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[[Bob Dylan]]. [[Roy Orbison]]. [[Tom Petty (Music)|Tom Petty]]. [[George Harrison]]. [[Electric Light Orchestra|Jeff Lynne]]. [[Dream Team|Holy Shit]].
One of the greatest [[Supergroup
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* [[Accidental Marriage|Accidental Supergroup]]: Jeff Lynne was producing a single b-side for George Harrison, who needed to go get a guitar that he'd loaned to Tom Petty, who mentioned that Bob Dylan had a pretty good home recording studio, and by the way he had just been talking to Roy Orbison... [[Blah Blah Blah|Yada yada yada]], they had a hit single.
* [[Affectionate Parody]]: Many of their songs come across as this - taking standard [[Tropes Are Not Bad|rock lyric tropes]] and pushing them just a little bit too far into absurdity.
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* [[Crazy Jealous Guy]]: [[Played for Laughs]] in "Where Were You Last Night?"
* [[Dance Sensation]]: "The Wilbury Twist"
* [[Development Gag]]: In "Dirty World", one of the [[Noodle Implements]] mentioned is "I love your Trembling Wilbury" -- ''The Trembling Wilburys'' was the working name for the band (a reference to 'wilbury' being a term for unspecified heavy bits of band equipment that trembled when in use, such as amplifiers).
* [[Dream Team]]: If you've liked music anytime in the last 50 years, then yes.
* [[Empty Chair Memorial]]: The Traveling Wilburys' music video for "End of the Line" cuts to an empty chair during Roy Orbison's stanza, as Orbison died before shooting the video.
* [[Executive Meddling]]: A positive example -- George had all the others over just to record a B-side, and the producers rather sensibly informed him that this "B-side" deserved to be the first track of an ''album''.
* [[Five-Man Band]]: Literally.
** The Hero: George Harrison
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* [[Intercourse with You]]: "Dirty World", according to [[Word of God]], is an [[Affectionate Parody]] of [[Prince]]. Which means you get [[Bob Dylan]] singing lines like
{{quote|You don't need no wax job, you're smooth enough for me
[[Unusual Euphemism|If you need your oil changed I'll do it for you free]]
Oh baby, the pleasure be all mine
If you let me drive your pickup truck and park it where the sun don't shine }}
* [[Joisey]]: "Tweeter and the Monkey Man".
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