the matthew show revisited: week thirty one
A very serious friend, upon hearing this song, furrowed his brow and asked, "Is this a joke?"
Kind of.
I grew up listening to novelty tunes, but was also raised in the tradition of wry country music, a la David Frizzell, John Prine, and Lyle Lovett. I don't entirely trust country songs that don't possess a wink and a nudge. This one has a few of each, plus a nod to 30 Rock and suicide to keep it weird. It's also one of the shortest songs I've ever written, coming in well under the three minute mark, an oddity for me.
This version we busted out at Ardent is a little more straightforward than the original single, the video for which can be found if you dig far enough on my YouTube channel. If you do, you'll find out why I don't make proper music videos anymore. But I do make some silly ass songs.