Funny Songs

I'm looking for 3 songs that made me laugh a lot:

1)Cigarettes & Whisky - but Utah Phillips' rendition is too bluesy - it needs a good-time country band happy that C & W and wild, wild women have driven them insane.

2) Blackboard of My Heart '...it's too late to wipe the slate and start all over again...'

3) and I don't know the title of this song, but part of the refrain is '...Have I the right to sing the blues?...'

Phil

"Being A Dad" by Loudon Wainwright III (among many other of his songs).

"Being a dad isn't so bad
except that you gotta feed 'em!
You gotta shoe 'em and clothe 'em
and try not to loathe 'em
and bug 'em and hug 'em and heat 'em..."

"Rufus Is A Tit Man" (another one by LWIII) would also be way up there.

"Rufus is a tit man, suckin' on his mama's gland
suckin' on the nipple, it's sweeter than ripple wine
yeah, it's sweeter than wine.
you can tell by the way the boy burps, it's gotta taste fine..."

tom lehrer

poisoning pigeons in the park to the masochism tango

google it and enjoy

my old school

Ben Folds: Rockin' the Suburbs.

The title is funny enough, but then you get this great bit:

I'm rockin' the suburbs
Just like Quiet Riot did
I'm rockin' the suburbs
Except that they were talented
I'm rockin' the suburbs
I take the cheques and face the facts
That some producer with computers fixes all my shitty tracks

So true.

quote:

Originally posted by jayd:
"Rufus is a tit man, suckin' on his mama's gland
suckin' on the nipple, it's sweeter than ripple wine
yeah, it's sweeter than wine.
you can tell by the way the boy burps, it's gotta taste fine..."

Funny on its face, and doubly funny considering ...

Fuck Yourself - Frank Zappa & Steve Vai
Somebody put something in my drink - Ramones

'The Hardy boys at The Y' by Loudon Wainwright III

'Manana' by Roy Harper

Bob

A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash.

Makes me smile even thinking about the lyrics.

My Perfect Cousin, the Undertones
Teenage Lobotomy, the Ramones
Flakes, Frank Zappa
There is a light that never goes out, The Smiths
a substantial percentage of the Bonzos recordings

Pete.

Aaah the Bonzos, nothing but humour in their songs.

"can the blue man sing the whites?" wouldn't be allowed today.

Jono

Having picked up my first (but not last) Jonathan Richman cd last night, I'd add his entire "I'm So Confused" disc to this list. He's the wandering minstrel from the movie "There's Something About Mary". Apparently I have his entire thirty-year career to catch up on. Fun!

Jayd

you must look out for some of the early stuff with the modern lovers, very good indeed.

"Roadrunner" being a case in point.

Jono