Sometimes I get, “Have you ever thought about doing real music?” I like to think the music I do is real, it just happens to be funny.
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I start with a comprehensive list of all the recent songs that have been big hits – and then I go down that list and see if I can come up with funny ideas for them. I can always come up with ideas, but not necessarily good ones!
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Sometimes I get, “Have you ever thought about doing real music?” I like to think the music I do is real, it just happens to be funny.
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You can play some schlock like New Kids On the Block.
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My wife went off with Elvis.
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I was abducted by some aliens from space who kind a looked like Jamie Farr.
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I don’t think there are any new media I’d like to cover.
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You can try on our suede underwear if you choose. Do what you want, but don’t step on my blue suede shoes.
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No Joni Mitchell 8 track tapes in my car.
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I don’t want to pooh-pooh modern pop. I appreciate that as well, but my personal favorite kind of music is guitar-based rock. I like grunge and garage bands and alternative music, but that’s more my personal taste.
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I’m an ugly girl, My face makes you hurl, Sad I have it, I should bag it. Acne everywhere, Unwanted facial hair. I’m a relation to Frankenstein’s creation.
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People that were a little nerdy in high school would look up to me and know it gets better.
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I think that nerds, if you want to call them that, have only gotten more hip and assimilated into the culture.
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Now with internet culture it seems like everyone is doing music parodies. And they’re not all good!
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After that, I made the decision to headline no matter what, even if I was playing to seven people. I wanted people to be there to see me.
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