History Music / BarenakedLadies

--> Leave your heart / Lay down your art / You're here for the party / Smile and wave / [[HsrsherInHindsight Try to behave]] / Be happy that they've / Made you a celebrity

* TheBandMinusTheFace: Steven, although the jury is still out and [[YourMileageMayVary mileages will probably vary]] anyway.

* SoMyKidsCanWatch: Several examples, actually. In addition to ''Snacktime!!'', there's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtXoKOwTo2M "The Ballad of Gordon"]], an {{Anvilicious}} yet catchy PSA the band did very early in their career. They've also contributed songs to other children's compilations.

* If I had a million dollars

** "In the Drink". An easy-going, jazzy little song in which Jim Creeggan declares, [[NightmareFuel "I want to drink your blood"]].

* The Insomniac: "Who Needs Sleep?"

* YokoOhNo: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] and justified in their first song, "Be My Yoko Ono."

* VocalTagTeam, before Steven Page left the band.

* YokoOhNo: Discussed and justified in their first song, "Be My Yoko Ono."

->"At the height of the [[Music/{{Nirvana}} grunge]] [[Music/PearlJam revolution]], we were strumming on our old banjos and singing about macaroni. It felt like we were the ones being daring.

* OneOfUs: Ed has stated that one of the reasons he was able to write the theme for ''TheBigBangTheory'' is because science was one of his favorite subjects in school when he was growing up. He also knows the guys at RoosterTeeth and has helped them out with videos they did to help promote the custom content system for ''CityOfHeroes''.
** And, he was Captain Flowers in ''RedVsBlue''.

* DidNotDoTheResearch "The History Of Everything" (aka ''TheBigBangTheory'' Theme Song) contains the one line "the autotrophs began to drool". Autotrophs are, by definition, organisms which create their own food (usually via [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosynthesis photosynthesis]], but also [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemosynthesis chemosynthesis]] and even [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiotrophic_fungus radiosynthesis]]). Autotrophs do not need to eat other organisms, and therefore have no need of saliva to aid in digesting those organisms, thus rendering them ''fundamentally incapable'' of drooling!
** One could argue that that's [[CompletelyMissingThePoint the entire point]] of the joke.

->"At the height of the [[Music/{{Nirvana}} grunge]] [[PearlJam revolution]], we were strumming on our old banjos and singing about macaroni. It felt like we were the ones being daring.

* DidNotDoTheResearch "The History Of Everything" (aka ''TheBigBangTheory'' Themesong) contains the one line "the autotrophs began to drool". Autotrophs are, by definition, organisms which create their own food (usually via [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosynthesis photosynthesis]], but also [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemosynthesis chemosynthesis]] and even [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiotrophic_fungus radiosynthesis]]). Autotrophs do not need to eat other organisms, and therefore have no need of saliva to aid in digesting those organisms, thus rendering them ''fundamentally incapable'' of drooling!

** "Pinch Me", "Another Postcard", "The Big Bang Theory Theme", and "Four Seconds" also qualify. "Testing 1, 2, 3" even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this, possibly expressing some frustration at the fact that their songs without "a bunch of really fast rhymes" don't seem to get as much attention.

* OneOfUs: Ed has stated that one of the reasons he was able to write the theme for ''TheBigBangTheory'' is because science was one of his favorite subjects in school when he was growing up. He also knows the guys at RoosterTeeth and has helped them out with videos they did to help promote the custom content system for CityOfHeroes.

->"At the height of the [[{{Nirvana}} grunge]] [[PearlJam revolution]], we were strumming on our old banjos and singing about macaroni. It felt like we were the ones being daring.

* BandOfRelatives: Bassist Jim Kreeggan and former pianist[=/=]percussionist Andy Kreeggan are brothers.

* VisualPun: In the video for "Alternative Girlfriend", there's a scene where they [[SmashingPumpkins smash a whole bunch of pumpkins.]]

* IntercourseWithYou: A few rare depressing examples including "In the Car" (a song about two people having sex despite no emotional connection) and "Conventioneers" (about a man hiring a prostitute while away on business).

* NonindicativeName: The band is ''actually'' comprised entirely of fully-clothed men.

-->"At the height of the [[{{Nirvana}} grunge]] [[PearlJam revolution]], we were strumming on our old banjos and singing about macaroni. It felt like we were the ones being daring.
-->''Barenaked Ladies, on their song "Alternative Girlfriend"''