Feb 2022 humor jazz ballad week1challenge biab
Week 1 Challenge: Body Part
I haven't written a song since summer, and this is what I get? Oh, well....
I do my best thinking in the shower, so as I lather up, contemplating the Week 1 Challenge, I realize the topic is literally in the palm of my hand.
The last verse was intended as a throwaway, only there to get a click-bait song title. But FAWM magic occurred and it presents as a cri de coeur for humanity's need to be unique and special. And it makes me laugh
Do Apes Have Pubes?
© Mark Greenberg February 2, 2022
Frank Sinatra sang a song about a laughing face
What if his attention was upon a different place?
Would it come across as crude
To sing of Nancy, Nancy with the curly pubes?
Be it landing strip, a heart-shaped trim
Or a tumble in the jungle, I’m all in
So what if the carpet don’t match the drapes
I say that’s a choice, not a mistake
Wild as a Yeti, shaved or dyed
Rainbow-colored to show your pride
Everybody has the right to choose
How to customize your pubes
I’d like to know, How many of those shaggy bearded anti-vaxxers
Are secretly Brazilian waxers, I’d like to know
Remember : Friday’s shave is Monday’s stubble
You get to rubbing that could spell trouble
Lady care or manscaping require
Steady maintenance or it soon feels like wire
Consider if you will: I Googled this, “Do apes have pubes?”
So forgive me for presuming
If we share with apes both tools and pubic hair
What’s exactly left that makes us human?
I’ve just got to keep believing
It takes much more than pubic hair to make a human being
I’ve just got to keep believing
It takes much more than pubic hair to make a human being
@hoppiern Mar 2022
Lol I’m finally catching up with some FAWM listening - this cracked me up - pairing the jazz lounge vibe with these lyrics created quite an amazing result!
@berni1954 Feb 2022
No wonder you got my Trigger Warning pun! This is hilarious!
Oh and:
"How many of those shaggy bearded anti-vaxxers
Are secretly Brazilian waxers"
This takes first prize for a rhyme this FAWM surely?
Perfect "Vegas" song format for these lyrics that would have you drummed out of Vegas, if not taken for a ride by the local Mafia :-)
PS On the subject matter, "I am all in" too :-)
@cleanshoes Feb 2022
Ha! I love the lazy jazz behind these musing lyrics. Thanks for the laugh!
@aaroneis Feb 2022
I had to listen to this on title alone!
I was really surprised with the Jazzy rendition of such a crazy song. I bet you had a fun time coming up with all the pubic rhymes. Especially loved “Antivaxxers” and “Brazilian Waxers”!
@williamjames Feb 2022
Man. This style is just perfectly sarcastic for this type of song! This was a hilarious listen.
@tamsnumber4 Feb 2022
I think the vocal and melody style really were clever to pair with this lyric. Amusing musings and lots of fun!
@colgoo Feb 2022
Well, interesting response to the week one challenge….makes what I am writing for that one seem a bit tame….
You really took advantage of that BIAB! Witty lyrics.
@the3queens Feb 2022
ROTFL!! "I googled this, do apes have pubes?" And now I'm gonna have to Google it too, like the "can you lick your elbow?" challenge. The lyrical imagery is impeccable. So. Many. Choices.
@nancyrost Feb 2022
Hey, is this about me?!?!?!
Funny musings here, love the way it meanders, and the smooth jazz stylings you set it to!
@standup Feb 2022
That's a choice, not mistake. Love it. And bearded Brazilian waxers. Dang. I had not ever gone there. Thanks for that.
Love the piano and bass. Tom Waits could do this one justice, you should send it to him.
@mikehex Feb 2022
It made me laugh too, though if we accepted apes as equals would that be so terrible?
@jessicagraae Feb 2022
Yeah. Not safe for work. Maybe it's good we've had so much free time to wonder about odd things?
@writeandwrong Feb 2022
lol LMFAO this is hysterical!! I don't think I've ever spent so much time contemplating pubes!! LOL Fantastic flow from beginning to end. Very well written and performed! I think this is my favorite of yours!! Excellent work!! Thanks for commenting on the cat lyric. They'd better not rip my Rockmount Womens Pink 100% Cotton Embroidered Fringe Western Shirt! :D
@richaaaay Feb 2022
Liking the jazzy flow of this. Lyrically, you’ve got more courage than I do. Glad you took this one on. Entertaining for sure.
@mikeb Feb 2022
LOL!! You're hitting below the belt on this one, Mark! I was surprised by the old-timey jazz singer sound on this one.
Your 2022 FAWM is off to a fun start!
@leepat Feb 2022
funny, if rambling at times.
the pride and the waxers are among my favourites, and the end gives you a good premise to work off of to possibly tighten things up.
what indeed makes us more than just apes?
@derekburle Feb 2022
Delightful