make me a make me laugh cd
 

thinking of compiling a cd of music with fun lyrics (bot of course i still must like the tunes). so far, this is what i have:
1) weezer --sweater song
2) flaming lips--she dont use jelly
3) presidents--lump
4) caviar--tangerine speedo
probably will add a few bloodhound gang (fav ones are discovery and yummy down on this( and some tenacious D. anything else you guys think are fun?

What's the criteria? Do joke/novelty songs count (Weird Al, or Father Brian's "Who's In The House", for example)?

I nominate the following "real" songs.

The Barenaked Ladies - Be My Yoko On and If I Had A Million Dollars
Oasis - She's Electric
They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse In Your Soul
Todd Snider - Talkin' Seattle Grunge Rock Blues
Christy Moore - Joxer Goes To Stuttgart
Primus - Wynnona's Big Brown Beaver

A few ranging from getting a chuckle out of me to rolling on the floor laughing.

Beck - Nicotine and Gravy
They Might Be Giants - Cowtown, and... well anything by them
Barenaked Ladies - Blame It On Me
Cake - Stickshifts and Safetybelts
Wilco - Passenger Side
Le Tigre - Don't Drink Poison, Nanny Nanny Boo Boo
Nellie McKay - Won't U Please B Nice, Ding Dong, The Dog Song
Butt Trumpet (or Betty Blowtorch) - I'm Ugly And I Don't Know Why

ooh, forgot about TMBG--love triangle man (or particle man, whatever its called) and istanbul not constantinople. i have a ton of primus. may go for a less well known one (think its called nature boy?).

yeah, i forgot to mention that they should be as close to real songs as possible rather than spoofs. prefer to like them as songs but have the fun lyrics as an added bonus. keep the suggestions coming!

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Ween - Push The Little Daisies and Make Em Come Up
Beck - Satan Gave Me A Taco
Sublime - Date Rape
Offspring - When You're In Prison
Green Day - All By Myself
Eminem - The Kids

Kip Addotta's "Wet Dream"

i must warn you though, it's filled with tremendously atrocious puns using fish names. it's basically a story of a guy trying to pick up girls in bars, but uses the names of various fish instead of words. for example, "She said, 'Not tonight, I have a <i>haddock</i>.'" so, if that isn't your sense of humor (see 'lame puns that are so bad you have to laugh') then avoid it like the plague.

Brad Paisley - Me Neither
William Shatner - Ideal Woman

King Missile - Detatchable Penis
The Dan Band - Total Eclipse of the Heart
Anything by the "D"

The Police "On Any Other Day"

Fred Lane "The French Toast Man"

No one's mentioned the Dead Milkmen? For shame.

Dead Milkmen - "Punk Rock Girl"
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians - "Balloon Man"
Brian Wilson/Beach Boys - "Vega-Tables"

If you want music a wry sense of humor and outstanding hooks try Nick Lowe's Jesus of Cool or as it was called in America, Pure Pop for Now People. My favorites on that album are Nutted by Reality, Little Hitler, Marie Provost and So it Goes.

Also in that vein, Frank Zappa's Apostrophe. The entire first side should fit your bill capped off with Cosmik Debris. "Is that a real poncho or a Sears poncho?"

The Offspring are wry as well: Pretty Fly and Self Esteem.

Ian Drury's "Wake Up and Make Love to Me" and Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

If it's parody you're after then Weird Al is you man. My favorites are Another One Rides the Bus, Ricky, Pretty Fly for Rabbi and the Saga Begins.

More parodies:
Psycho Chicken - the Fools
She's got Colonel Sanders Thighs
She's Got Marty Feldman Eyes - Bruce Babyman Baum

drat! you beat me to it, their "Flannel in Seattle' song is also very funny.

other songs:

Space - Female of the Species
Babybird - You're Gorgeous
Kenickie - In Your Car
Travis - High as Monkeys

As far as humorous Robyn Hitchcock songs, I'd go with either "Gene Hackman" or "Uncorrected Personality Traits", hut hell, it's all good.

Oh, and "I'm a Boy", "Tattoo", Odorono, and "Mary Anne With the Shaky Hands" by The Who.

"Marie Provost" has the greatest sing along chorus in the history of pop music...

So many songs by Ween, King Missle, Dead Milkmen, Primus and Bloodhound Gang. And depending on your SOH try some of Albini's stuff from Big Black or Rapeman.

I have a CD with that exact title that I made. Here is the rundown.

"Make Me Laugh"
1. Brodie (Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back) - "cue the music" quote
2. It's all about the Pentiums - Weird Al
3. Just a Gigalo - David Lee Roth
4. Walk like a Camel - Southern Culture on the Skids
5. I'm Just a Bill - School House Rock
6. Jay's Rap - Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back
7. Pretty When I'm Drunk - Bloodhound Gang
8. ***** her Gently - Tenacious D
9. Dear Penthouse - Bob & Tom
10. Prisoner of Love - Bob & Tom
11. Jay - "ball lickers" quote (Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back)
12. Chocolate Salty Balls - Chef (South Park)
13. Asshole - Denis Leary
14. Boyz in the Hood - Dynamite Hack
15. Stickshifts & Safetybelts - Cake
16. Chris Rock - "Seaseme Street/N* with puppets" quote (Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back)
17. Movin' Right Along - Kermit the Frog & Fozzie Bear
18. Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr.
19. Camel Toe - Bob & Tom
20. Me & Julio Down by the Schoolyard - Me First & the Gimmie Gimmies
21. Dear Penis - Rodney Carrington
22. Lunchladyland - Adam Sandler
23. Toast! - Heywood Banks
24. Rubber Biscuit - the Blues Brothers
25. First Baptist Bar & Grill - Tim Wilson
26. Parents Just Don't Understand - DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
27. Loony Tunes/Merrie Melodies Outro

If you haven't heard the Bloodhound Gang tune, I highly recommend, check it out. It is probably my favorite on this disc. Another great SCOTS song to check out: "Banana Puddin'".

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For the uninitiated in the world of New Wave it goes:

She was a winner
That became a doggy's dinner.
She never meant that much to me
Whoa oh oh poor Marie.


And for bizarre wit there is also DEVO
Q:Are we not men? A: We are DEVO.

"Pretty When I'm Drunk" and "She Ain't Got No Legs" by Bloodhound Gang are great songs.

"Steve Polychronopolous" "Lonesome Kicker" "At a Medium Pace" "Bad Boyfriend" and "Four Years Old" by Adam Sandler are good choices too.

Offspring and Blink 182 (fuck a dog) have lots of great humor as well.

Offspring - "Way Down the Line" and "She's Got Issues" are great.

Yeah, I was just trying to think of his more "mainstream" songs (or as mainstream as Hitchcock gets). You're right, though, his whole catalog is pretty quirky - so, take your pick. In my formative years, my family would roll their eyes when I'd put his tapes in the car stereo. I was a pretty cool/dorky 8th grader.

"I Keed" - Triumph The Insult Comic Dog

Goo Goo Dolls: "Don't Beat My Ass (With A Baseball Bat)"

The Queers: "I Can't Stop Farting" or "Hi Mom, It's Me"

Sam Kinison: "Love Song"

Venom: "Aaaaarrrrrggggghhhhh"

Nerf Herder: "Courtney Love"

Aqua - Barbie Girl
Eminem - Ass Like That

ummm ummmm. Brain hurts from thinking.