Comments on: Favorite Novelty Song?

By: Nothing novel? « My Kind Of Country

Nothing novel? « My Kind Of Country — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:02:38 +0000

[...] I googled ‘novelty songs in country music’ to do a little research for this post, that Country California already asked you what your favorite novelty song was back in January, so be sure to check out their post too. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)The Glass [...]

By: Dallas

Dallas — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:02:49 +0000

“Alright Guy” No Question. I Can’t get enough of that song!!!!!!!!

By: J.R. Journey

J.R. Journey — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:52:45 +0000

George Jones has recorded some of the best songs that fit this category. In addition to the 2 mentioned already – and I really love the dark humor in ‘The King is Gone’ – one of my favorites is a duet with Tammy Wynette called ‘Did You Ever?’.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:49:07 +0000

Two words: Holler Back

By: JS

JS — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:15:58 +0000

Buck Owens – who’s gonna mow yr grass

By: Hollerin Ben

Hollerin Ben — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 06:29:56 +0000

great analysis Rick. I agree wholeheartedly.

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 02:34:33 +0000

“Hire Me A Wino” is my all time favorite country song and although humorous I don’t consider it a “Novelty Song”. Novelty songs by their very nature tend to be silly at their core, while comedy and humor songs can have real depth. Ray Stevens and Jim Stafford intentionally wrote novelty songs while Shel Silverstein, Jerry Reed, and Roger Miller wrote serious songs at times that were very humorous in their approach to the subject matter at hand.

One of my all time favorite country “humor” songs is David Allan Coe’s “You Never Even Call Me By My Name” which is truly a dang near perfect country song.

For true novelty songs its hard to beat Rodney Carrington these days as he is a gifted singer, guitar picker, and cleverly twisted songwriter. My favorite would have to be “Show Them To Me” and I was surprised at the audience reaction to the song on YouTube. The question is whether those brazen hussies in the audience were paid plants or spontaneous flashers.

By: cmw

cmw — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:03:47 +0000

I’ve really cooled toward Paisley’s novelty songs over the years, Leeann. I’m with you and Dan in enjoying “Love You” (and I’ll also second any nice thing said about Roger Miller, one of my favorites).

Mike, your mention of one Jones song reminded me of another, “Her Name Is…” Total cheesy goodness.

By: MIke K

MIke K — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:20:11 +0000

I think my favorite novelty song is “Marie Leveau” by Bobby Bare, al least under a somewhat broad definition of what a novelty song is or can be. If that one doesn’t count then I’ll go wiwh “Yabba Dabba Doo (The King is Gone)” by George Jones.

By: Leeann Ward

Leeann Ward — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:18:56 +0000

I think that Jerry Reed and Roger Miller are the best at novelty songs. I don’t hate Brad Paisley, but he could probably polish his skills a bit there. I really like the Ingram song that Dan mentioned and the Frizell one too. The Frizell song seems like a novelty song to me, even if it’s based on a serious topic.