Does Humor Belong in Music?
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- KVRAF
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- 25852 posts since 20 Jan, 2008 from a star near where you are
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- KVRAF
- 25053 posts since 20 Oct, 2007 from gonesville
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- KVRAF
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- 25852 posts since 20 Jan, 2008 from a star near where you are
Yeah, something like that, or maybe Pro Toolsjancivil wrote:Nuendo
Zappa was one of the pioneers in using Synclavier, so he knew his way around computers.
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- Rad Grandad
- 38044 posts since 6 Sep, 2003 from Downeast Maine
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- KVRAF
- 2677 posts since 20 Jun, 2012
ReaperNumanoid wrote:If Zappa was still around, I wonder which DAW he would be using now.
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- KVRian
- 1324 posts since 6 Mar, 2001 from London, UK
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Armadillosound Armadillosound https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=311380 - KVRian
- 796 posts since 28 Aug, 2013
There is nothing wrong with some humour in music. There is a time and place for everything. Blancmange can be quite humorous with some of their lyrics as can Billy Bragg.
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- Rad Grandad
- 38044 posts since 6 Sep, 2003 from Downeast Maine
Hewitt Huntwork shared this on FB, not to steal his thunder but this seems to fit quite well...and trust me, worth watching...I'm glad there is humor in music 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jus7S5vBJyU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jus7S5vBJyU
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- KVRAF
- 3321 posts since 2 Jul, 2007
The Legendary Pink Dots can be quite musically funny - more so when they had Nils von Hoornblower on sax. But Ka-Spel's lyrics have always been kind of self-deprecatingly funny.
The Residents. Negativland. The Butthole Surfers are hilarious.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFbdYRVGzR4
The Residents. Negativland. The Butthole Surfers are hilarious.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFbdYRVGzR4
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- KVRAF
- 5223 posts since 20 Jul, 2010
I like to distinguish between two types of humour, "hard humour" which is jokes, punchlines, parodies, bad performance for the sake of amusement (Les Dawson, lol)... basically obvious attempts at humour. Then there's "soft humour" which is much more of a sense/taste thing, much more subtle and harder to pinpoint. It's using timing and expectation to amuse the listener, juxtaposing timbres in amusing ways, but without it seeming like a "joke".
My favourite stand-up comics have a keen sense of performance and timing, pacing and intonation that borders on the musical. People tend to love or loathe him, but I cite Stewart Lee as a prime example, actually using the construct of stand-up comedy to probe and dismantle it's-self to it's core.
Just as comedic displays can border on the musical, so can the musical border on the comedic. The Orb are quite good at amusing juxtapositions of not only sampled speech and ambiences, but also textures from synths and such. Luke Vibert in his early years had a keen sense of rhythm that bordered on the amusing and bizarre. There's quite a lot of rhythmic playfulness in some of my favourite braindance/IDM and dance music. Let's not forget also those old Moog novelty records
Yeah, you know the ones.
Whether you want to include playfulness and amusingness under the banner of "humour" is a matter of choice perhaps, but it is a sense that can be developed and expanded on like a sense of humour so is certainly at the very least related IMO.
My favourite stand-up comics have a keen sense of performance and timing, pacing and intonation that borders on the musical. People tend to love or loathe him, but I cite Stewart Lee as a prime example, actually using the construct of stand-up comedy to probe and dismantle it's-self to it's core.
Just as comedic displays can border on the musical, so can the musical border on the comedic. The Orb are quite good at amusing juxtapositions of not only sampled speech and ambiences, but also textures from synths and such. Luke Vibert in his early years had a keen sense of rhythm that bordered on the amusing and bizarre. There's quite a lot of rhythmic playfulness in some of my favourite braindance/IDM and dance music. Let's not forget also those old Moog novelty records
Yeah, you know the ones.Whether you want to include playfulness and amusingness under the banner of "humour" is a matter of choice perhaps, but it is a sense that can be developed and expanded on like a sense of humour so is certainly at the very least related IMO.
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- KVRAF
- 8406 posts since 2 Aug, 2005 from Guitar Land, USA
It depends on the listener's sense of humor & security, Pink Floyd's The Wall is making fun of people that can't get themselves together, I mean we've had thousands or millions of years here, can't you do anything yet?
The Eagles Life in the fast lane is making fun of people. Depends on where you place the cutoff.
The Eagles Life in the fast lane is making fun of people. Depends on where you place the cutoff.
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- KVRAF
- 6895 posts since 9 Mar, 2003 from the bridge of sighs
no ...V0RT3X wrote:Weird Al yankovich made a living off doing this, so why not?
we're talking humor ...
