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[Ferrets are Cool]

1. Easy Peasy...

[Floyd R. Turbo]

2. 😱

[Magoo48]

3. God's Own Drunk--Jimmy Buffett

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[Floyd R. Turbo]

6. 🍻

[MiHale]

4. Snoopy vs. The Red Baron...

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[Floyd R. Turbo]

7. 🤗

[Hotler]

36. I still have that album in my collection, bought it when I was a kid. nt

[central scrutinizer]

5. I think this qualifies

[Floyd R. Turbo]

8. 😁

[cloudbase]

9. Mean Gene Kelton:

And Hayes Carll:

[Floyd R. Turbo]

22. 🤗

[Coventina]

10. I love Tom Lehrer!

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I also love Weird Al

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[Floyd R. Turbo]

23. 😁

[3Hotdogs]

11. Does your Chewin' Gum lose it's flavor --

and Weird Al --- Cat in the Kettle

[Floyd R. Turbo]

24. ☺️

[SarahD]

33. Many novelty songs from the 1950s and early 60s. Harry the Hairy Ape. Can't Roller Skate in a Buffalo Herd.

Purple People Eater. Camp Grenada. I bet somebody made a list.

[mockmonkey]

12. I Want My Baby Back- Jimmy Cross

I was going to choose another Tom Lehrer song but decided not to. Having grown up listening to Dr Demento in the 70's I was always into the weird stuff.

Barnes and Barnes, Weird Al, The Dead Milkmen, ect. The old Rhino Records used to put out some novelty collections that I still have.

The more offensive the more I liked it.

This one is not too bad.

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[Floyd R. Turbo]

25. 😬

[Doc_Technical]

13. Nervous Norvus - Transfusion (First novelty song I heard, it awakened my bizarre sense of humor)

[Floyd R. Turbo]

26. 🤗

[pfitz59]

14. This gem

[Floyd R. Turbo]

30. 😁

[JoseBalow]

15. Let's Make The Water Turn Black

So much of Frank's work could be considered "Novelty" music, he even released an album titled "Does Humor Belong in Music?"

So many to choose from, I went with this fun little ditty...

"Let's Make The Water Turn Black" tells the true story of brothers Ronald and Kenneth Williams (referred to as "Ronnie" and "Kenny" respectively), neighbors of the song's composer Frank Zappa in the early 1960s, when he was living in Ontario, California.

--snip--

Further references can be found in the opening line of the chorus: "Whizzing and pasting and pooting through the day". "Whizzing" referred to Kenny's need to urinate in jars because he and Mothers of Invention saxophone player Jim "Motorhead" Sherwood were living in a garage on the Williams property, one which lacked plumbing. The results were "Kenny's little creatures on display", a reference to what Zappa described in a 1987 interview with Rolling Stone as "mutant tadpoles" which had appeared over time in the urine and could be seen swimming in it. "Pasting" is a reference to another part of the song which states that Ronnie saved his "pneumies" on a bedroom window, described rather bluntly in the song as "dysentery green". During the aforementioned Rolling Stone interview, Zappa related how the mess was soon discovered by the boys' mother. So thick was the dried mass that removal required "chisels and Ajax". "Pooting" refers to the act of flatulating.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let's_Make_the_Water_Turn_Black

[Floyd R. Turbo]

31. 🤗

[Bo Zarts]

16. "Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation" Tom Paxton

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[Floyd R. Turbo]

46. 🤗

[DFW]

81. That was always one of my favorites, too. We even did a Putin update:

[Bo Zarts]

84. Brilliant! Thanks for sharing.

[Cartoonist]

17. When I see an elephant fly.

From my favorite Disney movie.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

47. ☺️

[Brother Buzz]

18. My Bologna

[Floyd R. Turbo]

48. 😂

[Tommy Carcetti]

19. B-52's "Rock Lobster."

It low-key slaps with the keyboard and guitar work, even though its lyrics are just listing off different sea creatures and assigning them various sounds.

It's just a great song, period.

[SarahD]

39. When they did it live, it changed frequently.

They mentioned different sea creatures and used different sounds for them.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

49. 😁

[marble falls]

68. A friend of mine, Ralph Carney played sax on that album.

[Niagara]

20. Earache My Eye. Cheech and Chong Up In Smoke.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

50. 😎

[chouchou]

21. Winchester Cathedral.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

51. 🤗

[happybird]

27. Now, lemme get this straight...

[Floyd R. Turbo]

52. 😁

[True Dough]

28. Gotta be this one:

Take off, eh?

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[Floyd R. Turbo]

55. 🤗

[ProfessorGAC]

75. That One Was On My List

Lots of good ones on this thread, but the first 3 I thought of were this song, Monster Mash, & Like A Surgeon.

[True Dough]

85. Yeah, Weird Al

had some great parodies.

[happybird]

29. Aaaaanother one:

[Floyd R. Turbo]

56. 😎

[happybird]

32. Last one: a stone cold classic

[Floyd R. Turbo]

57. 😁

[blm]

34. Let's Talk Dirty to the Animals - Gilda Radner

[Floyd R. Turbo]

58. 😂

[no_hypocrisy]

35. It's a tie: Shaving Cream and Shaddup You Face

[kedrys]

37. I have a couple, but

this one always cracks me up

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[Floyd R. Turbo]

59. 😅

[SarahD]

38. There are many lists.

I don't know how many there are, but Ray Steven's certainly carried his share of the load.
https://www.google.com/search?q=novelty+songs&oq=novelty+songs&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyCQgAEEUYORiABDIHCAEQABiABDIHCAIQABiABDIHCAMQABiABDIHCAQQABiABDIHCAUQABiABDIHCAYQABiABDIHCAcQABiABDIHCAgQABiABDIHCAkQABiABDIHCAoQABiABDIHCAsQABiABDIHCAwQABiABDIHCA0QABiABDIHCA4QABiABNIBCTE0ODM4ajBqNKgCALACAA&client=ms-android-verizon-us-rvc3&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8

[Floyd R. Turbo]

60. 🤗

[yellowdogintexas]

40. Almost anything by Ray Stevens or Roger Miller

my favorite Ray Stevens is

"In The Mood"
a couple of Grand Ole Opry guys, Homer and Jethro did a hysterical parody of "Battle of New Orleans" called "We're the Boys From Camp Kookamonga"

[Coventina]

44. I'm so sad Ray Stevens is a MAGAT now.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

61. 😁

[DBoon]

41. Ballad of Walter Wart - Thorndike Pickledish Choir

[Floyd R. Turbo]

62. 😁

[JoseBalow]

42. The Texas Motel Medley by Frank Zappa is a classic!

The Texas Medley or Texas Motel Medley is a brief suite that was featured by Zappa in his 1988 tour beginning in late February, 1988. It consists of three Beatles songs with the words re-written to reflect the recent exposure of evangelist Jim Swaggart with a prostitute in a Louisiana motel on February 21, 1988. The medley was apparently first performed on February 28, exactly one week later.

The suite consists of the following three songs:

1. Norwegian Wood - re-styled as "Norwegian Jim", the words describe the encounter of Swaggart with a prostitute. An amusing insertion is the repetition of a riff from Leonard Bernstein's song "I Feel Pretty" from "West Side Story."
2. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - re-styled as "Louisiana Hooker with Herpes" with appropriate lyrics.
3. Strawberry Fields Forever - re-styled as "Texas Motel", but the refrain changes constantly.

Zappa targets, in addition to Swaggart, fellow evangelists Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell, as well as Reagan administration figures, John Poindexter and Edward Meese. The last two are usually referenced at the end of some incomprehensible lyric (often from the original song) as "actual testimony" probably meant as a reference to the less than candid public testimony of these figures at the Iran-Contra hearings in 1987.

https://wiki.killuglyradio.com/wiki/Texas_Medley (Lyrics)

You're welcome!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

63. 🤗

[Behind the Aegis]

43. Vampire Beavers

[Floyd R. Turbo]

64. 😬

[Archae]

45. Weird Al, "Dare To Be Stupid"

Has a terrific beat too!

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[Floyd R. Turbo]

65. 😃

[underpants]

53. EYESORE 9001 just posted this very funny song "If I were a tree"

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1198&pid=11030

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[Floyd R. Turbo]

66. 🤗

[underpants]

54. Southern Culture on the Skids "Camel Walk". Not really a novelty but I love it

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[Floyd R. Turbo]

67. 😃

[malthaussen]

69. Depends entirely on the definition of "novelty song."

If we're talking straight parodies, probably this one:

-- Mal

[Floyd R. Turbo]

86. 😁

[malthaussen]

70. Just because of the title: "I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman"

-- Mal

[Floyd R. Turbo]

87. 🤗

[Ptah]

71. Dizzy Gillespie with the Muppets

[Floyd R. Turbo]

88. ☺️

[malthaussen]

72. But the greatest is "Purple People Eater"

-- Mal

[Floyd R. Turbo]

89. 😃

[Mr.Bill]

73. Hot Rod Lincoln

[Floyd R. Turbo]

90. ☺️

[lpbk2713]

74. Heeey ...

Macarena


(Granted ... a lot of people can't stand it)

[Floyd R. Turbo]

91. 😬

[WestMichRad]

76. Ok, someone has to post this one...

… so it might as well be me.
They’re coming to take me away, ha-haaa!

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[DFW]

82. I didn't want to the first to post that, but as long as you did...........

[Floyd R. Turbo]

92. 🤗

[lynintenn]

77. Purple People Eater. really old from the late 50's

[Floyd R. Turbo]

93. 😁

[AllaN01Bear]

99. this. one eye .

[RSherman]

78. My Dog is a Plumber

[Floyd R. Turbo]

94. 😅

[Mike Nelson]

79. Gimme Dat Ding

[Floyd R. Turbo]

95. 🤗

[surrealAmerican]

80. Many of my choices have already been posted, but how about ...

...

[Floyd R. Turbo]

96. 🤗

[DFW]

83. Am I allowed to post one of my own?

It got more views than anything else I ever wrote:

Don Caron's brilliant vocal definitely helped!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

97. 😬

[AllaN01Bear]

98. their comming to take me away haha hee to the funny farm. im glad i live in a split level head.

all i want for christmas is my 2 front teeth. others .

[Floyd R. Turbo]

100. 🤪

[brewens]

101. Shel Silverstein-Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout. :)

[nocoincidences]

102. "I think it was the wine" by Siegal Schwall band

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[dlilafae]

103. Band: Jane's Addiction

Song: Been caught stealin'.

[nocoincidences]

104. King Tut by Steve Martin

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[3catwoman3]

105. On The Cover Of The Rolling Stone

[lpbk2713]

106. A Boy Named Sue

Johnny Cash

[Lunabell]

107. The Monster Mash.

And, They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!

[Hela]

108. Still love this one...RIP Melanie