Weird al is a rather obvious.
But Axis of awesome is also a sheer favourite of mine. their four chords song is a genius composition mashup of many iconic songs throughout the years.
Whitney Avalon is a very underrated one who does some really good and rather witty pop culture themed songs.
Least favourite: Dennis Leary (He lives up to his name)
Favourite: Frank Zappa Least favourite: One Day Fly or Tenacious D (too much Jack Black - he’s not that funny)
Weird Al, of course… he’s an effing genius. But so is Tom Lehrer. He was a comedy musician popular through the '50s and '60s. He’s also credited for inventing the Jello shot as a way to sneak alcohol onto his military base.
TIL about the jello shot. My favorite story about Tom Leherer is when rapper 2 Chainz wanted to sample his song “The Old Dope Peddler”.
Lehrer’s reply read “I grant you motherfuckers permission to do this. Please give my regards to Mr. Chainz, or may I call him 2?”
Jonathan Coultan is my favorite singer-songwriter, ever. He’s drifted away from “comedy” songs recently, but he’s still fantastic. He’s able to perfectly straddle funny and sad, somehow.
He’s had a few brushes with more widespread notoriety, too: he wrote “Still Alive” and “Want You Gone” for Portal 1 & 2, the opening song to the show “Brain Dead,” the theme song to RiffTrax, and a great cover of “Baby Got Back” that Glee ripped off without crediting him.
Highly recommend!!!
Flight Of The Conchords
BŒUF!
Not Crying is one of my top 5 grieving breakup
Bo Burnham and Steven Lynch
Richard Cheese - a lounge singer doing some fun covers
Victor Borge has always been good for a laugh. Very Looney Tunes.
Piff the Magic Dragon.
Jonathan the Terrible
Tiny Girl Big Show.
Jacques Ze Whipper.Gallagher isn’t my favorite but idk if I’ve seen enough to say he’s a dislike.
I’ve always liked Steel Panther, good hair metal, just rude, crude and funny.
Ninja Sex Party is good value.
Flight of the Conchords are awesome.
Around 2016 I was called up on stage by them (Steel Panther) during a winter concert. A year later I was at a show around the same time and a random guy standing behind me remembered me and sent me a video of myself on stage!
I say that to say this: Gloryhole, Community Property, and Poontang Boomerang are some of my favorites! Most recently saw them again in 2023, did not get on stage that time lol
The Smothers Brothers, Tim Minchin, and Tom Lehrer
Second Tom Lehrer
Tenacious D isn’t in this thread yet
The Arrogant Worms, and Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie. Canada stays winning.
Throw in Corky and the Juice Pigs while you’re at it.
Agreed with Weird Al, of course.
Also, Tom Cardy.
This guy might be a one-hit wonder – I haven’t even checked out whatever else he might’ve done – but I absolutely love that one video because I also played cello in school.
Lots of good acts in these threads, I haven’t seen them mentioned so I will throw out Trout Fishing in America.
Jon Lajoie
Show me your genitals.
Brental Floss (game music with goofy lyrics added) can be fun. A lot of it is profane or not funny though, so it’s a mixed bag.
Smooth McGroove (VGM acapella) isn’t comedy, but his angle is somewhat of a novelty.
