"Run Red Run" by the Coasters!
Nonwithstanding their other classics "Along Came Jones", "Charlie Brown" and "Yakkity Yak", "Run Red Run" has all the elements you'd ever want in a humorous song:
Gambling
Booze
Guns
A monkey who gambles and drinks booze
Very fast running
Revenge (by a monkey)
Quality threads (also by a monkey)
It's an old soul/r&b classic that's very funny and very stylish. Appropriate for children also (at least it was for me!), but with deeper appeal to adults. Just the best "good time" song I can think of that will make anybody laugh.
Honorable Mention, and much further from center:
The entire "Helter Stupid" album by Negativeland.
"Auto-Manipulator" by Crispin Hellion Glover.
"Pervert" by Big Meat Hammer. Veteran Portland, ME punks that are a pure old-school joy live. The lyrics are so fine, they don't even play the song live unless the place seems VERY ready for it, and even then, you'd have to ask politely.
Nonwithstanding their other classics "Along Came Jones", "Charlie Brown" and "Yakkity Yak", "Run Red Run" has all the elements you'd ever want in a humorous song:
Gambling
Booze
Guns
A monkey who gambles and drinks booze
Very fast running
Revenge (by a monkey)
Quality threads (also by a monkey)
It's an old soul/r&b classic that's very funny and very stylish. Appropriate for children also (at least it was for me!), but with deeper appeal to adults. Just the best "good time" song I can think of that will make anybody laugh.
Honorable Mention, and much further from center:
The entire "Helter Stupid" album by Negativeland.
"Auto-Manipulator" by Crispin Hellion Glover.
"Pervert" by Big Meat Hammer. Veteran Portland, ME punks that are a pure old-school joy live. The lyrics are so fine, they don't even play the song live unless the place seems VERY ready for it, and even then, you'd have to ask politely.