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Started by HappyGilmore, January 02, 2011, 11:50:37 PM

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HappyGilmore

January 02, 2011, 11:50:37 PM
Based off what I've read from certain people here, there seems to be plenty of appreciation for novelty music and comedy based music.  Seems to not be a hugely viable, money making branch of the music industry, and most make a quick buck and quickly disappear.  Some make a career out of it.  Some examples of some favorites of mine:
"I Just Had Sex" by The Lonely Island featuring rapper Akon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQlIhraqL7o

"Fish Heads" by Barnes and Barnes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTpUVAcvWfU

"CNR" by "Weird Al" Yankovic, a style parody of The White Stripes, about Charles Nelson Reilly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLnapb-30hA

Weird Al's probably the biggest known comic musician to make it 'big', at least in the last 25 years or so.  There've been others, Frank Zappa and Spike Jones, notably.  Anyone else have any?
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Don't get too close, it's dark inside.
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The Burgomaster

#1
January 03, 2011, 04:57:57 PM
Probably the grand-daddy of them all is Alan Sherman.
"Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me either. Just pretty much leave me the hell alone."

HappyGilmore

#2
January 03, 2011, 06:12:01 PM
Alan Sherman is funny too. Still listen to him.
"The path to Heaven runs through miles of clouded Hell."

Don't get too close, it's dark inside.
It's where my demons hide, it's where my demons hide.

Umaril The Unfeathered

#3
January 03, 2011, 07:21:12 PM
The NYC area hardcore band Mucky Pup did their part to bring new life to an old fairy tale:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzgmyD08wGE


It's not really novelty, but it's still a funny song! It's from the album A Boy In A Man's World.
Tam-Riel na nou Sancremath.
Dawn's Beauty is our shining home.

An varlais, nou bala, an kynd, nou latta.
The stars are our power, the sky is our light.

Malatu na nou karan.
Truth is our armor.

Malatu na bala
Truth is power.

Heca, Pellani! Agabaiyane Ehlnadaya!
Be gone, outsiders! I do not fear your mortal gods!

Auri-El na nou ata, ye A, Umaril, an Aran!
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retrorussell

#4
January 03, 2011, 10:39:23 PM
Ray Stevens.
Some like The Streak best, but my favorites of his are "It's Me Again Margaret", "I Need Your Help, Barry Manilow", and "The Ballad Of The Blue Cyclone".
"O the legend they say, on a Valentine's Day, is a curse that'll live on and on.."

HappyGilmore

#5
January 03, 2011, 11:57:51 PM
"Where's Your Mommy?" by Cledus T. Judd---basically the country version of weird al.  Does Parodies, and such.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fppVijLTY30

Also, The Dead Milkmen are pretty funny, a punk group from Philly.
"The path to Heaven runs through miles of clouded Hell."

Don't get too close, it's dark inside.
It's where my demons hide, it's where my demons hide.

Mofo Rising

#6
January 04, 2011, 02:31:07 AM
Every dead body that is not exterminated becomes one of them. It gets up and kills. The people it kills, get up and kill.

HappyGilmore

#7
January 04, 2011, 11:17:11 AM
John Valby---NSFW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMlIItNjm3c

"Star Trekkin" by The Firm...I heard this on Dr. Demento
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCARADb9asE

"The Saga Begins" by "Weird Al" Yankovic...if you've ever wondered what happens in Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace but don't feel like watching...set to "American Pie" by Don McClean
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEcjgJSqSRU

Tom Lehrer is wonderful too. 
"The path to Heaven runs through miles of clouded Hell."

Don't get too close, it's dark inside.
It's where my demons hide, it's where my demons hide.

voltron

#8
January 18, 2011, 08:32:26 PM
"Nothin' out there but God's little creatures - more scared of you than you are of them"  - Warren, "Just Before Dawn"

jimmybob

#9
January 18, 2011, 09:25:16 PM
does Spinal Tap count?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7wcyLrPqC4

-Jimmybob

scottjenner456@yahoo.ca

HappyGilmore

#10
January 19, 2011, 12:17:09 AM
"I'm On A Boat" by The Lonely Island
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avaSdC0QOUM
"The path to Heaven runs through miles of clouded Hell."

Don't get too close, it's dark inside.
It's where my demons hide, it's where my demons hide.

Allhallowsday

#11
January 19, 2011, 01:59:12 AM Last Edit: January 19, 2011, 02:04:57 AM by Allhallowsday
Quote from: HappyGilmore on January 02, 2011, 11:50:37 PM
"Fish Heads" by Barnes and Barnes
I had their album Voobaha sorry I sold it with most of my records... BILLY MUMY from the old 1960s TV show "Lost In Space" was half of the musical group BARNES AND BARNES.  This was my favorite off their first album:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zlaFEepSjM 

And the originator of absurd recording FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnlBe0x_1-w
If you want to view paradise . . . simply look around and view it!

Trevor

#12
January 19, 2011, 02:04:05 AM
Quote from: retrorussell on January 03, 2011, 10:39:23 PM
"I Need Your Help, Barry Manilow"

Why his help?  :buggedout: :buggedout: +  :teddyr: :teddyr: :teddyr:
We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.

Flick James

#13
January 19, 2011, 10:40:32 AM
Quote from: jimmybob on January 18, 2011, 09:25:16 PM
does Spinal Tap count?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7wcyLrPqC4

-Jimmybob

Abso-freaking-lutely, and a good call.

How about Harry Nilsson of "Lime in the Coconut" fame? What a bizarre and whimsical artist.
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lester1/2jr

#14
January 19, 2011, 10:50:36 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CYaU3x_nRU&feature=related


this album "My Daughter, the Broad" is incredible.
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