Songs where the band seem to be relaxing and having a good time whereas normally they seem kind of uptight.

I know it's kind of vague but listening to In the Days Before Rock 'n' Roll and Van seems to be having a great old time especially when he's doing an impersonation of a radio. And it's not something I normally associate with him, although I suspect he does it more than he's given credit for (anyone who has that photo of him being chased around by Spike Milligan wearing a penis nose - please to post to thread). Any others?

king crimson - prozakc blues

theres that one song on nevermind where kurt laughs

Nickelback - This Afternoon

Led Zeppelin--The Crunge

Oh that's a good one. And better than the more obvious ones like D'yer mak'er or Hot Dog.

Any of Emerson Lake & Palmer's comedy relief songs ("Benny The Bouncer", um, some others). They should've stayed uptight really.

Yeah, but do Zep ever seem uptight? Maybe they do.

Pink Floyd, "Free Four" and "Seamus" among a few others. (Referring only to post-Syd era, here.)

captain beefheart - tropical hot dog night

soundgarden - sub pop rock city

^ can't stand these guys but when they made a joke song I thought wow they coulda had something there

swans - I love my puppy dog

ok I made that one up but you know it would be awesome

Vehemently disagree about Zep; they sounded loose a lot of the time, actually, and "The Crunge" is one of the only times their funk sounds like they were forcing it to make a point. But that's just me.

Anyway.

Geddy Lee -- "Take Off" (feat. Bob & Doug McKenzie.)

actually "the world's my oyster soup kitchen floor wax museum" is on the same album as "prozakc blues" and is similarly loopy/jocular

Kyuss, "Lick Doo"

King Crimson's "Heartbeat" is a bit like this. To the point of being a bit "ew" to me actually. Them singing a sexy song about they lady just... doesn't work.

Not sure I really agree with it but this was widely stated about In Rainbows.

Mr. Spaceman by The Byrds

Not sure I really agree with it but this was widely stated about In Rainbows.

I wasn't thinking that Radiohead were ever that uptight, but HTTT is like 4387934x looser and more playful than IR

The Beach Boys were never that uptight but songs like "Little Pad" document them at their most lazy.

Bob Dylan: "Rainy Day Women"

And perhaps "In Bloom" by Nirvana, if any song by them ever quite fits in here.

Hmm.. I mean "Lithium", not "In Blooom".

(The latter being uptight as few, as it is an attack on their own fans) ;)

Hooligan by Embrace wins this. Wins it hard. Really, really hard. Most uptight band ever.

How is "uptight" being defined? Is it in reference to the rhythm section, or are we referring to a moment of levity for an otherwise serious band?

I was thinking more of the latter but the former would be interesting too.

Kraftwerk, "Pocket Calculator"