The Year's Most Unintentionally Hilarious Albums
We're all for taking chances, and we fucking love it when an artist digs deep and surprises us with something unexpectedly awesome. But sometimes bands go for broke on their records and end up with egg on their collective face. Sometimes those bands are from Las Vegas. And in the end, the entertainment value is unintended; they're not in on the joke; they are the joke! Well, the folks at Cracked gave the issue some thought and came up with this list of The Five Most Unintentionally Funny Albums of 2006.
5. My Chemical Romance - The Black ParadeYou raised your eyebrows twice! Let us help. First, Dragon Force. Who the fuck are Dragon Force? Cracked says they are "a living, breathing, walking cliché of such epic proportions, it makes Spinal Tap seem like an actual documentary." To help support the assertion, they direct you to this video. But closer to your hearts are B&S, and all you need to know is that Cracked ain't down with the twee: "Their music is the sound of two Smurfs hugging" and "is so ridiculously happy, it makes Care Bears look goth." Something tells us they love Morrissey.
4. The Mars Volta - Amputechture
3. Jibbs - Jibbs Feat Jibbs
2. Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
1. Dragon Force - Inhuman Rampage
So we know full well how Chris Ott would answer, but what do YOU think are the year's most unintentionally hilarious records? Actually, we have a pretty good idea about y'all, too. But tell us anyway! We love hilarity.
Posted at 8:18 PM in Shit List
Dragonforce is the best band in the world...In a "you know it's over the top and bad, but you don't care cause you still love it" kind of way. A good mood is never too far away when DF is assaulting my senses. I wish I could type out a pick squeal.
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Anything by Sufjan Stevens is a big fucking joke. Or maybe the joke is that people take him seriously.
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These are obvious but:
k-fed playing with fire
paris hilton paris
fergie the duchess
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1. The Killers - Sam's Town - enough said.
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Yeah, that new MCR album ain't doing much for me. As for Dragonforce, my response would have been 'who?' if it was not for Jimmy Eat World's blog linking to that same video not long ago. It's so OTT ridiculous, but those guitars are just awesome. BTW, that's the shortened version of the song. The album version is almost 8 minutes long with more solos.
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am i missing something? i really don't want to be that guy, but can someone please point out why the Life Pursuit is on the list?
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i am convinced that my chemical romance knows exactly what they're doing. that album's ridiculously hilarious bombast is very intentional.
i'm going to pretend i'm not giving them too much credit.
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> The album version is almost 8
> minutes long with more solos.
MORE solos? Is that even possible?! Fucking love the picture-in-picture shots of the guitarists' fretwork. So classic.
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There are people who spend significant amounts of time following music online who haven't heard of Dragonforce? Strange.
Regarding the band: They're so over the top, I can never tell whether they're being ironic or not. In fact, this ambiguity only serves to make their work more hilarious than it would be otherwise.
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Not having heard of Dragon Force should be a crime! And yeah, why is the life pursuit on there?
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cracked once again proves itself the poor man's mad. maybe if those wacky jokesters had any semblance of appreciation for homage, irony and wit they'd have left stuart murdoch the fuck a-fucking-lone
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My fingertips are bleeding from just having watched that video.
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Meanwhile, Jimmy Eat World's just thrilled to know at least one person is reading their blog...
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Instead of The Life Pursuit, which is an excellent album in my opinion, they should have that awful fucking I'm From Barcelona album that is trying so hard to be cutesy. It more suits the "makes Care Bears look goth" description. Just watch this video to know what I'm talking about:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb21_w4uU1A
Also, Yung Joc's album is laugh out loud funny.
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I kinda love DragonForce. All the songs are pretty much 8+ minute solofests.
No mention of the k-fed album? weird.
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Big fan of Dragonforce here too.
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maybe it's the idea of B&S trying to rock out that's funny.
personally i love that record, and folk who find it funny are just emotionally repressed and most likely can't get a shag.
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the heavy blinkers - "the night and i are still so young", though i'm still undecided as to whether it's annoying fluff or slightly mad genius.
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Clearly B&S should not be there, and The Killers should.
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jokes 06? liars (too much drugs), cat power (too much power), grizzly bear (just plain nothing), secret machines (and damn, i hoped they would make it), kasabian (really... a joke), outkast (now way), sparks (any ideas, why this band exists?), forward russia (go to hell), beirut (i really don't need conor going east), and killers.
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Is the same Cracked that I used to see on newstands back in the 70's?
The magazine that was unintentionally unfunny.
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the life pursuit isn't funny. but it's not that good either.
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Didn't Cracked just name Jack Black "Funniest Man Alive" or some bullshit like that? They might be a humor magazine, but I don't really trust their instincts when it comes to funny.
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Dude,Dragon Force is fucking awesome. I saw them in San Diego not too long ago. All the metal hands were up the entire show.
The Darkness is a joke. Dragon Force is the real deal.
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Maybe I've still got a soft spot for metal from my teens (late 80s, early 90's), but that Dragonforce ain't that bad. Nothing I'd listen to now, but they freakin' shred on guitar.
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yeah I really don't get why no one has heard of Dragonforce.
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I wrote up about this article over at Mirr World - http://mirrworld.blogspot.com/ - and addressed Belle and Sebastian being on the list. I love The Life Pursuit but, at the same time, I do get why it's on this list. Check out the YouTube I posted and that sort of sums it all up.
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Dragonforce sounds like coheed and cambria mixed with avenged sevenfold. 'nuff said. The guitars are pretty cool but thats it.
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i do happen to like Dragonforce a hell of a lot, the station i work at began playing them over the summer, and they amaze me, just so intense
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i love b&s but the life pursuit just exaggerates all the worst qualities of dear catastrophe waitress. the dude's run out of things to say, and he's a little to unironically "saved."
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Like any of us didn't know who Dragonforce was.
and I love the Life Pursuit, easily in my top three records of this year.
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uhh i thought EVERYONE who knew how to operate internet explorer knew about dragonforce. i like 'em.
and wtf on the life pursuit?
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Unrelated question:
Is that Sufjan backup singer Katrina Kerns playing smiling 50's housewife happy traveller in the newest Priceline commercial?
Just thought people around here might know...
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Who would title their album: Themself feat. Theself?
Case in point: Jibbs feat. Jibbs.
Uhm, WTF?
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seriously people. dragonforce is one of the best speed metal bands i've ever heard. they're like van halen and journey in a 200 bpm blender.
ridiculous or not, those guys can play guitar better than anyone commenting on this post....
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I love The Life Pursuit. Dude.
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uh. isn't 'the life pursuit' intentionally funny? i thought that was the whole point. b&s are aware of how 'cutesy' they are. hello, irony. e.g., happy-go-lucky tune + biting lyrics of 'dress up in you': you couldn't act your way out of a paper bag. hilarious!
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Dragonforce are fucking talented. That's all I have to say about them.
Angels and Airwaves, K Fed (too obvious), Paris Hilton, The Killers, Four Letter Lie, and The Game also deserve to be on the Top 10.
I believe Julian Lennon and Gwen Stefani will make it onto 2007's Top 5-10 Unintentionally Hilarous Albums list. Wait for it...
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No one picked up on "Jasper" earlier. So I will. Go to hell, Jasp, Sufjan rules.
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Dragonforce are hilarious, that is why they are awesome.
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I spend large amounts of time checking out music online, and I'd never heard of Dragonforce.
Granted, I try only to listen to music that isn't completely shitty, and Dragonforce, as far as I can tell, has nothing going for it except said hilarity value.
I don't think it's come out yet, but from "Wind It Up" alone, I can already tell that Gwen Stefani's album is going to be a complete joke.
And it's a shame they came out last year, but Fall Out Boy and Panic! always crack me up.
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NO MORE LISTS!!! Please. The only lists that should be valid anymore are Mcsweeney's lists. This Cracked stuff doesn't make any sense. Dragonforce rules. And the Life Pursuit is a great album. Well, that's my opinion.
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dragonforce Definitely deserve to be number one on that list... nintendo metal, woo hoo... and k-fed number two.
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how about a list of the worst lists?
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I would say something like "I agree with the other comments on the Life Pursuit" but come on...we're discussing something from Cracked. Shame on Stereogum for reading that crap and then posting it...and kudos at the same time. Great dialogue.
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The hilariousness of Dragonforce is hardly unintentional. From their videos, it's pretty clear they don't take themselves all that seriously.
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Wasn't Dragonforce a badass game for the Sega Saturn?
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Angels And Airwaves was not unintentionally hilarious. It was unintentionally crap.
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why is no one mentioning flavor flav's debut album? well it ocul dbe due to the fact that eveyrone knew it would be haliours!
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I have about 3 I think.
1. Paris Hilton- the fact that someone gave her a record contract is a sign of the Apocolypse. Get the space shuttles ready.
2. Hawthorne Heights "If Only You Were Lonely"- this band is proof that with the right marketing and image, you can release the same record twice and triple your sales the second time.
3. Atreyu "A Death Grip On Yesterday"- I have friends who are die-hard fans of this band and even they don't like it. When the single is the best song on the CD, it's time to let go.
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haha wiesengrund is the cranky german who "goes against the grain"
cat power and beirut suck to him, and he chooses "you say party, we say die!" instead
hahaha
unglaublich
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How has no one mentioned The Hold Steady? To be that old, living the played-out and cliched James Dean/Jack Kerouac live fast, die young life in Brooklyn, and then fill your album will unironic tunes about losing your virginity at the Southtown Mall in Bloomington, MN? And ODed romances in the chill out tent? Is this not the definition of unintentionally funny? I mean, all that album needed was an IKEA reference to make it an instant classic.
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i would have to agree with bojangles..."i'm from barcelona" is the one of the biggest jokes of the year. a collective of mentally deficient care bears who make music that makes one want to punch babies. not sure what is more hilarious..their album or the glowing review by pitchfork. way to encourage them mr. hogan.
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I've been obsessively listening to Dragonforce alot lately. Any band that still uses a keytar is all right in my book. And I love The Life Pursuit too. So apparently I'm totally lame.
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angels and airwaves and the killers both get on here for announcing that they're music was gonna change the world while it really wasn't even good... dragonforce for being outrageous... that's what i've got
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What's so funny about The Mars Volta?
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I'm going to assume it relates to their playing a 37 minute improvizational jam during their 45 minute set opening for the red hot chili peppers.
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Do you know what's funnier than the Dragon force video is the message thread relating to that video. It's like I was warped back to 1999 when flame wars were all about people calling each other gay.
I was amused with the amount of people who did and didn't get the Volta when they opened for the Peppers. It's a "you love em" or "you hate them" band. No in betweens.
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The Volta is a good band that will be a great band when they learn some restraint. I love myself the occasional prog epic, but they don't just pad a decent song with excessive noodling; they pad it with crap and nearly ruin it.
I cut off all the pitch-down junk at the end of "The Widow". End result: everyone wants to hear it again. It's a Zeppelin-esque blues bash. Nobody wants me to replay the original, and they flat-out reject "L'via L'viaquez".
I'm not saying they should turn into pop stars, but they need to take ((OCCASIONALLY)) a less-is-more approach, for the greater good of the album.
DwD
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You obviously haven't heard of the band Big C**k then. Check out their video where they're pouring gallons of milk all over these half-naked girls to their son "Real Man". Classic.
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You obviously haven't heard of the band Big C**k then. Check out their video where they're pouring gallons of milk all over these half-naked girls to their son "Real Man". Classic.
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oh please stop with taking cheap shots at the killers! if you guys are right about them being as bad as you think, then ignore them and let them die a natural death and focus on your precious indie music! i mean for all the hate they're getting from you, it almost seems like you're so scared that they could really be the biggest band in the world.
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uh, finn...
no really, they suck....
& it's ok.
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RE: finn's comment
I didn't know Brendan Flowers read this blog too.
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That Joanna Newsom album is pretty funny. Like a 5th rate Kate Bush dipped in Baroque.
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Justin Timberlake
period.
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The flak they're getting is all part of the natural death process.
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I vote for the Nellie McKay album. She thinks she is ironic and indie, but in reality, she is less talented than Phoebe Buffay. "Smelly Cat" is better than any of the songs she has written.
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I vote for the Nellie McKay album. She thinks she is ironic and indie, but in reality, she is less talented than Phoebe Buffay. "Smelly Cat" is better than any of the songs she has written.
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I vote for the Nellie McKay album. She thinks she is ironic and indie, but in reality, she is less talented than Phoebe Buffay. "Smelly Cat" is better than any of the songs she has written.
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So how exactly is the new My Chemical Romance record hilarious? Right.
Someone explain this to me.
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So how exactly is the new My Chemical Romance record hilarious? Right.
Someone explain this to me.
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So how exactly is the new My Chemical Romance record hilarious? Right.
Someone explain this to me.
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So how exactly is the new My Chemical Romance record hilarious? Right.
Someone explain this to me.
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So how exactly is the new My Chemical Romance record hilarious? Right.
Someone explain this to me.
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So how exactly is the new My Chemical Romance record hilarious? Right.
Someone explain this to me.
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So how exactly is the new My Chemical Romance record hilarious? Right.
Someone explain this to me.
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So how exactly is the new My Chemical Romance record hilarious? Right.
Someone explain this to me.
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Has anyone heard the new Toby Keith album? Now THAT is hilarity!
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Has anyone heard the new Toby Keith album? Now THAT is hilarity!
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Seriously, we get it Stereogum... you are working for My Chemical Romance. Don't try to pretend you're not, no one's buying it anymore...
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ok, now cracked must have been on crack to put MyChemicalRomance's album on dat list!
i listened to the whole album and it's really good, the lyrics were good and the concept was a little weird but still made for great muzik!
like seriously, why don't i see KFed's album on dat list..i've heard a few songs..& dat shit is whack
CRACK IS WHACK
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the mars volta? am i the only one who thinks this is absurd?
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the mars volta? am i the only one who thinks this is absurd?
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Am I the only one who noticed that Sufjan Stevens is putting out a Christmas box set feautring art-work hand-drawn by an eleven year old? That level of being a pussy isn't funny to you people? A Christmas box set!
And you really don't see why The Life Pursuit is funny? Those people trying to make "funky" music?
I'd also agree that the new Joanna Newsom record is funny for both its cover and its content. And the Decemberists are getting to the point where they're beyond parody as well.
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