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Okay, this is just for fun...the Offbeat Music Awards! Since most music award shows seem to be clones of each other (seriously!), I made up some fun categories. Since it looks like we've got enough nominations, I'll go ahead and take it to voting. Be sure to vote for one and ONLY one song in each category, in as many categories as you want.
Best Happy Song: The Hustle, Van McCoy
Best Sad Song: Whiskey Lullaby, Brad Paisley in duet with Alison Kraus, 2003; Everybody Hurts, R.E.M.; Wishing you were somehow here again (from Phantom of the Opera); When I'm Gone, Eminem; The Sad Cafe - The Eagles
Best Funny Song: The Preacher and the Bear, Jerry Reed, 1970; Boris the Spider, The Who; Ag pleez Deddy (Jeremy Taylor); Feel Good Inc., Gorillaz
Best Novelty Song: We didn’t start the Fire, Billy Joel, 1989; Walk the Dinosaur, Was Not Was; I See Girls, Studio B.
Best Love Song: I Want to Know What Love Is, Foreigner; Do you love me? (from Fiddler on the Roof); Sunshine - Lupe Fiasco; It snows in hell, Lordi
Best Socially Relevant Song: MONEY!, Pink Floyd; Hot Gates (Laurika Rauch); Nujabes, Feather; Fortunate Son, Credence Clearwater Revival
Best Song About A Historic Event or Person: The Trooper, Iron Maiden, 1983; Battle of New Orleans, Johnny Horton; Waterloo (ABBA)
Best Song With A Color In The Title: RosenRot Ramstein! That’s Rose Red. Heavy! 2005; Blue Lamp, Stevie Nicks; Back in Black - AC/DC; Paint It Black - Rolling Stones
Best Song About Cars, Trucks, Trains, etc. 409, Beach Boys (cars); Convoy, CW McCall (trucks); Daydream, Journey (ships); Long Twin Silver Line, Bob Seger ( Trains ); Train in Vain, The Clash.
Best Song Featuring an Animal: Black Bear by Black Bear, 2006?; Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream) Icicle Works; Lions, Tigers, & Bears - Jazmine Sullivan; The Lion Sleeps Tonight, the Tokens; Monkeyman, The Rolling Stones; Theme from Jaws, John Williams; Been Caught Stealing, Jane’s Addiction; Tamarin Monkeys, Mannheim Steamroller; I Am The Lion and Johnathan Livingston Seagull, both by Neil Diamond.
Most Offbeat Song: O Superman by Laurie Anderson; A Boy Named Sue, Johnny Cash; And She Was, Talking Heads; Bang the Drum All Day, Todd Rundgren; Beatbox, Paranoimia, and Close to the Edit, the Art of Noise; Doctor In The Tardis, The Timelords; I’m Too Sexy, Right Said Fred
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