His hits came fast 'n furious when there was music that make fun of itself so hard....His schtick is dated but he's ingrained in musical satire with all of the greats-

Short List that pops to mind from as many eras I can muster without google:

Rosemary Clooney
Betty Hutton
The Residents
Spinal Tap
Shel Silverstein
Mrs.Alva Miller
Garfunkel and Oats
Tom Lehrer
Jimmy Fallon
Louden Wainwright Jr.
Biff Rose (I cheated)

List goes on but my brain won't...

Fallon kills me with this;
http://videosift.com/video/Neil-Young-Bruce-Springsteen-Whip-My-Hair

"we take all kinna pills, to give us all kinna thrills"

-"Cover of the Rolling Stone", written by Shel Silverstein performed by Dr.Hook, 1973

and contributed to Playboy
and was simply a more complex man than the children's poems would have you believe...

Still, "The Giving Tree," "A Light in the Attac," "Where the Sidewalk Ends," and.. "Uncle Shelby's ABZ's " were among my favorite books growing up... (and maybe still are, depending on the day).

>> ^Sagemind:

This, from a guy who writes kids books
http://www.shelsilverstein.com/indexsite.html

who knew Shel Silverstein promoted incest.. and creepy creepy..

I think I read a children's book with the same storyline as what you just told me. Maybe it was a Shel Silverstein poem...either way you shoulda taken a trip into uncle touchy's naked puzzle basement...

In reply to this comment by peggedbea:
i saw my vagina tell you her san diego story.
i have no distinct feelings toward san diego either way but, im going to tell you one of my san diego many stories.
1999. 17 year old bald headed bea is in love with a beautiful schizophrenic crusty gutter punk from san bernardino.
they go to san diego together. they are guttering around town late at night after dark. stoned. theyre in a field somewhere around town, like a large field in between an office building and a hotel. i have no idea where really. at the back of the field there seems to be just a random shortish iron fence. whatever. sit down to drink their malt liquors. then they get busy with the doin its. mid doin its some fucking train full of windows and people comes out of nowhere and drives by. right on the other side of that iron fence that were right next to. we could clearly make out several faces so we know they could also probably clearly make us out.

the best part is that im bald and boyish and were doin it doggy style, so hopefully they thought it was 2 dudes going at it. hopefully it was horrifyingly inspirational to them. hopefully this story is also horrifyingly inspirational to you. i strongly encourage ambiguous teenage sex all over the streets of your fair town.

youre welcome.

Favourites

1) Season - Spring, while the blossoms and leaves are still budding
2) Place in the world - Amsterdam
3) Children's book - "Where the Sidewalk Ends" by Shel Silverstein
4) TV Series - Northern Exposure
5) Word - zesty
6) Film - Year of the Dragon
7) Curse - shitstain
Creature - The Faun
9) Past time - beers and shots in a Denver dive bar with musician friends
10)Person - Anais Nin or Shophie Scholl

Which one?

11) Dog or cat - both, but I prefer taking a walk with my dog
12) Sweet or savoury - both, but I'll take steak before chocolate
13) Cereal or Toast - both, Lucky Charms must never be underestimated
14) Tan or pale - pale
15) Shoes or barefoot - shoes, due to tender feet
16) Desktop or laptop - desktop for work, laptop for fun
17) Drive or walk - walk whenever possible
18) Drama or comedy - both, but good comedy is hard to find
19) Sex or food - fooooood
20) Futurama or Simpsons - The Simpsons is my #1 weakness

The Sift

21) Your fave personal submission - Blondie - Dreaming
22) A great comment on one of your vids - can't say; everyone here has their moments
23) Most off the wall member - quantumushroom; at least choggie had a heart
24) Favourite user name - too many; many clever names here
25) Your most used channel - not a channel guy
26) Personal dumbass moment - blowing my top or misunderstanding a post
27) Best avatar - they're all good - the avatar really frames the way you hear a comment being said in your head
28) Partner in crime - none, unfortunately
29) Do people offline know of your sift problem - no
30) Idea for the site - a way to subscribe to comments on a specific thread

About you

31) Where do you live - a hell-hole called Roswell, NM
32) Smoker/non-smoker - love the weed, hate the tabacco
33) Left or right handed - ambidextrous, right dominant
34) Hair colour - is thin a color?
35) Relationship status - a single liberal stuck in a conservative desert
36) How tall - sixish.
37) Children - no, unfortunately
38) Ever had an operation - no, thankfully
39) Best feature - generally patient and usually considerate
40) Use four words to describe yourself - complex, loner, creative, sensitive

If you could...what, who, when etc

41) Bring a famous person back from the dead - Henry Miller, with the hopes we'd be beer buddies
42) Give 50 grand to any charity - something for the children of Iraq
43) Send someone on a one way ticket to the moon - Bill O'Reilly
44) Relive a moment in your life - when I met a certain girl in college and fell in love
45) Have a superpower - precognition
46) Find out one thing you've always wanted to know - who pulled off 9/11
47) Have the opposite gender deal with something you have to - can't say, we've both got it rough in our own funny way
48) Be president for one hour - arrest the Bush Administration and launch an investigation into their activities
49) Delete a period in history - the Spanish Inquisition
50) Achieve one thing - publish a great book that was loved by all who read it

this is so great. yeay for Shel Silverstein!

he's maybe on the wagon, give the downvoter a break......some folks are just in denial about how much Shel Silverstein has fucked their heads up.....Like that tool Sarah Silvia Cynthia Stout!!! Dirty little rodent lover!!!!

This was excellent. Reminds me of the drawings in Shel Silverstein's various books of poetry.