Line #13 Music/JBO


1	''J.B.O.'' is a German fun rock/metal band from Erlangen, Franconia. For quite some time a lot if not the majority of their songs [[CreatorProvincialism made reference to their being from Erlangen]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsDs-V3Y9TE this one]] is probably the most "Erlangen" song they ever made) and it is still one of the first things people in Germany associate with the town. A good part of their songs are parodies of well-known rock/pop/metal/whatever songs. Or {{Theme Song}}s, like Franchise/TheSmurfs' one. Or NurseryRhymes. However, just like Music/WeirdAlYankovic tends to make a polka or at least a more polka-ish rendition out of (almost) everything he touches, JBO have a tendency to amp up the guitars and make the song a bit more "heavy" than the original, especially if their material used to be Schlager, Pop or some similar "soft" style of music. While their style is rather distinctive, there are a lot of songs that are not really similar to their work at all that are falsely attributed to them, even on Website/YouTube. Basically, if it's funny and sung in German, chances are it has been falsely ascribed to JBO. Chances get higher with any mention of alcohol, drunkenness or laziness. This of course has also happened to Alber Yankovic quite a bit.
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3	The name was supposed to mean "James Blast Orchester", parodying James Last, but is only used in the abbreviated form for legal reasons.
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5	!!Examples:
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7	* AddictionSong: "Diggin' The Nose" is about being addicted to nose-picking and even compares it to cigarettes, cocaine and heroin.
8	* AntiLoveSong: "Liebe ist süß".
9	* BlackComedyRape: The group's take on "Bolle" heavily implies that Bolle, after dying and going to paradise, proceeds to rape an angel.
10	* BlindIdiotTranslation:
11	** [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] and [[ExaggeratedTrope exaggerated]] with the album ''Explizite Lyrik''. In the middle of the cover is a black and white sticker reading "Parentales Advisorium -- Explizite Lyrik". This is of course the typical "Parental Advisory -- Explicit Lyrics" ContentWarning sticker translated word by word to whichever language each word came from and then Germanized. The outcome of this attempt at a more-than-literal translation is extremely stilted "German".
12	** The entirety of the Music/{{Scorpions\|Band}} [[SongParody parody]] "Skorpione -- Vom Winde verdreht", down to the cry "Bist du fertig, Säugling?" ("Are you ready, baby?")
13	* TheCameo: "Music/RunningWild play Music/RunningWild", part of ''Meister der Music'', are Music/RunningWild [[AsHimself AsThemselves]].
14	* ContentWarnings: [[ParodiedTrope Lampooned]] by the BlindIdiotTranslation of the MoralGuardians-enforced "Explicit Lyrics" sticker on the ''Explizite Lyrik'' cover. And half-PlayedStraight by an ''actual'' content warning at the bottom of the cover.
15	* CreatorProvincialism: J.B.O. love to sing about their hometown of Erlangen, and they do it in such a way that you have to be at least Franconian to even get what they're singing about.
16	* HomesicknessHymn: "Büchenbacher Damm", the [[SongParody parody]] of Music/JohnDenver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads" at the end of "Kuschelmetal", is this even more than the original.
17	* IAmSong: "J.B.O.", natch. Also "Fahrende Musikanten".
18	* InTheStyleOf:
19	** Nicole's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnjahffO7eI Ein bisschen Frieden]] in the style of Music/{{Rammstein}} doubles as LyricalDissonance (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmYxvjR7ZsI)
20	** The titular tracks on ''Meister der Musik'' are fake commercials for a music compilation of famous songs covered by famous musicians and bands. Some are only hinted, but some are actually demo'd, for example Udo Lindenberg singing "Without You" by Nilsson ([[CoveredUp credited to]] Music/MariahCarey), "Sepp Mosch und seine Original Egerlinge" covering "In League With Satan" by Music/{{Venom}} or Blümchen covering "Paranoid" by Music/BlackSabbath.
21	* LeadBassist: In "Könige", Schmitti tells us what he'd do if he was this, and [[SelfDemonstratingSong the song demonstrates it]].
22	* LyricalDissonance:
23	** The aforementioned piece-themed, but Music/{{Rammstein}}-styled Nicole schlager.
24	** "Gänseblümchen" ("daisies") is another prominent example, being a love song that sounds really aggressive (except for the bridge, which inverts it).
25	* {{Medley}}: "Kuschelmetal". The title pokes fun at the popular ''Kuschel Rock'' series of soft rock/soft pop compilations, and the song itself is a string of SpeedMetal covers of all kinds of songs, including but not limited to "Sailing" by Music/RodStewart, "Dust In The Wind" by Music/{{Kansas}}, "Yellow Submarine" by Music/TheBeatles, the shanty "What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor" and a German (read: Franconian) [[SongParody parody]] of "Take Me Home, Country Roads" by Music/JohnDenver.
26	* MinisculeRocking: Can be found throughout "Explizite Lyrik".
27	** "Eistee's Mainzelcount" which is Music/BodyCount [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] the Mainzelmännchen.
28	** "Skorpione -- Vom Winde verdreht" which is "Rock You Like A Hurricane" by the Music/{{Scorpions\|Band}} translated into German.
29	** "Diggin' The Nose" which is a Music/BruceSpringsteen SongParody.
30	** "Rache!" which is a [[SongParody parody]] on the Music/{{Commodores}}' "Nightshift".
31	* OdeToIntoxication:
32	** The Eddy Grant [[SongParody parody]] "Gimme Dope Jo'anna", especially with the over-the-top studio-fu near the end.
33	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-z-7em93QI "Fränkisches Bier"]] (Franconian beer) to the tune of "Griechischer Wein" by Udo Jürgens - really, at that point they should be getting money from some breweries.
34	* NobodyLovesTheBassist: Schmitti's complaint in "Könige" which leads to a SelfDemonstratingSong.
35	* NonAppearingTitle:
36	** "Schlumpfozid im Stadtgebiet", a [[SongParody parody]] on Vader Abraham's ''[[Franchise/TheSmurfs Smurfs]]'' song.
37	** "Ejaculatio praecox" is a [[SongParody parody]] on Music/{{Nirvana}}'s "[[Music/NevermindAlbum Smells Like Teen Spirit]]" and repeats its use of the trope. It helps that the title is in Latin, and the song itself is in German.
38	** "Diggin' The Nose (Hier bohrt der Boss noch selbst)" is another German song with a (partly) non-German tile.
39	** The love song {{Deconstruction}} "Liebe ist süß".
40	* NoseNuggets: "Diggin' The Nose", [[SongParody parodying]] [[Music/BruceSpringsteen "Born in the USA"]].
41	* NurseryRhyme: "Schlaf, Kindlein, schlaf", but it's sung upon "[[Music/MetallicaAlbum Enter Sandman]]" by Music/{{Metallica}}.
42	* PainfulRhyme: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in "Skorpione -- Vom Winde verdreht".
43	-->Hier ich bint
44	-->Rock dich wie a Wirbelwind
45	-->Hier wir sind, äh
46	-->Rocken dich wie vier Wirbelwinde
47	* ProductPlacement: Kitzmann-Bier would be largely unknown outside of Franconia, weren't it for J.B.O.
48	* RagingStiffie: "Walk with an erection" (a [[SongParody parody]] on "Walk like an Egyptian" by Music/TheBangles). In a public swimming pool, of all places.
49	* RealMenWearPink: They have a liking for the color, you just have to take a look at their CD covers.
50	* ReReleaseTheSong: "Ein guter Tag zum Sterben" to the point of becoming a RunningGag.
51	* RunningGag:
52	** "Ein guter Tag zum Sterben" became this because [[ReReleaseTheSong it kept re-appearing]] on J.B.O.'s earlier releases.
53	** Beer from Paris being terrible. And blatant ProductPlacement for Kitzmann-Bier.
54	* SelfDemonstratingSong: In the second verse of "Könige", bassist Schmitti Schmittschmitt complains that NobodyLovesTheBassist and demands the guitars be quieter and his bass be louder--which promptly happens.
55	* SongParody: Lots and lots, usually but not always on songs that aren't even Metal (or not hard at all).
56	* SongStyleShift:
57	** "Kuschelmetal" is mostly SpeedMetal, but it's interrupted for a deliberately bad acoustic version of "My Bonnie" with stupid German lyrics.
58	** The two "Medtl-Gschdanzls" are acoustic during the vocal parts and increasingly metal during the instrumental parts.
59	* StudioChatter: "Liebe ist süß" ends abruptly after a few seconds, being displaced by some over-the-top extreme DeathMetal with {{Metal Scream}}ing and Guttural Growling for another few seconds before the studio hand who caused this accident is scolded and beaten up by the producer.
60	* SurprisinglyGentleSong: J.B.O.'s cover of "Ace Of Spades" by Music/{{Motorhead}} of all songs. They've turned it into an acoustic ballad.
61	* TakeThat: The "Medtl-Gschdanzls" consist mostly of this plus some {{Incredibly Lame Pun}}s and combinations of both.
62	** The "Medtl-Gschdanzl '97" mentions Music/TakeThat themselves, but as whom the Music/BackstreetBoys should take as role models and split.
63	* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: Naturally, in their song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTwg-nh3En0 Drei Akkorde]] (Three Chords). Taken up to eleven in that they claim that even ''less'' is necessary in the ensuing verses.
64	* ToiletHumour: "Symphonie der Verstopfung" (symphony of constipation - [[SongParody parodies]] Music/{{Megadeth}}'s Symphony Of Destruction and the vocals of Music/{{Rammstein}}'s style in general).
65	* VocalTagTeam: In the Rio Reiser [[SongParody parody]] "Könige", each of the four band members gets to sing one verse.
66	* WeDidntStartTheBillyJoelParodies: Naturally, with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsDs-V3Y9TE "Mir sta'dd'n etz die Feier"]]. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] with the claim that this version makes Music/BillyJoel barf.

Context Music / JBO