The American Songbook: Redacted Comedy Special
Schoolhouse Rock meets The Daily Show, with a little classic MTV thrown in! Rob Paravonian’s new comedy special features music videos of songs satirizing US History and culture, with joke-filled and graphics-fueled monologues to set them up. It’s different, original, and weird. And it’s very Rob P.
This is the studio version of the live stage show Rob took to Fringe Festivals and theaters in NYC, with the lush arrangements and song production from the studio album (available at bandcamp! https://robprocks.bandcamp.com/album/...)
Time/table of contents below:
0:00-1:30 Prologue
1:30-3:45 Were Those Really the Days?
3:45-6:04 Satanic Panic Intro
6:04-9:35 Satanic Panic
9:35-12:35 William Miller and The Great Disappointment Intro
12:35-16:06 The Great Disappointment
16:06-18:37 National Anthems
18:37-20:55 Alternate Anthem
20:55-21:43 Adam Smith and the Invisible Hand Intro
21:43-24:46 The Invisible Hand
24:46-25:00 Break 1
25:00-26:51 Henry Ford & Jazz
26:51-29:12 Beep! Beep! Outta the Way!
29:12-30:58 Stephen Foster
30:58-33:28 Plug Your Ears and Sing!
33:28-34:26 Western Music and the Frontier Myth
34:26-37:24 The People Who Were Already Here (The Cowboy Song)
37:24-37-36 Break 2
37:36-38:00 Sunshine Pop!
38:00-40:34 Corporations Are People Too!
40:34-42:57 Muscular Christianity and masculinity crises
42:57-46:45 Work That Bod!
46:45-48:51 The 90s. The 1990s
48:51-52:12 The Ballad of Lou Pearlman
52:12-56:53 Epilogue/Credits