what about a laugh?

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I write songs for a country and punk spoof band called the fred band . I like to think(not to much) that my songs are funny or at least mirthful.Is there any one out there who is of the same bent? I think a bit of fun is what the world needs now not stinking love.How about some examples.
 
Here's an example of what your doing.

:) find a recording of Travis Shredd and the Good Ole' Homeboys. (I think that's how it's spelled)

Kind of a mix of Country and metal. Albums include "668 - Neighbor of the Beast", "Headbanger's Squaredance", and "Nashville Drive-by".

I like that kind of stuff. Also listen to They Might Be Giants. I recommend the "Flood" album, circa 1990.

Peace <><
 
"Im drunken walkin
I know just what Ill do
If your driving around
I'll stumble in front of you

If you see me coming
You better step aside
I might throw up on your shoes
And ask you for a ride

I lost my liscence
and I dont drive no mo
but that dont stop me from walkin
I got ta gets to da liqour store."

The Jay Dragon Band
 
Just For Grins

I occasionally get in the mood to write funny stuff. Ihave found
comedy the hardest thing to write, but here's one "Just for grins"

PLEASE DON'T BUY ME ANYTHING FOR CHRISTMAS
Copyright cgs '82


V1 I know that you love me, sweet darlin'
And I 'preciate the thoughtful things you do
But that necktie looks contageous
And them socks are plain outrageous
And that aftershave reminds me of the Zoo

V2 When I wore them shoes downtown
Some wierd guy started hangin' round
And he told me that my shirt was "just too mutch (smacking sound)
Them new-wave kids made faces
And snickered thru their braces sayin'
How could one man be so "out-a-touch"?

CH So Please dont buy me anything for Christmas
Don't spen your money, time and love that way
'Cause it hurts me to my soul to think that
Deep down in your heart
When you think of me you see me dressed thata-way

V3 That there Candy-striped blazer
Would put my life in danger
If I ever tried to wear it to the plant
Well them "zekutives might love
But them good old boys would shove it
Up the seat of them Purple Plaid Pants

Repeat courus to fade

verses are mostly spoken, sung at the end of the phrase

Hope you're grinnin

write-on...chazba
 
I don't know if this relates, however I know that there is a country band called Hey Cee, Dee Cee (I'm not too sure about the spelling) that plays AC/DC's songs, country style... memphissound reminded me :)

Porter
 
I'm kinda bent too.

Rocky Outcrop,

Ever heard of an act called "Run C&W"? They have two albums out- one titled "Into the Twangy-First Century", the other "Row
vs Wade".

Feature this if you will: MoTown hits like "Walkin' the Dog", "What I Say", "Stop! In the Name of Love", "Please Please Please" all
done lovingly the way God intended them to be- bluegrass style!

Every now and then when me and five of my bestest buds get a
little full of it we'll switch the amps off and go acoustic and try
different songs "bluegrass style". Nothing is safe or sacred, and
there is an ancient stereo reel to reel machine recording through
two crappy Optimus mic's. Some of our latest mutilations?

Osmonds "Darlin'" and "Sweet and Innocent"
Twitney Speers "Whups ah Did it agin!"
Neil Diamond "You Don't Bring Me Flowers Anymore"
AC/DC "Who Made Who" (a real workout for our banjo player...)
Autograph "Turn Up The Radio"
Madonna "Ray of Light"
Emerson Lake and Palmer "Closer to Believing"
Nine Inch Nails "Closer"

There's a helava lotta good music that can cross over out there.

Faithmonster
 
Lately I have been hearing country versions of Hendrix tunes in my head. Now Im waiting for the trumpets and violins in the distance.
 
Hey Rocky...Your songs are funny, followed closely by anything done by the "Poppin Mommas" ...Keep up the good work. BTW, It's been ages since I've heard anything from you guys, Are you planning to do another recording in the near future???

Cheers
 
Dragonworks.
I spent the weekend with my folk. They're in their 70s and 80s. One is from Ireland the other Scotland. I heard Bagpipe music for two days.
I'm pretty much a blues/rocker and now I've got bagpipes tweeting out sorrowful tunes in my head.

Unplug me before I actually try it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Luke... it is your desssssstiny!

badgas said:
I spent the weekend with my folk. They're in their 70s and 80s. One is from Ireland the other Scotland. I heard Bagpipe music for two days.
I'm pretty much a blues/rocker and now I've got bagpipes tweeting out sorrowful tunes in my head.

Unplug me before I actually try it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [/B]
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Don't fight it man... let it be an impelling force... kinda like shit
pains...(hee hee) Just don't turn to the dark side like I did...

I used an accordian once... it's haunted me ever since.

the Faithmonster:D
 
Faithmonster.
The bagpipe sound has faded. I'm being careful though so as not to make any sudden moves or bumps on my head to activate it again.

I know what ya mean about the accordian. For the past month I've been working with a Zydeco band. Just doing some demos as I'm not a part of their happy group.
I hop in the crib when I get home to catch some sleep and I hear that accordian. I wake up and find I've been dreaming about it. I go out to the barn and the wind blowing through the holes in the walls sounds like accordian. And whats worst, is it's all zydeco music.

I'll tell ya, the darkside sounds more inviting than a constant accordian bleeting in my mind.
To top it all off, there is the sound of the singers Cajun accent in the background.
I'll tell ya somethin' else, a musicans life isn't all happy and joyful. There are dues to pay and I must be behind on my payments or somethin'.
Gotta head to the outhouse now, later.
 
There used to be a T-Shirt that said "Play an Accordian...Go to jail"
c
 
Just giving you fair warning. If you ever drive through Louisiana, don't go south. Especially south of interstate 10. Your brain will hemorrhage out your ears and onto the floor. Its the land of the squeeze box. I know a Cajun who traveled north up to Shreveport, LA with an accordion in his trunk. He was pulled over and arrested for carrying a concealed weapon. Another friend of mind, a Christian rap singer, was invited to a dance in south Louisiana. I warned him not to go but it was to no avail. He spontaneously imploded during the first lead break.

Be scared.....be very scared.

<><
George
 
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Here is a tune I wrote about a chick who leaves for another woman.

“She’s A Better Man Then Me”


She’s a better man then me so I’ve been told
She’ll never leave you lonely she’ll never leave you cold
She’s a better man then me to have around
I’m so glad for you darling to find the love that you have found

Now I know dear the one thing that got hard and made you cry
When you wanted...
An empty spot to rest your head between two thighs

She’s a better man then me so you have said
She lacks all that confusion that comes when you have two damn heads
She’s a better man then me that’s why she won
She can go so much longer when all that I could go was once

Now I know dear the one thing that got hard and made you cry
When you wanted
An empty spot to rest your head between two thighs

She’s a better man then me a better man then me
She’s a better man then me a better man then me
 
In another tune I wrote we find out that a man can be replaced.

"She Vibrates"

She Vibrates… She Vibrates… She Vibrates… She Vibrates

My woman doesn't need me not anymore
She found all that she needed in a mail order catalog
She was so happy when that box finally came
Now her box keeps on cumming every night and day

She Vibrates… She Vibrates… She Vibrates… She Vibrates

The batteries in all my flashlights are gone
But when I hear her moaning I know just where they are
Her newfound plastic friend has made her love life bloom
Now little Bob and I are locked out of the big bedroom

She Vibrates… She Vibrates… She Vibrates… She Vibrates

If I had seen this coming don't you think I would have tried
When she was rolling over I would have forced my way inside
And now the battles on its man against machine
But man will lose I fear for machine seems to make her scream

She Vibrates… She Vibrates… She Vibrates… She Vibrates

The purchase that she made with a simple credit card
I'll never measure up to I'll never be that hard
I'll never fill her life with electricity
To her a limp wet noodle is all that I could ever be

She Vibrates… She Vibrates… She Vibrates… She Vibrates
 
Here is a cool country tune I wrote about a man who finds a better time with his beer then with his cheating wife.


“Cold Can of Beer”

You say you got a bone to pick, that I should hear you out
But I can’t seem to hear your words I’m too busy with my stout
You say you feel neglected some and I lost your love you fear
Cause I don’t seem to love you like a cold can of beer

You say that you can’t stand to see me a drinking like a whale
But I don’t even see you there I’m holding my sweet ale
You say you’re leaving me because I just don’t seem to care
And I don’t seem to love you like a cold can of beer

The beer will never cheat on me and leave me all alone
Or try to sneak in after dawn stinking of cologne’
The beer will never make me cry or laugh at my sad tears
And that’s why I don’t love you like a cold can of beer

You use to be the only one, at other girls I’d laugh
But now that you’re mistreating me, I’d rather have a draft
I know when you’re not with me who you’re doing and doing where
And that’s why I don’t love you like a cold can of beer

The beer is always true to me and I’m its only man
There’ll never be another lover’s hands upon my can
The beer just wants to be with me it’s love it will not share
And that’s why I don’t love you like a cold can of beer

No I’ll never ever love you like a Cold Can of Beer
 
Dark Humor

"I think a bit of fun is what the world needs now not stinking love.How about some examples. "... Rocky Outcrop

Here's a dark tongue-n-check song, spoofing old traditional folk music. Ft. Pillow is an actual prison right up the river from Memphis.

Oh, Ft. Pillow!

It was a day I'll never forget
Found my love on another man's lips
Now I'm here alone, wishing for a brew
Or maybe two.

With a broken heart I can't lift a finger
To say two nice words about her
But I'll think some more but not too long
And not too hard.

When everything was said and done
I was runnin' back to her with a loaded gun
And I wasn't smilin' till my work was done,
Till my work was done.

Chorus
Oh, Ft. Pillow, you're as hard as a rock
Where I lay me down to sleep with my dark thoughts
About her... about me.... but mostly you.

I was sent up ol' man river to Ft. Pillow
Where along the grassy banks the barbed wire grows.
It's a place I now call home,
I now call home.

Now, it won't be right but it will be true
Now that I'm done with her, I'm coming for you
But I gotta get out of this place somehow,
Out somehow.

(Chorus)
Oh, Ft. Pillow, you're as hard as a rock
Where I lay me down to sleep with my dark thoughts
About her... about me... but mostly you....
Just thinking of you.
 
Hey Link, so you have heard the fred band,yet you still live. You might want to check out my other band "sixfthick"we are touring in october with jap band zoo bombs and are doing vic/nsw check the street rags for details.
I know that I started this thread but up until now havn't put in any proof here is one it has aussie politicians in it but feel free to use your own .

i've seen russ hinze wearin shorts
'' '' bob hawke playin sports
" " people who are thick as bricks
but you havn't seen ugly till you seen my dick

any way it goes like that with only some small changes to the people in the song but you get the drift, OH and by the way this tune has only one chord.

shit happens

dont you know shit happens
happens all the time
the girl that your now with
she once were mine
shit happens, shitty shit happens.

dont you know shit happens
if your spencer ,roy ,or bob.
the cops that busted them
were just doin their job
shit happens shitty shit happens.

there you go ithink if you could hear the off key catterwallin that goes with it you might get the picture more clearer, but hey im no tech wiz and have no mp3.
with regards to :Links question about new work from the fred band well i 'm recording as we speak doin choons like a 70"s version of "I just want a missus who 'll do the dish"s" Lend me ten bucks ,a tune originaly by "the brady bunch lawnmower massacre" also keep an eye out for any thing by "shonky tonk" or
"the f**k f**ks" some of the bestest song writers that I know of
 
Mama's gotta squeeze box she wears on her...

George Parler said:
Just giving you fair warning. If you ever drive through Louisiana, don't go south. Especially south of interstate 10. Your brain will hemorrhage out your ears and onto the floor. Its the land of the squeeze box. I know a Cajun who traveled north up to Shreveport, LA with an accordion in his trunk. He was pulled over and arrested for carrying a concealed weapon. Another friend of mind, a Christian rap singer, was invited to a dance in south Louisiana. I warned him not to go but it was to no avail. He spontaneously imploded during the first lead break.

Be scared.....be very scared.

<><
George
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I tremble in fear... but I can't fight it. Gimme Beausoleil and
zydeco any day. My brain fried out years ago...

George,

This is a "House of The Rising Sun" question, and since you be
a Louisiana man I hasta ax ya this...

Is the "House of The Rising Sun" the slang name of an actual
prison in Louisiana, one in which the only windows in the building
actually face east? Is it Opalousas(sp?)?

Thanketh thee muchly!

the Faithmonster
 
hehe! This is really funny; some of you guys need to hook up with Weird Al.

t
 
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