For my 8000th post please post your favorite silly songs:

[elshiva]

Thank you DU! AND a happy 2006. :grouphug:

Favorite Silly Songs:

There was whole subgenre of RFK parodies in the mid-60s. Remember that great version
of "Wild Thing" done RFK style "Ah wild thing, AH you make my HEARtH sing," "Ok Teddy on the
orchrina"

Then there was "Sock it me Bobby" by Bobby (Kennedy) and the Bobby Sockers

"Baa Baa Black Sheep" with the sheep being questioned by Prince Charming (RFK), finding
out his wool made red PJS.

[Left Is Write]

1. Sneaky Snake by Tom T. Hall

[elshiva]

2. Then there was "Spiders and Snakes"

"Oh I don't like spiders and snakes/that's not what it takes to love me..."

[jus_the_facts]

12. I.LOVED.THAT.SONG....by Jim Stafford back in the day....

:7

I remember when Mary Lou said
"You wanna walk me home from school"
And I said, "Yes, I do"
She said, "I don't have to go right home
And I'm the kind that likes to be alone
As long as you would"
I said, "Me, too"

And so we took a stroll
Wound up down by the swimmin' hole
And she said, "Do what you want to do"
I got silly and I found a frog
In the water by a hollow log
And I shook it at her
And I said "This frog's for you"

She said, "I don't like spiders and snakes
And that ain't what it takes to love me
You fool, you fool
I don't like spiders and snakes
And that ain't what it takes to love me
Like I want to be loved by you"

Well, I think of that girl from time to time
I call her up when I got a dime
I say, "Hello, baby"
She says, "Ain't you cool"
I say, "Do you remember when
"And would you like to get together again"
She says, "I'll see you after school"

I was shy and so for a while
Most of my love was touch and smile
Til she said, "Come on over here"
I was nervous as you might guess
Still looking for somethin' to slip down her dress
And she said, "Let's make it perfectly clear"

She said, "I don't like spiders and snakes
And that ain't what it takes to love me
You fool, you fool
I don't like spiders and snakes
And that ain't what it takes to love me
Like I want to be loved by you"

:hi:

[elshiva]

17. He shoke a hollow log at her...

sometimes a log is just a log... :hide:

[ForrestGump]

18. It's actually an excellent example of '70s swamp rock, along with

the similarly stellar "Swamp Witch." They're great songs that, to my mind, still hold up. Now and then I plop them back on iTunes and listen to them over and over.

I love his silly novelty songs that followed, too, including "My Girl, Bill," "Cow Patty," and the one titled something like "Your Dog Drinks Champagne." Clever dude. Wish he did more of the swampy stuff, though, because he was good at it pretty much to Tony Joe White levels.

[jus_the_facts]

19. I remember those too....

....used to listen to him over at some friends house and sing along and just laaaaugh our asses off. :D

[Dave Reynolds]

3. I liked one from a Dr. Demento compilation CD,

"The Masochism Tango"
I ache for the touch of your lips, dear,
But much more for the touch of your whips, dear.
You can raise welts
Like nobody else,
As we dance to the Masochism Tango.

Let our love be a flame, not an ember,
Say it's me that you want to dismember.
Blacken my eye,
Set fire to my tie,
As we dance to the Masochism Tango.

At your command
Before you here I stand,
My heart is in my hand...
Yeech!
It's here that I must be.

My heart entreats,
Just hear those savage beats,
And go put on your cleats
And come and trample me.

Your heart is hard as stone or mahogany,
That's why I'm in such exquisite agony.
My soul is on fire,
It's aflame with desire,
Which is why I perspire when we tango.

You caught my nose
In your left castanet, love,
I can feel the pain yet, love,
Ev'ry time I hear drums.

And I envy the rose
That you held in your teeth, love,
With the thorns underneath, love,
Sticking into your gums.

Your eyes cast a spell that bewitches.
The last time I needed twenty stitches
To sew up the gash
That you made with your lash,
As we danced to the Masochism Tango.

Bash in my brain,
And make me scream with pain,
Then kick me once again,
And say we'll never part.

I know too well
I'm underneath your spell,
So, darling, if you smell
Something burning, it's my heart...
'Scuse me!

Take your cigarette from its holder,
And burn your initials in my shoulder.
Fracture my spine,
And swear that you're mine,
As we dance to the Masochism Tango.

[elshiva]

4. That's by Tom Lehrer, he is a genius.

[mykpart]

21. Did you know that Tom Lehrer wrote the song

Silent E that was used on The Electric Company?

[Lady President]

5. Papa Loves Mambo-- Perry Como

Such a silly little song. Of course, most people know it because of the cotton ads that featured it, but at least it was a good commercial.

Papa Loves Mambo
Papa loves mambo
Mama loves mambo
Look at 'em sway with it,
gettin' so gay with it Shoutin' "olé" with it, wow! (ooh!)
Papa loves mambo (Papa loves mambo)
Mama loves mambo (Mama loves mambo)
Papa does great with it,
swings like a gate with it
Evens his weight with it, now!
He goes to, she goes fro
He goes fast, she goes slow
He goes left 'n' she goes right (Papa's lookin' for mama but mama is nowhere in sight)
Papa loves mambo
Mama loves mambo
Havin' their fling again,
younger than Spring again
Feelin' that zing again, wow! (ooh!)
Papa loves mambo (Papa loves mambo)
Mama loves mambo (Mama loves mambo)
Don't let her rumba and don't let her samba 'cause papa loves mama tonight (ooh!) (Papa loves mambo) (Mama loves mambo) (Papa loves mambo) (Mama loves mambo)
He goes to, she goes fro
He goes fast, she goes slow
He goes left 'n' she goes right (Papa's lookin' for mama but mama is nowhere in sight) (ooh!)
Papa loves mambo (Papa loves mambo)
Mama loves mambo (Mama loves mambo)
Havin' their fling again,
younger than Spring again
Feelin' that zing again, wow! (ooh!)
(Papa loves mambo) Mambo papa (Mama loves mambo)
Mambo mama (Don't let her rumba and don't let her samba) 'cause papa-- Loves a mambo tonight (ooh!)

[Initech]

6. How about a Zappa classic: Evelyn, A Modified Dog

Evelyn, a modified dog
Viewed the quivering fringe of a special doily
Draped across the piano, with some surprise

In the darkened room
Where the chairs dismayed
And the horrible curtains
Muffled the rain
She could hardly believe her eyes

A curious breeze
A garlic breath
Which sounded like a snore
Somewhere near the Steinway (or even from within)
Had caused the doily fringe to waft & tremble in the gloom

Evelyn, a dog, having undergone
Further modification
Pondered the significance of short-person behavior
In pedal-depressed panchromatic resonance
And other highly ambient domains . . .

Arf she said

[Whoa_Nelly]

7. Lumberjack Song - Monty Python

I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK
I sleep all night and I work all day.

Chorus:
He's a lumberjack and he's OK
He sleeps all night and he works all day.

I cut down trees, I eat my lunch
I go to the lavatory.
On Wednesdays I go shopping and have buttered scones for tea

Mounties:
He cut down trees, he eat his lunch
He go to the lavatory.
On Wednesdays he go shopping and has buttered scones for tea.

Chorus:
He's a lumberjack and he's OK
He sleeps all night and he works all day.

I cut down trees, I skip and jump
I like to press wild flowers.
I put on women's clothing and hang around in bars.

Mounties:
He cuts down trees, he skips and jumps
He likes to press wild flowers.
He puts on women's clothing and hangs around in bars?!

Chorus:
He's a lumberjack and he's OK
He sleeps all night and he works all day.

I cut down trees, I wear high heels
Suspenders and a bra.
I wish I'd been a girlie, just like my dear papa!

Mounties:
He cuts down trees, he wears high heels?!
Suspenders...and a bra?!

...He's a lumberjack and he's OK
He sleeps all night and he works all day.

...He's/I'm a lumberjack and he's/I'm OK
He/I sleep all night and he/I work all day.

[Laelth]

8. Beatles

Why don't we do it in the road?

Why don't we do it in the road?
Why don't we do it in the road?
Why don't we do it in the road?
Why don't we do it in the road?
No one will be watching us
Why don't we do it in the road?

Now, that's a great song, but it's also very silly. No doubt there are more comfortable places to "do it."

-Laelth

[elshiva]

9. I always loved "You Know My Name Look Up the Number"

[ForrestGump]

14. Me, too! Welcome to Slaggers...

It was almost the 'A' side of "Let It Be."

A classic.

Whatshisface (Brian Jones? the Rolling Stone whose name currently eludes me and who died some time in the '70s) played saxophone on it, too.

[elshiva]

16. ...Featuring Dennis O'Bell!

[hfojvt]

25. that reminds me of

Don't call us, we'll call you

[u4ic]

10. Wildwood Weed

The name of this song is 'The Wildwood Flower'
Now 'The Wildwood Flower' is an old country classic
It gained a whole new popularity
The song isn't any more popular
But the flower is doin' real good

The wildwood flower grew wild on the farm
And we never knowed what it was called
Some said it was a flower and some said it was weed
I didn't gave it much thought...
One day I was out there talking to my brother
Reached down for a weed to chew on
Things got fuzzy and things got blurry
And then everything was gone
I Didn't know what happened
But I knew it beat the hell out of sniffin' burlap

I come to and my brother was there
And he said, 'What's wrong with your eyes?'
I said, 'I don't know, I was chewing on a weed'
He said, 'Let me give it a try'
We spent the rest of that day and most of that night
Trying to find my brother, Bill
Caught up with him 'bout six o'clock the next mornin'
Naked, swinging on the windmill
He said he flew up there
I had to fly up and get him down
He was about half crazy

The very next day we picked a bunch of them weeds
And put 'em in the sun to dry
Then we mashed 'em up and we cleaned 'em all
And put 'em in the corncob pipe
Smokin' them wildwood flowers got to be a habit
We didn't see no harm
We thought it was kind of handy
Take a trip and never leave the farm

A big ol' puff on the wildwood weed
Next thing you know
We's just wandering behind the little animals
All good things gotta come to an end
And it's the same with the wildwood weed

One day this feller from Washington come by
And he spied us and he turned white as a sheet
And he dug and he burned
And he burned and he dug
And he killed all our cute little weeds
Then he drove away
We just smiled and waved
Sittin' there on that sack of seeds

Y'all come back now, ya hear


Congrats, elshiva!! :toast:

[ForrestGump]

15. ALL of his songs were cool!

I love 'em.

[NMMNG]

11. "Hell Yeah" by The Bloodhound Gang (warning: lyrics poke fun at religion)

Alright now boys and girls we've got another story for you now!
We want to introduce to you another friend of the Bible!

Hell yeah
Hell yeah
Hell yeah
Hell yeah

If I were God there would be no explicit sex on T.V.
Like little Opie eating pie when he made it with Aunt Bea

If I were God thou shall not worship false Billy Idols
And thou shall add the Book Of Flavor Flav to the Bible
Thou shall make fun of Hindus thou shall not make a "Speed 2"
If I were God that's what I'd do Heavens no

Hell yeah
Hell yeah
Hell yeah
Hell yeah

If I were God I'd get a bunch of slaves to do everything
Norwegian lesbians that feed me grapes and know how to sing

If I were God thou shall not wear tube socks with Flip-Flops
Thou shall sit and thou shall spin thou shall even wife swap
Thou shall resist the Olsen Twins, thou shall not cut "Footloose"
If I were God that's what I'd do, Heavens no

Hell yeah
Hell yeah
Hell yeah
Hell yeah

And when they nail my pimpled ass to the cross
I'll tell them I found Jesus that should throw them off
He goes by the name Jesus and steals hubcaps from cars
Oh Jesus can I borrow your crowbar?
To pry these God damn nails out they're beginning to hurt
Crucified and all I got was this lousy T-shirt
"I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!" I'll sing as I'm flogged
Yeah that's what I would do if I were God
So vote for me for Savior and you'll go to Heaven
Your lame duck Lord is like Kevin Spacey in "Seven"
With creepy threats of H-E-Double-Hockey-Stick
You just can't teach an old God new tricks
But would I be a good Messiah with my low self-esteem?
If I don't believe in myself would that be blasphemy?
Just sport some crummy "holier than thou" facade
Yeah that's what I would do if I were God

[elshiva]

13. I think that is a good song! I never heard it or heard of it.

:rofl:

When I look at a song like that, I can appreciate it making
fun of how people (especially fundies) conceive of religion and not
religion in of itself...

[NMMNG]

20. It's on their "Hooray for Boobies" CD

Don't make the mistake of getting it at Wal-Mart or any other store that censors or you will miss out on way too much, as there is so much explicit (and hilarious) stuff in it. If you see it called just "Hooray" you'll know it is censored.

"Mope" is another good song off that CD, which drops many references to pop culture favorites.






We gonna drop this next bomb for a money makin' playa that ain't with us no mo.
Yeah, Notorious B.I.G.
Hell no, we gonna do this for a gangbanging thug that never seen it comin'.
Yeah, Tupac Shakur.
Nah bitch, I'm talkin' ‘bout motherfuckin' Falco and shit.
What? Falco?

O0o0o Rock me Amadeus
O0o0o Rock me Amadeus
O0o0o Rock me Amadeus
O0o0o Rock me Amadeus

Tried to O.D. on the Cold-Eeze
"Golden Girls" got me "Sweatin' To The Oldies"
Hanging out like Double Ds sip Long Island Iced Teas
Wrote to Mayor McCheese "Send a Shamrock Shake please!"
Three O' Clock on the dot time to cruise for Eighth graders
Rather tape the Weather Channel so that I can watch it later
Reruns of Rerun so "What's Happening?"
Dee's knocked up and Rog on crack again
Deep throat a whole Nutty Buddy
Make whoopie to a batch of Silly Putty
Make a Spam and Colgate sandwich and ate it
Go through "National Geographic" and draw panties on the natives
So I like to dance naked in front of my pets
But my cat was inattentive so I sent him U.P.S.
Playin' spin the bottle with my mom
I watch "Cops" with no pants on

Must've blown a fuse nothing's going on
Lamer than the Pope climb the walls like King Kong
Buggin' out like Tori Spelling's eyes
Deader than the parents on a "Party of Five"
Luciano Pavoratti on a treadmill
Not going nowhere slim chance we will
Less hip than Bo Jackson bored like wood
Dick around like Frankie Goes To Hollywood

Relax don't do it when you wanna go to it
Relax don't do it when you wanna cum
Relax don't do it when you wanna go to it
Relax don't do it when you wanna cum

Nowhere to go I can't wake up late
Just sit around and wait for my Old Spice to activate
Stalemate jailbait in "My So-Called Life" imprisonment
Amazing what a good breakfast pickles make isn't it?
I like to pretend I'm speed reading
Never lose the sight of the thrill of sneezing
Don't need a shower today just some Brut by Faberge
Smell the ass of my jeans clean they'll do another day
And I recycle I sniff my own farts
I dial the wrong number hope a conversation starts
I mean I might as well be listenin' to Journey
Givin' myself a mullet hook the Flowbee to the Kirby
Make a prank call pretendin' I'm a mime
Get stuck in traffic just to pass the time
Sent a letter in the mail in Braille to Johnny Quest
Send me back my Etch-A-Sketch

Must've blown a fuse nothing's going on
Lamer than the Pope climb the walls like King Kong
Buggin' out like Tori Spelling's eyes
Deader than the parents on a "Party of Five"
Luciano Pavoratti on a treadmill
Not going nowhere slim chance we will
Less hip than Bo Jackson, bored like wood
Dick around like Frankie Goes To Hollywood

Relax don't do it when you wanna go to it
Relax don't do it when you wanna cum
Relax don't do it when you wanna go to it
Relax don't do it when you wanna cum

I'm mighty tighty whitey and I'm smugglin' plums
When you wanna cum
I'm mighty tighty whitey and I'm smugglin' plums
When you wanna cum
I'm mighty tighty whitey and I'm smugglin' plums
When you wanna cum
I'm mighty tighty whitey and I'm smugglin' plums
When you wanna cum


Yo yo yo yo yo! What it is motherfuckers?
Aw shit, here comes Pac-Man.
Hey Pac-Man, what's up?
Me you bitches! I'm high on crack! Wanna freebase?
No Pac-Man drugs are bad!
Nope can't help you man.
Pussies. Whoa! Holy shit!

Must've blown a fuse nothing's going on
Lamer than the Pope climb the walls like King Kong
Buggin' out like Tori Spelling's eyes
Deader than the parents on a "Party of Five"
Luciano Pavoratti on a treadmill
Not going nowhere slim chance we will
Less hip than Bo Jackson bored like wood
Dick around like Frankie Goes To Hollywood

Relax don't do it when you wanna go to it
Relax don't do it when you wanna cum
Relax don't do it when you wanna go to it
Relax don't do it when you wanna cum

Holy macaroni
Holy macaroni
Holy macaroni
Holy macaroni

[fudge stripe cookays]

22. "And muh fingers did the walkin on the telephone man!"

Meri Wilson. I loved this song!

I went to my apartment on a Monday at one
A-singin' do lolly, lolly chicka-boom, chicka-boom
Started movin' in it on a Tuesday at two
A-singin' do lolly, lolly chicka-do, chicka-do
Wednesday at three I called the phone company, singin':
"Hey baby, put a phone in for me"
Thursday at four he came a-knockin' at my door, singin':

"Hey, baby, I'm your telephone man
You just show me where you want it and I'll put it where I can
I can put it in the bedroom, I can put it in the hall
I can put it in the bathroom, I can hang it on the wall
You can have it with a buzz, you can have it with a ring
And if you really want it you can have a ding-a-ling
Because-a hey baby, I'm your telephone man"

Can you believe that? And then he says:

"Now when other fellas call ya tell 'em how it all began"

Well...can you imagine?

My heart began a-thumpin' and my mind began to fly
And I knew I wasn't dealin' with no ordinary guy
So while he was a-talking I was thinkin' up my plan
Then my fingers did the walkin' on the telephone man

Singin' hey lolly, lolly
Hey lolly, lolly
Hey lolly, lolly
Get it any way you can
Right? Ha ha ha, so...

I got it in the bedroom, and I got it in the hall
And I got it in the bathroom, and he hung it on the wall
I got it with a buzz, and I got it with a ring
And when he told me what my number was I got a ding-a-ling

A-singin' hey lolly, lolly
Hey lolly, lolly
Hey lolly, lolly
Just-a doin' my thing

Ha, ha...I've never done anything like this before!

[mykpart]

23. Two by Jimmy Buffet

Why Don't We Get Drunk (and screw)?
My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink, and I Don't Love Jesus.

[ForrestGump]

24. Then there's, hands-down, my all-time favorite David Bowie song

Loved it since I first heard it, in rerelease (he recorded it in '67, when he was starting out) in 1974.

A masterpiece. He never again equaled this effort.

The Laughing Gnome

I was walking down the High Street
When I heard footsteps behind me
And there was a little old man
Hello
In scarlet and grey, shuffling away
(laughter)

Well he trotted back to my house
And he sat beside the telly
Ooo-err
With his tiny hands on his tummy
Chuckling away, laughing all day
(laughter)

Talking:
Oh, I ought to report you to the Gnome office
Gnome Office
Yes
Hahahahaha

Ha ha ha, hee hee hee
I'm the laughing Gnome and you can't catch me
Ha ha ha, hee hee hee
I'm the laughing Gnome and you can't catch me
Said the laughing Gnome

Well I gave him roasted toadstools and a glass of dandelion wine
*burp* pardon
Then I put him on a train to Eastbourne
Carried his bag and gave him a fag

Talking:
Have you got a light, boy?
Here, where do you come from?
Gnome-man's land...haheeheehee
Oh, really?

In the morning when I woke up
He was sitting on the edge of my bed
With his brother whose name was Fred
He'd bought him along to sing me a song

Talking:
Right, let's hear it
Here, what's that clicking noise?
That's Fred, he's a metrognome...haha

Ha ha ha, hee hee hee
I'm the laughing Gnome and you can't catch me
Ha ha ha, hee hee hee
I'm the laughing Gnome and you can't catch me

Talking:
Own up, I'm a gnome, ain't I right...haha
Haven't you got a gnome to go to?
No, we're gnomads
Didn't they teach you to get your hair cut at school? You look like a Rolling Gnome.
No, not at the London School of Ecognomics

Now they're staying up the chimney
And we're living on caviar and honey
Hooray!
Cause they're earning me lots of money
Writing comedy prose for radio shows

Talking:
It's the...er
What?
It's the Gnome Service, of course

Ha ha ha, hee hee hee
I'm the laughing Gnome and you can't catch me
Ha ha ha, oh, dear me

[Bullwinkle925]

26. "There she was just a-walkin down the street.....................

singin 'Do Wah Diddy Diddy Dum Diddy Do. Snapping her fingers and shuffling her feet, singing "Do Wah Diddy, Diddy Dum Diddy Do"!

The 'visual' of that always made me laugh.


Ok, I know - I'm EASY!!





:rofl:

[EstimatedProphet]

27. Frank Zappa-Montana

I might be movin' to Montana soon
Just to raise me up a crop of
Dental Floss

Raisin' it up
Waxen it down
In a little white box
That I can sell uptown

By myself I wouldn't
Have no boss,
But I'd be raisin' my lonely
Dental Floss

Raisin' my lonely
Dental Floss

Well I just might grow me some bees
But I'd leave the sweet stuff
To somebody else . . . but then, on the other hand I would

Keep the wax
'N melt it down
Pluck some Floss
'N swish it aroun'

I'd have me a crop
An' it'd be on top (that's why I'm movin' to Montana)

Movin' to Montana soon
Gonna be a Dental Floss tycoon (yes I am)
Movin' to Montana soon
Gonna be a mennil-toss flykune

I'm pluckin' the ol'
Dennil Floss
That's growin' on the prairie
Pluckin' the floss!
I plucked all day an' all nite an' all
Afternoon . . .

I'm ridin' a small tiny hoss
(His name is MIGHTY LITTLE)
He's a good hoss
Even though
He's a bit dinky to strap a big saddle or
Blanket on anyway
He's a bit dinky to strap a big saddle or
Blanket on anyway
Any way

I'm pluckin' the ol'
Dennil Floss
Even if you think it is a little silly, folks
I don't care if you think it's silly, folks
I don't care if you think it's silly, folks

I'm gonna find me a horse
Just about this big,
An' ride him all along the border line

With a
Pair of heavy-duty
Zircon-encrusted tweezers in my hand
Every other wrangler would say
I was mighty grand

By myself I wouldn't
Have no boss,
But I'd be raisin' my lonely
Dental Floss

Raisin' my lonely
Dental Floss
Raisin' my lonely
Dental Floss

Well I might
Ride along the border
With my tweezers gleamin'
In the moon-lighty night

And then I'd
Get a cuppa cawfee
'N give my foot a push . . .
Just me 'n the pygmy pony
Over by the Dennil Floss Bush

'N then I might just
Jump back on
An' ride
Like a cowboy
Into the dawn to Montana

Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Ty-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Ty-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Ty-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Ty-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Ty-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Ty-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Ty-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Ty-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Ty-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Ty-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Ty-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Ty-O-Ty-Ay)

[newyawker99]

28. Congrats elshiva!

:toast: