submarine, yellow submarine We all live in a yellow submarine Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
Custom Lyrics
In the town where I was born Lived a man who drove a van And he told us of his life In the land of kombi vans So we drove on to the sun 'Til we found a field of green And we lived beneath the trees In our yellow kombi van We all live in a yellow kombi van Yellow kombi van, yellow kombi van We all live in a yellow kombi van Yellow kombi van, yellow kombi van And our friends are all aboard Many more of them live next door And the band begins to play We all live in a yellow kombi van Yellow kombi van, yellow kombi van We all live in a yellow kombi van Yellow kombi van, yellow kombi van (Full steam ahead, Mister van man, full steam ahead Full steam ahead it is, Sergeant) (Cut the cable, drop the cable) (Aye-aye, sir, aye-aye) (Captain, captain) As we live a life of ease (a life of ease) Every one of us (every one of us) Has all we need (has all we need) Sky of blue (sky of blue) And field of green (field of green) In our yellow (in our yellow) kombi van (kombi van, aha) We all live in a yellow kombi van A yellow kombi van, yellow kombi van We all live in a yellow kombi van A yellow kombi van, yellow kombi van We all live in a yellow kombi van Yellow kombi van, yellow kombi van We all live in a yellow kombi van Yellow kombi van, yellow kombi van

“great team to deal with my song was prepared really quick and exactly how i wanted it to sound highly recommend this company and i tried out heaps over the course of about two days and this came up the best”

— Tony M.

Production Notes

The V3 engine handled the bulk of the lyric replacement and the cover-vocal feature carried the backing harmonies. For the lo-fi spoken chatter in the bridge, the producer used Zonos, an open source voice cloning model, to match the character of the original radio-style vocals.

One revision pass was needed on chorus blend. Tony had "tried out heaps" of other options before finding ChangeLyric.

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