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Well, it really isn't funny
Nov. 9th, 2005 09:00 amAmazon thinks that, because I bought Here Come the ABC's (the recent children's project from They Might Be Giants), I would want some Kidz Bop Christmas album. Hey, I guess kids' music is kids' music, right? I remember when I bought and rated No!, and they suggested I buy a bunch of baby products. One odd thing about Kidz Bop (aside from the fact that it exists in the first place) is that a lot of the songs they do have explicit lyrics. Do they bowdlerize the crap out of them, or what?
Speaking of TMBG, the issue of people finding their music "silly" came up on the![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
tmbg community recently. I remember an argument I had a few years back with someone who insisted that TMBG was a novelty band, and would not be dissuaded from this idea. This was a person who seemed to have a LOT of issues, so I'm not going to pretend he spoke for the general public, but it's an idea that a lot of non-fans or really casual fans seem to hold. Just look at the editorial review of Factory Showroom, for instance. Now, I LIKE novelty and comedy music, but I don't think TMBG qualifies as either one. That isn't to say that they don't do the occasional novelty or jokey song, but haven't plenty of other more or less serious bands done the same thing? It's like having a sense of humor, or even dealing with unusual subjects, will automatically get you lumped in the novelty pile, and it's Not Cool to like that kind of thing unless you're a kid.
On the other hand, I've also seen TMBG fans go too far in the opposite direction, and ignore the humorous aspects of the band altogether. These often tend to be the same people who hate Weird Al, without whom I probably never would have gotten into TMBG. I don't know. I'm not at all ashamed to like humorous music, but my favorite bands are usually ones that have a sense of humor, but also some real substance and occasional seriousness. I'm sure I'm preaching to the choir here, though.
Hmm, I see Camper Van Beethoven is scheduled to play in Philadelphia in January. I wonder if I should go. I probably will.
Hey, you know how live albums sometimes have the introduction to a song at the end of the previous track, rather than the beginning of the relevant track. What's with that, huh?
Ugh, my throat feels all sore and phlegmy.
Speaking of TMBG, the issue of people finding their music "silly" came up on the
tmbg community recently. I remember an argument I had a few years back with someone who insisted that TMBG was a novelty band, and would not be dissuaded from this idea. This was a person who seemed to have a LOT of issues, so I'm not going to pretend he spoke for the general public, but it's an idea that a lot of non-fans or really casual fans seem to hold. Just look at the editorial review of Factory Showroom, for instance. Now, I LIKE novelty and comedy music, but I don't think TMBG qualifies as either one. That isn't to say that they don't do the occasional novelty or jokey song, but haven't plenty of other more or less serious bands done the same thing? It's like having a sense of humor, or even dealing with unusual subjects, will automatically get you lumped in the novelty pile, and it's Not Cool to like that kind of thing unless you're a kid.On the other hand, I've also seen TMBG fans go too far in the opposite direction, and ignore the humorous aspects of the band altogether. These often tend to be the same people who hate Weird Al, without whom I probably never would have gotten into TMBG. I don't know. I'm not at all ashamed to like humorous music, but my favorite bands are usually ones that have a sense of humor, but also some real substance and occasional seriousness. I'm sure I'm preaching to the choir here, though.
Hmm, I see Camper Van Beethoven is scheduled to play in Philadelphia in January. I wonder if I should go. I probably will.
Hey, you know how live albums sometimes have the introduction to a song at the end of the previous track, rather than the beginning of the relevant track. What's with that, huh?
Ugh, my throat feels all sore and phlegmy.
