...What a damned good discussion this is! and I agree with a lot of your comments, even the contradicting ones! I write humorous stuff myself (which often goes down well but sometimes doesn't!) so I can relate to 'Fantum' who says the rewards are great but if things go wrong the lows are dire (there is nothing worse than doing what you think is a killer funny song and no-one laughs) I also agree that once a funny song has been sung it has a short shelf life, far shorter than any good ballad or other song. Particularly on record, even I who love funny material don't actually sit down and listen to funny records, I much prefer something serious. Funny stuff is much better done 'Live'. Are 'funny' songs harder to write than 'serious', dunno? 'Comedy isn't a great career move for most singer songwriters' ...That's probably about right, but, I do like to keep a foot in both camps!
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