Comedians deconstructing pop songs and music.

[Dusty Substance]

This was a thing for a while, wasn't it? Stand ups deconstructing pop songs and dissecting the lyrics as part of a routine.

I was reminded of this listening to a bunch of Norm MacDonald clips.

Here's the old chunk of coal talking about Roger Miller's King of the Road and Rupert Holmes' Escape (The Pina Colada Song): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq7FoH-Skms

[Autopsy Turvey]

Bo Dudley with 'Mama's Got A Brand New Bag, Yeah'.

[lipsink]

Simon Munnery did a breakdown of a Bruce Springsteen song.

Plus that Carphone Warehouse Irish comedian did a bit about Alanis Morrisette.

[BeardFaceMan]

Rich Hall did a good routine about Jailhouse Rock as Otis Lee Crenshaw.

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

Bill Bailey trotting out "I've got ham but I'm not a hamster" at any given opportunity

[BeardFaceMan]

Bill Bailey trotting out "I've got ham but I'm not a hamster" at any given opportunity

I'm really like his 'cockney music moments in classical music' bit too. Actually, he's done lots of these, hasn't he?

[H-O-W-L]

I'm really like his 'cockney music moments in classical music' bit too. Actually, he's done lots of these, hasn't he?

" 'ave a banana" has been a repeated line in my family for decades now.

[lankyguy95]

This was a thing for a while, wasn't it? Stand ups deconstructing pop songs and dissecting the lyrics as part of a routine.

I was reminded of this listening to a bunch of Norm MacDonald clips.

Here's the old chunk of coal talking about Roger Miller's King of the Road and Rupert Holmes' Escape (The Pina Colada Song): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq7FoH-Skms

The best of these from that ol' chunk a coal is him on Adam Carolla's show going through two Kenny Rogers songs - Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town and Coward Of The County. Norm's clearly having a blast, as they go almost line by line.

https://youtu.be/bHNhmwmNsPc

"ZZ Top those dirty rapers"

[Magnum Valentino]

Simon Munnery did a breakdown of a Bruce Springsteen song.

Plus that Carphone Warehouse Irish comedian did a bit about Alanis Morrisette.

Munnery had a good bit about Imagine as well, although all I remember is him saying that "it's easy if you try" doesn't make sense because trying implies effort.

[Captain Z]

I recall Micky Mackintyre doing this at the peak of his popularity with Sex On Fire and Smack That.

[Thomas]

my sex
is on - fire?
my actual sexual intercourse is actually in flames?

'darling do our pillows comply with the 1988 Furniture and Furnishings Fire Safety Regulations?'
'i've no idea darling why'
'because i think our toast isn't going to be the only thing burned in the morning!'[nb]callback[/nb]

[Barney Sloane]

Herring deconstructs Sk8er Boi:

http://www.richardherring.com/warmingup/8/2/2003/index.html

[notjosh]

Ed Byrne's Ironic routine is a famous one.

Louis CK had a good bit about Signs on his first album. ETA: He goes into it a bit more on the Live at Cobbs bootleg.

Robert Klein did a bit about what a terrible song the US national anthem is.

Munnery had a good bit about Imagine as well, although all I remember is him saying that "it's easy if you try" doesn't make sense because trying implies effort.

Yeah, I also remember his saying something about how in order to imagine that there is no heaven you first have to have some kind of concept of what heaven is. And it's quite a lot of work to summon up a mental image of this infinitely large and unknowably complex afterlife only to immediately dismiss it.

[ProvanFan]

Love rap music, tiiiired of defendin it, man.

[Sebastian Cobb]

Markus Brigstocke did a bit about jungle pirate radio stations.

[up_the_hampipe]

Patrice O'Neal talking about Creep by Radiohead https://youtu.be/v1qKy4cMPUI

[purlieu]

I'm really like his 'cockney music moments in classical music' bit too. Actually, he's done lots of these, hasn't he?

Yeah, half of his stand-up is music-based, so there's lots. It's his forte, really, his actually stand-up is often pretty dire.

[Icehaven]

Newman and Baddiel did quite a few bits about pop music. From memory Baddiel did a pisstake impression of Brett Anderson, and Newman did a bit about Blur's Parkife and their faux cockney schtick and something about We Are Family by Sister Sledge, but they probably did more too.

[Bronzy]

Peter Kay's "misheard lyrics" routine.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=7my5baoCVv8

[petril]

my sex
is on - fire?
my actual sexual intercourse is actually in flames?

'darling do our pillows comply with the 1988 Furniture and Furnishings Fire Safety Regulations?'
'i've no idea darling why'
'because i think our toast isn't going to be the only thing burned in the morning!'[nb]callback[/nb]

set half the population on fire and they'll be warm for life

[Gurke and Hare]

Stewart Lee - All Things Bright and Beautiful

[Gulftastic]

I got a girl called Ramalamalamalamadingdong.

What were her parents thinking?

[Mr Trumpet]

Dave Gorman did a whole show about Reasons to be Cheerful by Ian Dury and the Blockheads. I think it was one of the first proper comedy shows I ever went to see.

[turnstyle]

Was it someone on here who was on a trip and entertained his mates with his totally original observations on the song Ironic, only to find himself sat in the audience of an Ed Byrne gig that very evening with said mates, as Byrne told the exact same routine verbatim.

[FsF]

Not strictly sticking to the theme, but Karl Pilkington's insistence of Eric Clapton's "Wonderful Tonight" being about a guy in a wheelchair is one of the comedy highlights of the Ricky Gervais XFM shows.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHs-jAaMqOA

[Noodle Lizard]

Not strictly sticking to the theme, but Karl Pilkington's insistence of Eric Clapton's "Wonderful Tonight" being about a guy in a wheelchair is one of the comedy highlights of the Ricky Gervais XFM shows.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHs-jAaMqOA

Yes, that's a good'un. Makes the song significantly more enjoyable. Relatable as well, where you half-listen to a song countless times over the years and develop a mental picture that doesn't match with the actual lyrics at all.

[Goldentony]

this shit reminds me of that section of The Young Ones book with the routime from Rik giving people tips on how to answer back to songs with funny replies. Just last as fuck bottom tier stuff. Might aswell write a song going A CHICKEN LITERALLY CROSSED AN ACTUAL ROAD DID IT

[vainsharpdad]

Rob Newman's stuff about the dichotomy of The Cure singing happy songs.

[BeardFaceMan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zySOKr9wqMw

Brian Posehn doing a metal song about how to do metal songs.