My Top 10 Novelty Songs and Why They're Great (1198 hits)
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Submitted by Raine Lark (View user info) at 2005-09-08 13:46:09 EDT
A novelty song is a usually intentionally humorous song, typically taking the form of a parody, a comedic take on current events or fads, and may defy the usual categorization of music. Many use unusual lyrics, subjects, or instrumentation. Novelty songs are frequently unexpected hits, and may bring their authors or singers unexpected, though often temporary, fame.
Some of the songs on my list were not intended to be novelty songs, but I find them amusing. Some of them are utterly annoying, some I can't stop listening to, and some are fabulous one-hit-wonders. And so, my list:
10. Primus - Wynona's Big Brown Beaver
Hilariously suggestive!
9. The Nails - 88 Lines About 44 Women
The lyrics to this are pure fun. I especially love this song because it even refers to my own relatively obscure name, "Carla was a different type, she's the one who put it in." You have to love the clever innuendos.
8. Sisqo - Thong Song
This anthem was not intended to be a novelty song, but I'd laugh if I heard it on the radio today. For some reason, after this song was hugely popular, I noticed more thongs for sale in stores, and everyone was wearing them. Thongs are great - thanks Sisqo! Well...maybe, no thank you! Too many people don't wear them correctly - you know what I mean.
7. Bob Rivers - I am Santa Claus
A parody of Black Sabbath's "Iron Man." This is the only Christmas song I can stand, and the whole Christmas song genre is a giant novelty anyway.
6. Transylvanians - Time Warp
You know this song, the one from the Rocky Horror Picture Show. It's got a beat and you can dance to it!
5. Captain Q.B. and the Big Boys - San Diego Super Chargers
I love the Chargers, and this is a great song. Also of notable mention in the football category is Hank Williams Jr.'s Monday Night Football theme. Does anyone know if there are songs for other football teams? (Raiders suck)
4. Soft Cell - Sex Dwarf
I don't know if this was intended as a humorous song or not, but there's just something about it that makes me smile. In case you haven't heard of Soft Cell, their big hit was "Tainted Love." Definately listen to this song.
3. Caviar - Tangerine Speedo
This song has everything: a catchy melody, good rhythm, and funny, suggestive lyrics. "Now woman can resist a man who looks good in a speedo!"
2. Starland Vocal Band - Afternoon Delight
Another one-hit-wonder band, but this is a fun song nonetheless. The first time I heard this was actually on an episode of The Simpsons. Why wait until the middle of a cold dark night?
1. AC/DC - Big Balls
This is simply the ultimate novelty song. Forget about those annoying mainstream novelty songs like the Macarena, YMCA, and Who let the Dogs Out, all of which I refuse to put on my list. This song is hilarious and, like many of the other songs on this list, stuffed with innuendo.
I hope you enjoyed my list! If you haven't heard some of these songs, I highly recommend them. And now, some pictorial inspiration:
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Submitted by Xcuses (user info) at 2005-09-27 16:23:29 EDT (#)
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time for another camwhore
Submitted by Xcuses (user info) at 2005-09-09 22:45:10 EDT (#)
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I'm sad you don't read my posts anymore
This is me sad :(
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2005-09-09 14:56:37 EDT (#)
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<a href="http://www.hayseed-dixie.com/ace.mov">Hayseed Dixie!</a>
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2005-09-09 14:40:12 EDT (#)
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What? No Frank Zappa?!?
Go listen to "Bobby Brown Goes Down" right now!
Submitted by HadToBeDone (user info) at 2005-09-08 22:21:25 EDT (#)
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You picked the wrong Primus song....
"Crack yourself a can of Pork Soda
You'll be feeling just fine
Ain't nothing quite like sittin round the house
Slurpin down them cans of swine!"
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2005-09-08 20:01:25 EDT (#)
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Jesus H. Christ on a Shingle!
Fuck, it seems like a few little cats have forgotten to remove their now 3 week old tampons.
+2 on principal alone
Submitted by Feijuada (user info) at 2005-09-08 17:48:06 EDT (#)
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Why isn't Jonny Rebel on this list?
Submitted by Salvation_Jane (user info) at 2005-09-08 17:40:04 EDT (#)
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+1 for Primus and AC/DC
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2005-09-08 15:58:04 EDT (#)
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sex........................dwarf
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2005-09-08 15:34:01 EDT (#)
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I love "88 lines about 44 women" but man, does that disc by The Nails absolutely blow.
Submitted by d_prime (user info) at 2005-09-08 15:24:35 EDT (#)
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+1 for no "Greatest Novelty Songs of All Time with no explanation"
+1 for that guy who's like, a superior version of Atlas.
"I hold the world on my back."
"Hah! I hold the sun in my hands! Pwnd! GG NO RE!"
Submitted by WildcatMcGee (user info) at 2005-09-08 15:23:54 EDT (#)
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This post needed a little more tits and a little less retardation. Oh yeah, everytime I see you post I gag because of your camwhore. I've turned down better.
Submitted by rayrayshanaynay (user info) at 2005-09-08 15:22:01 EDT (#)
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Submitted by leilani (user info) at 2005-09-08 13:59:18 (#)
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I think the thong song is culturally relevent and spiritually significant for many reasons.
wait no i don't
Submitted by CookieLass (user info) at 2005-09-08 15:15:59 EDT (#)
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Unabonger, my dislike of her has nothing to do with her camwhore. It has to do with her inability to make a post that doesn't involve hitwhoring. Also her lack of quality posts/entertaining posts. If every girl who had a successful camwhore pissed me off, I certainly wouldn't adore ManicMother like I do, because god knows... even pissed off and emotional and shit-posty as her camwhore was, she's a sexy mama. That applies to most of the girls here... the majority are a fuckload hotter than I am.
Submitted by downerSTAIN (user info) at 2005-09-08 15:08:43 EDT (#)
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Ah, didn't see your comment above CookieLass, have another +2.
Submitted by downerSTAIN (user info) at 2005-09-08 15:06:48 EDT (#)
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I don't really know how to rate this. It really all depends on whether Wynona's Big Brown Beaver is one of the "unintentionally funny" ones, but you'd have to be a fucking moron not to know that that song is intended to be funny, and unlike CookieLass, I happened to notice the word "some" in: "Some of the songs on my list were not intended to be novelty songs".
You seem like a pretty smart girl, so I'll just assume you knew Wynona was was supposed to be funny, as are most of Primus'es songs.
Sorry if I come off like a dick, but I take my Primus seriously. Les Claypool and God are one and the same, you know.
Submitted by FartSmeller (user info) at 2005-09-08 15:03:41 EDT (#)
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Submitted by MANICMOTHER (user info) at 2005-09-08 15:00:54 (#)
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You know, I haven't been able to place it yet, but for some reason you bug the unholy shit out of me.
Have a nice day.
Submitted by badassmofo (user info) at 2005-09-08 15:02:40 EDT (#)
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How about a little diddy called 'Little Pigs' by a band called Green Jelly.
Submitted by FATMANTPK (user info) at 2005-09-08 15:02:18 EDT (#)
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Big Balls has been played to death, but was a great novelty song when I first heard it.
Wha'choo say bout my Raiders?
Submitted by MANICMOTHER (user info) at 2005-09-08 15:00:54 EDT (#)
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You know, I haven't been able to place it yet, but for some reason you bug the unholy shit out of me.
Have a nice day.
Submitted by NotSteve (user info) at 2005-09-08 14:43:59 EDT (#)
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meh
Submitted by Unabonger (user info) at 2005-09-08 14:42:45 EDT (#)
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wow. you catch alot of hell cause you camwhored and looked good.
+1 only because it lacked tits.
you also catch alot of favoritism for the same reason...
Submitted by Envenom (user info) at 2005-09-08 14:42:35 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by RaineLark (user info) at 2005-09-08 14:33:03 EDT (#)
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Cookie, I think you may have misread some of the first paragraph.
Submitted by CookieLass (user info) at 2005-09-08 14:29:01 EDT (#)
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I dislike you a little bit more every time you post. I can count 4 of those songs on your list of "unintentionally funny" songs that are, in fact, like that on purpose.
I bet if you told Les Claypool that his song wasn't supposed to be funny, he'd bash you over the head with something. And that's saying alot since he's probably one of the worl'ds most mellow people.
PS- your made up username makes me itchy.
Submitted by RyuFu (user info) at 2005-09-08 14:27:26 EDT (#)
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+2 for Big Balls, -1 for everything else.
Submitted by Sassmasterr (user info) at 2005-09-08 14:23:58 EDT (#)
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Afternoon Delight is only cool when it's sung by the cast of Anchorman
Submitted by MyNameIsTim (user info) at 2005-09-08 14:04:16 EDT (#)
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-one
Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2005-09-08 14:04:09 EDT (#)
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THE THONG SONG SUCKS SHIT OUT OF GEORGE W. BUSH'S ANUS
Submitted by AwesomeJohnson (user info) at 2005-09-08 14:03:47 EDT (#)
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If that's the way this party's gonna be, I'm gonna stick my dick in the mashed potatoes!
Oh
Don't forget the Superbowl Shuffle
Submitted by Envenom (user info) at 2005-09-08 14:03:37 EDT (#)
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Big Brown Beaver is a good choice, but I think you also need to include "I'm too Sexy" and "Ponderous." You could probably also throw in that Suzanne Vega song..."I am sitting in the morning...the diner on the corner..." Don't know the name, and I hate to even attempt to spell "duh duh duh duh duh duh duh duh, duh duh duh duh duh duh duh..."
Submitted by Mike00295 (user info) at 2005-09-08 14:02:54 EDT (#)
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Submitted by leilani (user info) at 2005-09-08 13:59:18 (#)
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wearing thongs the "wrong way".... you mean like when girls have them sticking our of the top of their pants? i have always wanted to give one of those girls the killer wedgie. or just snap the strap, hard.
then they would probably think i was a lesbian maniac and put a restraining order against me.
ok done now
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Slightly arroused?
Yes. Yes, I am.
Submitted by SkinnyKenny (user info) at 2005-09-08 14:00:59 EDT (#)
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10 Inch Record by Aerosmith.
Submitted by leilani (user info) at 2005-09-08 13:59:18 EDT (#)
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I think the thong song is culturally relevent and spiritually significant for many reasons.
wait no i don't
wearing thongs the "wrong way".... you mean like when girls have them sticking our of the top of their pants? i have always wanted to give one of those girls the killer wedgie. or just snap the strap, hard.
then they would probably think i was a lesbian maniac and put a restraining order against me.
ok done now
Submitted by Foonbo (user info) at 2005-09-08 13:58:22 EDT (#)
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"Bear Down, Chicago Bears" by Al Hoffman
Bear Down, Chicago Bears.
Make every play clear the way to victory!
Bear Down, Chicago Bears.
Put up a fight with a might so fearlessly!
We'll never forget the way you thrilled the nation,
With your T formation.
Bear Down, Chicago Bears.
And let them know why you're wearing the crown.
You're the pride and joy,
of all Illinois.
Chicago Bears, Bear Down!
Submitted by Stabkill (user info) at 2005-09-08 13:56:40 EDT (#)
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Novelty songs are an odd bunch.
Chuck Berry, completely ignored on the mostpart for his role in popularizing the Rock'n'Roll genre, had his best hit "My dingaling", a novelty song.
Tequila (you know the one from Pee Wee Herman when he danced with the funky huge shoes on the biker bar) was released as a thrown together "B" side filler which wound up being a #1 hit while the "a" side lives on in obscurity.
Submitted by Mike00295 (user info) at 2005-09-08 13:50:38 EDT (#)
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I can't believe I'm not giving this a negative rating.
Consider yourself warned.
This was one of the worst "Here's my _________list of_______" post's I've seen yet.
Maybe the ranking is so generous because it's Thursday.
Submitted by c1ndy (user info) at 2005-09-08 13:47:56 EDT (#)
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+2 for the cool picture
I haven't heard of most of those songs.
Submitted by professorfuckface (user info) at 2005-09-08 13:47:21 EDT (#)
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A little tune called "Hulkster in Heaven"?
Submitted by mush (user info) at 2005-09-08 13:47:15 EDT (#)
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oh this should be good.
*grabs popcorn*