Name He flies off to Las Vegas He saved up for years Cashed in his fears He always had plans bingo He packs up his white lounge lizard suit Plenty.Their politically-themed songs tend to have a liberal leaning, which poke fun at conservative politicians ( The Ballad of Ronald Reagan, Gingrich the Newt) or satirize current political issues ( Go Ahead and Die). Top of the Pops Sony 1995. The Lounge Lizards band Im a social directors nightmare At dinner parties I just babble and drool Its not easy making friends When youre from.
With pointed lyrics, precise harmonies and instrumental expertise, the band has become legendary for its satirical skewering through song.Several of their songs have been made into music videos, including Too Big To Fail , Go Ahead And Die , and The Drugs I Need. In Demolition Man the Taco Bell has Dan The Austin Lounge Lizards Since 1980, the Lizards have been spoofing topics American families try to avoid at the Thanksgiving table: subjects like politics, religion, romance, and themselves. In Repo Man, The Circle Jerks appear As Themselves as a lounge band. Deisler's lyrics also marry comedy with a remarkably dark vision of humanity and its future ( Bonfire of the Inanities).'Murph' seems to have fully embraced the Lounge Lizard trope the others appear to be going along with it mostly because hey, a paycheck is a paycheck. The band often pokes fun at country music clichés, for example the "we were happier when we were poor" trope exaggerated into absurdity in " Love in a Refrigerator Box".
Blah, Blah, Blah: "Old Blevins", in which the song's narrator meets the eponymous individual in a bar, who seems to have some deep and abiding wisdom he's desperate to share: Bilingual Bonus: Knowing Spanish makes "Buenos Dias, Budweiser" much more funny. Affectionate Parody: Mostly of country music cliches, but they also poke fun at The Beach Boys in "Hey Little Minivan," mariachi music in "Buenos Dias, Budweiser," among others. Before they were a mediocre jazz group or a hot fusion band they were a.This band may exhibit the following tropes:
Notable examples include Brain Damage and C-U-B-A. Cover Version: They started out doing mostly these, but moved on to original work later. Corrupt Corporate Executive: In "'Go Ahead And Die," a health insurance CEO is portrayed as a stereotypical pirate. Cloud Cuckoo Lander: A number of the songs center around rather odd and offbeat people. The Catfish: "Boudreaux Was a Nutcase." This one's a large-mouthed bass, named Moby Jack.
Evil, Inc.: A common theme, examples include Visa, Mastercard, and Exxon-Mobil. Everything Is Big in Texas: "Another Stupid Texas Song" mocks this mercilessly. Everything Is Better With Monkeys: "Monkey On My Back".
The music video provides the picture for the trope page. Side-Effects Include.: "The Drugs I Need". Rambling Old Man Monologue: "Old Blevins"
Title Drop: "Strange Noises In The Dark" and "The Drugs I Need". Take That!: Though they've been doing these since the beginning, it's been turned up in "The Drugs I Need." Stepford Consumer: Parodied in the music video for "The Drugs I Need".
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