Songs with weird subjects

In My Humble Opinion
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“The Credit Card Song”, apparently by someone calling himself “Dick Feller”.

Anything by Weird Al qualifies as being pretty weird, but I especially like “Yoda”.

“I know Darth Vader’s really got you annoyed,
But remember if you kill him then you’ll be unemployed…”

“Rusty Chevrolet” by Da Yoopers always reminds me of my first car.

“Light up My Room” (and others) by Barenaked Ladies:

“Hydro-field cuts through my neighborhood
Somehow that always just made me feel good
I can put a spare bulb in my hand
And light up my yard.”

That song just makes me smile.

The Gone Jackals… they’re a biker band (featured in the Lucasarts game Full Throttle). Half the time it’s tough to tell what the hell they’re singing about, if anything, but they make a lot of fun, interesting noise.

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Oh! How could I forget Johnny Cash’s “Chicken in Black”? It’s the one where he gets a brain transplant, and they put his brain in a chicken. (Upon reflection, if it isn’t self-effacing to admit that your brain would fit into a chicken’s skull, I don’t know what is.) And then there’s the classic “One Piece at a Time”.

I also forgot to mention “Amish Paradise” by Weird Al. Heh.

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I remember that episode of Northern Exposure that featured the song Toy Cows in Africa by the group “Chance.”

44

Kitty Kat Max - 1000 clowns… a jaunty little rap about a guy who’s looking for his lost cat.

My Life with Rickets - Mark Arm… About a girl who has rickets and god knows what else. The opening is especially odd “One night in Amsterdam, I punched a girl and ran… I said excuse me ma’am, she turned into a man… and beat the shit out of me”

Me and Jesus the Pimp in a 79 Granada Last Night -The Coup… pretty much what it sounds like

She Spread Her Legs and Flew Away - Crooked Fingers

45

Do the words “Dance Dance Revolution” ring a bell? Particularly the 4th and 5th mixes (which are import-only because Konami of America is too STUPID to get on the ball and…ahem) if you can find them.

A sampling:

Orion.78 – A lively, happy, fast-pased Enka-style song…about a potluck dinner. I swear I’m not making this up. Once you understand what the lyrics actually mean, this song makes The Banana Boat Song sound like a friggin’ aria.

Wonderland (UK Extreme Mix) – The original was, like countless other disco songs, an exhortation to get on the floor and dance. This remix is mostly about the singer very loudly insisting that everyone kiss him. Over and over and over. Insert your Ecstasy joke here.

End of the Century – I’ve read and reread the lyrics, and as far as I can tell, the entire song consists of freaking out over the Y2K bug. Yeah…that bad.

So Many Men – The singer explores polyamory. Noteworthy mainly because, while a lot of us practice it to some extent, we’d never dream of discussing it, let alone putting it into a song that’s going to be heard by millions.

Moonlight Shadow – A wonderfully melodic Celtic-style song…about a bizarre murder. With six gunshots. I got chills when I saw the complete lyrics for the first time. Why do so many lovely songs turn out like this? :sad:

Let Them Move – Uh…there’s this DJ that’s totally unprepared and really, really violent. And after all the equipment breaks down or sumpthin’, she tells everyone on the dance floor to just dance without music. Right. :stuck_out_tongue:

Love This Feeling – This sounds like someone who’s on Ecstasy (move like Goldfinger???). And since lovin’ what you’re feeling is what usually happens during an Ecstacy trip, well…

Dam Dariam – “I need your love. Which, of course, is why I run away screaming every time you try to give it to me.” Sheesh, it any wonder that she uses nonsense phrases?

Walkie Talkie – Just one man expressing his undying devotion to a two-way radio. (And you thought Aaron Neville’s tribute to cotton was weird.)

Oh…just so you know I’m not making any of this up, go to Dance Dance Revolution Extra Mix FAQs, Walkthroughs, and Guides for PlayStation - GameFAQs and click on “Music and Lyrics FAQ” for the complete list.

Away from the arcade game front, Capitol Steps has some pretty funny parodies. My favorites are The Bomb Saddam Song and Bomb Bomb Iraq.

46

And it was a 40 dollar bill.

47

Sunspace mentioned this great band earlier, the Arrogant Worms. Yeah, they’ve done some weird ones besides “Horizon” (though that is a great one). See also: “Mounted Animal Nature Trail”, apparently about a taxidermy-based tourist attraction in Ontario, “Malcolm” who solves his problems with a chainsaw, and anything else by this band. Amazing musicality and very funny lyrics.

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Don’t forget “Jesus was Way Cool”

“He rose from the dead! He rose from the dead danced around and went up to Heaven. That is so cool!”

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There was a song that was really big here in OZ about 5 years ago called “Cows With Guns” by some guy called Dana Lyons. It’s about all these cows getting revenge on the humans. Funny stuff.
There is a song by Psycore called “The Zoo” which is all about a kid who wants to go to the zoo, even though he is allergic to fur. It’s hilarious.

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“One Night in Bangkok”, by Murray Head. You just don’t find too many songs about the chess tournament circuit anymore.

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“Miami 2017”, by Billy Joel - early post-apocalypse song. (A little less of a light song than it used to be, after 9/11). Now that this thread has made me think about that song, surely it’s been played in connection with remembering 9/11 at some point or another.

And Finch - on “One Night in Bangkok” - don’t forget it came from the “soundtrack” for the rock opera Chess, so it isn’t as if that’s a one-off.