Members Starr man Posted July 23, 2004 Members Posted July 23, 2004 We have a two man acoustic gig/jam night every week. It has been going ok so far.... I I wondered if anyone had any ideas for some songs that are funny, or get a hoot out of our audience... Sometimes the great playing and too much seriousness gets over looked... We need a few tunes to lighten things up and get a laugh or two. We play mostly blues with some folk amd rock thrown in. Anyone have any ideas??? Thank You! Frankie and Mark (Acoustic act)
Members Cams Posted July 23, 2004 Members Posted July 23, 2004 Rocky Racoon always goes down well and isn't too difficult to learn.
Members zookie Posted July 23, 2004 Members Posted July 23, 2004 This is an Irish song, but look up "Why Paddy's Not at Work Today". It's one of the funniest songs ever written.
Members Howard Emerson Posted July 23, 2004 Members Posted July 23, 2004 Hi Starr,There are scads of novelty tunes out there, and if you're ambitious at arranging, I'd look at several of Groucho Marx's wonderful songs. The first two that come to mind are 'Lydia The Tattooed Lady' and 'Captain Spaulding'. Other songs that I remember my friend, Billy McEwan, performing were Teddy Bears Picnic, which is really good and if you are really into some memorization of lyrics you'll want to try Garden State Stomp by Dave Van Ronk (I think that's the name of the song). All it is is names of towns in the state of New Jersey, but boy is it great! Good luck! Howard Emerson
Members UGB Posted July 23, 2004 Members Posted July 23, 2004 Charlie Daniels, I think, has one about a guy trying to get out of a bar that's pretty funny. A serious arrangement of 'Smelly Cat' from Friends would probably go over well.
Members talkgtr Posted July 23, 2004 Members Posted July 23, 2004 any Rodger Miller song, WE like "My Uncle Use To Love Me But She Died".
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted July 23, 2004 Members Posted July 23, 2004 Shel Silverstein wrote a bunch of great ones...most, if not all of the humorous Dr. Hook tunes were by "Uncle Shel" http://www.banned-width.com/shel/misc/lyrics.html Tunes I do that are humorous: Chicken Cordon Bleus (Steve Goodman) The Mermaid Song (various) Dead Egyption Blues (various) A parody of "Green, Green Grass At Home" (various) May The Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose (Little Jimmy Dickens) Ghost Chickens In The Sky (?) I'd Rather Have A Bottle In Front Me Than A Frontal Lobotomy (?) Plus several originals...
Members Dove Posted July 23, 2004 Members Posted July 23, 2004 Tons of cool stuff from Martin Mull; I woke up with the Piggy in a Blanket, for starters..Larry
Members Singin' Dave Posted July 23, 2004 Members Posted July 23, 2004 I've had success playing the following rock/blues tunes that you should look up on Olga. A little less campy perhaps than some of the ones suggested so far, but gets the crowd going. Laverne and Shirley Theme Song (short, pretty easy, a hit with those who remember the show. I do sort of punked up version) Take the Skinheads Bowling (Camper Van Beethoven) Funny, upbeat song, VERY easy) Ring of Fire (I know, not really a funny song per se, but if you introduce it right - i.e. mention what it's really about-diarrhea, it's a winner with the right crowd. Again I do this one a little punked up vs. the old country beat) If I Had a Million Dollars (Bare Naked Ladies) - get requests for this one all the time, and it's pretty amusing lyrically Good Luck!
Members valleyguy Posted July 23, 2004 Members Posted July 23, 2004 There's Marijuanaville, sung to the tune of Margaritaville. Don't recall who does it.
Members Brokenwing Posted July 23, 2004 Members Posted July 23, 2004 John Prine and/or David Bromberg. Funny and poignant.
Members RainsongDR1000 Posted July 23, 2004 Members Posted July 23, 2004 We always do a couple of knockoffs that go over really well. Weird Al Yankovic does a song to the tune of "American Pie" about Star wars, Darth Vadar, Anikin Skywalker etc., that's hilarious. I can't remember the name (Maybe someone here does)? Also, Dennis Leary does a song called "Traditional Irish Folk song" (We drink and we die and continue to drink!) that always gets a chuckle. It's some CD about smoking, do a search on Amazon.
Members guitarcapo Posted July 23, 2004 Members Posted July 23, 2004 There's this tune written by a guy called "Ned Beatty Had the Hardest Part." It's sung to the tune "The Waiting Is The Hardest part" sample lyrics: Well I think I'm gonna rent a movie right nowGonna get something I ain't never seen...And on the discount rack I see Deliverence..And I'm watching it now...And they get to that scene,Where they meet the hillbillies,And they're bigg and they're mean...And who's that crawlin round on his knees?It's Ned Beatty! (beatty) Beatty! (beatty)Heyyyy.... Ned Beatty Had the hardest partCause red neck loving leaves emotional scarsI guess he didn't read, the script to farNed Beatty had the hardest part.... Well I wonder what kinda parts old Ned Turned down I wonder just how deperate he was...Cause I heard it's pretty tough in HollywoodBut I never woulda let them tie me to a tree, screaming and holdin up my BVD'sWait for Burt to come and rescue me singingHey Burt (hey burt) Hey Burt etc. Heyyyyy Ned Beatty had the hardest partHe's taken method acting just a little too farI bet the next day his agent got firedNed Beatty had the hardest part.... Don't Let em get you NedDon't let him next to you!Don't Let him get you NedYou know what he wants to do!Think of your mama NedPut you through drama schoolIs this what she had in mind?You think she's proud of you? lead guitar I think there are a few more words but I forget....
Members braif Posted July 23, 2004 Members Posted July 23, 2004 Originally posted by UGB Charlie Daniels, I think, has one about a guy trying to get out of a bar that's pretty funny. That would be "Ballad of the Uneasy Rider"...the guys I am "jamming" with are doing that one!! Great fun!!! Also, how about "Oh Lord It's Hard To Be Humble" by Mac Davis
Members madog99 Posted July 23, 2004 Members Posted July 23, 2004 Louden Waingwright has a ton of them , Dead Skunk, Unrequited , I am the way , Hardy boys at the Y , Last man on earth , Down drinking at the bar and many many more
Members Starr man Posted July 23, 2004 Author Members Posted July 23, 2004 Thank you for the ideas! I also thought o Chuck Berry's My Dingaling... And maybe a more modern version of Take This Job And Shuff It... Please write with more as you think of them... I am gunna see if I can dig up the ones everyone suggested. Starr man
Members WGH Posted July 23, 2004 Members Posted July 23, 2004 Tompall Glaser's "Put Another Log on the Fire", Guy Clark's "Homegrown Tomatoes", Jim Stafford's "Cow Pattie", Glenn Cambell's "I Love My Truck". A bunch of stuff from Moe and Joe (Bandy and Stampley...Good Ol' Boys, etc.), George Strait did a song called "Unwound" (That woman that I had wrapped around my finger...) and lastly, Jon Anderson's "Chicken Truck". If I can think of more I'll post them later.
Members WGH Posted July 23, 2004 Members Posted July 23, 2004 Forgot the best one (as far as reactions when we do it). "A Boy Named Sue."
Members frankentele Posted July 23, 2004 Members Posted July 23, 2004 Jimmy Buffet's "God's Own Drunk"...funny as hell, especially with a hard-drinking crowd. Easy as it can be--two chords, fairly relaxed, no real singing...just telling a story.
Members GuitarDaddio Posted July 23, 2004 Members Posted July 23, 2004 Dear Abby by John PrimeThe Cat Came BackThey're Rioting in AffricaThere Are Women Who Love Women Who Love Men by Steve GoodmanThe Perfect Country Song by Steve GoodmanTijuana JailThe Marvelous Toy (Peter, Paul, and Mary)The Streak Ray Stevens30,000 Pounds of Bananas (Harry Chapin)
Members woody b Posted July 23, 2004 Members Posted July 23, 2004 My favorite is "Acid Country" by Tim Wilson.
Members vetstudent Posted July 23, 2004 Members Posted July 23, 2004 My favorite ones are by Adam Sandler... He has tons of good ones in that category. Some of them have pretty bad language but I think his best ones are the cleaner ones... "Lunch Lady Land", "I Wanna grow old", and "The Hanukah Song" (can't miss this one around Christmas time!!!) Brent
Members talkgtr Posted July 23, 2004 Members Posted July 23, 2004 or a northern fav,... As I set down one evening in a timber town cafe A six foot-seven waitress, to me these words did say "I see you are a logger and not a common bum For no one but a logger stirs his coffee with his thumb "My lover was a logger, there's none like him today If you'd sprinkle whisky on it, he'd eat a bale of hay He never shaved the whiskers from off his horny hide But he'd pound 'em in with a hammer, then bite 'em off inside "My lover came to see me one freezing winter day He held me in a fond embrace that broke three vertebrae He kissed me when we parted so hard it broke my jaw And I could not speak to tell him he'd forgot his mackinaw "I watched my logger lover going through the snow A-sauntering gaily homeward at forty eight below The weather tried to freeze him, it tried it's level best At a hundred degrees below zero, he buttoned up his vest "It froze clean down to China, it froze to the stars above At one thousand degrees below zero it froze my logger love They tried in vain to thaw him and if you'll believe me, sir They made him into ax blades to chop the Douglas fir "That's how I lost my lover and to this caffay I come And here I wait till someone stirs his coffee with his thumb
Members PapaTom Posted July 23, 2004 Members Posted July 23, 2004 "Illegal Smile" by John Prine, though the third verse is definitely dated.
Members ChrisNJ Posted July 24, 2004 Members Posted July 24, 2004 Do a song that's not rock & roll whatsoever. I met a guy in college, who never let me play with him eventhough we knew loads of the same songs . Anyway, I knew this guy when he'd do Open Mic Night at our school's pub, he would do Britney Spears' "Oops I Did It Again". I dont know if he was actually playing the actual song on guitar or made it up or what, but it was funny hearing him sing the Britney Spears song all bluesy and acoustically
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