Timeline for Definition of "novelty song"
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| Jan 26, 2023 at 22:06 | comment | added | Aaron | @Tetsujin Yeah, agreed. "Born Slippy" doesn't have the silliness or irreverence that tends to be associated with "novelty", but it certainly has parts that qualify as "weird", at least. | |
| Jan 26, 2023 at 22:03 | comment | added | Aaron | @AndrewT. Now there's a blast from the past. I would definitely call it a novelty. Unless I've confused it with another piece, it was composed based on a survey of what people hated most in music. There was a companion piece based on what people liked most. The irony was that the "bad" piece was by far more enjoyable than the bland and boring "good" piece. | |
| Jan 26, 2023 at 20:56 | comment | added | Andrew T. | Dunno if "The Most Unwanted Song" can be considered a "novelty" or just a straight-up "parody"... | |
| Jan 25, 2023 at 17:45 | comment | added | Tetsujin | Frame challenge - Underworld, Born Slippy. Fits all those definitions except being considered as a 'novelty song'. It's really, really hard to tie this down. I do agree with your definitions broadly, just that there must be some esoteric quality of 'I know this isn't meant to be taken seriously' that is hard to write down in a ruleset. | |
| Jan 25, 2023 at 9:40 | vote | accept | Hauke Reddmann | ||
| Jan 25, 2023 at 6:35 | history | answered | Aaron | CC BY-SA 4.0 |