Viral comedian Kyle Gordon stops by The Vinyl Pad to talk about how to make a funny song, social media as a platform, meeting Weird Al and much more.

CHAPTERS

(00:00) Intro

(00:36) How Do you Make a Funny Song

(03:42) Nu Metal resurgence

(07:46) Weird Al polka

(08:52) Early Recorded Comedy

(10:58) Writing for visual gags

(12:01) What songs get a music video

(13:03) How much has social media changed the game

(14:15) What made him viral

(16:16) What took so long

(18:56) Musician or comedian first?

(20:26) Music Production

(23:53) We Will Never Die

(26:19) Loss of the Monoculture

(27:52) What won't he do

(29:58) Using genre to make fun of itself

(31:06) Instrumental funny music?

(32:25) Future genre parodies

(35:09) Comedy movie vehicle

(37:22) Milli Vanilli

(38:52) Meeting Weird Al

(43:25) Use of swears in his music

(44:44) Early influences

(45:31) Who was funny in his family?

(46:47) Pressure to get a normal job?

(47:24) New Order

(49:25) His vinyl collection

(50:08) Favorite Beatles Album

(51:32) Elvis impersonator

(52:23) Dream Collaborations

(54:09) Outro