What’s the funniest song you’ve ever encountered? Was it a classical piece whose notes made you giggle? A Weird Al song? A song so full of double entendres that your lungs almost collapsed from your prolonged snickering? In my case the song is “Big Balls” by AC/DC, but that just shows my perverted nature. What’s the most hilarious song you ever heard in your life, and why?
“Welcome to the Jungle” by Big Daddy. They’re a parody band who take “current” hits and re-do them in the style of 50’s & 60’s classics. In this case, the GnR hit it done to the tune of “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”.
From the obscure bin at the old recordplex.
The Legend of the U.S.S. Titanic, by Jaime Brockett.
At the top are links for audio files of the song.
Haven’t thought about it in years.
{I]Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road*
by Loudon Wainwright III
words here
Regardless of how funny a song may be the first ten times I hear it, and there have been many of those over the years, the only things that remain consistently hilarious are the things that Jonathan and Darlene Edwards did. In real life, they were singer Jo Stafford and her husband Paul Weston although they have tried to fake that in interviews and other such press ploys.
There are also others in that vein like Florence Foster Jenkins, but since one knows that Stafford and Weston are superb musicians, what they manage to do to music is so funny it hurts.
I Hold Your Hand in Mine and Poisoning the Pigeons in the Park, both by Tom Lehrer.
Anything by Tenacious D would be a good candidate for me, but one of my favorites is “Tribute to the Best Song in the World.” It tells the tale of how the two singers were walking down the road, when a demon suddenly appeared and said, “Play the best song in the world, or I’ll eat your souls.” So they played, and by sheer coincidence, it happened to be the best song in the world, and they were saved. Unfortunately, now they can’t remember what the song was, so all they can do is sing this tribute… which, we’re informed, doesn’t sound anything like the Best Song in the World. It’s really silly, and is one of Tenacious D’s few PG-rated songs. I also love “Kielbasa”, “Sex Supreme”, and “With Karate I’ll Kick Your Ass” (with the line “…I’m gonna kick your ass from here to right over there…”). All good stuff.
Jeff
I don’t know about “funniest”, but Weird Al’s “Hardware Store” (on the Poodle Hat) album had me practically coming in my pants by the end of the super-fast-words section. Man!
Wet Dream by Kip Adotta
- I said “Forget the cods Gil
This guy’s gonna need a sturgeon”*
The puns just keep coming fast enough.
The funniest song I have ever heard was a parody of Kate Bush. It was on a British SNL type of show (“Not The Six O’Clock News”). I never saw it but read the words. It made me bust a nut!
If you know Kate Bush, for love or hate, you will find this parody hilarious!
OH ENGLAND MY LEOTARD
(To be sung roughly to the tune of “Them Heavy People”)
I was into yin and yang and half of yoga
Ginsing and carroway seeds and being a non-smoker
My carrot quiches were better than the board’s were
And they were thicker than two short ones
People bought my latest hits cause they like my latex tits
Everyone is trying hard to get inside my leotard
Went to my hairdresser to have a hairdo
He asked if I him knew an aresh aresh tomp pare hairdo
That’s how I was introduced to Gollette, Coctau, and Marcel Brust
Now whole food cookery is just a sideline
La la la la la …
I went to Cairo and I read the Gnostic
A corporate form of joining the original Cop-Boutique ah
Cause I cuff psychosis berries
And a fibonacci series
Studied acupuncture and the bible
Opened the windows in my mind
“It’s not your mind – it’s your body they’re into”
My business manager said
He said I need an intellect like I need a
Hole in the, hole in the, hole in the head
Though I’m an honorary member of Mensa now
I’m going to try and keep up the pretense some how
Would you buy my latest hits because you like my latex tits
And you’re all trying hard to get inside my
[…Music changes to “Violin”…]
Leotard, leotard, leotard
“Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” by William Shatner (which maybe is not supposed to be funny) tied with “The Vatican Rag” by Tom Lehrer (which is supposed to be funny).
Too many to choose from…
PDQ Bach: March of the Cute Little Wood Sprites, The Queen to me a Royal Pain Doth Give, and others.
They Might Be Giants: The Sun is a Mass of Incandescent Gas
Wall of Voodoo: Mexican Radio
Flying Lizards: Money (that’s what I want)
Flaming Lips: She don’t use Jelly
Boy Named Sue, The Tangerine Speedo Song, and most Weird Al songs had me laughing hysterically the first few times, but wore thin quickly.
One of my friends made me listen to this song where a man was rapping about having good hygiene, and it was very funny, but I can’t remember the name of the song or the artist.
Neil Innes’s Protest Song. I only heard this song once, but I finally found the lyrics here.
You have to hear it though, the guy does this dead on Dylan, I was in hysterics.
“How Come My Dog Don’t Bark When You Come Around?”, artist unknown. Some lyrics, as I remember them:
Old Ralph’s the meanest dog in town;
How come my dog don’t bark when you come around?
You come over the other night, what do I see?
Ralph takes one look at you and starts growling at me.
“Let’s Do Something Cheap And Superficial”, artist unknown.
“She’s Got Freckles On Her But…She’s Pretty”, artist unknown.
“Thank God and Greyhound She’s Gone”, artist unknown.
“Let’s Do Something Cheap and Superficial” - from Smokey and the Bandit II, song sung by Burt Reynolds. Yep, same one.
“Thank God And Greyhound You’re Gone” - by Roy Clark of Hee Haw fame.
And I’m very happy to see there is another Big Daddy fan on here! I love how they do Dire Straits’ “Money For Nothing” to the tune of “Sixteen Tons” - or how about “Like A Virgin” to the tune of “Venus”?
SUMBITCH! You don’t know how long I’ve been looking for this song! I heard it back in the '80s on Dr. Demento (I thought Shel Silverstein did it), and had been unable to trace it ever since. (For some reason, the google search I did failed. Maybe I spelled Titantic wrong).
Anyway, thanks for solving that mystery for me!
As for the OP, it was the first time I heard one of Weird Al’s polkas, when he did it to hard rock standards. I had barely heard of the man, and this slayed me.
The Curse of Milhaven, by Nick Cave. Nothin’ funnier than a 10 year old girl who’s also a serial killer.
Juvenile, but CKY’s version of “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town.”
Tom Lehrer is funny, without a doubt, but if you want sheer perverted humor, you have to go to a Faire. You get things ranging from everyone singing the relatively mild “The Drunken Scotsman” (who awakens to find a new decoration beneath his kilt) to the truly twisted songs of Iris and Rose in their “Wild and Thorny” show. Their repertoire includes such things as:
Ball of Ballymore–“If ya can’t get buggered on Saturday night/ya can’t get buggered at all!”
Fairy Story–A brave knight is rewarded for slaying a dragon. The link has full lyrics and a download link, so I won’t spoil it for anyone.
and the inimitable Moose–
“Moose, moose, I like a moose.
I’ve never had anything quite like a moose.
I’ve had men and women, my life has been loose,
But I’ve never had anything quite like a moose.”
The truly astonishing thing is that they get an entire pub full of people to sing along on these things.
Baby Snakes Frank Zappa