Comedy Music

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I haven't seen a post here devoted to comedy music so I figured I should start a post about it. It's one of my special interest/obsessions & sometimes laughter helps keep you sane or maybe insane in my case I'll list some of the artist I like here sense It's impossible for me to list em all & if I missed someone; feel free to post it or just list your favs


"Weird Al" Yankovic~ He's arguably the #1 parody artist out there; he's defiantly the most mainstream one & lots of people look up to him. He's the one who got me interested in comedy music in the 1st place so if you have a complaint about my taste in music; thank Al.

Adam Sandler~ Some of his stuff is jokes & skits & not music but still funny.

Allan Sherman~ I don't understand some of his stuff sense It' kind of before my time(I was born in 82) & I'm not Jewish but I still find it funny.

Cheech & Chong~ Lots of their stuff is skits & not music but I find some of that hilarious.

Cledus T Judd~ He's the Weird Al of country music except much less famous & he's self-deprecating in his songs. He also has the original artist in his parodies sometimes as well.

Dennis Leary~ He didn't do many songs but if you like angry comedy music he is good.

Gnarkill~ Parody hardcore rock/punk that's very offensive.

Green Jellÿ~ Originally called Green Jello but changed name due to legal issues. A hardcore rock group that used lots of props on stage because they had the intent of being horrible at music.

Jimmy Fallon~ He only released one CD & not all stuff on it is music but he did lots of other great songs on SNL & stuff.

Kevin Bloody Wilson~ Extremely politically incorrect Australian who sings bar music. Lots of songs are about drinking, bad language & sex. If you like bar-room diddies; this is for you.

Larry Weaver~ Singing redneck comedian from South Carolina. He released 3 CDs. I have his 2nd & 3rd but I've been unable to find his 1st anywhere. If anyone actually has it or knows where I can get it; Please let me know. I forgot the name of it so that would be a help to.

Liam Lynch~ Extremely dorky guy who did that Sifl & Olly show on MTV like 10 years ago. He does dorky music as well.

Ray Stevens~ Classic stuff.

Rob Paravonian~ Marching band geek who sings about it.

Sarah Silverman~ She's kinda crazy & I'm oddly attracted to her.

Stephen Lynch~ He performed a bit of stuff on Comedy Central.

Tenacious D~ Jack Black's thing that's totally awesome.

The Hazzards~ They performed a song on Comedy Central years ago called Gay Boyfriend. Their 1st CD was stupid ukulele stuff but their 2nd one is much better.

Throwing Toasters~ Comedy rock. I bought the mp3 CD that has almost everything that he recorded on it for only $15 but a lot of his stuff can be downloaded for free off his site here http://www.throwingtoasters.com/music/

Dr Demento is also worth mentioning here. That's the radio-show where Weird Al got his start & even thou the good Dr is no longer; his show lives on. Some of the DJs who host it now are artist on The FuMP aka "The Funny Music Project". TheFump.com is a group of artist who share music. It's defiantly worth checking out if your a fan of comedy music. I have all The FuMP CDs that wer released so far but I don't have most of the individual artist stuff but 1ce I save a up a bit of money or see a good deal; I'll get more. http://thefump.com/


Anyways that's enough about the stuff I like. What kinds of comedy music do you guys like

I think I mentioned Incredibad by The Lonely Island once (in another post). It's a CD of stuff that was done on SNL.

Look no further.

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Bo Burnham

Jon Lajoie


Circus of Dead Squirrels

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"Elmo's Last Laugh:"

FREAKY! Thanks for posting that.

I like The Lonely Island and also the Bob and Tom Show, especially Donnie Baker. Not all of the latter two are songs but there are a lot. I remember I laughed like crazy the first time I heard "Church League Softball Fistfight."

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Lonely Island, Flight of the Conchords, and Weird Al are my three favorite modern comedy music artists.

i hate comedy music but thought id add rich hall to your list. someone took me to see him at the london apollo not that long ago and half the act was him playing comedy songs with a band as his alter ego. it was alright

i couldnt remember his name before posting this so i googled 'comedian who reminds me of moe from simpsons' and it worked- turns out moe was actually based on him, who knew.

i liked his "I DONE STOLE THIS RECORD" CD he released back in the 90s, it had "grandpa got runned over by a john deere" which i thought was a scream. "GUILTY!"

but most of the demented songs i like were one-shots by largely anonymous artists long forgotten in the mists of time.
Hank Penny did a funny song about shotgun weddings, called "white shotguns" - "it was a formal wedding- white shotguns."
Butterball and his orchestra did a totally politically incorrect song about drunkenness called "it's drunk out tonight" ["it's gathering like the dew, and i have even noticed that the walls are plastered, too- the bartender's staggerin' - he's surely had his share, so let's have another round, we can't go home, it's too dern drunk out there."]
Dr. Rick Hanzlic MD [not sure about the spelling] did a funny mental illness song called "i'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than have to have a frontal lobotomy."
The Funnyboners did a funny flatulance and beans song called "beans beans" ["i love my beans, better than spinach or turnip greens!"]
Leonard Nimoy [the fella that played "Spock" on TOS] did several albums of funny and not so funny songs in the late 60s, doubtlessly under the influence of the green tobacky and maybe a little juice as well- "The 2 sides of Leonard Nimoy" had "the ballad of bilbo baggins" as well as "highly illogical" on either side of the record. i treasure my worn copy.
The Holy Modal Rounders did a funny tune called "boobsalot" that is indescribable.
The Trashmen [suburban minneapolis prototypical garage punk band] did their version of "surfin' bird" ["the bird's the word"] that has to be heard to be believed.
Spike Jones and his City Slickers were the originals as far as demented music goes, and their explosive version of "cocktails for 2" remains a sound-effects-laden classic to this day.
Charlie Weaver [ancestor of a famous acting family] had his hit record, "happy new year" which was corny but funny.
The Beatles were fond of funny novelties they heard on their parents' 78 rpm records, so naturally they decided to record a few here and there. "you know my name, look up the number" is one of their best ones.
Aerosmith did a shuffle version of the old R&B boogiewoogie jump blues number "big 10 inch record" that gave 70s radio broadcast executives headaches with the double-entendre-laden lyrics.
the Jump In The Saddle Band [a chicago-area bar band made good] had a cute and fun song called "the curly shuffle" that i'm sure lots of WPers have heard before.
Stanley Holloway, an english stage actor and voice talent, recorded on the parlophone label [the Beatles original label and produced by their producer George Martin as well] "sweeney todd the barber" which is a delightful cliff notes version of the old urban legend.

too many others to list here.

I like tim minchin , took me a few times to understand it all but I think he's brilliant his one of my special interests x

I also like Comedy music. Some that haven't been mentioned yet are, Logan Whitehurst, Arrogant Worms, Apologetix, Stan Freberg, Barnes & Barnes, Bonzo Dog Band.

Interesting stuff you guys listed. I looked Leonard Nimoy up on Amazon & previewed it & it sounds good. I knew he had recorded some songs but I assumed it was like William Shatner's 1st CD. I've heard that Hobbit song before but I didn't know who did it.

I don't think this is comedy music but in an episode of King Of The Hill, Bobby was listening to some comedy record that he found from I think Hank. Does anyone know what it was I think it mite of been in one of the eps that weren't originally shown for some rezone.

I am surprised nobody has mentioned anything about Frank Zappa at all. His music makes me crack up all the time.

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and Brian Poeshn is pretty funny, if you are into metal at all. Along with Dethklok

Spinal Tap and the Rutles are like the golden standard by which most comedy musicians should measure themselves.

i first heard of the worms when i heard 'em on dr. d. with their song "carrot juice is murder!"
the bonzo dog do-dah band were just plain weird- neil innes, later the music director of monty python, showed his warped bonzo sensibilities early with songs like "my pink half of the drainpipe" and "do blue men get the whites?" english listeners may remember neil innes, eric idle and ricky fatarr [performing as "dirk and stig"] parodying english motorcycle racer barry sheen in "mr. sheen and his vibrating machine." stan freburg [some WPers may remember his jeno pizza roll commercials] had a summer radio show on CBS radio, where they actually let him perform "elderly man river" which was a satire of network censors and busybody bluenoses. his version of "heartbreak hotel" was a scream.

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