Fake bands, real songs: 50 best tunes by "made-up" musicians

Three Small Words is great but whatabout

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DNQjFB4-nQ

Oops I meant

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DNQjFB4-nQ

The monkees situation is explained in the intro

We also had a long debate about what to do with the Monkees, before it was decided that at a certain point, they Pinocchio’ed their way into being a real band, and thus didn’t qualify. (Otherwise, “Daydream Believer” would have been very highly ranked.)

But honestly this is a good fun list, i like it

Write-in for Buddah Stalin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7ZJMD-aFQE

i luv the 6-5-4-3-2-1 gimmick in 3 small words but i'm easy w stuff like that

Swanky Modes!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emkef_SG0rs

well, if you're gonna do Tapeheads, you gotta have Baby Doll by Cube Squared.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnTUSgHzZx0

write-in vote for Build Your Career At Carey Business School

Rolling Stone must have overlooked The Sleez Sisters from Times Square and their tune "Your Daughter Is One"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1pwU1z8-aw

shocking omission

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmDABl1MFgE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvM3ymUKrn8

Can’t believe this didn’t make the list

Dragon Sound - Friends (this is stuck in my head often)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVtyOwcQo-w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_4bu_uoR9k

write-in for the sacred cows - "kill kill kill"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YD8FHrCHhQE

also, how the FUCK has nobody brought up Drimble Wedge and the Vegetation yet?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXnoWb88Jr4

LOL, was literally just about to post "No Drimble Wedge, no credibility."

Add to the growing list of write-ins:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rfU1sC5vK8

“Free Me” from Peter Watkins’ PRIVILEGE (1967) is a classic. Patti Smith’s cover a decade later is iconic

I'd add Sweet Saturn Mine and BOTH Little Mouse and Machadaynu to the roster obv

rappin' all day and I'm rappin' all night

for real though hard to argue with the number one, primetime Adam Schlesinger, and sung by Mike Viola who is my favorite unsung singer/songwriter

also surprised "killer tofu" or "need mo allowance" didn't rate, yodalay hee hoooo

When it comes to Mighty Wind, I'm partial to Eat at Joe's

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAKvNhu2jww

As much as I love CB4, that's like exponentially better than "Straight Outta Locash"

well, if you're gonna do Tapeheads, you gotta have Baby Doll by Cube Squared.

Oh Yeah! Secret Devo Track!

Another glaring omission

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD9askPYtko

I love 'Please Mr Kennedy' so much. If I had to pick a list of favourite movie scenes, that whole bit would be included

Any love for Infant Sorrow?

Inside of youuuu

I love 'Please Mr. Kennedy' so much.

Forgot all about that--loved it too.

From animated bands:

The Hex Girls from Scooby Doo and the Witch's Ghost. Not sure whether I'm a Hex Girl or Earth, Wind, Fire, and Air is the better song. They have had a few more songs throughout the years as well. They've enjoyed enough of a resurgence that there is copious Hot Topic merch devoted to them now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=attfhQWmVNA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K6YXa22owc

Would also recommend Everything's Gonna Be Alright by the Chipmunks & Chipettes, from Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQMf3rVRAfE

Not sure if the Girls of Rock & Roll would count, because it was originally used in The Malibu Bikini Shop before ending up as another Chipmunks/Chipettes duet in the Chipmunk Adventure, but it's a classic too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EB0x4ui5ANw

In the non-animated category, it is a truly guilty pleasure that I get Ming Tea's BBC stuck in my head every time someone mentions the BBC.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1w85qMqIjs

Not sure if the Girls of Rock & Roll would count, because it was originally used in The Malibu Bikini Shop

Mind ... blown

Yeah, it was a pretty wtf moment when I found that out as well. I do think the Chipmunks took it to another level though.

It's Not Easy Being Green
Do The Bartman

misbehavin' by aimee-leigh and baby billy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-znj7Uf9Oo

Holy shit, that's amazing. "Runnin' through the house with a pickle in my mouth"? Also, crazy transformation there for Jennifer Nettles from Sugarland.

oh yeah, Aimee-Leigh Gemstone is a great one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OowljuWOaac

Don’t forget this Canadian content from Degrassi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAlQ9whq8Hs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f8ol_fm7-o

And that time Joanie Loved Chachi on Happy Days and it turned into a whole spinoff show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq6VMEEabW8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4I6P0g7HUM

The Dregs of Humanity- "Sweaty Betty"

Light of Day by the Barbusters was a big song for me when I was a kid, because the video got a lot of play on Nick Rocks. I never saw the movie, but owned the soundtrack.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksrYQhFCOpg

Only recently learned that Trent Reznor has a brief scene in the movie, as part of the band The Problems, who are ridiculed by both Michael McKean and Michael J. Fox. The Problems were portrayed by the actual band he was in at the time, except that their real name was Exotic Birds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM0MmNjy97s

Megahertz - "She's Mean"

From the Weird Science TV show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yqq1zOyXvZI

Human Pudding - "Human Pudding" from Full House, who sound like a Van Halen wannabe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfHmctamVEA

Wow, the Megahertz embody a certain 1990s energy that I remember and loathed at the time. I didn't even know that show existed.

My brother and I were two of the five people who watched it

So glad someone mentioned The Dregs of Humanity. One of the all-time greatest American sitcom episodes

List fail: I submit Black Death!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSXHidwz2Ws

No idea what the song title is, but does it matter when you have Richard Pryor coming into American living rooms in 1977 dressed in proto-corpsepaint, giving drugs to the mostly white audience (including a young Sandra Bernhard who writer for the show), and then literally killing them all?

Hell yeah!

So glad someone mentioned The Dregs of Humanity. One of the all-time greatest American sitcom episodes

I was not aware of this sitcom… it sounds like a must-see! Apparently it is streaming on fuboTV, a service “Starting at $74.99/mo.”

(Oh snap – it’s free on “Crackle”)

i voted Archies “Sugar Sugar” bc you cannot deny the perfection also Andy Kim!

but man i almost voted Little Bit Alexis

34. "Fever Dog," Stillwater (ALMOST FAMOUS)

The best Stillwater song is Piggy-Back Ride.

Also, cant' forget Explöded Diper by Löded Diper

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQD_fanPkns