Great thread topic! When I logged into the forums tonight, I did so with the intention to created a "music comedy" thread. I really had to dig to find this thread (I searched the entire forum for the word "comedy", and found this thread buried on the 13th page), but I'm glad I found it!
I was just listening to "The Jerky Boys". They make prank phone calls, not music (or novelty songs), but I figured they'd at least have to get an honorable mention here. This call is one of my favorites; the bit about stepping on piss clams gets me every time!
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Weird Al is/was a no-brainer, I'm glad he was mentioned so early in the thread. I've been listening to him since the mid-eighties (when I was four or five years old), and his stuff never gets old. I still pull "Dare to be Stupid" (the entire album, not merely the title track) up on my iPod, along with all his other released material.
Here's one of my favorite songs by Al & Co.:
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Okay, now...HOW IN THE BLOODY HELL has Tenacious D not been mentioned in this thread yet??? The D is arguably one of the funniest groups of all time. This track is from their first (self-titled) album, and features the always hilarious Dave Grohl.
Side note - Dave Grohl has been in SOOO many funny music videos over the years, it's ridiculous. He did funny ones with Nirvana (I find "In Bloom" hilarious, although some might not), Foo Fighters ("Everlong", "Big Me", "Low", "Learn to Fly", & probably more I'm forgetting), and Queens of the Stone Age ("No One Knows") just to name a few. Yeah, Mr. Grohl has definitely ****ed himself out as a studio drummer. He's also worked with Killing Joke, Nine Inch Nails, Scream, Probot, Them Crooked Vultures, Tom Petty, and (the weirdest example) The Bangles just to name a few more. I'm sure there are more bands he's worked with, but those are just the ones off the top of my head. Grohl's kind of a hero of mine, can you guess why? LOL! I also remember one of those "vh1 countdown" shows, where they counted down the funniest 20 videos of all time (or something like that). Dave Grohl was in at least three of them! Awesome!
I was one of those nerds that absolutely HAD to be home to watch Mr. Show and Tenacious D on Friday nights in the mid to late 1990s. They used to be on at Midnight, and if I wasn't going to be home I'd set my VCR to tape both.
Their HBO show was my introduction to Tenacious D, and I used to have the entire series on tape. In the days of Morpheus and KaZaA, I had all of the shows downloaded to my computer (and that took a LONG time back then, before I got a cable modem). When the first D album came out, I was so excited. I was also nerdy enough to get the "first" version of their self-titled debut (because I bought it the first week), which has the babies on the back cover (the babies were removed on copies that were released later, due to somebody crying about it being "satanic" or something). My friends and I must have listened to that album dozens of times; while playing cards, car rides, you name it. When we weren't listening to the CD, we were quoting it (along with the D episodes). When "The Complete Masterworks" DVD was released, I bought it the very first day it was available. My double-dipped cream dreams had been realized. I would have bought all their stuff from Captain Ed (while wearing clogs and using karate to kick your ass), if it would have been possible.
The D movie ("The Pick of Destiny") was a letdown to many, but I was one of the few who actually enjoyed it. The newest Tenacious D album ("Rize of the Fenix") is fantastic as well, do yourself a favor and get a copy! Back on track - here's one of my favorite videos ("Tribute", from their first record) from JB & KG:
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Last, but definitely not least comes The Flight of the Conchords (no, I didn't spell "Conchords" incorrectly, that's how Bret & Jemaine spell it). Like Tenacious D, these guys gained most of their notoriety from their two season HBO sitcom. I first learned about these guys when they performed on HBO's "One Night Stand" in the 2005 season. Coincidentally, I had just moved to a new apartment at the time and got my first DVR about a month before their comedy special aired. I kept their performance on my DVR for over a year, and made everyone watch it when they came to my place. It got to the point where my girlfriend would say "ugh, not again...". Their HBO sitcom (which debuted a couple of years after their "One Night Stand" performance) didn't disappoint either, it became a staple of my Sunday nights (along with all the other great HBO original programming).
I did manage to find copies of their BBC radio show on the internet, which is worth a listen or two. A lot of the stuff they did on their radio show did end up becoming plots for their sitcom, however. Murray is on the radio show as well (as their manager), although the character has a different name (Brian, if I'm not mistaken?). If you're a fan of comedic music, but not a fan of the Conchords then you must be running late for your dick meeting, gingerballs.
This track is from their HBO "One Night Stand" episode, which was my introduction to Bret & Jemaine. This song always made everyone laugh the hardest out of everything they did in this performance. They performed this song on their sitcom as well, but in my opinion this version is far superior.
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Thanks for letting me share my favorites with everyone (even though this thread is probably a million years old!), I had a lot of fun typing this out!
