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Thread #149679   Message #3483595
Posted By: Ron Davies
25-Feb-13 - 01:18 PM
Thread Name: Comedy in music
Subject: RE: Comedy in music
Fortunately, a huge array of this.

PDQ Bach is not to be missed.    One of my alltime favorites of his:    first movement of Beethoven's 5th broadcast as a baseball game.   Called "New Horizons In Music Appreciation".   Skewers sports announcers, among many other targets.

The whole album, "PDQ Bach On The Air" is an absolute delight. The more you know about music, especially classical music, the better-but a lot of it works without any knowledge of classical music.


In another field, lots of Steve Goodman's output:   "Door #3,", "Dying Cub Fan's Lament", "Vegematic", "Banana Republics". etc, etc..   Sometimes comedy and pathos in the same song.