Lighten Up!

Four Songs Performed with Tongue in Cheek

“Don’t take life so serious, son…it ain’t no how permanent.

— Porky Pine, in the comic strip “Pogo,” 1950

Recently, Noah Levy described how the ultra angsty group Muse pulled a practical joke on an unsuspecting Italian TV show, which led me to wonder “If Muse can have a laugh at themselves, maybe we all should.” A few songs popped into mind to show how (as the Firesign Theatre observed), we’re all Bozos on this bus.