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* Professor Peter Schickele "discovered some works" by a forgotten member of the Bach family - "[[PDQ Bach|P. D. Q. Bach]], the twenty-first child & the youngest and the oddest of the twenty-odd children" of Johann Sebastian Bach. Here, he plays one of P. D. Q. Bach's more famously forgotten piece, "Konzertshitcke for two violins mit orchestra - P. D. Q. Bach (1807 - 1742)? [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQkRs3Ek7Iw with violinist Itzhak Perlman] & [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMSEPUuNP8k&feature=related conductor John Williams.]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5EkbTPPuSo&feature=related Schleptet in E-flat major] by P. D. Q. Bach; conducted by Professor Peter Schickele.
* Grieg's Piano Concerto will never be the same after Morecambe & Wise was done through with it (with the special participation of Andre Previn, of course.) Playing all the right notes indeed. Here's the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7GeKLE0x3s&feature=related full] clip.
* Does no one here know about Alkan? His Funeral March on the Death of a Parrot is hilarious.
* [[Allan Sherman]]'s "[[Peter And The Commissar]]" turns "[[Peter and The Wolf]]" into an allegory for creativity versus the incompetence of the music industry. It also features Beethoven's 5th as a cha-cha-cha and Brahms' Lullaby as a rock-and-roll song, amongst other brilliant bits.
* Listen to the second movement of Haydn's "Surprise Symphony" (#94) with the volume way up and tell me it doesn't repeatedly [[Jump Scare]] you into laughter.
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** Scotsman
** ...screw it the "Best of Album has like 20 songs on it and this troper is NOT listing them all here
* An unintentional one from our good friend Master P, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggNymSJ52Fw&t=0m21s but amazing nonetheless.]
** "Sitting in the ghetto thinkin' bout...all my homies passed away--{{spoiler|UUUUUUUGH"}}
* dan le sac vs Scroobius Pip's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoN6XfyQsr4 "Thou Shalt Always Kill",] though it is mainly British humour.
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* [[Linkin Park]], as a part of their ''Linkin Park Underground'' E.P. series devoted volume 8 to just goofing around. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZn3cqi4biI&feature=related it] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuJg9d6lN6A&feature=related was] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TANMgY_3De0 funnier] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuZBFpslygU&feature=related than it] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xs-OrztP9IE sounds].
* Zac Brown Band has [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUt0AUDfHvo Sic 'em on a Chicken.] The entire song counts, but the last verse where they kill it with a frying pan is just hilarious!
* This troper is rather surprised nobody's said anything about [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] yet. "Albequerque" is the funniest song this troper has ever heard, but it's Crowning Moment Of Funny is found in its three-word summary at the end: "''I - HATE - SAUERKRAUT!!!''"
* [[Dolly Parton]] sometimes performs her song "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind", only imitating a vinyl record being played at [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUPVB6uYh8I& too high a speed].
* '[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7MuwPlOiNQ Are you F*cking Kidding Me?]' by Kate Miller-Heidke
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naked with this rabbit
[[Twincest|WANNA BONE MY TWIN!]] }}
* From ''[[Beatmania IIDX]]'': [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bybkLlNbaaw GOLD RUSH]. Just...GOLD RUSH.
{{quote|1st Style! Substream! 2nd Style! 3rd Style! 4th Style! 5th Style! 6th Style! 7th Style! ''8th Style! 9th Style! [[Large Ham|10TH STYLE, 2DX RED, HAPPY SKY, DISTORTED!!]] '''[[Chewing the Scenery|TWO DEE ECKS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLDDDDDDDDDD!!!!]]'''''}}
** Or better yet, the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fPAdN3B248 DDR] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RXNlz3PCHU edits], and their [[Narm Charm]]. Take your pick between "[[This Is Sparta|DDR! X! TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!]]" and "MUSIC FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTT!!"
* "Give Him A Flower" by the Crazy World of Arthur Brown. While it's more or less a song about turning the other cheek, the sheer ridiculousness in the way its sung - complete with ''Napoleon Dynamite''-styled music - makes you wanna roll on the floor and laugh.
* [[Spike Jones]] was the king of this subtrope in the 40's. Here are a few selections:
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvt4b_qwC_Q Cocktails For Two]
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** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZlFBSRrSR0 Der Fuhrer's Face], the funniest song about [[Adolf Hitler]] you will ever hear.
* The "Four Chord Song" by Axis of Awesome, especially the guy with the guitar [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pidokakU4I\] Overlaps with [[Awesome Moments]] as it proves a very good point about pop music
* "Preview" by Built To Spill, the final track of their album ''There's Nothing Wrong With Love''. It claims to be [["On the Next..."|"A preview of the next Built To Spill record"]], but is actually a collage of style parody snippets (of [[Hardcore Punk]], noise rock, [[Emo]] / [[Pop Punk]], and [[Power Ballad|power ballads]]). The hardcore section is particularly funny, as the only lyrics are [[Department of Redundancy Department|"Kick you in the head, and then I'll kick you in the head, and then I'll kick you in the head, and then I'll kick you in the head"]].
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaNt5S9pibQ Aja]" by [[Steely Dan]], a song about people embracing Asian culture without actually knowing anything about it.
{{quote|''Chinese music always sets me free''
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"I got 99 problems but a bitch ain't one." }}
* Any time Chibi of [[The Birthday Massacre]] gives an interview, but especially the time when she tried to coerce the interviewer into taking up knitting.
* Go to the bottom on the [[Emilie Autumn]] page. Click the links. Yes, all of them.
* An [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB9pnFHqQ8c entirely unintentional moment] courtesy of Visual Kei/Goth Rock/Whatever band Malice Mizer, along with some very much [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfV7P-gdtlE intentional rubbish] from their fanclub event.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfamTmY5REw Ben Folds playing Chatroulette at a concert]. Can double (triple?) as a [[Crowning Music of Awesome]] and a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]].
* During his 30th Aniversary concert, Michael Jackson performed "You Rock My World" and Usher first comes out, leading to a small dance/robot battle. Then Chris Tucker, who had appeared in the music video of the song, comes out and starts to dance. Michael begins to crack up as Chris mimiced several of Michael's dance moves. Michael then did his kick-move, which Chris did, but with the wrong leg (relating to a joke Chris told earlier in the concert about Michael telling him he was "Kicking with the wrong leg" in Rush Hour 2, where Chris sang "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough") which causes Michael to do a literal ROFL.
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* [[Michael Jackson|Smooth Criminal]], especially in the Moonwalker cut is a mix of [[Rule of Cool|Coolness]] and [[Rule of Funny|Funniness]].
* Step one: watch the original gloomy, dark music video for Nirvana's [http://youtube.com/watch?v=kPQR-OsH0RQ "Smells Like Teen Spirit"]. Step two: watch [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FklUAoZ6KxY Weird Al Yankovic's version]. Step three: get yourself off the floor.
** Speaking of Weird Al: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9qYF9DZPdw The "White and Nerdy" video.] Donny Osmond's dancing ''alone'' is enough to induce tears of laughter.
*** Three words: "I edit [[Wikipedia]]."
** And on the topic of Weird Al: Listen to him duet with diva Kate Winslet in [[Award Bait Song]] fashion in the ''amazingly'' funny [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEXEXPNwlPc "I Need A Nap"]. Not only can ''everyone'' identify with the song, it's hard not to fall apart laughing when Al shouts out, "[[Truck Driver's Gear Change|Change KEEEEEEEEEEY!]]"
** "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Acqd7iHDrvk It's the theme from] ''Spy'' '''HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRDDDD!!!!'''
* G-Unit's diss skit against Ja Rule... [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkMwk4yMOt0 That. Is. All.]
* [[Your Head Asplode|splat]]*
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* Similar to Nirvana and Iron Maiden, Muse also like to ham it up and switch instruments when forced to lip sync by a show. An appearance on a Spanish television show featured vocalist Matt Bellamy drumming like a [[Guitar Hero]] drummer with a cheesy smile on his face, and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXhEUPcLSCI another one] included him miming a synthesizer part by wildly waving his hands around several inches ''above'' the keyboard.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OyiHQmy3FU "Hellglass"], a skit filmed to serve as an extra on a live Self DVD. What purports to be a look behind the scenes in the recording studio is actually a [[Spinal Tap]]-esque self parody, with Matt Mahaffey generally acting like a [[Cloudcuckoolander]], then revealing a [[Word Salad Lyrics|very deep]] new song called "Hellglass", much to the disgust of his producer.
** Any Jason Mraz fans out there? Beautiful Mess Live On Earth,"making of" video. Particularly the[[Dead Baby Comedy|kittens.]]
* Not a music ''video'', but I don't know where to put it: [http://www.richardthompson-music.com/catch_of_the_day.asp?id=182 A Richard Thompson fan invents his own lyrics to "So Ben Mi Ca Bon Tempo"]
* ANY Buffalax vid.
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* [[Lady Gaga|"You've been a bad girl. A very, very, bad, bad girl, Gaga."]]
** Additionally, Gaga posing in front of a fire and the ending of Bad Romance, with Gaga lying in bed beside a burnt skeleton with a cigarette in her mouth and a bra that ACTUALLY SPARKS. Or, as one literal video version put it, 'Cue light and death bra.'
* [[Dragon Force (video game)]]'s music video for "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hMQVXCd_xk&feature=fvst Operation Ground and Pound]". During the solo, the video suddenly shows that the entire video is just Herman and Sam playing a video game. At one part, it suddenly cuts to ZP Theart standing against a green screen drinking coffee, who shrugs before the scene cuts again.
* [[The Beatles|George Harrison's]] highly sarcastic (as he often wrote his songs) "This Song" (written in response to the descision of a court case involving his song "My Sweet Lord", the Chiffons' song "He's So Fine", and alleged plagiarism on George's part) is funny enough on its own (especially with [[Monty Python|Eric Idle]]'s brief presence on the track), but the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsUkACDSIZY music video] is ridiculousness [[Up to Eleven]]. Includes [[Rolling Stones|Ronnie Wood]] in drag.
* Stevie Ray Vaughn's "Cold Shot" has this hilarious video of Stevie getting abused by what is implied as his wife.
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRmYfVCH2UA Alanis Morissette's version] of 'My Humps' by the [[Black Eyed Peas]]. Especially at:
{{quote|"And you don't want no drama. No no drama no no no drama."}}
* If you think [[Pink Floyd]] is all serious and glum, look at [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKN0-BC9PPg this video] they shot for "Corporal Clegg".
* At the end of [[ABBA]]'s video for "Take a Chance on Me", when Frida strides off the stage, and Benny hops off his chair and goes scuttling after her.
** Also the video of [[Erasure]]'s cover of the song, with Andy Bell and Vince Clarke [[Wholesome Crossdresser|singing while in drag]].
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== Funny Moments in Interviews/Public Appearances ==
* Kurt Cobain attending Headbanger's Ball wearing a ridiculous yellow dress. When asked about it, he replied "It's Headbanger's Ball so I thought I'd wear a gown."
* After a very intense (for MTV standards at least) performance by [[Marilyn Manson]] at the 1997 Video Music Awards, host Chris Rock yelled for the audience to "Run to church right now or you're going to hell!"
* Dave Mustaine got kicked out of [[Metallica]] and formed [[Megadeth]]. Mustaine had some bitter feelings, but [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo9qcJ8TS1g tha band just laughs at him.]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltCTRncMlsc "If we knew we'd form another group and be managers"].
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