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Q: When did Paul McCartney write Silly Love Songs?
A: His entire career.

Q: Why were the Byrds great?
A: They set Bob Dylan songs to music.

roger adultery (roger adultery), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 14:50 (twenty years ago) link

I heard a Cliff Burton/Metallica joke once, but I can't remember it.

So make your own.

Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 14:52 (twenty years ago) link

This one's from the 80's and needs updating but I'll tell it exactly as it appears on Marc Riley and the Creepers "Bard of Woking" which is where I heard it first.

Q: What does it take to get the Beatles back together?
A: Three bullets and a gun.

everything, Wednesday, 29 September 2004 14:58 (twenty years ago) link

q :: what has 9 arms and sucks¿
a :: def leopard.

q :: what was the 1st thing clapton did after writing tears in heaven¿
a :: shoved his kid out the window.

dysøn (dyson), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 15:18 (twenty years ago) link

That Clapton joke is great!

Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 15:19 (twenty years ago) link

UPDATE YR BEATLES JOKE PLEASE...two bullets.

n/a (Nick A.), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 15:19 (twenty years ago) link

celine dion walks into a bar and the bartender says, "what's with the long face"?

wordyrappington (wordyrappington), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 15:19 (twenty years ago) link

how do you know it's midnight at michael jackson's house?

the big hand's on the little hand.

wordyrappington (wordyrappington), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 15:20 (twenty years ago) link

q :: what was the 1st thing clapton did after writing tears in heaven¿
a :: shoved his kid out the window.

-- dysøn (dyspleasur...), September 29th, 2004.

haha, ever see that Mr. Show sketch?

latebloomer (latebloomer), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 15:37 (twenty years ago) link

MOUTH FULL OF SORES.

DEEBZ (ddb), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 15:38 (twenty years ago) link

Sumner: Coming down to the pub then, Ian?
Curtis: Nah, think I'll just hang around here.

the epistemology of Kylie, Wednesday, 29 September 2004 15:49 (twenty years ago) link

a golden oldie :
what do you call a cow with wings?
linda mccartney.

zappi (joni), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 15:52 (twenty years ago) link

haha, ever see that Mr. Show sketch?
no¡ do tell.

dysøn (dyson), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 15:52 (twenty years ago) link

there was a sketch on Mr. Show once with an eric clapton-like character who kept capitalizing on tragedies by writing songs about them to win awards. also he has a rivalry with a brian wilson-type character which leads to some funny shit. you really just have to see the episode yourself, my telling of of it doesn't do it justice.

latebloomer (latebloomer), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 17:06 (twenty years ago) link

ah yes, the Teardrop Awards sketch. "Take it from me, a guy who's got mouth sores, I know the value of a mouth without sooooooooores..."

Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 29 September 2004 17:40 (twenty years ago) link

Q: Have you ever seen Stevie Wonder's hands?
A: Neither has he

rentboy (rentboy), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 18:14 (twenty years ago) link

Q: What do vegetarian worms eat?
A: Linda McCartney.

Wooden (Wooden), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 18:18 (twenty years ago) link

Q: What's Sid Vicious's real name?
A: John.

King Korn Karn, Wednesday, 29 September 2004 18:21 (twenty years ago) link

Q: Where does Kylie go to buy her dinner?
A: Jason's doner van.

I love that one.

Wooden (Wooden), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 18:23 (twenty years ago) link

Q: Who's cooler: Lemmy or God?
A: Trick question -- LEMMY IZ GOD

Je4nne ƒury (Jeanne Fury), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 18:27 (twenty years ago) link

q: where to cantaloupes and honeydew send their kids for the summer?
a: john cougar melon camp.

fact checking cuz (fcc), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 18:28 (twenty years ago) link

TOM WAITS FOR NO MAN

nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 18:44 (twenty years ago) link

What was that one...What do you get when you cross a pirate and a urinal? "Arrr Kelly" or something like that.

frankE (frankE), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 18:49 (twenty years ago) link

JC Penney's is having a Michael Jackson sale ... little boys pants 1/2 off.

JC-L (JC-L), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 18:52 (twenty years ago) link

Q: How many Pet Shop Boys does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: Two, one to change the lightbulb and another one to look bored.

daavid (daavid), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 18:56 (twenty years ago) link

Q: What did Mark E. Smith say to the qualified job applicant?
A: You're totally hired!

Q: What did Mark E. Smith say after the marathon?
A: I'm totally tired!

Q: About doing his homework?
A: It's totally required!

Q: To Brix?
A: You're totally fired!

Really, anything that ends in 'ired.' Eh hem.

cookieman, Wednesday, 29 September 2004 19:01 (twenty years ago) link

Derek Erdman told me those. He's a laff riot.

cookieman, Wednesday, 29 September 2004 19:03 (twenty years ago) link

Q: What's the difference between Michael Jackson and a grocery bag?
A: One is plastic and harmful to children, the other holds groceries.

My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 19:04 (twenty years ago) link

Q: Why couldn't Eric Clapton save his son?

A: He has a slow hand.

Gooey Lewis, Wednesday, 29 September 2004 19:07 (twenty years ago) link

Q: Why is R. Kelly so good at blackjack?

A: Because he doesn't hit on anything over 16.

Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 19:07 (twenty years ago) link

Q: Whats the difference between Neil Armstrong and Michael Jackson?

A: Neil Armstrong walked on the moon.....

....and Michael Jackson fucks kids.

djdee2005 (djdee2005), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 19:21 (twenty years ago) link

That one doesn't work as well on paper.

djdee2005 (djdee2005), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 19:21 (twenty years ago) link

fuck, some of these are killing me!

ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 19:26 (twenty years ago) link

My favourite music-joke punchline: That's not Bono. That's God. He just thinks he's Bono.

Bruce S. Urquhart (BanjoMania), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 19:27 (twenty years ago) link

maybe bono should be replaced by someone else in that joke.

dysøn (dyson), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 19:38 (twenty years ago) link

Q: What's black and white and has two eyes?

A: Sammy Davis Jr. and Sandy Duncan.

Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 19:40 (twenty years ago) link

q: why can't stevie wonder read?
a: because he's black


6335, Wednesday, 29 September 2004 19:44 (twenty years ago) link

q: what's black and white and comes in little cans?

a: michael jackson

Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 20:21 (twenty years ago) link

God is love. Love is blind. Ray Charles is blind. Therefore, Ray Charles is God.

Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 20:22 (twenty years ago) link

So then, Nietzsche WAS right.

Duder Supreme, Wednesday, 29 September 2004 20:25 (twenty years ago) link

A 1983 British classic for you...

So anyway, at the height of his fame Adam Ant visits the set of top British soap opera Coronation Street. As luck would have it, his favourite character Stan Ogden invites to come for a drink in legendary pub the Rover's Return on set. There they proceed to sink a great many pints of fine English ale. More than a little the worse for wear, Adam Ant decides to get one more round in. But as he stands up, he suddenly grips his side and starts moaning terribly. "What is it, mate?" says his companion. Adam starts singing: "Stan, it's my liver..."

/coat

marco (marco), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 20:36 (twenty years ago) link

How do you turn a duck into a soul singer?

Colin Meeder (Mert), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 20:37 (twenty years ago) link

Put it in the microwave until its bill withers!

Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 20:43 (twenty years ago) link

What goes 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0?

Karen Carpenter's dress-size.

Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 20:48 (twenty years ago) link

Taxi driver dropping off the Mael brothers at an airport, struggling to get one of their suitcases out of the boot. Turns to a nearby man and says 'when this gets out, Sparks are gonna fly'.

Michael Philip Philip Philip Annoyman (Ferg), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 20:51 (twenty years ago) link

Knock knock
Who's there?
Philip
Philip who?
Knock knock
Who's there?
Knock knock
Who's there?
Philip
Philip who?
Philip
Philip who?
Knock knock
Who's there?
Philip
Philip who?
Knock knock
Who's there?
Knock knock
Who's there?
Philip
Philip who?
Philip
Philip who?
Philip
Philip who?
Philip
Philip who?
Philip Glass

udu wudu (udu wudu), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 21:14 (twenty years ago) link

Hah, that one is great.

Speaking of people i'd like to pie in the face . . .

Hurting (Hurting), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 21:30 (twenty years ago) link

Yeah, there's also (though it's not artist-specific)

How how many how many minimalists how many minimalists does how many minimalists does it how many minimalists does it take how many minimalists does it take to how many minimalists does it take to change how many minimalists does it take to change a how many minimalists does it take to change a lightbulb?

sundar subramanian (sundar), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 21:43 (twenty years ago) link

Michael Philip, that joke is pure genius

roger adultery (roger adultery), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 22:25 (twenty years ago) link

So The Who was having a problem in their hotel suite. While everyone was trying to get some sleep, the lead singer was starting to freak out, throwing furniture around and threatening the other members of the band. Slowly they came to the realization that he'd gone loco, so they jumped on him, tied him up with the bedsheets to restrain him and then took him down to the hospital for a psychiatric analysis.

"Yep," said the doctor, "he's bats, all right."

"You've got to do something!" exclaimed the other members of the band.
"Check him into the rubber room, innit?"

"I'm afraid I can't do that," said the doctor with a sad look in his eye.

"But you must!" exclaimed the band, "Otherwise we'll never get sleep again!"

"I'm afraid a higher power has forbidden it, lads." The doctor grabbed his Bible and patted it. "It says explicitly, 'Thou shalt not commit a Daltrey'."

Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 22:34 (twenty years ago) link

From my kids, at primary school, c. 10 yrs ago:

Q. What do you call a fat computer?
A. A Dell.

fetter, Saturday, 17 June 2023 18:42 (one year ago) link

(Smarmy stand-up bit):

"Folks, I'm a schmuck. I've been a schmuck my whole life. Wanna know how big a schmuck I am? Listen to 1969: Velvet Underground Live... I'm the kid in the crowd yelling back at Lou Reed – 'No, play two short sets! I gotta get home for Johnny Carson!'"

Bittern Storm Over My Hammy (morrisp), Tuesday, 20 June 2023 02:43 (one year ago) link

three weeks pass...

What do you call a Mike and the Mechanics tribute band made up entirely of samurai?

Silent Ronin

linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Monday, 17 July 2023 04:02 (one year ago) link

two weeks pass...

Q: Why are Depeche Mode bad at Teams meetings?

A: Because they're on Mute.

lord of the rongs (anagram), Thursday, 3 August 2023 20:02 (one year ago) link

I've heard that on his rider Dave Gahan demands his own personal cheeses.

fetter, Thursday, 3 August 2023 20:07 (one year ago) link

why did Depeche Mode march into the offices of Delta Dental?

to get a Policy of Tooth

linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Thursday, 3 August 2023 20:12 (one year ago) link

what do you call a group of prosperous post-rock lawyers?

reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 4 August 2023 02:52 (one year ago) link

I don't know, reggie, what DO you call a group of prosperous post-rock lawyers?

m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Friday, 4 August 2023 03:17 (one year ago) link

McEntire, Grubbs, O’Rourke & Pajo LLP(?)

Nonhuman biologics enthusiast (morrisp), Friday, 4 August 2023 03:33 (one year ago) link

Do Make Say Think & Waterhouse ?

m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Friday, 4 August 2023 04:19 (one year ago) link

Talk Talk Talk Talk Talk Talk

assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 4 August 2023 07:32 (one year ago) link

Q: Why does Dave Gahan never watch slasher flicks?
A: He can't stand Gore.

Supposed Former ILM Lurker (WeWantMiles), Friday, 4 August 2023 10:44 (one year ago) link

McEntire, Grubbs, O’Rourke & Pajo LLP(?)


Specialising in torts obv

Grandall Flange (wins), Friday, 4 August 2023 10:52 (one year ago) link

^

torteoisie

reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 4 August 2023 12:01 (one year ago) link

one month passes...

Why did Bob Marley take karate?
Because he got to have hi-yah now

3

peace, man, Thursday, 14 September 2023 23:55 (one year ago) link

Q: Why are Depeche Mode bad at Teams meetings?

A: Because they're on Mute.

Btw, this was so great that I've thought about it from time time since it was posted...

my brain goes aahhhh (morrisp), Thursday, 14 September 2023 23:59 (one year ago) link

Thanks, that was one of mine, although I'd probably heard it before somewhere. And now I think it would be funnier with Zoom, not Teams.

lord of the rongs (anagram), Friday, 15 September 2023 08:22 (one year ago) link

two weeks pass...

Why did the chicken ignore side one of Aerosmith's Pump?

To get to "The Other Side"

(This also works with Pendulum's In Silico but I figure ilx is more likely to complete the punchline in their head if it's the BBfBs)

you can see me from westbury white horse, Sunday, 1 October 2023 02:25 (one year ago) link

three months pass...

gen z mud be like that's yeet that's yeet that's yeet that's yeet

you can see me from westbury white horse, Sunday, 7 January 2024 14:17 (nine months ago) link

two weeks pass...

why did the bee gees walk out of the clive anderson interview?

he was clive talkin'!

you can see me from westbury white horse, Tuesday, 23 January 2024 06:04 (nine months ago) link

oh, my child

never trust a big book and a simile (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 23 January 2024 06:22 (nine months ago) link

what were george michael's favourite songs first released on albums from 29 september 1997?

"cowboys" and "angels"

you can see me from westbury white horse, Thursday, 25 January 2024 18:57 (nine months ago) link

A man walks the streets of a foreign country, looking for a place to eat. The owner of a restaurant sees him and calls, "hey you! come try my food!" The man shrugs and goes inside.

"Just bring me your specialty," the man says as he sits down. The owner gives a delighted look and says, "I'll bring you our TWO very best dishes."

Ten minutes later, the owner sets out two plates of food that the man can't even recognize. "This one is fried scarabs," the owner explains excitedly, "and this one is sheep testicles." The man is horrified. But the owner swells with pride in his dishes and stands there expecting the man to try them. So try them the man must. First, he picks up a scarab. It's fried, so how bad could it be? He crunches into a leg and struggles to keep it down, but ultimately swallows the horrid thing and gives a thumbs-up. The owner is very pleased and gestures to the sheep testicles. The man slowly cuts a piece, closes his eyes, takes a deep breath, then puts it in his mouth. He gags but is barely able to get it down, and afterward he turns to the owner with a put-on grin. "Both dishes are, uh, great."

"C'mon, you must have a favorite," the owner says, wagging a finger. "So which is it: the beetles or the stones?"

Vinnie, Friday, 26 January 2024 01:59 (nine months ago) link

What laidback early 70s rock albums do health food specialists unwind to?

'Holland' and 'Barrett'

you can see me from westbury white horse, Friday, 26 January 2024 05:09 (nine months ago) link

one month passes...

lol “What is a Communique?”

President Keyes, Monday, 4 March 2024 00:55 (eight months ago) link

Yeah that guy really just had one round in the chamber, lol

Hippie Ernie (morrisp), Monday, 4 March 2024 00:59 (eight months ago) link

What is a surgical assistant's favorite punk band?

Operation I.V.

peace, man, Thursday, 14 March 2024 11:08 (seven months ago) link

two months pass...

Why did Anthrax hate Led Zeppelin IV?

They're Anti! They're Anti-Zoso!

peace, man, Wednesday, 15 May 2024 11:44 (five months ago) link

four weeks pass...

Now that Andre 3000 has made his debut as a flautist, he is dueting on a track with Ian Anderson.

It's called Hey Yaqualung

peace, man, Friday, 14 June 2024 22:27 (four months ago) link

I laughed

Millennium Falco (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 15 June 2024 21:27 (four months ago) link

two months pass...

Why couldn't the producer of Ghostbusters find a classical composer to do the score?

Because they were too hot to Handel, too cold to Holst

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 19 August 2024 16:16 (two months ago) link

this would work marginally better if it was somehow about the composer of Ghostbusters 2 (1989) being a different and less storied composer than that of Ghostbusters (1984), a film that does not have any associated lyrics about being hot to handle nor cold to hold, and if it remembered that the producer of both Ghostbusterses is the fairly well-known-by-name director of same

bae (sic), Monday, 19 August 2024 17:30 (two months ago) link

Fair, I actually forgot that the song was from II!

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 19 August 2024 17:55 (two months ago) link

although the line "Found out about Vigo, the master of evil" should have reminded me.

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 19 August 2024 17:56 (two months ago) link

How Leonard Cohen reveal that he was a pervert for sea monsters?

"Give me Kraken anal sex..."

peace, man, Tuesday, 20 August 2024 20:36 (two months ago) link

Why couldn't Billy Eilish find good crew members for her new tour?

Cause EVERYBODY'S WORKIN' FOR THE WEEKND

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 21 August 2024 00:57 (two months ago) link

nice

corrs unplugged, Wednesday, 21 August 2024 19:15 (two months ago) link

a few years after Hüsker Dü broke up, Bob tried to patch things up with Grant by hiring his landscaping business to build a privacy fence in his back yard. Grant assured Bob that he'd get it done over the long weekend, but when Bob got back into town on Monday morning, he was dismayed to find that Grant had only erected a single picket on the entire lawn! so he called him up and said, "a stake's no fence at all!"

budo jeru, Friday, 23 August 2024 19:32 (two months ago) link

So Johnny Cash falls in love with a lady of Mesoamerican heritage who keeps a menagerie of big cats that all need exercising, and he tells her "Because you're Mayan, I'll walk the lion."

fetter, Friday, 23 August 2024 20:33 (two months ago) link

Does anyone know who did the song Owner of a Lonely Heart?

frogbs, Friday, 23 August 2024 20:50 (two months ago) link

[makes the screeching sound at the beginning of that song]

Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Friday, 23 August 2024 20:57 (two months ago) link

Almost 20 years later and I'm still loving that Philip Glass joke upthread

Hongro Hongro Hippies (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 23 August 2024 22:40 (two months ago) link

What was Steely Dan’s bus driver for the Welsh leg of their tour called?

Dai behind the wheel

pronounced with an ‘umpty’ (Willl), Friday, 23 August 2024 23:03 (two months ago) link

Does anyone know who did the album Once We Were Scum Now We Are God?

carry on columbine (Matt #2), Saturday, 24 August 2024 00:33 (two months ago) link

Does anyone know the title of Guns N' Roses' next-to-last single?

Jedi, I've got your number (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 24 August 2024 01:19 (two months ago) link

What did Chris Martin say to the Chainsmokers when he heard their song "Roses"?

I want something just like this

Vinnie, Saturday, 24 August 2024 02:09 (two months ago) link

two months pass...

Mick Jones and Lou Gramm were walking down the street and they saw a man who looked unwell. This man stumbled slowly, erratically, his cheeks puffing out periodically.

At one point, he stopped, opened one of the residents' mailboxes, and started projectile vomiting inside it

The homeowners came out very upset, but Lou assured them they would handle the situation. Mick tended to the sick man, offering him water and proving him a pain reliever, while Lou cleaned up the mailbox, then brought the soiled mail inside and cleaned it off.

Weeks later, a man walked by the local civic center and saw Lou and Mick being presented with medals by the mayor. The homeowner from the previous episode was standing outside.

The man asked the homeowner why Mick and Lou were being recognized with medals, and the homeowner replied "Because they're--"

Kurt Dandruff (Neanderthal), Sunday, 3 November 2024 21:44 (two days ago) link

PUKE! BOX! HEROES!

orifex, Sunday, 3 November 2024 23:30 (two days ago) link

:)

Kurt Dandruff (Neanderthal), Sunday, 3 November 2024 23:45 (two days ago) link


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