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* The Powerman5000 song "Supervillain" has: |
* The Powerman5000 song "Supervillain" has: |
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{{quote|"...[You would rather] abuse/ Condemn or slightly confuse..."}} |
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* The [["Weird Al" Yankovic|Weird Al]] song "One of Those Days" includes a fair handful of such examples. One set of lines that matches the trope quite closely: |
* The [["Weird Al" Yankovic|Weird Al]] song "One of Those Days" includes a fair handful of such examples. One set of lines that matches the trope quite closely: |
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{{quote|The bank called me up and told me I'm overdrawn |
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Some freaks are burnin' crosses out on my front lawn |
Some freaks are burnin' crosses out on my front lawn |
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And I can't believe it, all the Cheetos are gone! }} |
And I can't believe it, all the Cheetos are gone! }} |
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** Also, the side effects of the computer virus in "Virus Alert" alternate between threatening and ridiculous: |
** Also, the side effects of the computer virus in "Virus Alert" alternate between threatening and ridiculous: |
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{{quote|It's gonna melt your face right off your skull, |
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And make your iPod only play Jethro Tull |
And make your iPod only play Jethro Tull |
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And tell you knock-knock-jokes while you're trying to sleep |
And tell you knock-knock-jokes while you're trying to sleep |
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And make you physically attracted to sheep |
And make you physically attracted to sheep |
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Steal your identity and your credit cards |
Steal your identity and your credit cards |
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Buy you a warehouse full of pink leotards |
Buy you a warehouse full of pink leotards |
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Then cause a major rift in time and space |
Then cause a major rift in time and space |
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And leave a bunch of Twinkie wrappers all over the place }} |
And leave a bunch of Twinkie wrappers all over the place }} |
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** The eponymous "CNR" is the most [[Badass]] person you've ever met]] and probably [[Chuck Norris]] come again. He can also eat a lot frozen waffles... |
** The eponymous "CNR" is the most [[Badass]] person you've ever met]] and probably [[Chuck Norris]] come again. He can also eat a lot frozen waffles... |
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* [[The Bare Naked Ladies]] song ''Grade 9'' features this, whilst reminiscing about high school nicknames: |
* [[The Bare Naked Ladies]] song ''Grade 9'' features this, whilst reminiscing about high school nicknames: |
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{{quote|They called me chicken legs! |
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They called me four-eyes! |
They called me four-eyes! |
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They called me fatso! |
They called me fatso! |
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They called me Buckwheat! |
They called me Buckwheat! |
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They called me Eddy... }} |
They called me Eddy... }} |
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** Although a possible interpretation is that Eddy's grade 9 experience wasn't as awful as the rest of the Ladies'. |
** Although a possible interpretation is that Eddy's grade 9 experience wasn't as awful as the rest of the Ladies'. |
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* "The Chemical Worker's Song", or "Process Man" (most famous cover probably by Newfoundland band [[Great Big Sea]]), describes the horrific conditions faced in the chemical industry. It follows that the first verse uses this very dryly: |
* "The Chemical Worker's Song", or "Process Man" (most famous cover probably by Newfoundland band [[Great Big Sea]]), describes the horrific conditions faced in the chemical industry. It follows that the first verse uses this very dryly: |
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{{quote|Well a process man am I, and I'm tellin' you no lie |
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I work and breathe among the fumes that trail across the sky |
I work and breathe among the fumes that trail across the sky |
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There's thunder all around me and there's poison in the air |
There's thunder all around me and there's poison in the air |
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There's a lousy smell that smacks of Hell, and dust all in me hair! }} |
There's a lousy smell that smacks of Hell, and dust all in me hair! }} |
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** Justified, given that the dust in such a factory is probably just as toxic and life-shortening as anything else there, and he's covered in it. |
** Justified, given that the dust in such a factory is probably just as toxic and life-shortening as anything else there, and he's covered in it. |
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* Psychostick's song ''We Ran Out of CD Space'' includes this, as well as [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick]] in the subsequent verse. |
* Psychostick's song ''We Ran Out of CD Space'' includes this, as well as [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick]] in the subsequent verse. |
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{{quote|''What if your mouth was filled with broken glass/and fire ants/and creamy jambalaya.}} |
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfUe2eckPFQ Tsurupettan] has the line "Curses, disappearances, sacrifices, torture, demoning away, and sneak-eating?" at some point. |
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfUe2eckPFQ Tsurupettan] has the line "Curses, disappearances, sacrifices, torture, demoning away, and sneak-eating?" at some point. |
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** Which is actually a reference to [[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]], as evident by the mention of "Oyashiro-sama" right before it. |
** Which is actually a reference to [[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]], as evident by the mention of "Oyashiro-sama" right before it. |
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* Billy Connolly's "Talkin' Blues" includes the lines |
* Billy Connolly's "Talkin' Blues" includes the lines |
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{{quote|Then like Napoleon and Ghengis did in days of yore |
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They rode home on horseback and evened up the score |
They rode home on horseback and evened up the score |
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With rifles, bayonettes, screw-tops and ''swear words'' }} |
With rifles, bayonettes, screw-tops and ''swear words'' }} |
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* Shoeles Joe Jackson in Jonathon Coulton's "Kenesaw Mountain Landis": |
* Shoeles Joe Jackson in Jonathon Coulton's "Kenesaw Mountain Landis": |
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{{quote|Weren't the nicest fella, |
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Cuz he drank a lot, and he beat his wife, and he always acted rude; |
Cuz he drank a lot, and he beat his wife, and he always acted rude; |
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Killed and ate some babies, and he copped an attitude }} |
Killed and ate some babies, and he copped an attitude }} |
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* "Jesus Walks" by Kanye West: "They say you can rap about anything except for Jesus! That means guns, sex, lies, videotapes..." (Probably just a [[Shout-Out]] to [[Steven Soderbergh]]'s ''Sex, Lies, and Videotape''.) |
* "Jesus Walks" by Kanye West: "They say you can rap about anything except for Jesus! That means guns, sex, lies, videotapes..." (Probably just a [[Shout-Out]] to [[Steven Soderbergh]]'s ''Sex, Lies, and Videotape''.) |
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** And "Girls will fuck you if you [[All Girls Want Bad Boys|drink straight from the milk jug]]." |
** And "Girls will fuck you if you [[All Girls Want Bad Boys|drink straight from the milk jug]]." |
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* Lines from the song (no, not the trope) "Science Marches On" recite names of numerous technological innovations, all of which are very new, very silly, and/or very commercialized. Well, all except one: |
* Lines from the song (no, not the trope) "Science Marches On" recite names of numerous technological innovations, all of which are very new, very silly, and/or very commercialized. Well, all except one: |
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{{quote|Prozac Automat, phaser in a pen, light-emitting overcoat, ''sensitive men''.}} |
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** The song is a male/female duet, and needless to say, it's the woman who sings those last two words. |
** The song is a male/female duet, and needless to say, it's the woman who sings those last two words. |
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* Ray Steven's "Moonlight Special", a parody song involving a "Wolfman Jack"-like character doing a radio program, has a song by "Agnes Stupor" that begins: "Girl, flash an old lady now. Wreck the Family Car. Paint the Living Room Carpet. Chop down a cherry tree and say you didn't do it." |
* Ray Steven's "Moonlight Special", a parody song involving a "Wolfman Jack"-like character doing a radio program, has a song by "Agnes Stupor" that begins: "Girl, flash an old lady now. Wreck the Family Car. Paint the Living Room Carpet. Chop down a cherry tree and say you didn't do it." |
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* The musical "The last hero on Earth" has a song where different mad scientists detail their plans for defeating the superheroes, culminating in "some exposition that will bore them all to death". |
* The musical "The last hero on Earth" has a song where different mad scientists detail their plans for defeating the superheroes, culminating in "some exposition that will bore them all to death". |
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* The song "My Love is Killing Me" by The Red Elvises, as heard in the movie ''[[Six String Samurai]]'': |
* The song "My Love is Killing Me" by The Red Elvises, as heard in the movie ''[[Six String Samurai]]'': |
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{{quote|[[Masochism Tango|I can forgive you the bruises and cuts]], <br /> |
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[[Groin Attack|I can forgive you the scars on my nuts]],<br /> |
[[Groin Attack|I can forgive you the scars on my nuts]],<br /> |
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[[Berserk Button|But there is only one thing I can't stand]],<br /> |
[[Berserk Button|But there is only one thing I can't stand]],<br /> |
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* In the Arrogant Worms' song "I Ran Away," some guys start hurling insults at the narrator's girlfriend. The first insult is, "She's a fat ugly tramp!" and the last is, "She's a mediocre soccer player!" |
* In the Arrogant Worms' song "I Ran Away," some guys start hurling insults at the narrator's girlfriend. The first insult is, "She's a fat ugly tramp!" and the last is, "She's a mediocre soccer player!" |
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* From the chorus of ''God's Away on Business'' by [[Tom Waits]]: |
* From the chorus of ''God's Away on Business'' by [[Tom Waits]]: |
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{{quote|Who are the ones that we kept in charge? |
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Killers, thieves and [[Evil Lawyer Joke|lawyers!]] }} |
Killers, thieves and [[Evil Lawyer Joke|lawyers!]] }} |
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* Mew's "Sometimes Life Isn't Easy": |
* Mew's "Sometimes Life Isn't Easy": |
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{{quote|Hold my arms back when they beat me, |
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Leave me in the ditch when they kick me, |
Leave me in the ditch when they kick me, |
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Sever my limbs and deceive me... }} |
Sever my limbs and deceive me... }} |
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** I can handle being beat up and dismembered, but then they have to go and ''lie'' to me? |
** I can handle being beat up and dismembered, but then they have to go and ''lie'' to me? |
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* In ''A Chainsaw For Christmas'' by [[Zombina and the Skeletones]], a few other things on her list are; |
* In ''A Chainsaw For Christmas'' by [[Zombina and the Skeletones]], a few other things on her list are; |
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{{quote|""I want an [[Nuke'Em|atom bomb]], and a [[Bald of Evil|bald head wig]], the [[Tome of Eldritch Lore|Necronomicon]], and some sandwiches!""}} |
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* On the Group W bench in "[[Alice's Restaurant|Alices Restaurant]]", the ex-cons assembled there are guilty of mother-raping, father-stabbing, father-raping, and littering. (And causing a disturbance.) |
* On the Group W bench in "[[Alice's Restaurant|Alices Restaurant]]", the ex-cons assembled there are guilty of mother-raping, father-stabbing, father-raping, and littering. (And causing a disturbance.) |
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* The monologue "[http://www.neverlandhotel.dk/lyrics.php?no=92 The Want Ad]", written by Jim Steinman for the "Pandora's Box" album, performed by Ellen Foley, is about a woman retracting her personal ad because of the long, long list of varieties of [[Abhorrent Admirer]] she's encountered since taking it out. The monologue starts with complaints about things like "the under-eighteens and the over-sixties, the numerous ones who dialed my number and hung up as soon as I said hello, the thirty-five or forty of you who made dates with me and never showed up", and ends with her screaming about "the drunks, junkies, crack- and coke-heads, the multitude of liars, AND ESPECIALLY THE NICE ONES WHO NEVER CALLED BACK!" |
* The monologue "[http://www.neverlandhotel.dk/lyrics.php?no=92 The Want Ad]", written by Jim Steinman for the "Pandora's Box" album, performed by Ellen Foley, is about a woman retracting her personal ad because of the long, long list of varieties of [[Abhorrent Admirer]] she's encountered since taking it out. The monologue starts with complaints about things like "the under-eighteens and the over-sixties, the numerous ones who dialed my number and hung up as soon as I said hello, the thirty-five or forty of you who made dates with me and never showed up", and ends with her screaming about "the drunks, junkies, crack- and coke-heads, the multitude of liars, AND ESPECIALLY THE NICE ONES WHO NEVER CALLED BACK!" |
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* [[Emilie Autumn]]'s "I know where you sleep" is one long [[Take That]] to an ex-lover. It ends with "And by the way, your poetry sucks". |
* [[Emilie Autumn]]'s "I know where you sleep" is one long [[Take That]] to an ex-lover. It ends with "And by the way, your poetry sucks". |
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* The fan-written song [[Portal 2|"Why,]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4KLv8Iuv7E Wheatley, Why?"] has this: |
* The fan-written song [[Portal 2|"Why,]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4KLv8Iuv7E Wheatley, Why?"] has this: |
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{{quote|''I never called you a moron'' |
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''I never said that you looked fat'' |
''I never said that you looked fat'' |
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''I never claimed you were adopted'' |
''I never claimed you were adopted'' |
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''Or asked you to buy me a hat'' }} |
''Or asked you to buy me a hat'' }} |
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* From [[Weezer]]'s song ''Trainwrecks'': |
* From [[Weezer]]'s song ''Trainwrecks'': |
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{{quote|You don't keep house and I'm a slob |
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You're freakin' out cause I can't keep a job |
You're freakin' out cause I can't keep a job |
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We don't update our blogs }} |
We don't update our blogs }} |
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* [[Tom Petty]]’s Christmas list at the end of "Christmas All Over Again": "Now let’s see, I want a new Rickenbacker guitar, two fender bassmans, a Chuck Berry songbook, a xylophone..." |
* [[Tom Petty]]’s Christmas list at the end of "Christmas All Over Again": "Now let’s see, I want a new Rickenbacker guitar, two fender bassmans, a Chuck Berry songbook, a xylophone..." |
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* The revised version of Kraftwerk's "Radioactivity" begins with a short statment about the proposed Sellafield 2 nuclear plant, which states that one of the radioactive elements, Krypton-85, causes death and.... skin cancer. |
* The revised version of Kraftwerk's "Radioactivity" begins with a short statment about the proposed Sellafield 2 nuclear plant, which states that one of the radioactive elements, Krypton-85, causes death and.... skin cancer. |
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* The [[Lonely Island]] song ''Like a Boss'' features increasingly messed-up things the titular character does: |
* The [[Lonely Island]] song ''Like a Boss'' features increasingly messed-up things the titular character does: |
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{{quote|Suck a dude's dick (Like a boss) |
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Score some coke (Like a boss) |
Score some coke (Like a boss) |
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Crash my car (Like a boss) |
Crash my car (Like a boss) |
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Suck my own dick (Like a boss) |
Suck my own dick (Like a boss) |
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[[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|Eat some chicken strips]] (Like a boss) }} |
[[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|Eat some chicken strips]] (Like a boss) }} |
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