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Uncle Bonsai (Music)
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- 81 feature instances
- 6 referencing feature instances
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Uncle Bonsai is a quirky, irreverent contemporary folk trio from Seattle, Washington. The original members were acoustic guitarist/vocalist Andrew Ratshin and vocalists Arni Adler and Ashley O'Keefe, who was replaced in 2007 by singer/songwriter Patrice O'Neill of the Mel Cooleys. The band has been recording and performing since 1981, with a hiatus from '89-'98.Though perhaps best known for their cheerfully cynical, often vindictive comedic songs such as "Suzy", "Boys Want Sex in the Morning", and "Cheerleaders on Drugs", much of their music tackles serious and even somber subjects with tearjerking artistry. They also produced a Concept Album titled Doug in 2000, in collaboration with the Mel Cooleys.Their latest album, The Family Feast: The Study of the Human Condition, First World Problems, and the Lasting Physiological and Psychological Effects of Eating Our Young, is available on iTunes. | |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_129749df | type |
All Men Are Perverts | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_129749df | comment |
All Men Are Perverts: "Boys Want Sex in the Morning" | |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_129749df | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_16d8476f | type |
Protest Song | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_16d8476f | comment |
Protest Song: "Women with a 'Y' (Womyn)". A half-parodistic, half-sincere feminist rant. | |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_16d8476f | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_1d2400e9 | type |
Green-Eyed Monster | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_1d2400e9 | comment |
Green-Eyed Monster: "Anne" is a Sanity Slippage Song sung by someone, probably a rival mother, who is is insanely jealous of perfect homemaker Anne. | |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_1d2400e9 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_1f37a427 | type |
Face on the Cover | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_1f37a427 | comment |
Face on the Cover: Well, half of his face, anyway.note Actually a photo of young Andrew | |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) | hasFeature |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_1f37a427 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_22a59b45 | type |
Self-Harm | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_22a59b45 | comment |
Self-Harm: "Skin Deep" seems to be about cutting. | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_22a59b45 | featureApplicability |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_22a59b45 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_23781532 | type |
Ironic Name | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_23781532 | comment |
Ironic Name: Invoked. When Andrew performs solo, he bills himself and his acoustic guitar as "The Electric Bonsai Band". | |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_23781532 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_23b0d78 | type |
Title Track | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_23b0d78 | comment |
Title Track: "Boys Want Sex in the Morning", "A Lonely Grain of Corn", and "The Grim Parade". Myn ynd Wymyn contains both "Men and Women" and "Women with a 'Y' (Womyn)". | |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_23b0d78 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_26cce216 | type |
Age-Progression Song | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_26cce216 | comment |
Age-Progression Song: Parodied in the second chorus of "Doug's First Date". | |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_26cce216 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_26e7f210 | type |
This Is My Side | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_26e7f210 | comment |
This Is My Side: "There Is a Line". | |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_26e7f210 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_2e3a46ba | type |
Second Coming | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_2e3a46ba | comment |
Second Coming: Discussed/parodied when Doug's mom starts going a little overboard in her adoration of her new son. | |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_2e3a46ba | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_2f1596b1 | type |
Food Songs Are Funny | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_2f1596b1 | comment |
Food Songs Are Funny: "Chubby Wanna Sundae?", which actually gets pretty dark. | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_2f1596b1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) | hasFeature |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_2f1596b1 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_2f551929 | type |
Ode to Intoxication | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_2f551929 | comment |
Ode to Intoxication: As part of the bandwagon motif, the Drunken Song "Meet Me Under the Table". | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_2f551929 | featureApplicability |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_2f551929 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_347c2 | type |
Inkblot Test | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_347c2 | comment |
Inkblot Test: "Bat" is about a very obviously guilty person trying to avoid giving themself away while answering one of these. | |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_347c2 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_34d7d9b | type |
Things That Go "Bump" in the Night | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_34d7d9b | comment |
Things That Go "Bump" in the Night: "The Monster in the Closet" is all about this. It's a pair of parents emotionally manipulating their child by "lovingly" warning them about the many monsters lurking in the house. | |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_34d7d9b | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_35ae7226 | type |
Everyone Hates Mimes | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_35ae7226 | comment |
Everyone Hates Mimes: Inverted. "Precious Mime" is a Silly Love Song to a mime. | |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_35ae7226 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_42c9a131 | type |
Appeal to Worse Problems | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_42c9a131 | comment |
Appeal to Worse Problems: From "Don't Put It in Your Mouth": | |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) | hasFeature |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_42c9a131 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_44cf7d2c | type |
Incredibly Long Note | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_44cf7d2c | comment |
Incredibly Long Note: Andy at the end of "I Like Girls". As well as some clearly looped "ooo"-ing in the beginning of "Go to Sleep". | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_44cf7d2c | featureApplicability |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) | hasFeature |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_44cf7d2c | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_4b1ca7d2 | type |
Genre Roulette | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_4b1ca7d2 | comment |
Genre Roulette: Invoked. They try to do a song (parody) of every genre. | |
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1.0 | |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) | hasFeature |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_4b1ca7d2 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_53224e46 | type |
Bookends | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_53224e46 | comment |
Bookends: The first and last verses of "Charlie and Me" begin with "Charlie comes up from downtown". | |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) | hasFeature |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_53224e46 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_561dab6b | type |
Mistaken for Gay | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_561dab6b | comment |
Mistaken for Gay: "I Like Girls" is about how Andrew is frequently this. | |
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1.0 | |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) | hasFeature |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_561dab6b | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_5924ccb2 | type |
"I Am Great!" Song | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_5924ccb2 | comment |
"I Am Great!" Song: "Doug's Birthday Song" and "Doug's First Job (The Crossing Guard)" are "Doug is great" songs from Doug's dangerously delusional mother. | |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) | hasFeature |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_5924ccb2 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_5dcb6101 | type |
Parental Love Song | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_5dcb6101 | comment |
Parental Love Song: "Doug's Birthday Song". | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_5dcb6101 | featureApplicability |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) | hasFeature |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_5dcb6101 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_648a4c38 | type |
"The Hero Sucks" Song | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_648a4c38 | comment |
"The Hero Sucks" Song: "Doug at Home (So Typical)" and both parts of "Doug's Divorce". | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_648a4c38 | featureApplicability |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) | hasFeature |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_648a4c38 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_66c4352d | type |
Self-Demonstrating Song | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_66c4352d | comment |
Self-Demonstrating Song: "Folk Song", which doubles as Heavy Meta for the genre. | |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) | hasFeature |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_66c4352d | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_6d332aea | type |
Driven to Suicide | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_6d332aea | comment |
Driven to Suicide: In "Isaac's Lament", a man kills himself when he hears his favorite TV show has been cancelled. | |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_6d332aea | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_6f77ef8e | type |
Anti-Love Song | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_6f77ef8e | comment |
Anti-Love Song: "Kill the Competition (A Love Song)". "Too Many Creeps", about disappointment with a series of bad hookups. "Charlie and Me", while not dark, is a deconstruction of the Silly Love Song. | |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_6f77ef8e | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_705148cf | type |
Location Song | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_705148cf | comment |
Location Song: "Send My Body Home" cycles through several of the states the band visited on their infamous RV tour—which were all terrible. | |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_705148cf | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_709d5e74 | type |
Parent Never Came Back from the Store | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_709d5e74 | comment |
Parent Never Came Back from the Store: The premise of "Where's the Milk?" | |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_709d5e74 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_796bd3 | type |
Celebrity Song | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_796bd3 | comment |
Celebrity Song: "Olivia Newton John", an unabashed fanboy ode. "Julie Andrews", a short and frankly bizarre little piece that w as probably made on drugs. "Lois Lane", a tragic ballad. "The Voice of God" turns into a rag on Elvis. | |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_796bd3 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_7f9bfc3f | type |
Human Mail | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_7f9bfc3f | comment |
Human Mail: A man in "Parcel Post" ships himself to his ex-girlfriend. | |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) | hasFeature |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_7f9bfc3f | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_85c0624d | type |
Lyric Swap | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_85c0624d | comment |
Lyric Swap: Many of their choruses are slightly different with each iteration. | |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_85c0624d | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_85f0f0fb | type |
World of Snark | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_85f0f0fb | comment |
World of Snark: Both Andrew and Arni, the primary songwriters, are incredibly cynical and dry-witted, which is clearly telegraphed by the music. | |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_85f0f0fb | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_8776162d | type |
Because I Said So | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_8776162d | comment |
Because I Said So: There's a lot of this in "Don't Put It in Your Mouth". | |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_8776162d | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_88359b23 | type |
Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_88359b23 | comment |
In "Doug's Divorce: Preamble", Delilah (who is leaving Doug) encourages him to move on once she's out of his life—even though she'll still give him alimony. | |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_88359b23 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_8970d739 | type |
The One That Got Away | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_8970d739 | comment |
The One That Got Away: "Where's the Milk?" features a woman whose husband walked out on her while out to buy milk ten years ago. And his sudden return. | |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_8970d739 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_8a205817 | type |
Phrase Salad Lyrics | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_8a205817 | comment |
Phrase Salad Lyrics: "The Devil You Know" seems to be this. | |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_8a205817 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_8ad0bc24 | type |
Something Blues | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_8ad0bc24 | comment |
Something Blues: "Ashley's Little Blues". | |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_8ad0bc24 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_8ae880f7 | type |
Deconstruction | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_8ae880f7 | comment |
"Charlie and Me", while not dark, is a deconstruction of the Silly Love Song. | |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_8ae880f7 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_952bcf83 | type |
The Phoenix | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_952bcf83 | comment |
The Phoenix: From "Skin Deep": | |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_952bcf83 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_a1a1491e | type |
Homage | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_a1a1491e | comment |
Homage: "Big Chihuahua" to The Cockroach Sisters. Subverted by Arnie's insistence that they're only doing it as part of the Bandwagon Motif—the Cockroach Sisters have, after all, been signed to a record label. | |
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-0.3 | |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_a1a1491e | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_a4c37cbe | type |
Mood Whiplash | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_a4c37cbe | comment |
Mood Whiplash: from "Isaac's Lament": | |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_a4c37cbe | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_a70223 | type |
Karma Houdini | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_a70223 | comment |
Karma Houdini: Doug's mother never receives any comeuppance for her damaging parenting. Invoked by Doug, who makes sure to straighten things out with the Rabbi before committing suicide to ensure he'll get to heaven. | |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_a70223 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_a7129d3b | type |
First World Problems | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_a7129d3b | comment |
First World Problems: Discussed in "Problems in the First World". | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_a7129d3b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_a7129d3b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) | hasFeature |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_a7129d3b | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_a7de3c30 | type |
Anti-Christmas Song | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_a7de3c30 | comment |
Anti-Christmas Song: "Doug's Greatest Christmas Ever", in which he's the only one keeping the office running through Christmas because he's "the company Jew." | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_a7de3c30 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_a7de3c30 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) | hasFeature |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_a7de3c30 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_a90fff3 | type |
Based on a True Story | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_a90fff3 | comment |
Based on a True Story: Andy and Arni frequently draw from their own—purported—experiences in writing the songs. Arni claims to have failed cheerleading tryouts in eighth grade, causing both the bitterness and the impressive retention of cheer lyrics that became "Cheerleaders on Drugs". "I Like Girls", in which Andy comes out as straight, seems to be based on a real interaction he had with a man at a bar. | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_a90fff3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_a90fff3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) | hasFeature |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_a90fff3 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_ad1db87c | type |
Oh, Crap! | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_ad1db87c | comment |
Oh, Crap!: When Doug realizes he is not, in fact, in Heaven. | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_ad1db87c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_ad1db87c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) | hasFeature |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_ad1db87c | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_ae853f28 | type |
Parody | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_ae853f28 | comment |
Parody: "A Day Old Whale" of reggae music. | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_ae853f28 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_ae853f28 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) | hasFeature |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_ae853f28 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_b28a8d0a | type |
Break-Up Song | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_b28a8d0a | comment |
Break-Up Song: Both parts of "Doug's Divorce" from Delilah. | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_b28a8d0a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_b28a8d0a | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_b5049d76 | type |
Added Alliterative Appeal | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_b5049d76 | comment |
Added Alliterative Appeal: | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_b5049d76 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_b5049d76 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) | hasFeature |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_b5049d76 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_b53077b3 | type |
Take That! | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_b53077b3 | comment |
Take That!: most of their songs, honestly "Cheerleaders on Drugs", to the insipid squad that rejected Arni in eighth grade. "Johnny It's Downhill from Here" to all those perfect people who are gonna be eating out of trash cans in ten years. We wish. "Half of the People" to religious folks. "Me and Mrs. Middle America" to middle-Americans. "Rich Kids" to . . . shaddup. | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_b53077b3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_b53077b3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) | hasFeature |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_b53077b3 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_b567a0b1 | type |
Wanderlust Song | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_b567a0b1 | comment |
Wanderlust Song: Parodied. Young Doug wants to go to town, but his mother imposes so many ridiculous restrictions on the trip (including not crossing the street) that he sadly concludes, "I think I'm staying home". | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_b567a0b1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) | hasFeature |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_b567a0b1 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_b58c51d8 | type |
My Beloved Smother | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_b58c51d8 | comment |
My Beloved Smother: Doug's mom is wildly overprotective and controlling. | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_b58c51d8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_b58c51d8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) | hasFeature |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_b58c51d8 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_b82ca416 | type |
Rage Against the Heavens | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_b82ca416 | comment |
Rage Against the Heavens: Downplayed. Doug isn't enraged by his treatment in the afterlife, just miffed that there isn't any bacon. | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_b82ca416 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_b82ca416 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) | hasFeature |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_b82ca416 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_b903671c | type |
Emergency Multifaith Prayer | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_b903671c | comment |
Emergency Multifaith Prayer: In "Doug at the Gates of Hell", Doug requests that his family perform some non-Jewish rites for him "Just in case I wasn't chosen / And the Catholics were right." | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_b903671c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) | hasFeature |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_b903671c | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_c237b6b8 | type |
Folk Music | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_c237b6b8 | comment |
Folk Music: One acoustic guitar, three high vocalists, 100% awesome. | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_c237b6b8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_c237b6b8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) | hasFeature |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_c237b6b8 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_c2d07094 | type |
Blues | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_c2d07094 | comment |
Blues: "Ashley's Little Blues" and "Heartache". | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_c2d07094 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_c2d07094 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) | hasFeature |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_c2d07094 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_c391447c | type |
God Is Flawed | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_c391447c | comment |
God Is Flawed: Apparently "God" started the Earth as some sort of science experiment and never meant it to go this far. | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_c391447c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_c391447c | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_c49a9e3a | type |
Face on a Milk Carton | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_c49a9e3a | comment |
Face on a Milk Carton: Mentioned in "Where's the Milk?": | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_c49a9e3a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) | hasFeature |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_c49a9e3a | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_c4b74656 | type |
One-Woman Song | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_c4b74656 | comment |
One-Woman Song: "Suzy", "Lois Lane", "Julie Andrews", and "Olivia Newton John". | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_c4b74656 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_c4b74656 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) | hasFeature |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_c4b74656 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_c75df49a | type |
Shout-Out | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: "Doug's Divorce: Part 2, The TV" is riddled with them. | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_c75df49a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_c75df49a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) | hasFeature |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_c75df49a | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_c92a65bd | type |
Bitter Wedding Speech | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_c92a65bd | comment |
Bitter Wedding Speech: And again invoked in "I Never Learned How To Waltz": | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_c92a65bd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_c92a65bd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) | hasFeature |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_c92a65bd | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_d93c5989 | type |
Stepford Suburbia | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_d93c5989 | comment |
Stepford Suburbia: "Billboard Love" pokes fun at the kind of all-American suburban life touted by the advertising industry. | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_d93c5989 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_d93c5989 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) | hasFeature |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_d93c5989 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_d96e8b29 | type |
Rock Opera | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_d96e8b29 | comment |
Rock Opera: Technically more of a Rock Opera than a Concept Album, since it does tell the story of one life—it's just a really boring one. | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_d96e8b29 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_d96e8b29 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) | hasFeature |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_d96e8b29 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_dbc664dd | type |
Album Title Drop | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_dbc664dd | comment |
Album Title Drop: In the second chorus of "Doug's Birthday Song": | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_dbc664dd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_dbc664dd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) | hasFeature |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_dbc664dd | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_dbfd6b8 | type |
Lyrical Dissonance | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_dbfd6b8 | comment |
Lyrical Dissonance: Many of their songs are upbeat and jaunty and fun to sing along to—even when they're about suicide, cannibalism, or schizophrenia. "The Monster in the Closet" starts off fairly creepy, but after the first stanza, it launches into a jaunty banjo tune. | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_dbfd6b8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) | hasFeature |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_dbfd6b8 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_dd51740f | type |
P.O.V. Sequel | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_dd51740f | comment |
POV Sequel Song: Immediately after "Doug Gets Married", which is from Doug's Mom's perspective, comes "Delilah Gets Married (I Never Learned How to Waltz)", which explored the bride's experience of the wedding. | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_dd51740f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) | hasFeature |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_dd51740f | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_df01f397 | type |
"When I'm Gone" Song | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_df01f397 | comment |
"When I'm Gone" Song: In "Doug's Divorce: Preamble", Delilah (who is leaving Doug) encourages him to move on once she's out of his life—even though she'll still give him alimony. In "Doug at the Gates of Hell", Doug makes a series of requests of his loved ones from the afterlife. | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_df01f397 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_df01f397 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_df242ba9 | type |
Chronic Pet Killer | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_df242ba9 | comment |
"The Grim Parade" is about a family of Chronic Pet Killers. | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_df242ba9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) | hasFeature |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_df242ba9 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_df582b0b | type |
Continuity Snarl | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_df582b0b | comment |
Continuity Snarl: Some of the later Doug songs (a few of which were released on other albums) don't work so well together. Did Doug literally explode, as in "Doug at Home (So Typical)"? Did he survive, as suggested by "Doug at His Mom's"? Did he commit suicide only to be resuscitated, ala "Where's My Puppy (Doug's Ressurrection: Part One)"? And where the heck does "Doug at the Gates if Hell" fit in?note Doug remarried? He had kids?? Whaaaat? | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_df582b0b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_df582b0b | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_e3109dae | type |
Switching P.O.V. | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_e3109dae | comment |
Switching P.O.V.: There are songs from the perspective of Doug, his mom, Delilah, Doug's dog, God, Delilah's mom, and a third-person narrator. | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_e3109dae | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_e3109dae | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) | hasFeature |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_e3109dae | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_e313b4e7 | type |
Manchild | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_e313b4e7 | comment |
Manchild: Doug's mother treats him like a kid when he comes back home for the holidays. The fact that he watches TV all day while his wife is the major breadwinner suggests that she might not be remiss in that assessment. | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_e313b4e7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_e313b4e7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) | hasFeature |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_e313b4e7 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_e4afddee | type |
Midword Rhyme | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_e4afddee | comment |
Mid Word Rhyme: Especially frequent in "Splitting the Genes" and "Another Fat Song". | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_e4afddee | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) | hasFeature |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_e4afddee | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_e544021c | type |
Jazz | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_e544021c | comment |
Jazz: With the addition of the Mel Cooleys, the album took on a much jazxier vibe than previous works. | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_e544021c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_e544021c | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_e680af6f | type |
Grief Song | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_e680af6f | comment |
"The Fish Is in the Freezer" is a Grief Song from a child to its newly departed fish. | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_e680af6f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) | hasFeature |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_e680af6f | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_e91cc721 | type |
In the Style of | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_e91cc721 | comment |
In the Style of: "The Star-Spangled Banner" as Doo Wop?? Eine Kleine Nachtmusik A Cappella??? | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_e91cc721 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_e91cc721 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_eb24d076 | type |
Freud Was Right | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_eb24d076 | comment |
Freud Was Right: "Penis Envy", in which Ashley and Arni discuss the various advantages of having a penis, as well as all the things they would stick it in if they had one. | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_eb24d076 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_eb24d076 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_ee9bf817 | type |
Sanity Slippage Song | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_ee9bf817 | comment |
Sanity Slippage Song: "Anne"—complete with insane laughter. | |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_ee9bf817 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_f0f4b47 | type |
Vocal Tag Team | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_f0f4b47 | comment |
Vocal Tag Team: Most of their music features all three singing, with each taking turns soloing particular songs. | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_f0f4b47 | featureApplicability |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_f0f4b47 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_f9f2c33 | type |
Running Gag | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_f9f2c33 | comment |
Running Gag: "This is a true love song." | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_f9f2c33 | featureApplicability |
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Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_f9f2c33 | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_fd94c4ac | type |
Theme Naming | |
Uncle Bonsai (Music) / int_fd94c4ac | comment |
Theme Naming: The original trio: Andy, Arni, and Ashley. | |
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