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Satirical songs (1 C, 174 P) Pages in category "Musical satire" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Satellite (The Hooters song) Scrap the Monarchy; Short People; Should the Bible Be Banned; Shukusei!! Loli Kami Requiem; So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star; Song for Whoever; A Song of Patriotic Prejudice; Springtime for Hitler (song) Stars Over 45; Sue Me, Sue You Blues; Sword of Damocles (Rufus Wainwright song)
Satirical music describes music that employs satire or was described as such. It deals with themes of social, political , religious , cultural structures and provides commentary or criticism on them typically under the guise of dark humor or respective music genres.
Moulding accordingly wrote the song as a satirical take on the phrase "oh, what a lovely war". [3] The song charted in the UK single chart at No. 32 and No. 104 on the US singles chart, while reaching No. 28 on Billboard's Album Rock Tracks chart. It was the first XTC single to chart in the U.S., and it also had chart success in Canada ...
Tomfoolery (or Tom Foolery) is a musical revue based on the songs of American satirist Tom Lehrer.. Devised and produced by Cameron Mackintosh, it premiered in London at the Criterion Theatre, directed by Gillian Lynne, on 5 June 1980, where it had a successful run.
"Lime Jello Marshmallow Cottage Cheese Surprise" is a satirical novelty song by the American composer William Bolcom. [1] It is written for voice and piano, and Bolcom frequently performs it with his mezzo-soprano wife, Joan Morris, accompanying her on the piano.
"Draft Dodger Rag" is a satirical anti-war song by Phil Ochs, a U.S. protest singer from the 1960s known for being a harsh critic of the American military industrial complex. Originally released on his 1965 album, I Ain't Marching Anymore , "Draft Dodger Rag" quickly became an anthem of the anti-Vietnam War movement .
Bob Dylan wrote "Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues", a protest song and talking blues song, in 1962. [1] [2] The song was inspired by an incident where George Lincoln Rockwell, the founder of the American Nazi Party and an anti-communist, arrived in a Nazi uniform outside a theater showing Exodus (1960), a film about the founding of Israel. [3]