Post a favorite novelty song (and now I can't get it out of my head...)

[nolabear]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlTMXiqbDZU

[Tom_Foolery]

1. Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UejelYnVI3U

[Inchworm]

2. I love you so.. and I want you ta know..

I'll always be right here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12Z6pWhM6TA

Now I'm done!

:P

[nolabear]

3. Cute... made all the better cuz there's actually a fight in the comments section!

Some people, I swear...

[MiddleFingerMom]

4. These guys headlined the Philadelphia Folk Fest one year.

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My roommate had gone and come back with their CD and I was hooked.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-00zjEq9PNs
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(See also, "My Baby Loves a Bunch of Authors".)
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[nolabear]

5. WHYYYY didn't I know about these people before? They're awesome!

Damned Canadians and their stealthy brilliance.

[nolabear]

6. MFM you reminded me that "novelty" can also be musically delightful, so

Mike Cross. An old favorite.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53D6GYJUUL8

[Brother Buzz]

7. R. Crumb & his Cheap Suit Serenaders - My Girl's Pussy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grrp6mxrY5Y

[nolabear]

9. Purrrrrrfect!

[Brother Buzz]

8. Get A Load Of This

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV6EaqS1F2I

[greendog]

32. ...and the original by Charley Jordan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjYz80E94VA

Love the way Crumb modernizes the song. :-)

[Brother Buzz]

33. That's really Robert Armstrong and Al Dodge (Cheap Suiters) cover

Armstrong is singing lead.

It all started with the discovery of the Pink Burrito sign, a faded red burrito sign advertising infrared fast food, and ran with the idea of reworking "keep it clean". Most Cheap Suite fans just call it 'The Pink Burrito' song. Charley Jordan would have approved of this cover.

[Tom_Foolery]

10. Jim Stafford's "My Girl, Bill"...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHGV3PhEg5c

[pacalo]

13. That's one I forgot but really like!

:thumbsup:

[Tom_Foolery]

17. Here's his "Cow Patti"...

on her Mo-Ped called Flame.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpapdB-bCFI

[pacalo]

18. Thanks -- I forgot about that one, too. I liked his songs so much. :)

[Tom_Foolery]

20. Of course, here's "Wildwood Weed"...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TQ3pC9W1o4

[pacalo]

24. Now we're talking! Hahaa!

[KamaAina]

11. Perhaps the ultimate novelty song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

[MiddleFingerMom]

12. I gotcher novelty righ'TCHEER!!!! If you're looking for ultimate novelty -- you gotta consider this

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0dw2UKRYSA
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[pacalo]

14. Hahaaa! I love, love, love it!

[nolabear]

15. *sigh* Rolled agin.

[gmoney]

23. This is a good variation on it, too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9387zmssuE

[AllenVanAllen]

34. No Ghosts

by Mr. Pacman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVH02XE7sfs

From Wiki: Mr. Pacman is a bitpop/gamewave (or as the band calls themselves, "8-bit hero gangsta rock")band from Denver, Colorado.

It's not what I would call good but think it's kinda' fun.

[Tikki]

16. "Do Wacka Do"....Mr. Roger Miller..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI-Y0CMGwxo

Tikki

[Arkansas Granny]

39. Another by Mr. Miller is "You Can't Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd"

He was a master of novelty songs.

[Xipe Totec]

19. Gogol Bordello - Supertheory of Supereverything

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOWx5G76pkU

[IcyPeas]

21. Nellie the Elephant

by Toy Dolls:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eti21PVHXrg

To Bombay a travelling circus came
They brought an intelligent elephant
and Nellie was her name

One dark night she slipped her iron chain,
and off she ran to Hindustan
and was never seen again

oooooooooooooooooo...


Nellie the elephant packed her trunk
and said goodbye to the circus
off she rode with a trumpety trump
trump trump trump
Nellie the elephant packed her trunk
and trundled off to the jungle
off she rode with a trumpety trump
trump trump trump

Night by night she danced to the circus band
When Nellie was leading the big parade
she looked so proud and grand

No more tricks for Nellie to perform
They taught her how to take a bow
and she took the crowd by storm

[gmoney]

22. Junk Food Junkie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH9u35cK4iQ

[zen_bohemian]

25. Fish Heads....it's an ear bug indeed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKDtUzRIG6I

[BlancheSplanchnik]

26. Irving!

Big, short Irving. Big, short, fat Irving. The hundred and forty-second fastest gun in the West. He came from the old Bar Mitzvah spread,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4FIBvZ9D80&feature=related


and the Masochism Tango
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TytGOeiW0aE

[BlancheSplanchnik]

27. Blackalicious!!!

Alphabet Aerobics and Chemical Calisthenics!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foEU2WHdOzA

[Dr. Strange]

28. I want to kiss her but she won't let me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psXLIHyC-MU#t=1m30s

[Skittles]

29. Scaffold's Lily the Pink

yes INDEED!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2x8D4T--0v4

trivia - I think the guy on the left is Paul McCartney's brother

[greendog]

30. Beach at Waikiki

A Tin Pan Alley Hawaiian classic!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvyySW3c5jU

[Dr Morbius]

31. Whatever happened to Timothy?

Where on Earth did he go? God, why don't I know?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGNdvKvbxYQ

[meow2u3]

35. Joe Dolci - Shaddup You Face

The live version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJLEXgkddPQ

This is dedicated to my late mom. My brother and I used to sing along--as loud as we could--to this one and Mom's face turned red as a beet because she was one of those moms who wouldn't let us do anything. :rofl:

This was taken off a 45rpm record:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRXjJEwDrm8

[meow2u3]

36. Boot to the Head - The Frantics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1pOub-D3bU

[meow2u3]

37. These are for all the DU cat people

Lord of the Pounce by Marc Gunn:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-nOiUnja7k

What Do You Do With a Catnipped Kitty? - Marc Gunn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JR1pkTlS9zs

When Kitty Eyes Are Smiling - Marc Gunn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YDoXjQ_8lo

The Mean Kitty Song (Hey, Little Sparta):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQOPhEvsY1s

[MiddleFingerMom]

38. Dr. Demento puts out GREAT 2-cd compilations of novelty songs...

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...through some major label and I believe on his website, he
sells MANY more. The couple that I had seemed much better and
less cliched than some of his more corporate-driven collections.
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If you like novelty music and FUN music -- either type of CD is
good -- and will introduce you to folks like Moxie Fruvous or
The Trailer Park Troubadours (lesser-commercially known greats).
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[nolabear]

41. Every time I think of Dr. Demento I remember one of his "This is crazy" songs

"Psycho Killer" by The Talking Heads. Little did the good Dr. know...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5zFsy9VIdM

(note the ages...Jeezus, I'm old!)

[jg10003]

40. If you want to be happy for the rest of your life

If you want to be happy for the rest of your life, never make a pretty woman your wife.