Sped-up voices. Wacky instruments. Songs about cavemen, bathtubs, bikinis and mothers-in-law. From the very birth of rock-and-roll, novelty songs were essential elements of the hit parade. Right throu...Show More
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rmmiller364 recommended:Dec 6th, 2020
I LOVED this episode. I stopped it so many times to yell at my husband, “oh my god, did you know.....?” It starts with a detailed history of the novelty song, which I admit is something I didn’t know much about. I began to think about how blurry the line is between novelty songs and “normal” songs...Show More
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rmmiller364Dec 6th, 2020
Also, I kept thinking about one of my favorite movies while listening to this - Inside Llewyn Davis. There’s a great part when the title character records a novelty song but stupidly signs away his royalties for an up-front payment. Big mistake because the songs ends up being huge. Adam Driver is o...Show More
rmmiller364Dec 6th, 2020
After listening to this, I was looking for more and found this delightful profile of Weird Al in The NY Times. It actually made me kind of weepy: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/magazine/weird-al-yankovic.html