People seem to be divided over if Die Antwoord is a parody band.
“Blut muss fließen” was a Nazi marching song that has one of the most disturbing song lyrics I’ve ever read (I haven’t listend to it, although I’ve listened to the rather unpleasent original tune) and at the same time manages to incredibly over-the-top in its advocacy of violence (although sadly the song ended up being turned to reality):
Also the “Battle Hymn of Lt. Calley”, (yes that Lt. William Calley, perpetrator of the My Lai massacre) even the intro sounds like some parody: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXNsXIxBkqs.
I think the most meta example has to be The Turtles" song “Eleanor.” The Turtles put out an album called “The Turtles Present The Battle of the Bands” which was a whole album of them doing songs in parodies of a variety of different styles. “Eleanor” was the group parodying* themselves*, but it became one of their biggest hits.
How about Lovin’ You (is easy 'cause you’re beautiful) by Minnie Riperton. Complete with tweeting birds in the background.
“Thrift Shop” by Macklemore, the #1 song on the Billboard charts right now. It’s about how the rapper loves buying stuff from the thrift shop, including your granddad’s clothes. “This is fucking awesome.”
LoL, they are the best carwreck ever. That girls voice is like nails on a chalk board, but I can’t help but like it. The guy is pretty hard to look at though.
I’ve never really gotten that feeling from listening to “Loving You”.
This can happen in classical music too. Like the beginning of Beethoven’s Fifth or “Vesti la giubba” from I Pagliacci (beginning at 0:58).
I submit “24 Hours” by Billie Daye. You decide.
“Macarthur Park” is obviously a parody.
Wait – it isn’t?
“Rosecrans Boulevard” sounds like an over-the-top parody of “MacArthur Park,” complete with unrhymed poetic lyrics. It’s serious and was written by the same songwriter (and is even worse).
Really? You never felt the lyrics and especially the background noise wasn’t over-the-top?
How many bird tweets do you normally hear in the background of a song?
That “Somebody I Used to Know” song from last summer that got a ton of airplay. I couldn’t believe it was for real.
Hey, man! It was the 70s!
Really, though, I think Minnie’s delivery more or less washes out the elements that are a bit risible. I could listen to Minnie Riperton seven days a week and twice on Sundays.
David Lee Roth was a parody of himself I think. Songs and music videos like “Just a Gigolo/I Ain’t Got Nobody” and “Goin’ Crazy”.
I’ve always felt the same way, that her entire persona and act is a satire of pop stars - and it just happened to make her a huge star.
Jennifer Juniper by Donovan. Listen to it, and it sounds like a parody of twee 60s flower power. Except it’s real twee 60s flower power.