Novelty Songs
get a bad rap. They're treated by most pop music aficionados as "throwaway" entities, often categorized as being among "the worst records ever made".
SURFIN' BIRD, DISCO DUCK, Alvin and the Chipmunks, the Nutty Squirrels, AHAB THE ARAB and the like: Songs like that are deliberately sophomoric, only intended for free-spirited amusement. A reprieve from the usual romantic angst and topical social commentary fare of the average song.
Sort of like going on a picnic with a close friend. Where you joke about bodily malfunctions and strange sexual obsessions and just all-around loosen up.
True intimacy is "never wanting to own an SUV or monster pick-up truck because they're the most impractical vehicles ever made and only pompous blowhards would ever desire to own one".
Everyday life and the world itself is so grave. Everyone is a "king" and a "queen" and you're always the only "peasant".
Full of "those who drive SUVs and monster trucks".
Novelty songs are the entertainment fare of the free-thinking-and-free-spirited-at-heart.
get a bad rap. They're treated by most pop music aficionados as "throwaway" entities, often categorized as being among "the worst records ever made".
SURFIN' BIRD, DISCO DUCK, Alvin and the Chipmunks, the Nutty Squirrels, AHAB THE ARAB and the like: Songs like that are deliberately sophomoric, only intended for free-spirited amusement. A reprieve from the usual romantic angst and topical social commentary fare of the average song.
Sort of like going on a picnic with a close friend. Where you joke about bodily malfunctions and strange sexual obsessions and just all-around loosen up.
True intimacy is "never wanting to own an SUV or monster pick-up truck because they're the most impractical vehicles ever made and only pompous blowhards would ever desire to own one".
Everyday life and the world itself is so grave. Everyone is a "king" and a "queen" and you're always the only "peasant".
Full of "those who drive SUVs and monster trucks".
Novelty songs are the entertainment fare of the free-thinking-and-free-spirited-at-heart.
As a dj Novelty songs can save a party from disaster. If it's a tough gig where people are reluctant to dance, out comes the Cha Cha slide, the YMCA and even good old Cotton Eyed Joe. They are ice breakers.
ReplyDeleteEverything from SNOOPY VS THE RED BARON to PLEASE MR.CUSTER to GITARZAN to THE CURLY SHUFFLE to THEY'RE COMING TO TAKE ME AWAY HA-HA
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did I mention DISCO DUCK? Or SHOPPING FOR CLOTHES? Or PINK SHOE LACES? How about SKINNY LEGS AND ALL (a very non-PC song by today's standard)? Or WELFARE CADILLAC (okay, I admit there's obvious subtle racist aspect to this one)? GIMME DAT DING (Tony Burrows was the gravelly low voice)?
...and so forth ...