They Might Be Giants
this post was submitted on 15 May 2024
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There is a lot of hip hop that fits this idea of great music with wacky lyrics.
Megan thee stallion, cardi b, and the like sing some raunchy songs.
Bbno$, yung gravy, lil dicky, flynt flossy and the entire turquoise jeep records collection of artists are humor-forward
Then theres czarface which has made many albums all about comic book characters.
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Strapping Young Lad / anything Devin Townsend
Zimmer's Hole
Dethklok
Mindless Self Indulgence
Punky Bruster's Cooked On Phonics
Das Racist
DANGERDOOM
Handsome Boy Modeling School
The Lonely Island
MC Paul Barman
Big Dumb Face
Mr. Bungle
Lovage
Man... Or Astro Man?
Electric Six
Ween
Dead Kennedys / anything Jello Biafra
Mean Jeans
Flight of the Conchords
Presidents of the United States of America
Reverend Horton Heat
The Unicorns
EDIT: The Chats
EDIT 2: Atom and His Package
EDIT 4: Voodoo Glow Skulls
Richard Cheese & Lounge Against the Machine
Chromeo
Only Some Funny Songs:
Mountain Goats
Tom Waits
EDIT 3: Beck
EDIT 5: Flaming Lips
A League of Their Own:
GWAR
Most Importantly:
Weird Al Yankovic, because he fucking rocks god damn it. ___
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Freak Kitchen, and their front man, now solo artist, Matthias IA Eklundh.
I don't care for MC Fronalot except that he wrote the Achewood theme song.
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except that he wrote the Achewood theme song.
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Have you checked Nanowar (of steel) which is parodic metal ?
My favourite was the one about the ECB declaring war on the tooth fairy https://youtu.be/CzvQxQYKO88?si=syo-DYB2sHD5V79u
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Does Weird Al count? Because he is just as talented as any "serious" musician.
Also, The Presidents of the United States of America.
just as talented
More so, arguably.
Way more so, and it's not even an argument.
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Devo
Super Furry Animals
Weird Al
Frank Zappa
Man, that's just wacky to see those bands in one sentence in reference to rocking and being silly. You're not wrong.
One of my favorites - Frank Zappa's Apostrophe / Overnight Sensation.
Bloodhound Gang, Blink 182, Sum 41, Sublime, Men Without Hats, They Might Be Giants, Tenacious D, Ugly Kid Joe, Green Jelly / Jello, The Dead Milkmen, Dee Lite, Squeeze.
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Maybe Beck? Que’ Onda Guero always makes me giggle.
And, a bit of a different genre but Father John Misty’s songs are sarcastic and often nonsensical. They sound all romantic and dreamy but the lyrics don’t always match the vibe.
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Tenacious D
Any time drummer Tré Cool takes the stage at a Green Day show, you’re in for a treat. Dominated Love Slave is his signature, but there’s also Like a Rat Does Cheese which is unreleased and All By Myself closes Dookie.
I only know a couple singles, but I get the sense Primus is pretty wacky
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Primus sucks
I will never stop being sad over when the Primus website stopped being primussucks.com for primusville or what the fuck ever.
Real heads remember that "Primus sucks" is the clarion call of people who fucking love Primus.
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