# Fun(ny) music videos, NOT parody or cover **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 13, 2014, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-ny-music-videos-not-parody-or-cover/681263 "2014-02-13T17:12:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-ny-music-videos-not-parody-or-cover/681263/41 "2014-02-15T03:49:03Z")
Rosanna by Wax is funny because of all the innuendo. NSFW lyrics but the video is all innuendo [Rosanna](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0aRb4rAq0I) ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-ny-music-videos-not-parody-or-cover/681263/42 "2014-02-15T04:53:43Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > I’m surprised nobody has mentioned this one yet, but in addition to being a heck of a song, the video for Primus’ “Wynona’s Big Brown Beaver” Leslie Nielson: “Nice beaver!” Priscilla Presley: “Thanks, I just had it stuffed!” ---
**Author:** ![bunyupp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@bunyupp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bunyupp)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-ny-music-videos-not-parody-or-cover/681263/43 "2014-02-15T15:53:53Z")
:):eek: “Rosanna by Wax” wasn’t what I was thinking of, but now I can’t stop thinking about it:D. The song definitely isn’t Safe For Work, or if you have kids in the house, or a wife nearby, or watching it at church, etc. It is really funny! (p.s. the Vimeo version is easier to watch, no age sign in) ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-ny-music-videos-not-parody-or-cover/681263/44 "2014-02-15T17:04:10Z")
I love [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1o0TJQLWU4) Joe Walsh video. ---
**Author:** ![jerez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c68b51/32.png) [@jerez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerez)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-ny-music-videos-not-parody-or-cover/681263/45 "2014-02-15T20:04:01Z")
“[Go With the Flow](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcHKOC64KnE)” by Queens of the Stone Age. I don’t really think it’s funny, but it’s so well made that it makes me laugh. Honestly, I can’t get over how cool this video is. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-ny-music-videos-not-parody-or-cover/681263/46 "2015-04-04T00:34:43Z")
Sorry to rez an old thread (but hey, I posted to it when it was current). I found this Austrian band called Kontrust. (The band is Austrian, but the hot blonde lead singer is Polish.) I … have no idea what genre to place this in, but this is one of the funniest videos I’ve ever seen outside of Weird Al. They just seem to be having so much fun: [Hey DJ!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwhPOlIuSXM) ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-ny-music-videos-not-parody-or-cover/681263/47 "2015-04-04T01:10:50Z")
Bowling for Soup’s [Punk Rock 101](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ajq4Ek-jChA) if you can keep up. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-ny-music-videos-not-parody-or-cover/681263/48 "2015-04-04T01:14:13Z")
[Green Jello- Three Little Pigs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gtffv9bpB-U) ---
**Author:** ![Teach-me-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a4c791/32.png) [@Teach-me-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teach-me-not)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-ny-music-videos-not-parody-or-cover/681263/49 "2015-04-04T01:24:46Z")
Not sure if Ylvis was mentioned. They have a bunch of funny videos: Stonehenge, What does the fox say?, … I believe the fox song went viral, and was even parodied (imitated?) in SNL. I don’t know how to link to their channel page from my phone, so i will provide a link to one of their songs (Stonehenge) instead. [Ylvis - Stonehenge [Official music video HD] [Explicit lyrics] - YouTube](http://youtube.com/watch?v=mbyzgeee2mg) ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-ny-music-videos-not-parody-or-cover/681263/50 "2015-04-04T01:44:48Z")
> [@CheshireKat](#): > > Bowling for Soup’s [Punk Rock 101](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ajq4Ek-jChA) if you can keep up. 😃 Every Bowling For Soup video is hilarious! I love those guys! [High School Never Ends](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrxI_euTX4A) [Emily](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keNRUzP2A2Q) [No Hablo Inglés](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L174xUWK6bg) ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-ny-music-videos-not-parody-or-cover/681263/51 "2015-04-04T01:53:43Z")
And a live performance from Bowling for Soup, performing a cover version of Fergie’s “London Bridge”: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qYRywCDmcZI/hqdefault.jpg "London Bridge - Bowling For Soup") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYRywCDmcZI) ---
**Author:** ![bunyupp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@bunyupp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bunyupp)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-ny-music-videos-not-parody-or-cover/681263/52 "2015-04-06T14:50:49Z")
(sniff, sniff) The first thread of mine to be resurrected as a zombie:D I’m so proud:p ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-ny-music-videos-not-parody-or-cover/681263/53 "2015-04-06T16:12:05Z")
David Lee Roth used to do videos whose intent was clearly to convey humor. Don’t think he succeeded all that much but his videos struck me as Mad Magazine parody sort of videos, and were just incredibly 80s artifacts: [Just a Gigolo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeXjBWN8LO8) [California Girls](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JpM7i0yaz0) [Hot for Teacher](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M4_Ommfvv0) And while I was looking for the above video I came across[this very interesting cover](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFEfws47axs) of Hot For Teacher by Trisha Paytas, whom I have never heard of before. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-ny-music-videos-not-parody-or-cover/681263/54 "2015-04-06T16:28:42Z")
Although the songs are not especially funny, three of the most popular videos of our time rely on humor pretty heavily: Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off” is all about her making fun of herself for being a dorky dancer, at the end finally finding some fellow dorky dancers to dance with. Bruno Mars’s Uptown Funk has some really funny bits (especially in the beauty parlor). Whatshername’s All About That Bass does some pretty fun stuff juxtaposing real girls playing with Barbie sets and real people dressed as Barbies, along with some other funny stuff. ---
**Author:** ![txtumbleweed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@txtumbleweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txtumbleweed)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-ny-music-videos-not-parody-or-cover/681263/55 "2015-04-06T18:59:46Z")
Toby Keith has a few: [As Good as I Once Was](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldQrapQ4d0Y) [Red Solo Cup](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKZqGJONH68) [I Wanna Talk About Me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxUuDPNbkJk) ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-ny-music-videos-not-parody-or-cover/681263/56 "2015-04-06T19:52:25Z")
Aisha Tyler, _No Ass At All._ Can’t link youtube from work. Eventual link probably NSFW due to use and depiction of the a-word. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-ny-music-videos-not-parody-or-cover/681263/57 "2015-04-06T20:03:33Z")
[Something to Believe In](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vexjWIvwsVg). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-ny-music-videos-not-parody-or-cover/681263.md?page=2)