The FuMP

From our recently released album "Live in Germany." During these shows, our MST3Kover of "Rocket Men" went over way better than expected, so we abandoned our planned encore song and blew the dust off this one.

I see them everywhere and I don't believe them.

One of the (many) disadvantages of being a musician of a certain age is that musical trends of yesteryear often return, like jury duty or inflation, and only serve to remind you how much you hated them the first time. OTOH, the whole Yacht Rock thing...we actually thought that music was pretty darn good, with or without irony. Hence today's selection, which marks not only our first voyage on the smooth seas of Yacht Rock, but our first attempt at an artist style parody. Capturing the vocal style of our chosen artist (if we have to say who, we've entirely failed) was the single factor preventing me from unleashing this years ago, because I knew it couldn't be done without the perfect voice. We are thrilled to feature vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Rick Cowling, whose own yacht-club pedigree with acts such as Kenny Loggins and Ambrosia stands above reproach. And Mrs. Cowling - actress/singer Sherry Hursey - was kind enough to help out on some high notes. Hope you enjoy the cruise! Rick Cowling - lead and background vocals, funky guitar, tambourine Sherry Hursey - background vocals Bob Emmet - keyboards, bass, rhythm stuff, and mixing (music and Mai Tais).

Stinky people are everywhere! (That's not news.) And now we (I mean THEY) have an anthem! Music: Huey Lewis Words: SG and Niamh Bagnell Guitars, drums, bass, keys, vocals, arrangement, production: SG Voices: Kendra Shepherd, Walter Cherry, Carla Ulbrich, Joe Giacoio

In 1992, while recording Poor Man's Copyright (what most people know as "The Rand and Adam Tape") we improvised a song called "Baby's Head," mostly because we had 15 songs, and wanted to put out a tape with an even number of songs on each side. This is not a song we were particularly proud of, but a certain segment of our fanbase really took a shine to it. While many songs from this tape have been recorded "for real" in the subsequent years, this is one that we always swore we'd never rerecord -- mostly because of our belief that whatever charm the song had was due to its improvisational nature. This has caused the song to take on an unearned infamy, and we've spent the last 30 years amusingly flummoxed when people ask us to play this one live. Over the last few months, we've been experimenting with creating live backing tracks -- using AI to strip the vocals from the songs -- and former Ookla member (and owner of Watchmen Studios) Doug White recently surprised us with this track. He went the other way, stripping our acoustic guitar from "Baby's Head" and adding new drums, bass, and electric guitars under our original vocals, maintaining the "integrity" of the original improvisation, while providing something much more listenable. So what you're listening to are vocals recorded in 1992 and instruments recorded in 2024. Enjoy!

This is a stoner rock song called 'Stoner Rock' about stoner rock in the style of stoner rock. Self-referential humor at its finest... or at least at its most repetitive. It is stoner rock after all. Written, performed, recorded, and produced by Mike Bolly

Luke Ski originally wanted to do this song but gave it up as soon as he heard Bonnie wanted it. This song is from the tribute album The FuMP Desecrates Tom Lehrer, available now in our store.

Song about being encouraged to leave my seat in a public place so that a woman can breast feed her baby in relative privacy.

It was bound to happen, with all the accordion-practicing I've been doing lately. Oh, you betcha. Music: Don Brewer Words, guitars, accordion, bass, drums, cowbell, vocals, arrangement, production: SG Tuba and backing vocals: Timothy J Weber

7-Up (parody of "Use Me Up" by Bill Withers) A song about disappointing drink choices. Lyrics and Singing by Joe J Thomas Copyright 2024, Joe J Thomas, Joe's Dump, JoesDump.com All Rights Reserved. Not a Quinn-Martin Production

Power Salad's entry in the "The FuMP Desecrates Tom Lehrer" tribute album. Being a huge fan of not only Mr Lehrer but also the great Danny Kaye, this one seemed a natural to do, in addition to the fact that it really deserved a full orchestral treatment like the original 1960 recordings. Care was taken to not only arrange the orchestral parts tastefully, but also to stea---uh, mimi-- erm, cop---INTERPRET the vocal performance of Mr Lehrer, down to the Russian bits, which I am told are real. I'll believe it when I see it. So here's "Lobachevsky", and as John Lennon once said on a Beatles Christmas record, "It's only cheap...." Chris Mezzolesta on vocal, Cossacks, tambourine & keyboards/programming.

A Princess Bride tribute parody to "Unbelievable" by EMF New lyrics by Jeff Whitmire Vocals by Jeff Whitmire and Aaron Becker Mixed by Aaron Becker

Yeah, we don't know either.

A song for anyone who gets annoyed at online opinion pieces that are structured as if there is actual objective data to consult when creating listicles. Also, Star Trek! From our new album Live in Germany.

Right-wingers cite 'the Good Book' to justify their attacks on women, LGBTQ+, diversity and inclusion, and anything they don't like. But it turns out they're skipping all sorts of other biblical stuff they should be following if they really think our laws should be based on a 2,000-year-old textbook.

Ever get wrong lyrics stuck in your head to a song and then the melody changes and it doesn't make any sense and Faye Dunaway is there? Uh, what, no me neither.

The Modern Prometheus is the culmination of 16 years of comedy music making, and serves as the over-the-top, big prog-rock album ending to our final record. It originally began life as an improv around a couple of drum loops, haphazardly attempting to recount the plot of Frankenstein from memory. While the original version appears on our album from last year, this special orchestra accompanied version was written in celebration of The Thumbnuts joining The FuMP. Credits: Music, Instrumentation, and Production: Trevor Cochran Vocals: Gus Pewe, Trevor Cochran, Tommy Colangelo Lyrics by: Gus Pewe, Trevor Cochran Additional Guitar: Glenn Horne Orchestral Arrangement: Danny Farley Samples Taken from: Beetle Adventure Racing (1999), Frankenstein (1931) Interpolations from: "The God that Failed" by Metallica (1991), "Finally Free" by Dream Theater (1999)

At Starbucks (StarChucks) (parody of "On Broadway" by George Benson) In the mood for some Coffee? Why not try Starbucks, er... StarChucks? Copyright 2023 Joe J Thomas, Joe's Dump, JoesDump.com All Rights Reserved. Not a Quinn-Martin Production.

As part of my ongoing project to write short, dumb songs...here's this one, mildly based on a true story. Mixing and mastering by TV's Kyle.

You've a tribute album out For an artist with fans devout How does your site entice them all to buy? Obnoxiously! Obnoxiously! Obnoxious...l-y! ...This isn't that song, though, it's this one - the second song this week from "The FuMP Desecrates Tom Lehrer," available even as we speak right here, Vocals, backing vocals, programming, and production by Shoebox Written, of course, by Tom Lehrer