Songs That Are Both Hilarious And Absolutely Gorgeous

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1. The Smiths: "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" (and about half The Smiths' oeuvre)
2. The KLF Featuring Tammy Wynette: "Justified and Ancient"

Kevin John Bozelka, Saturday, 5 May 2012 16:40 (twelve years ago) link

3. The Kinks: "Phenomenal Cat"

Leslie Mann: Boner Machine (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 5 May 2012 16:49 (twelve years ago) link

4. malcolm mclaren - madame butterfly

madame boo berry (donna rouge), Saturday, 5 May 2012 16:51 (twelve years ago) link

5. walk on the wild side - lou reed

give me back my 200 dollars (NotEnough), Saturday, 5 May 2012 16:53 (twelve years ago) link

6. the Who - Tattoo

Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Saturday, 5 May 2012 17:13 (twelve years ago) link

7. Scott Walker - Jackie

poxen, Saturday, 5 May 2012 17:28 (twelve years ago) link

Pitch-blackly so, but:

8. Jim O'Rourke - "Halfway To A Threeway"

You Don't Throw Oranges On An Escalator (Deric W. Haircare), Saturday, 5 May 2012 17:50 (twelve years ago) link

two of my favorite things in a song.

9. Millie Jackson - Summer (The First Time)

yo just a couple (Matt P), Saturday, 5 May 2012 18:00 (twelve years ago) link

10. Lou Reed - "A Gift"

henry s, Saturday, 5 May 2012 18:12 (twelve years ago) link

11. Todd Rundgren - "Piss Aaron"

henry s, Saturday, 5 May 2012 18:14 (twelve years ago) link

12. Frank Zappa - "Montana"

henry s, Saturday, 5 May 2012 18:15 (twelve years ago) link

13. Harry Nilsson - "The Most Beautiful World in the World"

Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 5 May 2012 19:00 (twelve years ago) link

14. Flight of the Conchords "Sellotape"

humba (NZA), Saturday, 5 May 2012 20:49 (twelve years ago) link

15. Denim - I'm Against The Eighties

Morrissey & Clunes: The Severed Alliance (PaulTMA), Saturday, 5 May 2012 21:52 (twelve years ago) link

16. Denim - The Osmonds

Morrissey & Clunes: The Severed Alliance (PaulTMA), Saturday, 5 May 2012 21:52 (twelve years ago) link

17. The Flaming Lips - Waterbug

Touché Gödel (ledge), Saturday, 5 May 2012 21:54 (twelve years ago) link

18. Prince - The Beautiful Ones

Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 5 May 2012 21:57 (twelve years ago) link

(Prince owns this category btw)

Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 5 May 2012 21:57 (twelve years ago) link

19. Bob Dylan - All the Tired Horses.

Pat Finn, Sunday, 6 May 2012 00:16 (twelve years ago) link

20. Yung Humma ft Flynt Flossy - Lemme Smang It

misty sensorium (Plasmon), Sunday, 6 May 2012 00:31 (twelve years ago) link

21. Wedding Present - Why Are You Being So Reasonable Now?

bendy, Sunday, 6 May 2012 00:58 (twelve years ago) link

22. The National - Lemon World

Dan Bejar? Amanda Lear? You're Welcome! (Dr. Joseph A. Ofalt), Sunday, 6 May 2012 03:01 (twelve years ago) link

23. Ween - Right to the Ways and the Rules of the World

Ask The Answer Man (sexyDancer), Sunday, 6 May 2012 03:05 (twelve years ago) link

24. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

some dude, Sunday, 6 May 2012 03:09 (twelve years ago) link

25. Ween - "Push th' Little Daisies"

good argument could be made 4 Ween owning this thread 2

henry s, Sunday, 6 May 2012 03:13 (twelve years ago) link

26. Love's Lines Angles & Rhymes - The Fifth Dimension

Dan Bejar? Amanda Lear? You're Welcome! (Dr. Joseph A. Ofalt), Sunday, 6 May 2012 03:34 (twelve years ago) link

good argument could be made for stfu about ween

some dude, Sunday, 6 May 2012 03:35 (twelve years ago) link

27. T.Rex - Planet Queen

Dan Bejar? Amanda Lear? You're Welcome! (Dr. Joseph A. Ofalt), Sunday, 6 May 2012 04:03 (twelve years ago) link

To pick just 5:

28. Nick Lowe - Rollers Show
29. Nick Lowe - Little Hitler
30. Nick Lowe - American Squirm
31. Nick Lowe - Love Like a Glove
32. Nick Lowe - All Men Are Liars

Hideous Lump, Sunday, 6 May 2012 04:47 (twelve years ago) link

good argument could be made for stfu about ween
― some dude, Saturday, May 5, 2012 11:35 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

no you

billstevejim, Sunday, 6 May 2012 08:33 (twelve years ago) link

33. Robyn Hitchcock - "Earthly Paradise" (prob. a lot of RH songs here too)

Vini Reilly Invasion (Elvis Telecom), Sunday, 6 May 2012 09:46 (twelve years ago) link

34. Cheech Marin - "Born in East L.A."

Three Word Username, Sunday, 6 May 2012 10:33 (twelve years ago) link

good argument could be made for stfu about ween

35. Ween - Baby Bitch
36. Ween - Fluffy
37. Ween - Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down)

┗|∵|┓ (sic), Monday, 7 May 2012 00:04 (eleven years ago) link

38. Tenacious D - "Fuck Her Gently"

suidavyvan eht nioj (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 7 May 2012 00:20 (eleven years ago) link

This would be Go-Kart Mozart's wheelhouse, I'd say.

mr.raffles, Monday, 7 May 2012 04:26 (eleven years ago) link

Oh damn! 39. Denim - "Synthesizers in the rain"

poxen, Monday, 7 May 2012 04:40 (eleven years ago) link

40. Flight of the Conchords- 'Jenny'

underleg aeroboots i have smithed (darraghmac), Monday, 7 May 2012 04:44 (eleven years ago) link

ITT: "Hilarity"

like Joe Pasquale and Gandhi (Noodle Vague), Monday, 7 May 2012 06:39 (eleven years ago) link

41. Digital Underground, "Freaks of the Industry"

The Reverend, Monday, 7 May 2012 06:46 (eleven years ago) link

Yeah, I stretched the hilarity point on the Marin track, but it's actually pretty gorgeous-sounding from the second verse on.

Three Word Username, Monday, 7 May 2012 07:02 (eleven years ago) link

42. Flight of the Conchords "Carol Brown"
43. Ween "Chocolate Town"

Ween definitely owns this thread

guess it's Honker Burger tonight...#fml (frogbs), Monday, 7 May 2012 17:24 (eleven years ago) link

44. The Divine Comedy - My Lovely Horse

Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 10:22 (eleven years ago) link

45. Billy Bragg – Walk Away Renee

Manfred Mann meets Man Parrish (ithappens), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 11:41 (eleven years ago) link


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