This conversation started with talking to someone who really likes Weezer, Cake and....someone else...

I said, "oh, you like joke rock", thinking that I knew exactly what that entailed.

She said she could maybe see where this was a genre, but argued that Cake DEFINITELY didn't count. For some reason I get that same impression from them. I mean...christ, they covered I WILL SURVIVE.

So, I'm looking for bands that have a strong sense of humor, and are probably wittier than thou.

I'm thinking:

Weezer
Cake
They Might Be Giants
Pavement

maybe Ben Folds?

What do you think? Does Why? count?

"Joke rock"... that's about as bad as "hard pop."

arcade fire

Sufjan

Also, Tenacious D (obviously), The Darkness, and The Killers (unintentionally).

Ween
Presidents of the United States
Fountains of Wayne

BUTTHOLE SURFERS
GREEN JELLY
DEAD MILKMEN

"JOKE ROCK"

kings X

edit kings missile hahaha

Tool

nirvana

yeah joe "joke rock"


don't forget the pixies!!!

First off... great.



But give me a break. Wittier than thou and than pretty much everybody, sure. But joke rock? F minus.

Was gonna say FoW.

this talented crew never fails to bring the lolz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynTeDIrgFoU

Ween = "joke rock"

Radiohead = "serious rock"

This is an important distinction for music fans to make.

Probably my favorite genre

Nine Inch Nails
Beck
Vampire Weekend
John Zorn
Drive-By Truckers
The Black Keys
Girl Talk
Mike Patton
Thievery Corporation
Kimya Dawson
Kanye West
MGMT
Mates Of State
Nas
Electric Six
The Mae Shi
Magnetic Fields
Ryan Adams
Neil Diamond
Jenny Lewis
Wilco
Hank Williams III

fugazi

Skrewdriver

'80s albums, mostly.


I didn't really see the hilarity in "Hurt" until I heard Johnny Cash do it.

all rap

OTM

and country

the beatles george was the funny one

hes dead

Some great responses and, as usual some shitty ones. As always I'm interested in the bigger discussion, but I'm also trying to group some things in my mind together and I'm looking for further thoughts on bands that fit the DESCRIPTION (not necessarily the title, which apparently some people take offense at, but I could hardly give a fuck.



My problem with The Darkness and Electric Six (and maybe Junior Senior, Senior Coconut, Richard Cheese) is that it's too obvious. They're funny to me because they're aping a style that is particularly funny, but...it's not what I'm talking about. The phrase "witty" has come up a couple of times.

The D seems more like COMEDY ROCK. Same reason I haven't included Weird Al (although, obviously TMBG is somewhat close to this also).




I'm not sure what keeps the surfers out of this definition for me (besides that I like them. Not to say that I don't like ANY of the bands that fit this description.

Green Jelly see above, but Dead Milkmen is pretty right one.




King's Missile definitely.



I'm not completely sure what this is getting at, but it seems pretty. Songs like Spinal Menengitis or Reggaejunkiejew seem to fit the description. Oh, and Daisies, definitely.

If this is some sort of comment about what music fans like, I'd like to point out that I'm a pretty vocal Radiohater, whereas I really like a lot of Ween (mostly God Ween Satan).

In the end, Ween doesn't REALLY fit what I'm trying to find, I think. I find a lot of parallels in Weezer, Cake, Fountains of Wayne. Looking for more of these. Ben Folds too, I guess.

Melissa Ethridge
2 Live Crew

fuck rap honestly im serious when i say all rap is a fucking joke, number one theres no instruments except for real shit liek the roots, uh in case you forgot sampling an instrument doesnt count as actually playing it it just counts as stealing get a fucking clue niggers (no disrespect to eminem hes pretty good no homo i dig "stan")... anyone can press a button wow doesnt make it talent... number two heres the lyrics to every (ok not really) rap song "got some bitches some drank/money in the bank" cool, even rappers know that rap is bullsh*t now because theyre all trying to "sing" and i say that lightly, have you ever heard t pain or kanye, they use audacity 7.1 to just make their voices sound like singing... uhhhh its a start but try real singing talent next time have you even heard iron miaden before...

Let's just refer to bands with goofy lyrics as "quirky" and leave it at that.

Listening to the new Brighten the Corners, and I have to say Pavement too. Maybe Modest Mouse.

theremi nwhats your favorite joke from the bible

Good God, Theremin. Right over your head.

OH FUCK I JUST THOUGHT OF ONE

does this count?

R.E.M. NIGGA

Didn't I say that?

I assume it's sarcasm that most people think radiohead is really good?

But I agree, radiohead is serious rock. That's one of the reasons they suck.

You need to stop. Right now.

i'm feelin the new coldplay ep

oops, wrong thread

"Joke Rock"

Radiohead, The Smiths, The Fall all very funny.

I've read this entire thread, theremin, and with all due respect I don't get what the hell you are trying to do, or why you are doing it.

Along the lines of Fountains of Wayne, I'd say Tally Hall fits the bill. They call their style Wonky Rock.

I'd also include 90s alt metal band Scatterbrain. Don't Call Me Dude and Down With the Ship were great.

What's Har Mar Superstar been up to these days?

Garrett Kriston's primer

Therimin, how many CDs did you download this year? j/k, I know it was way too many for anyone to actually listen to.

Check the itunes ID tags and I bet you not one song has the genre Joke Rock.

Not saying I tunes is always right, but you just made up a genre and then asked other people what bands were part of it. weird.




I was talking to my friend about My favorite Giant Black Dicks bands, and he said Wu-Tang Clan don't count cause they don't play their instruments. what do you all think?

Upper Crust, for sure.