#The Rubberbandits

[x-heesy]

Bootcut Jeans, salmon shirt

I have a skin routine and my elbows hurt

I don't give blood because I won't give blood

Bought a tarantula from a Swedish guy

He helped me out in Stockholm with a DUI

And I stalk Ian Brown when he comes to town

I stole cocaine off my nephews friend

I did it with the fellas at the A.G.M

And Eleanor from A&R refused me again

So I did that thing at the Holiday Inn

My wife sells cheese on the Internet

I think about her sister when we're intimate

Her family and friends, they don't like me anymore

'Cause I threatened all her brothers with an antique sword

I'm your dad's best friend, your dad's best friend

We're taking him to Holland for the long weekend

He never had a stag, he never had a stag

We're taking him to Amsterdam and making him a man

Your dad's best friend, your dad's best friend

We're doing ketamine up in the Netherlands

He never had a stag, he never had a stag

I'm taking him to Amsterdam and buying him a bag

I watch gay porn in my garden shed

I lie to everybody that my father's dead

I smell like Joop, my son has croup

Picking up the hooker that I like the best

Crying on her toilet cause my life's a mess

I'm sleeping in the office cause my wife's depressed

I'm heating streaky bacon in a trouser press

I am your dad's best friend, your dad's best friend

I'm taking him to Holland for the long weekend

He never had a stag, he never had a stag

I'm taking him to Amsterdam and making him a man

Your dad's best friend, your dad's best friend

We're doing ketamine up in the Netherlands

And maybe when you've children of your own

You'll be praying for a best friend just like me

Dads Best Friend by The Rubberbandits

@luna-zylum @derflaneur @boanerges20 😂☢️

#swag #gif mood board #mood in between #The Rubberbandits #7/2023 #track of the day #club music #punks aren’t dead #fuckit #fuckit for fun #dancing in the dark #dance the pain away #im freaking the fuck out #i need to dance the fuck out #shake what ya mama gave ya #where are my hashtags #exploring music #international Beats #sick and twisted #x-heesy #fucking favorite #music #now playing #spotify #music and art #on and o #drugs

[deadgiants]

This song has never not been an absolute banger. Sad they only released the one album. I think with the way the both of them went intellectually and where Blindboy went with his writings the lyrics would have stated sharp and funny while the ways they handled their satire would have refined very well.

#not art #the rubberbandits #blindboy #ireland #irish music #limerick #hip-hop #satire #mr chrome #Youtube

[khaperai]

#i wanna fight your father #the rubberbandits #blindboy boatclub #mr chrome #irish music #limerick music #spotify

[victusinveritas]

#dune memes #horse outside #the rubberbandits

[firespirited]

New Bobby Fingers: art, swearing, dark humour, graphic surgery, incredible techniques and a crew of very talented irish jackasses.

#video #how do i even tag this #Youtube #the rubberbandits

[luimnigh]

You know what's always annoyed me?

The Rubberbandits' song Horse Outside begins with the lines: "I'm at Amanda's wedding, in a church on Thomas Street".

The Rubberbandits are quite famously from Limerick City.

There is no church on Limerick's Thomas Street.

There's a funeral home, but you wouldn't think someone would go looking for a ride at a removal.

#the rubberbandits

[underclerysclock]

I'm currently crying, like legit tears, over "I won't take it outside, I wanna kick you in the face with Christ by my side"

#flood warning #the rubberbandits #Spotify

[eekwinn]

Horse Outside - The Rubberbandits

#horse outside #rubberbandits #the rubberbandits #st. Patrick's day #Youtube

[veerletakino]

#Donald Trump #satire #music #the rubberbandits

[aiteanngaelach]

Mr. Chrome from Rubberbandits is Bobby Fingers on youtube?????

#No fucking way #Are ye taking the piss #Also found out that the rubberbandits sing as Gaeilge ó am go am

[x-heesy]

Road trip 🚲

Bootcut Jeans, salmon shirt

I have a skin routine and my elbows hurt

I don't give blood because I won't give blood

Bought a tarantula from a Swedish guy

He helped me out in Stockholm with a DUI

And I stalk Ian Brown when he comes to town

I stole cocaine off my nephews friend

I did it with the fellas at the A.G.M

And Eleanor from A&R refused me again

So I did that thing at the Holiday Inn

My wife sells cheese on the Internet

I think about her sister when we're intimate

Her family and friends, they don't like me anymore

'Cause I threatened all her brothers with an antique sword

I'm your dad's best friend, your dad's best friend

We're taking him to Holland for the long weekend

He never had a stag, he never had a stag

We're taking him to Amsterdam and making him a man

Your dad's best friend, your dad's best friend

We're doing ketamine up in the Netherlands

He never had a stag, he never had a stag

I'm taking him to Amsterdam and buying him a bag

I watch gay porn in my garden shed

I lie to everybody that my father's dead

I smell like Joop, my son has croup

Picking up the hooker that I like the best

Crying on her toilet cause my life's a mess

I'm sleeping in the office cause my wife's depressed

I'm heating streaky bacon in a trouser press

I am your dad's best friend, your dad's best friend

I'm taking him to Holland for the long weekend

He never had a stag, he never had a stag

I'm taking him to Amsterdam and making him a man

Your dad's best friend, your dad's best friend

We're doing ketamine up in the Netherlands

And maybe when you've children of your own

You'll be praying for a best friend just like me

@frenchpsychiatrymuderedmycnut @luckylucian @edgarmoser @p1325 😜🤪😜

Dads Best Friend by The Rubberbandits 🎧

#silly goofy mood 🤪 #🚲 #🪩 #x-heesy #my art #androidography #9/2023 #on my ​way to tha doctor #Vienna #photographer #no filter #music #now playing #spotify #music and art #the rubberbandits #pride #point of view #flags #love and let love #live and let live #equality #empathy #fantasy #Dialog #for my gay friends #Punks aren’t dead

[pennydreddfull]

Dog Bless - A Letter to Blindboy

Dear Mr. Boatclub, Firstly, I want to introduce myself. My name is Cybi (‘Cubby’, like the hole) and I don’t really know who I am, but one thing is for sure – I am a big fan. One of my many, many work angels recommended your podcast to me a few weeks ago, because he thought that it seemed like my kind of vibe. He was, as always, correct. I have listened to several episodes of your podcast…

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#blindboy #blindboy boatclub #cybi fitzgerald #cybi nic gearailt #horse outside #irish mythology #rubberbandits #the blindboy podcast #toffee mouth #toffeemouth

[khaperai]

#horse outside #the rubberbandits #this song was inescapable in ireland in like 2011 #limerick city #irish music #limerick music #spotify

[britesparc]

Weekend Top Ten #581

Top Ten Comedy Songs

Ah, comedy. Funny, isn’t it? I’ve talked a little about comedy songs recently when I was doing my list specifically about The Lonely Island; and also in the past, ranking the songs of Weird Al (and even further back, the songs of Monty Python). One of the interesting things I find with comedy songs is that they stick in my mind more than usual; I think because you’re parsing the jokes, the lines resonate more. You remember the lyrics because the lyrics are funny and you need to remember the construction of the lines in order to remember the joke. It’s one of the reasons why I know all the words to The Saga Begins but not to American Pie; it’s just funnier to sing about going back to Naboo because Queen Amidala wanted to, even if frankly you’d have liked to stay. So it’s more memorable.

For me, anyway.

So there’s nothing much else to this list. It’s just songs I’ve heard that are funny. No, actually, there is more to it; it’s not just “songs that are funny”, it’s songs that are specifically supposed to be funny. Actual, genuine, comedy songs, songs specifically designed to get you laughing. This lead to a lot of internal deliberation about Tenacious D in particular; are their songs comedy songs? Or are they genre parodies, songs that happen to be amusing, but are songs first and foremost? Songs that are funny rather than comedy delivered through song. It’s a hazy line, but I can still see it. It makes sense to me.

Mostly what you have here are songs from, I’d say, comedy acts. Monty Python, Weird Al, Lonely Island – all present and correct. Victoria Wood, Billy Connolly, and Tim Minchin. What you don’t really have – unfortunately – are any musical numbers. I came very, very close to having a Teen Titans Go! song on the list, but sadly it just slipped off the bottom. Maybe that’s one for the future. Another debate I had with myself was over “comedy song” versus “novelty song”; y’know, larky songs that could encompass everything from The Chicken Song (that feels comedy) to Right Said Fred (arguable, it’s at least amusing) to Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini (nope). I mean, where do you draw the line? I almost included Me and My Monkey by Robbie Williams, a genuinely funny and demented song about a coke-addled monkey shooting up hotel rooms in Vegas. I mean, the likes of Babe I’m on Fire or The Cure of Milhaven by Nick Cave are also darkly comic; and I think Don’t Sit Down Coz I’ve Moved Your Chair by Arctic Monkeys is hilarious. But is it a comedy song?

I dunno. But I decided these ten are. So enjoy.

Oh, and I only picked one song per artist; otherwise I worried there’d only be three or four artists represented. And I guess, er, Mature Content Warning? What is it with comedians wanting to eff and jeff in their songs, I dunno.

The Ballad of Barry and Freda (Let’s Do It) (Victoria Wood, 1986): there’s a pleasingly British comic sensibility which renders quite filthy content in a nudge-nudge wink-wink, innuendo-laden fashion that’s deemed suitable for younger audiences. From saucy postcards to pantomime to ‘Allo ‘Allo, we do like our primetime fruitiness. And who did it better (oo-er) than Wood? This masterpiece of comedy is so quintessentially British – from its references to hostess trolleys and, yes, Woman’s Weekly – but also fits the comic archetype of horny housewives and tired old husbands, the working-class world of Wood’s comedy. It’s comfy and it’s sweet and it’s lovely and it’s hilarious and it’s filthy. But it’s also a work of complex musicality and is a stunning performance by Wood on the piano.

Every Sperm is Sacred (Monty Python, 1983): Monty Python produced a raft of hilarious songs in their time, but there’s something about the production of this that elevates it above the likes of Eric the Half a Bee. The jokes about Catholicism I find very funny, and it’s always great to see Palin doing his Yorkshire accent. But once you turn it into a fully-fledged musical number, with chorus lines of high-kicking midwives and dancing urchin children and parades of undertakers and a singing corpse, it becomes something else. Even just aurally it’s such a high-quality production, and it all adds to the comedy.

White & Nerdy (“Weird Al” Yankovic, 2006): god, it’s hard to choose an Al song. I’ve already ranked them (and truth be told I didn’t go back to look to see if I’d put this as number one), but any of that Top Ten cold be here. What I love about this, though, is its lyricism, and the depth of its references; from millennial-era computing jargon through to references to Star Trek and Segways. It’s a snapshot of its time but it’s also just a wonderfully-constructed love letter to a particular flavour of geekery. And, of course, made funnier because it’s presented as quite a tough rap song.

Inner City Pressure (Flight of the Conchords, 2007): another band where I could have picked at least half a dozen songs. This one is great, though, because it’s probably the best Pet Shop Boys parody I’ve ever heard, and very distinct from the Conchords’ usual repertoire. Taking the serious, deadpan delivery of PSB, superficially singing about urban decay, but then writing lyrics about second-hand underpants is just sublime. Also wins a million points for getting a rhyme out of “concert flautist”.

D.I.V.O.R.C.E. (Billy Connolly, 1975): I sometimes think it’s a bit of a shame that Connolly segued away from music as his comedy career accelerated; especially given gems such as this. A fairly direct parody of the original song by Tammy Wynette, it’s the absurdity of the lyrics that real elevate this; the story of an angry dog biting the V-E-T, and the words Connolly chooses to spell (B-U-M). Also features the genius line, “she called me an F-ing C” – which, hilariously, is often bleeped on some recordings.

Horse Outside (The Rubberbandits, 2010): there’s something nasty and angry about most Rubberbandits songs; maybe it’s the weird carrier bag facemasks. But outside of songs about gay sex, fistfights, and Danny Dyer, we have this utterly demented love letter to a horse, and why it’s better than a car. Delightfully Irish in so many ways, it’s sort of quite sweet but also utterly barmy and consistently potty-mouthed. Bit mean about Billie Piper, though.

Spring Break Anthem (The Lonely Island, 2013): speaking about gay sex, we have my favourite Lonely Island song, mixing up hedonistic alpha male behaviour with tender same-sex romance. And, to be honest, that’s all there is to it; it’s skewering the offensive, misogynistic posturing of the song’s subjects by way of comparison. And it’s really, really funny. I wrote about it fairly recently so if you want more, go back two weeks.

Prejudice (Tim Minchin, 2009): Minchin is a genius lyricist and so many of his songs are both hilarious and also just really, really good (Not Perfect and White Wine in the Sun are almost entirely straight). I do sometimes get a bit of that try-hard atheism that makes Gervais so unappealing, but basically he’s great, and this song is amazing. Subverting expectations to tremendous effect is one thing, but the number of ways he finds of discussing the subject matter in increasingly funny ways is, well, very clever.

Happy Birthday in Minor Key (Bill Bailey, 2015): a bit like a more shambolic, shamanistic version of Minchin, Bailey’s musical genius often finds comedic expression as he deconstructs genres and styles. Here, playing Happy Birthday in a minor key creates a dirge that he then supplies with brilliantly dour, goth-tinged lyrics. There’s some wonderful wordplay and it all builds to a final couple of lines that really do put the icing on the cake.

George Washington (Brad Neely, 2010): this one nearly didn’t make the list, great as it is, but in the end the fact that I still – over a decade later – find myself quietly singing the refrain “Washington, Washington, twenty stories high made of radiation” suggests it has supreme earworm qualities. Long before Hamilton, here was a musical about one of the Founding Fathers that felt free to mix up modern lyricism with revered history. After all, it’s a known fact that Washington really did make love like an eagle falling out of the sky.

This was hard. I’m absolutely certain I’ve forgotten something huge and I’ll remember it two days after this is published. Next week will probably be better, as I’m doing my ying-yang thing and returning to the MCU…

#top ten #music #songs #comedy #comedy songs #monty python #lonely island #rubberbandits #conchords

[firespirited]

speaking of songs about animals but this isn’t really about society

#saf #video #rubberbandits #music

[nerdoutshelter]

"I got myself! Nooo!" Rubber Bandits #04 https://youtu.be/UmtMBdDJtYY #rubberbandits @thatbanditsgame @flashbulbgames #rubberbanditsgame @nintendoamerica #nintendo #nintendoswitch #switch #nintendoswitchgames #letsplay #gameplay #eshop #indie #indiegame #indiedev https://www.instagram.com/p/Co2ZZEGOc9A/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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