Taking Novelty Songs Seriously
Wikipedia tells me that a novelty song is "a comical or nonsensical song, performed principally for its comical effect". I guess that's pretty much what I would have said if someone asked me to define a novelty song – but let's at least take Wiki's word for it.
A few years ago I bought a double-CD of 50 novelty songs. I don't remember ever listening to i…
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