Dunno ‘bout you, but I always find a song with a bit of humour in it
refreshing. Not comedy. Just songs that have
a humourous line or two, maybe a bit of self-deprecation, something that says, ”Hey!
Don’t take this too seriously.”
The Kinks were pretty good that way.
Ditto Steve Miller, Dire Straits, Ian Thomas and Joe Walsh (The Eagles,
not so much). Tom Petty excels at
it. George Harrison was a master.
Then there are the Stones doing country.
They seem to be screaming, “This is a joke!” to the point where it borders on comedy. But they’re so darn good at it you’re not
sure whether the joke is on you.
Anyway, even though rock ‘n’ roll itself – as Mark Shipper says – is a joke, it can cover some pretty heavy
ground, so a little comic relief here and there is welcome.
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