chris_b Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 There are many good humorous songs. By Monty Python, Charlie Drake, Tommy Cooper, Bernard Cribbins, Paddy Roberts to name but a few. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louisthebass Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 (edited) This: Jazz club - desolate shore - fast show - YouTube Edited March 11, 2022 by louisthebass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BreadBin Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 (edited) Leonard Cohen is hilarious. Edit - I should say was, really... Edited March 11, 2022 by BreadBin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 I wonder if anybody on here thinks it doesn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dankology Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 I seem to have the same attitude to humour in music as I do in life: I much prefer listening to someone whose wit and intelligence shines through rather than someone reciting jokes, desperate to amuse. Stuff like Tom Waits, the Fall, Leonard Cohen, the Hold Steady and Arctic Monkeys could never be mistaken for comedy acts but I reckon the humour bleeds into a lot of what they do. Having said that, a lot of my favourite stuff can be entirely humourless (Joy Division, Van Morrison)... I'm just trying to visualize the Venn diagram of people who I find funny, smart and have similar taste in music to me - it looks more like a series of tightly concentric circles 🙃 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted March 11, 2022 Author Share Posted March 11, 2022 8 minutes ago, Dankology said: Stuff like Tom Waits, the Fall, Leonard Cohen, the Hold Steady and Arctic Monkeys could never be mistaken for comedy acts but I reckon the humour bleeds into a lot of what they do. Having said that, a lot of my favourite stuff can be entirely humourless (Joy Division, Van Morrison)... Yes, for me the wry humour snuck in is better than going for the belly laugh. Like The Smiths.... supposedly miserable, but some dry humour in there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted March 11, 2022 Author Share Posted March 11, 2022 43 minutes ago, Cosmo Valdemar said: I wonder if anybody on here thinks it doesn't. I was wondering the same myself 😉 To be honest I thought some miserable so-and-so would have come out and admitted it by now ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 I (with my other half) do open mics, the most popular song by quite a distance is Jilted John, never seem to hear it on the Radio these days 😄 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steantval Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 The Divine Comedy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rich Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 7 minutes ago, steantval said: The Divine Comedy. Yes. My favourite line in any song ever: "but it's hard to get by when your àrse is the size of a small country". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbandit599 Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 25 minutes ago, PaulWarning said: I (with my other half) do open mics, the most popular song by quite a distance is Jilted John, never seem to hear it on the Radio these days 😄 I was coming on here just to post this, and just because you beat me to it, I can't see any reason not to 😁 Genius... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 15 minutes ago, redbandit599 said: I was coming on here just to post this, and just because you beat me to it, I can't see any reason not to 😁 Genius... I notice you didn't post the one with a certain DJ introducing it 😄 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinnyman Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 Humour can also convey a message 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 Of course humour belongs in music. I think there's a place for everything in music. Humour, politics, emotions, hate, love, religion, anti religion. Its all good as long as its done well. On of my favourite bands for humour in music is NOFX. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 1 hour ago, Rich said: Yes. My favourite line in any song ever: "but it's hard to get by when your àrse is the size of a small country". I’ve always loved that one too, though my ultimate fave is from The Macc Lads She said I were good lookin and I looked I bit like George Michael. But she didn’t want a f*** cos she were on her menstrual cycle. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 NSFW Another favourite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRev Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 Yes. It would be dead boring otherwise. NSFW, etc. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norris Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 XTC are/were fabulous wordsmiths, and many of their songs make me smile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigface Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 Indeed it does. Alice's Restaurant is a great example IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 Personally, I'm hanging on for Billie Eilish's peppy cover of Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West). "...a stale pork pie caught him in the eye and Ernie bit the dust" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leschirons Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 We wouldn't even ask if humour belonged in poetry, and that's all that lyrics are, poetry. Humour belongs everywhere and in everything. It's just an alternate view to the serious stuff. If the OP really meant to ask "do humourous lyrics detract from the actual music?" I think not, however, I do think that to write music that works with, and compliments lyrical humour is damn clever. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oomo Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 I couldn't imagine Primus without humour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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