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| - Every Ape and His Brother is the stage name for the guy who runs Dozerfleet Productions, and the term also serves as an imprint of Dozerfleet Records which stores parody lyrics to a lot of songs. The song lyrics are grouped into "albums," which are collections of (usually) 10 songs each. Also, "Every Ape" is its own little story. Each album is a different chapter in a greater Story Arc. The story begins when someone calls someone else up to a red carpet meeting, stating "every ape and his brother will be there." This becomes more true than anyone predicted. Each album is titled after a different creature that shows up to the red carpet meeting. First in line is Morbid! The Horrendous Hobo!!!, followed by Elefante Elegante Interesante Importante (apparently a cross between Al Capone and Babar.) Songs on each album range in topic greatly, but generally deal with a common theme of an Everything Trying to Kill You Death World. It is like "Weird Al" Yankovic, but with a pinch of Bloodier and Gorier Sadist Show tendencies. Each song is told from the singer's point of view; but it's a different character each time. Singer characters range from the Righteous Prophet nobody believes to the sadistic Mad Bomber to a doomed victim to a random deranged killer who is cruel to animals. Black Comedy is the rule, though it sometimes borders on Dead Baby Comedy. Every now and then, a breather song will show up. These songs often mock commercialism, or revert to a more traditional Weird Al theme of imagining the artist singing about a topic they would never actually sing about. Most of the songs are lyrical parodies, but the occasional style parody makes its way into the mix as well. "Once I'm Gone," for example, is a style parody of Daughtry and Nickelback; while bearing completely original lyrics. The song collection can be found at its home page on DozerfleetWiki; but most of the song collection is also available at AmIRight.com.
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