Music Trivia -> Lighter Side of Serious Bands -> Latest Entries
Some bands don't wait around for Weird Al to parody one of their songs, and take a pre-emptive strike and write a silly song of their own.
The 20 most recent entries are listed below. There are 70 entries in this section.
"Shout," Tears For Fears
This song basically says: shout out about whatever is bothering you? You shouldn't give a shit about what anyone else thinks.
Shout, Shout,
let it all out
these are the things
I can do without
come on
I'm talking to you
come on
Shout, Shout,
let it all out
these are the things
I can do without
come on
I'm talking to you
come on
Celeste
"Like Spinning Plates," Radiohead
"Like Spinning Plates" was born when some members of Radiohead were playing an electronic version of another of their songs, "I Will", backwards. Thom heard it and thought that the reverse melody sounded better than the original one, so he wrote new lyrics to the backward melody. The first four lines of the song were recorded Thom singing backwards and then reversed. As a result, the first four lines have backward-sounding forward lyrics. The original song "I Will" was later rearranged for and released on the album "Hail to the Thief".
B1982
"Fitter Happier," Radiohead
In this "song", you don't hear Thom singing. Instead, you hear a computer voice speaking to the piano melody playing in the background. This "song" is really out of place on the album "OK Computer".
B1982
"One Vision," Queen
At the end of the song, they sing "fried chicken" instead of the expected "one vision".
B1982
"Only Happy When It Rains," Garbage
I find it quite ironic that Shirley Manson loves it when the music is bad and this is the reason why it feels so good to feel so sad.
Celeste
"Universal Pop Princess," Phoenix Matthews
The whole song is sung from the point of view of Britney Spears, who wants her fame back and how Miley Cyrus "stole" it. The tune is very catchy.
Rachel
"Touch Me," The Doors
at the end of the song, Jim sings "stronger than dirt," something he did because the very end of the song sounded like the jingle used in Ajax commercials from that time period.
rachel
"His Last Walk," Blessthefall
The song is about 10 minutes long, but there is about 6 minutes of empty noise after the lyrics stop about 2 minutes from the start. Af about 7 minutes the band can be heard clapping and then singing a song that goes "Tripe Dog on a Sunday afternoon with my yellow duck, his name is Boo..."
TBuck
"Get Back," The Beatles
At the beginning of the album version, they start out singing, "Sweet Lorretta Martin thought she was a loner, but she was a frying pan"
jdizzy
"Leave Out All The Rest," Linkin Park
At the end of the song, you can hear the band chatting.
Francesca
"Piss On The Wall," J. Geils Band
This song is the last track on Freeze Frame and the title says it all
Tim Hall
"Don't Sit Down," David Bowie
This is a 30 second song where Bowie just says "Don't sit down" while laughing.
Paul Warren
"Silly Shoes," Relient K
A stupid freestyle rap with them rapping about pizza parties, the Fresh Prince of Bel Air, and rhyming with orange.
RK_FAN_FOREVER
"When I'm Stuck, I Turn To Duct Tape," Something To Do
A Ska tribute to the world's greatest plumbing repair tape? Sounds funny, and it is! "Never had much luck with nails, Whoa-oh! I turn to duct tape! Staples always seem to fail, Whoa-oh! I turn to Duct tape!
Crystal
"Life's Been Good," Joe Walsh
Well, I can see the lighter side of this but it can't be very good when you have to sing about trashing a hotel room, doing 185 MPH in a Massarati and loosing your driver's license, and getting so drunk you can't even find your way out of the bar. LOL!
Celeste
"Todo Los Dolores," Devendra Banhart
Begins a verse, flubs...and then starts over again, intentionally kept the "out-take"
Ra'akone
"The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite," R.E.M.
Michael Stipe can be heard laughing at his own inability to pronounce "Dr. Suess" correctly.
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