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As heard on the Howard Sternshow, Psych has become one of the newest song parody entities. Since only December of 2009, Psych has been aired somewhere around 25 times which is no small accomplishment considering the amount of fans sending in spoofs daily. As a one man production team everything is done in a full studio while trying to also have a "normal" life. A multi-instrumentalist, singer, engineer, producer, etc., Psych maintains the studio working with both local and national artists when not writing crazy parodies about some Stern show member. Most of these clips are about Robin but a few Baba Booey and Ronnie Mund spoofs are thrown in for good measure.
 

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R O B I N | These are the Robin parodies and some of what Howard & Robin said about them.
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Queen  This was played during the show on its own as well as Robin's news. A spoof on Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody. Artie exclaimed it was his favorite of all parodies (get better Artie, we miss you) also, Greg Fitzsimmons commented about the words and said to Robin "one of my favorite parts of the show is watching you during the song."
Queen Another great take on a Queen song Fat Bottom Girls, Howard and Robin argued over which was better, the lyrics or the production. Howard compared the visual of the song to the movie Avatar saying very graphic things about Robin's body that the song made him think about. The second time it was played he said, "this guy's in love with you, we have to meet this guy" and on another airing Howard said "Psych is taking the crown." 
Michael Jackson The belt was tightened while remembering Michael Jackson with this great rendition of Rock With You Howard repeating "that's your boyfriend Psych" after he previously commented "that's your new boyfriend." 
Barry White From MJ to Barry White, yes, a hard transition but the belt was loosened and this is what came out for Barry White's Can't Get Enough of Your Love. Howard said "wow that's sexy" Robin asked who it was and he said "your boyfriend Psych who loves you." Robin then said Geoffrey Osborne is gone but the Philly sound lives on through Psych. Howard gave it a "big thumbs up." 
Kings of Leon  Kings of Leon Use Somebody made it on air a few times but the last time Howard said "I get hate mail and negatives and you get love songs from Psych." Robin then bravely said "Psych is quickly becoming my new favorite." A discussion was started about the "prolific words and production" and both chatted about being unemployed while writing parodies. 
B52's Parody of the B52's Love Shack.
Miley Cyrus  The Miley Cyrus song Party In The USA, it was first played upon the opening of a show at 6:02:AM and Howard said "I can't get this out of my head, I'll be thinking about it all day." Robin said "This was funny, I don't mind the trashing of a Miley song." 
Neil Young A parody of a parody. Starting on American Idol as Pants on the Ground and then spoofed by Jimmy Fallon on his Show as Neil Young. Well, here's the Robin version where both Howard and Robin tried to figure out how to pronounce Psych after Baba Booey tried to correct them the week before. Howard also said "This guy is really great at these parodies." 
Train  Done to the Train song Calling All Angels.
The Tokens  Done for The Lion Sleeps Tonight, Howard kept singing "I'm in your butt" and said he would be singing it all day. He also said what a compliment for Robin to have songs written about her butt. 
Prince  Prince's Purple Rain was bastardized for this version which was inspired by Medicated Pete's karaoke version. The few times it aired Howard talked about Prince but the most memorable was when Artie asked Howard to put these guests in order. Robin's San Francisco incident, Artie's $5000 whore and Neil Young. Howard kept them in that order.
Snoop Dog  A parody of Snoop Dog's Drop it Like it's Hot
50 Cent 50 cent's In Da Club, each time this was played Robin got befuddled. One time she didn't start her news and when Howard said what's up, there was a looooooong pause and she said "that song really unnerves me." 
Kansas  Done for the Kansas song Carry On My Wayward Son. Howard said he loved it and commented on the production and lyrics actually saying "amazing he rhymed heinous with anus" Robin said, "I stuck with that one all the way through, nicely done." 
Yes Inspired by Round About from Yes
Black Eyed Peas Done to the song I Gotta Feeling.This was played while George Takei was sitting in and he laughed throughout the song saying "I finally feel like I arrived." Howard said that Robin has to be complimented with that kind of song and she said "Psych is great, I like that they're so clever." 
Owl City A funny take on the song Firefly by Owl City.
The Knack Since the death of the lead singer from the Knack, My Sharona was spoofed and Howard commented that the song centered around male private parts.
Donovan A Parody of Donovan's Hurdy Gurdy Man.
Lady Gaga There are two versions of this Lady Gaga song. The first is just the normal Robin news spoof and the second is for Robin's trip to Guatemala which never aired. 
Red Hot Chili Peppers The Chili Peppers spawned this thought for Give it Away Now complete with the original studio drum and guitar tracks taken from a pre-mix multitrack.
The Beegee's This was a song Howard always liked and often talked about. He said this version was "beautiful and had great vocals." New york Mining disaster 1941
The Beatles A very cool take on Paperback Writer.
Boston Going back to the 70's for Peace of Mind.
Naked Eyes A Parody of Always Something There To Remind Me by Naked Eyes.
KC & The Sunshine Band The only thing that could work as well as I'm Your Boogieman would be "booty man." 
Frankie Valli Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, Oh What A Night
Rump Bum Bum Buns  A Christmas song done for Robin to the tune of The Little Drummer Boy
Neil Young  The Neil Young song Only Love Can Break Your Heart
Tommy Tutone  For the Song Jenny Jenny by Tommy Tutone also known as (8675309) There's also a version for Artie that never aired done the day after he gave out his phone # which of course ended with a 9. 

 
 
BABA BOOEY TUNES
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Baba Howard and Robin kept singing the Abba song Take A Chance on Me and that resulted in this tune which was continuously played throughout the week.
Baba Anthem A caller asked why there is no Baba Booey national anthem so the deed was done and a day later it was played the day of the Jets loss.
Baba Sleeps Tonight A booey version of the Tokens Lion Sleeps Tonight.

 
 
RONNIE TUNES
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Cookie Man Sal thought it would be funny to have a KC and The Sunshine Band version of I'm Your Boogieman but use I'm Your Cookie Man for Ronnie's cookie fiasco. It was a great suggestion and culminated in a great Ronnie song.
Rocket Cookie  Another cookie song using Elton John's Rocket Man complete with sound bytes from the shows cast. 

 
 
HOWARD & ROBIN | Hear what Howard and Robin say about Psych with these clips.

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Two clips of a time Psych was played back to back and Howard said "I gotta meet this guy."
Howard compares Psych to Prince.
Howard says he can't get the song out of his head.
The first time a Psych Baba Booey tune was played and the pronunciation for Psych is figured out.
A discussion of lyrics to the Kansas spoof.
Howard says "Psych is taking the crown."

 

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