Thanks for TBC report Bob. I'm the dad of two twin boys and yes, poopy butts are big "at home" topics. Apparently Billie Eilish is a fan.
www.instagram.com/p/BiwhRqCBSh2/?hl=en
-James Richards
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Providence College, Class of 2000, English Major.
2000 - 2017, I worked a day job at a group home for teens (got 40 hours done in 3 days, leaving the rest of the week to make music)
I was part of a duo called Moes Haven. We released 25 albums in the 2000s. We wrote dozens of perfect compositions like "Dig In!" www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UYd9wmU6Fw and "Tin Roof Tap Dance" www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhZXZx-4lck
But I noticed around 2007 that the only money we earned on iTunes was from the occasional silly song we wrote, like "Shut Up Your Monkey" www.youtube.com/watch?v=UncdKShieSY and "Forgot to Wipe" www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnhzoitxDH4
So in 2008 I started writing more songs like that. I'm up to 20,000 songs now. I have 80 different pseudonyms that I use to release songs, including The Very Nice Interesting Singer Man, The Odd Man Who Sings About Poop Puke and Pee, The Guy Who Sings Songs About Cities and Towns, etc.
I made a narrative movie called LOCAL LEGENDS that explains much of this. You can find it on Amazon Prime: www.amazon.com/Local-Legends-Matt-Farley/dp/B07LGG92GP/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=%22Matt+Farley%22&qid=1578369132&s=instant-video&sr=1-2
I'm happy to explain more if you want.
Here's my playlist on Spotify that mixes my best silly songs with my best straightforward songs: open.spotify.com/playlist/5NpbTHJJUt7qyXiPlg5m73
Thanks so much!!!! Many people write me off because my songs are silly. I appreciate it that you bothered to recognize that there's some quality there!
-Matt Farley
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They hired him to do our first commercial ad spots for the dealership group I work at.
youtu.be/TOrRvm3v_cw
Jordan Lyga
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My nine year old loves The Toilet Bowl Cleaners. And I do too. We share a common Spotify playlist in the car. Some songs are her picks. Some are mine. We’re allowed to skip past songs when we get tired of them and eventually those songs get removed. But whenever the five TBC songs come up, we always listen and bask in their brilliant stupidity. How did we get here? It was inevitable. I tried to get her to listen to the classics, but I made little headway. But then she discovered Weird Al and that was my ticket in. We then moved to the classic Dr. Demento stuff and then to all these poop songs. We are now moving on to They Might Be Giants and in between all those she now rarely passes on the Beatles or Stones or XTC OR whatever i throw at here and I usually let K-Pop play on. I would to thank comedy And poop for making my kid a real music fan at a way earlier age than myself.
Tim Redman
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Reply All and/or TL;DR did an episode about him a few years back, and I will say that "Poop Into a Wormhole" was #1 with a bullet for my then-4 year old.
Jeff Raymond
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He's got more than poop songs!
He also sings songs about every single first name (I'm partial to the lyrics: "Steven, Steven Steven ... Steven? Steven!"), for numerous city names, for animals, and then he is also the notorious "The Very Strange Man Who Sings Songs About Dead Animals" (try the catchy, if obviously bizarre, "Dead Llama"). These are all on Spotify. And god only knows what else (since he uses alias names for all).
Steve Heller
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Thanks for this, Bob. My four year old and I had a healthy laugh over a couple of these just now. Whether all of us would admit it or not, we all can laugh at potty humor. After all, everybody poops.
On the subject of music and toilet humor, here’s a short little ditty from 9-10 years ago in the same category that still makes me literally “LOL” when I hear it. youtu.be/7jEM8-Gbknk
Nick Tieder
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The song is pretty funny.
The Santa one is even better! lol
Kevin Kiley
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I clicked on the Spotify link and the next thing I saw was "Log In" - which totally cracked me up. Sometimes fourth grade humor is the best humor!!
Rich Madow
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"By starting from the bottom up"
I see what you did there.... Song is hilarious, by the way.
Matthew Dunaway
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All sort of odd but cool tracks out there...
Puppy Dog Bouncin'
youtu.be/Q4dcGrvMfyA
jsmartinii
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I am in awe of the world we live in. Discover something new every day. This is just such an awesome story on so many levels. Thank you!
Jim Carroll
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brilliant
Peter Noone
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Entertaining - Impressive
Hi Bob!
My punk rock side project released a song called "Salsa Balls" (bit.ly/37GEF63) last year about the guy who put his balls in a customers salsa over a low delivery tip. It was a bit of a test to see how quickly we could write, record (2hrs), and get a song up and out on Spotify (2 days total).
We're in our mid 30s, my writing partner was laughing about all the years of making, releasing, and promoting music, money and time invested... and a song called Salsa Balls is his first song on the radio(Rebel 101.7 - Ottawa, ON).
From the PD there, listener reaction was positive and their kids loved it... it's catchy and fun... wasn't sure it was appropriate for kids but then I think back to how often the jokes or literal content can go over a child's head.
It's no secret people will share something cool, funny, or entertaining long before something that's impressive... and that stings if you're a seasoned songwriter and/or musician.
Keep fightin' the good fight!
-Mike :-)
MIKE LANGFORD
Producer | Mixer | Engineer
Blind Science
Toronto, ON
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Oh God! I LOVE Turtlehead Poop and Scarlett Johanssen Farts, Poop in the Urinal. So I guess I like toilet humor. So? So? What's wrong with that?
Matt Farley, you are a crackup!
Your new friend,
Greg Prestopino
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My kids love this guy!
‘I pee when I poop’ is also a classic!
Very catchy.
Jesse Flavell
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Yeah my son (7 now) is his biggest fan and has been listening to his shit for a few years. He plays it for his play-dates the way we adults share crass shit on our WhatsApp bro's groups. It's also perfect viral material for them because mention of poo-related shit (npi) is the most accessible taboo in their lives that they want to share with their friends, and it's one that doesn't get them in trouble with the parents (and is my go-to subject to most efficiently capture their attention).
Best,
Kia Kamran
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Hey Bob
Something I can share with my 12 year old son that he won't poo poo :-)
Thanks
Jon O'Keefe
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open.spotify.com/track/2QLGkiJxugt03yGKVPt3u5?si=q4X27TvvRguox0juQpd6iw
My two year old is obsessed with this song and has Alexa playing it on repeat.
What a shitty state of affairs ...... boom boom! Hope you’re good Bob.
Will Bloomfield
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Hey Bob
We discovered this guys years ago and have played "Poop from my Pee hole" more than grown-ish men should have:)
Mazel on all your success,
Humble and Fred
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Thanks for the ear worm, Bob. I hate it but it hits all the metrics.
PS: Thumbs Up on the Farley repost!
Dave Benson
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?That’s the way to start out the New Decade Bob. That’s funnier than shit! HA!
That’s been our niche for 30 years; under the radar, “Broadway” style talent, all live concerts, meticulously recreated for look, costume, voice & choreography. Our acts have played for the NFL Super Bowl, largest Mardi Gras Ball, The Rose Bowl, every casino in the US and also in a dozen Countries. And now it’s really about to break cause of the retired Boomers.
Rick Kanfer
EweRock.net
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Bob - thanks for the Spotify link to the TBC, those songs are hilarious!
Sincerely,
Aaron Koral
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I took the time to listen to the Matt Farley hit list tonight.
Complete crap...excuse the pun.
I don't mind a good scatological song...but I could hardly find anything memorable about these melodies or changes. The lyrics are somewhat terrific mind you.
The Canadian in me says..."sorry to disagree".
Ari Posner
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Bob your missing the best there is
Larry Pierce music never made an LP on 33 but the songs are out of this world.
John Green
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nitwits. Thanks!
Dave Curtis
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Well this info -binge watching Dr Pimple popper and the current political climate is proof the movie Idiocracy was a Documentary and we are living the sequel.
Be a good time for the aliens or Jesus or someone to show up and fix this shit !
Steve Lukather
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Spotify = Poopify
Olie Kornelsen
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Hey Bob,
I totally get this. One of The Malibooz’ early big gigs was at the NY State World’s Fair in 1965.
The World’s Fair was in Flushing.
John Zambetti
The Malibooz
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DO YOU CHECK OUT THE SIZE OF YOUR TURDS?!
Every time.
Poop, the great connector.
Brendan Willig
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“Alexa play toilet bowl cleaners”
Only got through two songs, but it made me laugh.
Thank you.
Sasha Dodds
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Is this serious? 3rd grade poop songs ? Like repeating a pile of poop emoji? Why even go there?
Mary Alfiler
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No more emails please
Heidi Culbertson
Heidi Culbertson Legal Marketing LLC
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