The Odds "Heterosexual Man"

Here's another Weekend Post:
Is there anything more 90s than a clever, Canadian, riffy rock song with a video featuring Kids In The Hall?


Hear the song on Youtube.

Weekend posts are a chance to revisit songs that have happy memories, not of anything in particular, other than just hearing the tunes.

Many of these songs were tracks that I played during my 90s stint as an Alternative/Modern Rock radio show.  They're tunes that I hardly hear these days, but are fun to revisit.

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Bruce McCulloch “When You're Fat”

Good comedy albums are pretty rare, and good musical comedy albums are even more rare. But even among that small sub-genre, I can’t think of too many records that stack up to “Shame Based Man” for originality.

Most comedy album songs are parodies of other songs, or of the style of a particular artist or genre. That’s the starting point for what makes the song funny.

But with the 20 tracks on this record, it’s the joke first, with a song built to serve the joke.

It’s appropriately Kids In The Hall style weird, with non-sequitors and full non-winking commitment to the concept (Stalker, Doors fan, Dave enthusiast).

I haven’t listened to this record in years, and I didn’t really remember this track, as it’s #19 of 20. There are certainly bigger faves on the record, but “When Your Fat” fulfills all the above requirements, entertainingly.

Hear a sample of "When You're Fat" Here.

See Bruce's most famous video and song, here

Buy the album, here