paul_5 Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 5 hours ago, chris_b said: There are many good humorous songs. By Monty Python, Charlie Drake, Tommy Cooper, Bernard Cribbins, Paddy Roberts to name but a few. Agreed. There are quite a few honkers too! Having been brought up on a heady brew of Queen, the Beach Boys and cassettes of ‘comedy hits of the 70s’ on 5 hour drives to family holidays I’m not averse to light-hearted and witty banter set to appropriate musical accompaniment. I drove my son home from youth club tonight accompanied by a selection from Frank Sidebottom’s repertoire and had a good giggle. FZ gets my vote any day of the week, but I can’t help but think that the music carries a hell of a lot more value than his lyrical efforts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBass Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 The Damned always have a bit of a laugh live. This was the B-side to 'Smash it up'. the weird sound at 1.37 was a bit on the 7" that you had to revolve the opposite way to your record player to hear it, which doesn't work without a turntable and stylus, of course. I once saw them play a version of Ballroom Blitz, with Lemmy. Dave Vanian changed the chorus to: 'Big, big, big big t!ts' whilst pointing at a chesty skinhead girl sat on something to the side of the stage (Electric Ballroom, Camden Town). The support band for this gig was supposed to be Splodgenessabounds but they got banned as 10 days previously, while supporting the Damned at the Rainbow in Finsbury Park, Max Splodge received a very quick BJ from the girl that used to share singing duties with him-on stage. Splodgenessabounds were/are a pisstake punk band, famous for the single '2 pints of lager and a packet of crisps please' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonesy Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 Chas n Dave have some really funny lyrics/songs and i always think they're underrated as musicians off the back of it, which is a shame. Spinal tap have to be near the top when talking about comedy tunes too. AC/DC tunes have a lot of humour in them too 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterMute Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 8 hours ago, BreadBin said: Leonard Cohen is hilarious. Edit - I should say was, really... I've long maintained that Leonard was a p*ss-t*k*ng m*th*rf*ck*r who laughed heartily at the human condition and benefitted greatly from it. Sadly missed. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 There's quite a lot of difference between a humorous song and a song with humour in it... I tend to prefer the 2nd as the humour is part of the music, as opposed to the whole point of the song. Bootsy's music is always dribbling with little jokes! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassfinger Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 We have a bit of "humour" in our act. Our singer has a great singing tone, but a slightly limited range. About halfway through he'll apologise to the audience, saying his voice is a bit tired. I'll pipe up on my mic, tell him to stop moaning because he has it easy. We'll then have a pretend argument which ends with me saying "right, if you think you can do better then be my guest", and I hand him the bass. He's not a bassist at all but I've taught him to play House of the Rising Sun, so I'll blast through the vocals and he does bass for that one song. We then shake hands and swap back to normality. Invariably earns much-O applause from the audience. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 Squeeze would be my favourite example of humour in music. I also do like a lot of comedy music - Peter Sellers 'Balham', Flanders and Swann, Trimmer and Jenkins, and I don't think the profanity filter will allow me to post the wonderful Dilly Keane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odysseus Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 Of course. Stone-faced ascetism doesn't appeal to me where music is concerned. Normal caveats apply, obviously. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 Don't forget Bob Blackman. . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Bay Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 22 hours ago, Newfoundfreedom said: I love Bloodhound Gang's Hooray For Boobies. It's extremely purile, which would normally be a big turn off for me, but it's so well written and just so damn catchy! Also Tenacious D. I've always thought Jack Black has too good a voice to be in a comedy band. One thing I don't like about humourous bands is when they have talky bits between tracks. It soon gets really old after repeated listens. I love Bloodhound gangs discovery channel, always makes me smile. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreadBin Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 (edited) Goldie Looking Chain were good too. One important rule is that if you are going to be funny it helps if you are musically adept. Edited March 12, 2022 by BreadBin Spleling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newfoundfreedom Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 1 hour ago, T-Bay said: I love Bloodhound gangs discovery channel, always makes me smile. That's probably the tamest song on the album. 😆 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteb Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 33 minutes ago, BreadBin said: Goldie Looking Chain were good too. One important rule is that if you are going to be funny it helps if you are musically adept. And actually funny as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreadBin Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 2 minutes ago, peteb said: And actually funny as well Quite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Bay Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 3 hours ago, Newfoundfreedom said: That's probably the tamest song on the album. 😆 It’s a great album and so different from so much of the stuff around when it was released, a real breath of fresh air. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted March 12, 2022 Author Share Posted March 12, 2022 Having said that I prefer the subtle use of humor, I must admit to recently watching about 10 vids on Youtube by The Chats: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorR Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 Love the Barenaked Ladies… Brian Wilson, If I Had $1,000,000, Be My Yoko Ono and Grade 9 spring to mind. Or what about Mayor of Simpleton by XTC… humour in music doesn’t just need to be Flanders & Swan or Bernard Cribbins (though both are great)… ….and who couldn’t love… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 Well, I was going to mention Flanders and Swann (two mentions so far) and Tom Lehrer (just beaten to it). Another couple of names - Allan Sherman, Ivor Biggun. And I've written a fair few comedy songs too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SumOne Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 23 hours ago, Leonard Smalls said: There's quite a lot of difference between a humorous song and a song with humour in it... I tend to prefer the 2nd as the humour is part of the music, as opposed to the whole point of the song. Bootsy's music is always dribbling with little jokes! Yeah, I agree. Comedy songs (as in lyrics telling a a joke story) are different to songs that contain humour, and I prefer the latter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil.c60 Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 From 1956....... personally I love this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 I’ve also got a massive soft spot for one George Formby. Great songs and whimsical double entendres delivered with a cheeky smile. I can’t help that the world needs a bit more of this sort of thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard R Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 Well you're all wrong. There is even less place for humour in music than there would be for a dog turd in my pipe and slippers. As a recent convert to the Sillhill School of High Intellectual Theory I am firmly convinced that humour should be careful contained and kept for very rare and special occasions, as I believe orgasms are. I am now off to burn/melt my recordings of Half Man Half Biscuit, Tom Lehrer, Flanders & Swann, Kitt and The Widow, Peter Sellers, and Muse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorR Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 17 hours ago, TrevorR said: Love the Barenaked Ladies… Brian Wilson, If I Had $1,000,000, Be My Yoko Ono and Grade 9 spring to mind. Or what about Mayor of Simpleton by XTC… humour in music doesn’t just need to be Flanders & Swan or Bernard Cribbins (though both are great)… ….and who couldn’t love… D’oh, for some reason all the other Tom Lehrer clips others had posted weren’t showing up on my iPad…d’oh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorR Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 And some folks are adept at music and humour… 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 (edited) Totally need humour in music to counter a lot of the overly serious po-faced ballcocks out there. My own personal faves are Ian Dury, Macc Lads, Half Man Half Biscuit (from my former manor), Dead Kennedys and the Beastie Boys. Have a bit of Boomin Granny Edited March 13, 2022 by Barking Spiders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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