I'm thinking of introducing some comedy songs into my stand up. Ones about an Armchair Revolutionary, ones about burying someone under a patio for eating my chocolate digestives and the other is about being anally examed too often by a dodgy nurse.
Anyway how do people feel about songs in standup generally. It would be me and Bluey (my electro/acoustic guitar). Also which of the above would you want to hear if i was going include one?
Sounds good. I wrote one called Dear Dierdre. Its on here somewhere. Very rude, not so popular though. I think i got one reply.
I cant wait to read the anal one. Not that i am obsessed with bums or putting things in bums, but it does sound guite enjoyable, Ooooooooooops i mean it sounds like it would be fun to read.
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personally (and this is my own view) i hate songs in stand-up shows, it depends on where in the set they appear, if it is at the end it would work on a longer set but on a shorter one it wouldn't realy be fit in, Bill Bailey obviously does this very well but his songs are most of the time very observational, i.e "dos'nt the bbc 10 o'clock new's theme tune sound like a apocoliptic rave"(and then he does a example or his bit on sirens, from my personal veiw songs wreck the rythym of the set and jsut bore me, i'd rather watch a stand-up do stand-up comedy, but try it, and if it fits into your set well then stick with it, it it works then let it work.
Was the dodgy nurse male or female? And of course that then depends on your preferences. I'm not judging...
Songs are probably good but not too many. You've really got to have good ANNUNCIATION - the odd important words could get drowned out.
Of course this was really where comedy became the "new rock 'n' roll" in the 70's with Scot Billy Conolly, Welshman Mike Harding, Brummie Jasper Carrot and several others.
I don't mind the idea but it HAS to be funny to get away with it in my opinion. One of the funniest stand-ups out there (again in my humblest) is Lee Evans but hate it when he does his wee singing bits. Billy Connolly in his early comedy days with his wee banjo came up with some classic songs which were just as funny as some of his better known standard material done during his peak years (an Audience with etc).
Go with it Adam - who knows you might find they go down brilliantly and in answer to your question about which one we would like to hear it would have to be the Digestive one - hate it when some bugger nicks by favourite biccies!
Andy
Tim Minchin. 'Nuff said.
Here are the song lyrics btw. Let me know which ones you find funniest, if any.
1)Chocolate Digestives
Its annoyiny you know when you go to the kitchen and find that someone has stolen you’re food. Expecially when you’ve put up a sign saying my food, f**k off. But some people don’t listen to signs
Someone ate my chocolate digestives
Someone ate my packet of cheese
Someone ate my bottle of vodka
Now I’m not very pleased
Now I may have reacted a little harsh but I was hungry, broke and as I was living with women at the time post menstral, I could have reacted better but I had put up a sign
Don’t eat my chocolate digestives
Don’t come between a man and his food
Don’t eat my chocolate digestives
Lack of chocolate doesn’t help my mood
Someone ate my chocolate digetives
Even though I said no
Someone ate my chocolate digestives
I buried them under the patio
Once a man did steal my chocolate digestives, he’s dead now. He admitted he stole them and then it all went red. Next thing I know he’s gone, with my biscuits, to the big digestive factory in the sky.
Don’t eat my chocolate digestives
Please take note of the signs
Don’t eat my chocolate digestives
I have killed several times.
2)Armchair Revolutionary
I’ll be sitting on the sofa when the Revolution comes
An Armchair Revolutionary’s work is never done
Sitting on my arse till the war is won
An Armchair Revolutionary until my arse is numb
I’ll be sitting on the toilet when the Revolution comes
A Lavatory Revolutionary’s work is never done
Letting fluids pass till the war is won
A Lavatory Revolutionary till my arse is numb
I was sitting on the sofa when the Revolution came
This Armchair Revolutionary thought nothing had changed
So I’ll be sitting on my arse till it’s won again
An Armchair Revolutionary with chronic back pain
3) A and E
went to the hospital today
The doc was cool but the nurse was gay
She told me to bend over
And put on her
Rubber gloves
Shoves her hand
Up my arse
It really hurts
And it bled
for twenty minutes
She couldn't find a butt plug
I got a brown hug
I'm never going to be sick again
Cos I can't stand the pain
Even when i have a cold
She puts on her
Rubber gloves
Shoves her hand
Up my arse
It really hurts
I wouldn't mind
If it helped
But does she have to film it
My friends have seen it
And I can't sit
Can't control my shit.
I saw a guy sing when he did an open spot stand up routine he was terrible but if you feel you can pull it off go for it personally I, like Lewis don't like them either.
Always good to experiment and the songs not to bad either!
Hi Adam, lyrics look good mate. Would love to hear them to see if they really work as it is difficult without a tune in my head at the same time. If you ever manage to get anything audio-wise online it would be great to shove on a link - I'm sure you have an angelic voice (ahem).
Andy
i saw a stand-up who sang three songs last night, he was very average but he was making the audience luagh, then he sang his first song, and it was un-clear and it didn't make any sense, and it also put him right of track when no one luaghed and he walked off a couple of minute early, your lyrics look good, but you will have to sing them clear and have a strong follow up
good luck with it.
Armchair Revolutionary seemed very John Hegley - but there's nothing wrong with that.
I think A&E needs to be performed though so we can all see.
Go listen to Tom Lehrer (but then I go back a bit) !!!