where will the laughter go??

as the wise frank zappa said
"does humor belong in music?"

well where did all the laughter go?

It's there. Where've you been looking?

Depends what you're looking for.
Our band usually goes into a studio to record 'dumb' tunes for the simple reason of getting recording experience in a particular studio or just honing our skills. We do fairly serious music, but then put comedy lyrics to it sorta making fun of some of the serious young bands that come in occasionally and write what they think are amazing songs. Except we sit there and laugh at how bad the lyrics are.

http://s93744050.onlinehome.us/mp3/DrinkDrive.mp3
http://s93744050.onlinehome.us/mp3/IGotaGirl.mp3
http://s93744050.onlinehome.us/mp3/ILoveHer.mp3

I think that you can find a lot of humor in music. They Might Be Giants are a howl. Tell me you didn't laugh when you first heard the B-52's or Devo. I remember seeing Elvis Costello on SNL waaaay back before he was known at all outside of some New York clubs and thought he was just an act like the Blues Brothers....etc. Lou Reeds' 'Take a walk on the wild side' has some funny lyrics. Sad but funny at the same time. Ray Charles 'Hit The Road Jack' and 'What I say?' Maybe it's just me, but I think 'Walk this way' is a very funny song. Never fails to make me laugh.

And the blues have some of the funniest lines of all time in their lyrics. 'My woman so cold, when she opens her mouth a light comes on...Frigidare woman...."

Etc...etc.

And one of the funniest stand-ups working today is a kid named Stephen Lynch. It's just him, his guitar and some of the most twisted and hilarious lyrics you have ever heard. :)

WATCH OUT WHERE THE HUSKIES GO
AN' DON'T YOU EAT THAT YELLOW SNOW


Brilliant

Originally Posted by: LeedoggWATCH OUT WHERE THE HUSKIES GO
AN' DON'T YOU EAT THAT YELLOW SNOW


Brilliant

Right about that tiiime people...
A fur trapper...who was strictly from commercial....

ba da da daaaa dee da da doo doo da da
Strictly commercial

Had the unmitigated audacity to jump out from behind my igloo

peek-a-boo oooh oooh oooh

Wierd Al?

My buddy and I did a song (old old song) called 'Cross Eyed Sue' for Valentine's Day, or as I like to say "Happy VD!"

O I got a gal named Cross Eyed Sue
As purdy as she can be
She's got a wart on the end of her nose
And a face like a sour apple tree

Cross Eyed Sue and a kangaroo
Are pretty much alike
Kangaroo hops around all day
And Sue hops around all night

ch
O I got a gal named Cross Eyed Sue
Her eyes are red and her lips are blue
Pearly and curly cheek
Her false teeth rattle and her glass eye squeaks


I don't remember all the words, and most of these are from memory, but we had a hard time rehearsing it, I couldn't help making up my own lyrics.

And began to whip up on my baby seal with a...

with a...

lead...

lead-filled snow shoe.

With a leeeeaaaad filllllled snow shoe....

(btw- loved Cross Eyed Sue. That's good stuff.)

Originally Posted by: hunter60And began to whip up on my baby seal with a...

with a...

lead...

lead-filled snow shoe.

With a leeeeaaaad filllllled snow shoe....

(btw- loved Cross Eyed Sue. That's good stuff.)

He went right upside the head of my favorite baby seal he went "WHAP" with a lead filled snowshoe...

Now that got me about as mean as an eskimo boy can be

So I bent down and I reached out and I scooped up a generous mittenfull of the deadly...yellow snow

THE DEADLY YELLOW SNOW FROM RIGHT THERE WHERE THE HUSKIES GO!

My bro changed the lyrics of Garth Brooks' "People in Low Places" to "I Pass Gas in Public Places". It's one of the funniest songs I ever heard, especially with that exagerated country singing. I've also been wanting to find a backing track (or make my own) to those funny Bud light commercials on the radio that go: "here's to you Mr. Backyard bbq lighter..." or whoever, so I can write my own tributes to "Real American Heroes". I'd have to get my wife to sing the women backup parts, and put way too much reverb like they do. Somebody with a nice set-up should make that backing track for us (or track it down), then we can all put funny tributes to it. :D

I moved this thread to the "Listening Post".. mostly cause I started posting a bunch of audio files for the hell of it..

If you guys have audio files to post ya should post em here.
I've got all kindsa stupid crap I recorded back when I first started playing guitar, done on my old Fostex 250 - 4 Track in my basement.
Like, old stuff done with all manual equipment, an RX11 Drum Machine and stuff like a DX7 Keyboard.
I actually sent a whole tape of this stuff in called QtChic-FM to A&M records and got a lunch date with the head of A&R back then, Max Hutchinson.
It was a 45 minute tape of my music mixed in with a ton of fake commercials I did.
Didn't get a recording contract out of it, but definitely got my name known with the label cause some of the stuff was so rude, it got copied & passed around for years.
Some of em are too raunchy for this forum but I'll post em temporarily cause back then they weren't really considered as over the top and racist as they might today. (this was before anybody knew what AIDS was)
If anybody objects I'll erase em.
* note: **Adults Only**

Keep in mind these were done on a really old 4 Track with a really old RX11 Yamaha Drum machine, an original MIDIverb and a cheap Radio Shack Mic..
Some Canadian guys might remember this stuff.

Anyways..... A country tune I did on guitar, then a fake commercial for XRated Rock Explosion by K-Tel

http://s93744050.onlinehome.us/mp3/xrated.mp3

I got more but I gotta go search em out... they're like 15 years old.
I'll post em if I find em.

This one is cut off early but is a direct dig at Alan Frew
http://s93744050.onlinehome.us/DonnyFrew.mp3

This is as a commercial for a Co-op store and background music for a local talk show.
http://s93744050.onlinehome.us/mp3/coop.mp3

KevFam... my attempt at making money. An actual tune that made it on Canadian TV... without the KevFam crap of course
http://s93744050.onlinehome.us/mp3/KevFam.mp3

A Commercial for Roberto Jeans that got rejected
http://s93744050.onlinehome.us/RobertoJeans

And hey...Chuckies Song, a tribute to Charles Manson.
Done with a buch of 10 year old girls singing back up.
http://s93744050.onlinehome.us/mp3/Chuckie
http://s93744050.onlinehome.us/mp3/Groovy.mp3

you all have very good points

but sooner or later most bands who do this seem to either disappear or or go all serious