TheFeldster
Mr Kite
PLEASE NOTE: This thread is written about a controversial Australian comedian and musician by the name of Andrew Hansen. It is to celebrate his musical career, and NOT an excuse to start a political debate, despite the political nature of some of his songs. This is a thread to appreciate him as a musician. So, play nice 
Thankyou for your co-operation
Also, if you are easily offended by controversial material, my advice would be to vacate this thread before you read any further.
Andrew Hansen is a comedian and musician from New South Wales, in Australia, famous for being a member of the controversial comedy team, The Chaser (non-Australians may have heard of these guys when they infiltrated APEC Security and arrived outside a Sydney hotel housing President Bush with one of the members dressed as Osama bin Laden, making international headlines).
Andrew Hansen began his musical career as a member of independent Sydney band, The Fantastic Leslie. The band began as a serious project, but the members soon realized they got more notice when they played humorous songs, mostly songs popularized by Jim Henson's Muppets.
The Fantastic Leslie soon went their own way, and many members found success - drummer Tom Gleeson went on to become a well-known comedian in Australia, and bassist Cameron Bruce worked as a session musician for Paul Kelly, among others.
Hansen, with a new appreciation for the compatibility of music and comedy, pursued a career in comedy, being signed to a comedy team called The Chaser, where he joined them for their new TV show, a satirical look at news reporting, CNNNN.
This is his first use of music to add to a Chaser skit:
Andrew, and the rest of the Chaser team, hit a commercial jackpot for their next TV show, entitled The Chaser's War on Everything. Andrew's songs began to be noticed and getting air-time on the show.
Here are some of the best songs from "The War":
Scottish Stand-Up Comedian (Taking the mickey out of Billy Connolly)
The Keith Urban Song (I'll Be Your New Tom Cruise)
Hill$ong
I'm A Prolix Songwriter (And I Have A Very Hard Time, Fitting an Extraordinary and Unnecessary Large Number of Syllables into the Highly Limited Confines of a Line)
I Am Thesaurus (parody of The Beatles' "I Am The Walrus")
(These Are Just Some Of) My Least Favourite Things
Plus plenty more.
The Chaser are no secret to to controversy, having offended various sectors of society on an almost weekly basis. But three of their controversies were particularly notable. One was the aforementioned breach of a high security area dressed as Bin Laden. Another was a skit parodying the charity "Make A Wish Foundation" that was widely regarded to have crossed a line. The third was a song which Hansen co-wrote and performed. Called the Eulogy Song, it was intended to highlight the way we brush away the bad side of celebrities after they died, using many popular figures such as Steve Irwin, John Lennon, Sir Don Bradman and Kerry Packer, to name a few, as examples:
(profanity and some insulting terms in final refrain, stop film at 2:50 if you wish to avoid this. Also, do not watch if easily insulted.)
I may post more, less controversial Chaser songs later, but just a brief word on Hansen's latest project before I finish this OP.
Recently, Hansen, along with fellow Chaser member Chris Taylor, have released a five-part radio series entitled "The Blow Parade". Billed as a cross between the Goon Show and Spinal Tap, the Blow Parade featured many characters voiced by Hansen and Taylor, and had an episode chronicling the history of 5 fictional bands:
- Prog rock band Lake Deuteronomy
- Folk singer with a remarkably nasal voice, Egg Zagar
- Punk band The Fatcocks
- Alternative Arena Rock band, with a political agenda, Me Me Me
- Funk band, Funkalicious
There's very few recordings on YouTube from this series, but I found one, so here's Funkalicious (i.e. Hansen) performing "The Algebra Song" to finish up my post.
Thankyou for your co-operationAlso, if you are easily offended by controversial material, my advice would be to vacate this thread before you read any further.
Andrew Hansen is a comedian and musician from New South Wales, in Australia, famous for being a member of the controversial comedy team, The Chaser (non-Australians may have heard of these guys when they infiltrated APEC Security and arrived outside a Sydney hotel housing President Bush with one of the members dressed as Osama bin Laden, making international headlines).
Andrew Hansen began his musical career as a member of independent Sydney band, The Fantastic Leslie. The band began as a serious project, but the members soon realized they got more notice when they played humorous songs, mostly songs popularized by Jim Henson's Muppets.
The Fantastic Leslie soon went their own way, and many members found success - drummer Tom Gleeson went on to become a well-known comedian in Australia, and bassist Cameron Bruce worked as a session musician for Paul Kelly, among others.
Hansen, with a new appreciation for the compatibility of music and comedy, pursued a career in comedy, being signed to a comedy team called The Chaser, where he joined them for their new TV show, a satirical look at news reporting, CNNNN.
This is his first use of music to add to a Chaser skit:
Andrew, and the rest of the Chaser team, hit a commercial jackpot for their next TV show, entitled The Chaser's War on Everything. Andrew's songs began to be noticed and getting air-time on the show.
Here are some of the best songs from "The War":
Scottish Stand-Up Comedian (Taking the mickey out of Billy Connolly)
The Keith Urban Song (I'll Be Your New Tom Cruise)
Hill$ong
I'm A Prolix Songwriter (And I Have A Very Hard Time, Fitting an Extraordinary and Unnecessary Large Number of Syllables into the Highly Limited Confines of a Line)
I Am Thesaurus (parody of The Beatles' "I Am The Walrus")
(These Are Just Some Of) My Least Favourite Things
Plus plenty more.
The Chaser are no secret to to controversy, having offended various sectors of society on an almost weekly basis. But three of their controversies were particularly notable. One was the aforementioned breach of a high security area dressed as Bin Laden. Another was a skit parodying the charity "Make A Wish Foundation" that was widely regarded to have crossed a line. The third was a song which Hansen co-wrote and performed. Called the Eulogy Song, it was intended to highlight the way we brush away the bad side of celebrities after they died, using many popular figures such as Steve Irwin, John Lennon, Sir Don Bradman and Kerry Packer, to name a few, as examples:
(profanity and some insulting terms in final refrain, stop film at 2:50 if you wish to avoid this. Also, do not watch if easily insulted.)I may post more, less controversial Chaser songs later, but just a brief word on Hansen's latest project before I finish this OP.
Recently, Hansen, along with fellow Chaser member Chris Taylor, have released a five-part radio series entitled "The Blow Parade". Billed as a cross between the Goon Show and Spinal Tap, the Blow Parade featured many characters voiced by Hansen and Taylor, and had an episode chronicling the history of 5 fictional bands:
- Prog rock band Lake Deuteronomy
- Folk singer with a remarkably nasal voice, Egg Zagar
- Punk band The Fatcocks
- Alternative Arena Rock band, with a political agenda, Me Me Me
- Funk band, Funkalicious
There's very few recordings on YouTube from this series, but I found one, so here's Funkalicious (i.e. Hansen) performing "The Algebra Song" to finish up my post.
