In Dwight MacDonald's anthology of parodies there are chapters on "Conscious Self-Parody" and "Unconscious Self-Parody" by famous writers. What followed when I read that was the natural ILM response of "All right! This would make a great subject for a list! I need to make a list! Where's a keyboard??"
So...any particularly memorable or favorite examples of artists bringing on the unconscious self-parody? John Fogerty's "Old Man Down the Road" lost him $$$ but in most cases self-respect is all that's required. You can even name some examples of artists consciously parodying themselves -- examples aren't coming to mind but we have people who can name names
― Cunga, Saturday, 29 September 2012 01:32 (7 months ago) Permalink
every song by muse
― zachylon (zachlyon), Saturday, 29 September 2012 02:00 (7 months ago) Permalink
springsteen. neil young. the beach boys. dinosaur jr. lots of people. i don't know where i came up with dinosaur jr. anyone who does the same thing over and over again.
anyone who has ever been parodied by someone else probably too.
― scott seward, Saturday, 29 September 2012 02:02 (7 months ago) Permalink
unconscious self-parody that thinks it's conscious
― sriracha bishop (get bent), Saturday, 29 September 2012 02:04 (7 months ago) Permalink
― zachylon (zachlyon), Friday, September 28, 2012 10:00 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
their selves are not Radiohead and Queen
― some dude, Saturday, 29 September 2012 02:08 (7 months ago) Permalink
Conscious (Geddy Lee)
― xhuxk, Saturday, 29 September 2012 02:09 (7 months ago) Permalink
fogerty won his case fwiw
― balls, Saturday, 29 September 2012 02:20 (7 months ago) Permalink
The Cure - "Mint Car"
― LeRooLeRoo, Saturday, 29 September 2012 05:42 (7 months ago) Permalink
All of Trail of Dead's albums after Source Tags & Codes
― Evan, Saturday, 29 September 2012 06:02 (7 months ago) Permalink
agreed with Zachylon.
The worst example in my mind is The Human League's 1990 album: ROMANTIC?
― Tyler Burns (burns46824@yahoo.com), Saturday, 29 September 2012 06:13 (7 months ago) Permalink
The past twelve years or so of Robert Pollard records.
― cwkiii, Saturday, 29 September 2012 06:15 (7 months ago) Permalink
I think there's a point where Everclear singles qualify, but I'm not sure where the cut-off point is.
― cwkiii, Saturday, 29 September 2012 06:16 (7 months ago) Permalink
Belle and Sebastian - Family Tree
― This Is... The Police (dog latin), Saturday, 29 September 2012 10:03 (7 months ago) Permalink
Everything Bono's done in the last 10-15 years.
― a great poke for Jet Set Willy (snoball), Saturday, 29 September 2012 10:17 (7 months ago) Permalink
― 'Separate Lives', by Phil Collins & Marilyn Manson (PaulTMA), Saturday, 29 September 2012 12:22 (7 months ago) Permalink
What was the name of the thread from a few years ago, where people were saying how a genre is ready to die when a band comes around that almost seems to be a caricature of the genre? For instance someone said that Jet was almost a parody of garage rock revival, and that's when you knew the trend was over.
― Cunga, Saturday, 29 September 2012 15:35 (7 months ago) Permalink
I remember realising Suede had really reached this point when they put out a single with a b-side called 'Pop Star'.
― Gavin, Leeds, Saturday, 29 September 2012 16:23 (7 months ago) Permalink
http://www.myspace.com/video/blooboo/every-step-of-the-way/55314101
― Old Lunch, Saturday, 29 September 2012 17:22 (7 months ago) Permalink
Manic Street Preachers
― kinder, Saturday, 29 September 2012 17:30 (7 months ago) Permalink