Rare Funny Cabaret Song?

[ASUMTstudent]

Posted: 9/17/09 at 12:47pm

Hey there! I'm looking for a really funny song to perform for a Cabaret! I've performed songs like "Threat Level Green" and "Sensitive Song", but I need something new and rare! Does anyone have any suggestions?

[WOSQ]

Posted: 9/17/09 at 3:49pm

There are a lot of songs that if sung differently, become funny songs. Just remember that one-joke numbers are essentially over in 30 seconds.

I once heard the Elvis rocker "You Ain't Nothin' But a Hound Dog" sung as a ballad and it was a hoot. However once you figured out the song, the joke was over.

Take a look at the lyrics of Cole Porter and Lorenz Hart. They wrote some wonderfully witty songs. The humor is in the lyric and not the music so enunciate.

Male? Female? Light blue? Dark blue? There's all sorts of comedy songs. Porter's and Hart's lyrics tend to be wit and not farce.

Also, deadpan and/or innocence can be just as funny or funnier than hitting the joke hard.

Big star Sophie Tucker gave a savvy piece of advice to featured player Mary Martin when Mary was handed "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" by Cole Porter.

"Every time you come to a blue line, look up to heaven." Mary did, it worked and she became an overnight star.

Smart Sophie Tucker.