Comedy music
Encyclopedia
Comedy music is music
that is comedic
or humorous in nature, encompassing a wide variety of music genre
s. Popular types of comedy music include parody music
, novelty song
s, comedy rock
and comedy hip hop.
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
that is comedic
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
or humorous in nature, encompassing a wide variety of music genre
Music genre
A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other types of music...
s. Popular types of comedy music include parody music
Parody music
Parody music, or musical parody, involves changing or recycling existing musical ideas or lyrics — or copying the peculiar style of a composer or artist, or even a general style of music. Although the result is often funny, and this is the usual intent — the term "parody" in musical terms also...
, novelty song
Novelty song
A novelty song is a comical or nonsensical song, performed principally for its comical effect. Humorous songs, or those containing humorous elements, are not necessarily novelty songs. The term arose in Tin Pan Alley to describe one of the major divisions of popular music. The other two divisions...
s, comedy rock
Comedy rock
Comedy rock is rock music mixed with comedy, often satire and parody.-History:Early USA examples include Stan Freberg, who lampooned artists such as Elvis Presley, Harry Belafonte and The Platters, and Sheb Wooley whose "Purple People Eater" reached No...
and comedy hip hop.
Notable comedy musicians
- The Jethros - A New Hampshire based 2 man band (with guest artists) that began in the late 70's that pays homage to outsider music by doing bombastic, humorous, unusual and often large arrangements of popular songs from different genres played on instruments they can barely play, ignoring attention to tempo and key signatures. They're music has been passed around and used in pre-show music by Negativland played on Church of the SubGenius radio and WFMU streaming radio shows and others.