Musical Parody

[randyhersom]

The category is parodies of other musicians that stand on their own as music, not just humor. The two examples I am thinking of are The Crunge by Led Zeppelin, lovingly parodying James Brown, and Tweeter and the Monkey Man by the Traveling Wilburys, Bob Dylan's Springsteen parody. Any other examples to add?

[BillF]

As this is a jazz board, I think we should have a jazz example:

http://www.angelfire.com/ca/mferguson/Grants.html

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Country music has a lot of parodies. One I always liked better than the original was Ferlin Husky's parody of Johnny Tillotson's 'Poetry in motion': 'Enormity in motion' under the name of Simon Crum.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9qOosualt8

MG

[Guy Berger]

Frank Zappa, We're Only in It for the Money

[uli]

I think some of Lester Bowie's takes on popular songs fall into this. Especially but not only stuff with Brass Fantasy. "My way" or "The great Pretender" may be examples.

[A Lark Ascending]

Bartok's parody of Shostakovich 7 in the Concerto for Orchestra.

[JSngry]

Don't know how respectful any kind of Neil Sedaka parody could be, but I do think this one is affectionate.

Same for this one and Gene Vincent

[Balladeer]

The Fools "Psycho Chicken" (Talking Heads ´"Psycho Killer")

Tiny Tim doin "Stairway to Heaven" is gorgeous - although I doubt that it was supposed to be a parody, more a peculiar cover version

Edited August 15, 2014 by Balladeer

[danasgoodstuff]

Art Peppers' "Blues Rock" & "Rock Blues" (from the Omega tape sessions, on the Andoran issue) are kinda parody and pretty good, mostly 'cause you get to hear Carl Perkins play some blues. Led Zep's "D'yer Maker" is fall on the floor funny,as is the Stairway/Gilligan's Island parody of them. IMHO

As this is a jazz board, I think we should have a jazz example:

http://www.angelfire.com/ca/mferguson/Grants.html

I get a 'your computer may be at risk' message here.

[danasgoodstuff]

Jimmy Giuffre and some west coast guys (I think) did a R&B parody honkers parody, as did Srtan Freiberg. I'm guessing Jimmy's is better, if not nec'ly funnier.

[JSngry]

[xybert]

I always thought that Ween's It's Gonna Be a Long Night was a good Motorhead parody.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGgCy-hbp4Q

[jeffcrom]

I've always gotten a kick out of Chubby Jackson's "Moldy Fig Stomp," a Dixieland parody with an all-star cast. I love the semi-unison glissandos by Coleman Hawkins and J.J. Johnson, and Teddy Wilson and Charlie Shavers have fun with it. I'm not sure Harry Carney got the joke - his solo is like one of his normal solos, just not as good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0yuRS0iAQs

[jazztrain]

Benny Goodman and His Boys.  Shirt Tail Stomp.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeXZaWingy0

[gmonahan]

Charly Barnet's classic "The Wrong Idea," his marvelous attack on the "mickey mouse bands" like Sammy Kaye's:

 

 

gregmo