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* [[Tom Lehrer]]. On his debut album, he included a ditty singing the praises of the neighborhood dope peddler. This was in ''1953''.

** My personal favorite of his, "[[The Masochism Tango]]", which is [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|exactly what it sounds like]], includes such romantic exhortations as

And come and trample me. }}

** Tom Lehrer himself says that probably his most controversial song is "The Vatican Rag" which pokes fun at the Roman Catholic Church (specifically at Vatican 2's allowing 'modern' music to be used during Mass.) Even if you don't come from a religious background, it is downright hilarious, even more so if you're a former Christian. The recording, which is a live one, has the audience breaking out in laughter every few seconds. They really did find it just that funny.

** That's a relatively clean version of the song.

* The [[Ozzy Osbourne]] song ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZimumOkA1s I Don't Wanna Stop]'' seems to be about this trope. the chorus goes:

[[Indy Ploy|I don't know what I'm doing]], all I know is I don't wanna stop<br />

All fired up, gonna go to the top<br />

* The entirety of [[OL Remix]] [http://olremix.org/mp3/stig_the_horsetheif_-_senor_poonwallis_sacerdote_vix_the_abominable_snowman%28Deus_Ex,_Doom%29.mp3 Senor Poonwallis Sacardote Vix the Abominable Snowman] (Stig the Horsethief)

* G.U.D seem to rely on this for their songs about anything. For example the song "Killing Pandas for Fun and Profit"

But don't believe in an afterlife }}

* Lou Reed's legendary "Walk on the Wild Side": while his peers were filling their albums and b-sides with shocking tracks, Lou Reed was the only one with the balls to release a ''single'' touching on full-time crossdressing, prescription drug abuse, male prostitution, a transwoman buying favors with oral sex (in a verse sometimes cut even today), and ([[Values Dissonance|perhaps most shockingly to modern audiences]]) a racial slur in the chorus, all in what's almost a bored monotone. And the song made top 40.

* The [[Yanks With Tanks|United States Air Force]] fighter pilot band ''[[Dos Gringos]]'' makes this the main ingredient of many, if not ''most'', of their songs.

* Mastodon got into it with their song "Cut You Up With A Linoleum Knife", from the [[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]] [[The Movie|Colon Movie Film For Theaters]] soundtrack, which is a how-to guide on theatrical etiquette:

''RUN OVER IT AFTER THE SHOOOOOOOOW!'' }}

* When an actor needs to establish themselves as "serious", they'll usually play a role that includes lots of sex, drugs and profanity. ''[[Natalie Portman]]'' had already done that and now needed to show that she wasn't all serious all the time. To do this, she took the road less traveled and rapped a song so absolutely violent and rude that it was just hilarious. With ''[[The Lonely Island]]''. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[[P Qjw 9 Qkz GPU]]

it's Portman motherfucker, drink 'til I'm sick!" }}

* [[Eminem]] built much of his early career on this trope, with almost far too many examples to list, but [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNPnbI1arSE&feature=channel "My Name Is"], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJO5HU_7_1w&feature=channel "The Real Slim Shady"], and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubEublECnMU&ob=av2e "Role Model"] are good places to start..