Heavy Meta: Difference between revisions

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* "Out of Control" by [[White Wizzard]].

* [[Nanowar of Steel]], parodying variety of metal bands, fulfills this trope with songs like "True Metal Of The World (Ah-Ah)" and "Metal-La-La-La". And using [[Literal-Minded]] approach, they got songs about, uh, the True Metal - such as "Outrue" (Cuprum! Yttrium! Plutonium!). Even their website's title is "Nanowar Of Steel Website of Nickel".

* Massacration, another parody of metal bands (and [[Heavy Meta]] bands in particular), ''lives'' off this trope, even when they're not talking about metal. Song examples include "Metal Is The Law", "Metal Massacre Attack", "[[Word Salad Lyrics|Metal Milkshake]]" and "[[Depraved Dentist|Metal Dental Destruction]]". Their [[Other Wiki]] [[wikipedia:Massacration|entry]] explains it best.

* Massacration, another parody of metal bands (and Heavy Meta bands in particular), ''lives'' off this trope, even when they're not talking about metal. Song examples include "Metal Is The Law", "Metal Massacre Attack", "[[Word Salad Lyrics|Metal Milkshake]]" and "[[Depraved Dentist|Metal Dental Destruction]]". Their [[Other Wiki]] [[wikipedia:Massacration|entry]] explains it best.

* "Leather & Metal" by Cast Iron.

* "Stronger Than All" by [[Hammerfall]].

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* Inverted by Status Quo's "Rock 'n Roll", a gentle acoustic ballad about how nobody takes you seriously when all you do is play rock and roll.

* [[Queen]] had ''Modern Times Rock and Roll'' on the first album (which was essentially Roger Taylor's attempt to out-rock [[Led Zeppelin]]).

** [[Queen]] actually had quite a lot of [[Heavy Meta]] songs, mostly written by Roger Taylor. "Sheer Heart Attack", penned by Taylor, is notably a [[Take That]] at the emerging punk scene... in the form of a punk song!

** [[Queen]] actually had quite a lot of Heavy Meta songs, mostly written by Roger Taylor. "Sheer Heart Attack", penned by Taylor, is notably a [[Take That]] at the emerging punk scene... in the form of a punk song!

* "Happy With What You Have To Be Happy With" by [[King Crimson]].

** Also, "Lament"

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** Five Iron was known for this. Other good examples are Blue Mix from Five Iron Frenzy 2:Electric Boogaloo and Four-Fifty-One from All the Hype That Money Can Buy! This probably had something to do with why such a popular Christian band never made it onto a major Christian Label. Good example of [[Sticking It To The Man]] as well.

* [[The Who]], Pete Townshend in particular, loves this trope; he often overlaps it with [[Rockstar Song]] and extends it over entire albums. The single "Long Live Rock" is probably the best example.

** Addressing a more-specific subject over a much-longer format (double-LP in this instance), ''[[Quadrophenia]]''. Combining memories of the band's [[Shout-Out|early days]], a history of the Mods & Rockers rivalry, critiques of fashion and conformity: all wrapped up in the [[Coming of Age|first-person story]] of a British youth whose head is crowded with these issues and more, including a [[It Runs in The Family|difficult life at home]] and possible [[Sanity Slippage Song|mental illness]]. Complete with four [[~~Leitmotif|leitmotifs~~]], one for each member of [[The Who]]. Couldn't be any more [[Post Modern|Meta]] unless it was [[Shaped Like Itself]].

** Addressing a more-specific subject over a much-longer format (double-LP in this instance), ''[[Quadrophenia]]''. Combining memories of the band's [[Shout-Out|early days]], a history of the Mods & Rockers rivalry, critiques of fashion and conformity: all wrapped up in the [[Coming of Age|first-person story]] of a British youth whose head is crowded with these issues and more, including a [[It Runs in The Family|difficult life at home]] and possible [[Sanity Slippage Song|mental illness]]. Complete with four [[leitmotif]]s, one for each member of [[The Who]]. Couldn't be any more [[Post Modern|Meta]] unless it was [[Shaped Like Itself]].

* "Play That [[Funk~~|Funky~~]] Music" by Wild Cherry.

* "Play That [[Funk]]y Music" by Wild Cherry.

* "Memphis [[Soul]] Stew" by King Curtis. Similarly, "What Is [[Funk]]?" by FunkFood.

* "Song For Whoever" by The Beautiful South is a parody on generic, commercial love songs aimed at no-one specifically. The singer claims he wrote the song for that one particular listener, but he actually neither knows nor really cares what her name is, so long as she buys his record.