Funny Rock Songs?

[Nai Noswad]

Cp/m mentions "the radio".. I was glued to it as a kid.... a myriad of funny songs came out of that contraption. Bonzo Dog Band were fuming at this imitation apparently!

The New Vaudeville Band - Winchester Cathedral.

 

[Nai Noswad]

Also Whistling Jack Smith... (, think he was actually a Roadie for Unit 4+2)

 

[CP/M User]

Wasn't there a silent 45rpm release in the sixties (Vietnam protest) called 2.41 seconds or something? No sound at all..... maybe I imagined it?

I'd heard about this once in an Episode of QI back when Stephen Fry was hosting the show. But then someone wanted to credit the origins of that Silence with a Shorter version of that Silence and were Sued for it.

 

[CP/M User]

Also Whistling Jack Smith... (, think he was actually a Roadie for Unit 4+2)

Of Concrete and Clay fame?

 

[Nai Noswad]

Indeed.... There was a plethora of quirky too.

Peter Sellars - A Hard Days Night (Shakespearian)

 

[Magic]

Never realized how many funny songs were made that became big hits…..

here is another written by Jim Stafford and David Bellamy (Bellamy Brothers)

Spiders and Snakes

 

[Nai Noswad]

On one hand we had Alan Sherman with 'Hello Muddah'.... and on the other hand this-

Napoleon XlV - There Coming To Take Me Away...

 

[CP/M User]

Yes Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren had a Top 5 UK single in 1960 with Goodness Gracious Me

 

[Magic]

Ray Stevens wrote a song “Bridget the Midget” back in 1970……later in 1999 a real life “Bridget the Midget” exotic dancer / porn actress emerged and became quite a sensation….

 

[Magic]

Ray Steven’s also wrote another crazy song that was a huge radio hit…

The Streak