nice orange leather catsuit.
every once in a while, a song comes along that actually injects some humour into the lyrics. its the artist’s stand up moment. it’s not that hard…why doesn’t it happen more often?
top five stand up:
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eddie murphy and the ice cream you can’t afford
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peter kay and the walking onto the dancefloor dance. and the ‘fine rain that soaks you right through’
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al murray ‘was never confused’
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chris rock and er, men who want credit for taking care of their kids…and not being in prison
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ricky gervais when he isn’t being smug
an honorable mention* must go to lisa moorish. yes, lisa moorish, primrose hill bike, had a career in the 90s and had one vaguely amusing hit ‘mr friday night’, which poked fun at the white shirt brigade. apparently the sales of three cd singles is enough to finance a house in primrose hill and ensure you never have to work again. oh no wait, she actually made sure she got pregnant by someone with a bit of cash – liam gallagher – so she could keep up with kate moss. and fellow oxygen thieves meg and sadie.
*not so much of an honourable mention
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alexander o’neal – fake
even in the late 80s, weaves, fake nails and coloured contacts were in abundance. alex calls them out. cos…yeah, i bet he really goes for the au naturel look….not!
amy winehouse – addicted
starting to lose her spot as the most fucked up celeb on the planet thanks to britney’s latest antics. how long can it be before her PR steals her shoes, pours a bottle of gin down her throat and chucks her out of a cab in the middle of camden again?
cypress hill – insane in the brain
let’s face it they even sound funny. i once knew someone who could do a great b-real impression if you gave him a wig and a baseball cap.
jay-z – 30 something
jay lays it down for all his fellow 30 somethings who know better than these young whippersnappers…um….wait a minute, isn’t jay pushing 40? didn’t he need to make this track, like, ten years ago?
jean grae – how to break up with your girl
jean ingratiates herself with females everywhere by reminding our men how crap our behaviour is. don’t you just know jean is one of those annoying tomboyish women who hate every girl their male friends come into contact with?
john legend – used to love you
well, i think john’s sales have probably edged his finances closer to jay and puffy’s now, so what a difference four years make…i’m pretty sure whitney and bobby were broke aready by 2004 so i’m not sure where that idea came from.
kanye west and jamie foxx – gold digger
now a staple of chicago rock cafes up and down the uk. danced to by women who can’t really pull off the whole gold digger thing anyway…
positive k – i got a man
box favourite from 1993. the girl who participates in the call and response has a really annoying voice. surely they could have got someone better? or maybe that was the point.
skeelo – i wish
skee-lo was vertically challenged. and like all shortarse men he wanted to emphasise this with a tall girlfriend. what is that all about? at least carlton banks knew his place.
slick rick – mona lisa
like b-real, slick rick sounds funny even before you hear the lyrics.
streets – don’t mug yourself
tower block humour. ‘mugging yourself off’ has become a national pastime and helped to propel essex boy brian belo to bb8 victory.
tony toni tone – my exgirlfriend
supposed to be about an ex who turns out to be a hooker. but the first time i heard: ‘my exgirlfriend is a hoooooooooo…’ i laughed out loud, and still do.
