Laughing In Songs
Bloody hell, I hardly ever answer QOTWs, and yet this week I'm already on my third entry.

Right. Laughing In Songs. Few things make me instantly despise a song like the artist laughing in it. I'm not talking about including a laugh in the lyrics (e.g. that bit in 'Where Do You Go To My Lovely' when Peter Sarstedt sings "And you laugh, A-ha-ha", although that is chuffing awful too). I'm talking about the singer delivering a supposedly amusing/clever line and then giving themselves a little self-satisfied chuckle. Christ almighty, turn the Smug up to 11, why don't you?

Two examples:
1) Arrested Development - 'People Everyday'. "...and the loud bright colours that I wear" "BOO! Haha..."
2) Jennifer Lopez - Play. "Play my mother- song! Heheheh..."

Why does this grate on me so much? I honestly don't know. I suppose it's because it's only a few steps away from cockwands like Bradley Walsh practically pissing themselves at their own routines. Presumably they rehearsed this song a few times before they recorded it. Was their quip really so hilarious that it still causes them to laugh EVERY TIME?

Wankbags.
(costas, Mon 5 May 2008, 10:10, closed)

what about

"laughing in rythm" by slim gaillard?
( blaireau69 is forging ahead!, Mon 5 May 2008, 10:32, closed)

I pity you
You must really hate 'The Laughing Policeman' by Charles Penrose. Whereas it's one of my all-time favourites.
(PunchMyFace it's squelchy fun, Mon 5 May 2008, 12:08, closed)

another one
Money for Nothing by Dire Straits


"what's that? hawaiian noises? he's banging on the bongoes like a chimpanzee"...*laughs*


mark knobfler - what a cock.
(stonersmurf is higher than you, Mon 5 May 2008, 12:57, closed)