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Examples of musical parody with completely serious intent include parody masses in the 16th century, and, in the 20th century, the use of folk tunes in popular song, and neo-classical works written for the concert hall, drawing on earlier styles. "Parody" in this serious sense continues to be a term in musicological use, existing alongside the ...
The original use of the term "parody" in music referred to re-use for wholly serious purposes of existing music. In popular music that sense of "parody" is still applicable to the use of folk music in the serious songs of such writers as Bob Dylan, but in general, "parody" in popular music refers to the humorous distortion of musical ideas or lyrics or general style of music.
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One of Foxx’s best sketches was a parody of Sir-Mix-a-Lot’s “Baby Got Back.” “Baby Got Snacks” doubled down on the original song’s embrace of women with curves to hilarious extremes.
“Wisconsin’s best/worst/only sport parody song creators” worked their creative magic on Swift’s 2019 song “You Need to Calm Down” and came up with “You Need to Come Down,” a warm ...
A novelty song is a type of song built upon some form of novel concept, such as a gimmick, a piece of humor, or a sample of popular culture. Novelty songs partially overlap with comedy songs, which are more explicitly based on humor, and with musical parody, especially when the novel gimmick is another popular song. Novelty songs achieved great ...
The comedian-turned-unlikely pop star will soon release a full album of parody songs, Kyle Gordon Is Great, on Nov. 10.“This is just the first single,” he explains. “Each song on the album ...
This list is of songs that have been interpolated by other songs. Songs that are cover versions, parodies, or use samples of other songs are not "interpolations". The list is organized under the name of the artist whose song is interpolated followed by the title of the song, and then the interpolating artist and their song.