Line #21 Music/PaulAndStorm


1	One half of the former a cappella group [=DaVinci=]'s Notebook, Paul and Storm is a musical comedy duo consisting of Paul Sabourin and Greg "Storm" Di Costanzo.
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3	They have appeared many times on ''Radio/TheBobAndTomShow'' (sometimes as "the Barrytones", a barbershop quartet consisting of "Barry, Barry, Barry, and Barry"), and tour regularly with Music/JonathanCoulton, including appearing on his concert DVD and doing a [=RiffTrax=] with him for ''Tron''. They've also written for other ''Podcast/RiffTrax'' movies, wrote and performed "The Ballad of the Sneak" for ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' and the ''Lil' Guildies'' theme for ''WebVideo/TheGuild''[='=]s 2010 April Fool's Joke, and performed the theme songs in season 5 of ''WebVideo/AcquisitionsIncorporated'' (as "the Minstrels"). Along with Creator/WilWheaton and [[Series/MythBusters Adam Savage]], they are the headliners of the recurring special event-thing "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W00tstock W00tstock]]" which often includes special guests like Hard'n'Phirm, Creator/FeliciaDay, [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Bill Corbett, Trace Beaulieu, Kevin Murphy]] and MC Frontalot.
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5	They host the webshow [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7atuZxmT957CmcVYWWkiAUUnAl8h4BnJ "Learning Town"]], on Creator/FeliciaDay's Creator/GeekAndSundry Youtube channel.
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7	They received a far bit of press attention in the beginning of August 2010 for starting two joke trends on Twitter: "Wookiee Leaks" and "Kanye New Yorker Tweets".
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10	!!Paul and Storm's songs have examples of:
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12	* AbortedArc: During their PAX East 2016 show, the performance of "Nun Fight" had to be cut short because they couldn't stop {{Corpsing}} and going on diversions. They went so long that they ''would've had to cut songs from their set''.
13	* AffectionateParody:
14	** "Live" is an affectionate parody of their friend and frequent collaborator Music/JonathanCoulton, specifically his songs about mad scientists who are sad and lonely. Coulton reciprocated with the song "Big Dick Farts A Polka."
15	** "If They Might Be Giants Were Ice Cream Men" parodies Music/TheyMightBeGiants, friends and touring partners of Music/JonathanCoulton.
16	* AGoodNameForARockBand: This is a running gag in their live shows. Taken to extremes in [[http://vimeo.com/12404931 the finale of the Chicago w00tstock show]].
17	* AudienceParticipation: Even if you don't find their songs that funny, it's impossible not to have fun at one of their shows.
18	* AudienceParticipationSong: "The Captain's Wife's Lament" and "A Better Version of You", among others. If it doesn't take over fifteen minutes to perform "The Captain's Wife's Lament" (which is technically a three minute song), something's wrong.
19	* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: Three consecutive songs on the album ''Gumbo Pants'' are "If Music/JamesTaylor Were on Fire", "If Music/BobDylan Were Hiding at the Bottom of a Well", and "If James Taylor Were on Fire at the Bottom of a Well".
20	* BrickJoke: The second verse of "Six Guys Ten Teeth" has the narrator's friend, Skeeter get laid out by a stripper after, "diggin' 'round for change for his dollar." The third chorus later informs the listener, "If you can bail Skeeter out then you can join the team."
21	* ChristmasCreep: "The Way-Too-Early Christmas Song" is an AntiChristmasSong complaining about this happening at the local mall.
22	* ClusterBleepBomb: "Epithets". According to Paul and Storm, the song is funnier with the bleeps than with the actual swearing.
23	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: ''Frogger!: The Frogger Musical''
24	* DoubleEntendre: "The Captain's Wife's Lament." A three minute song (in recordings - ten minutes plus live, with the pirate jokes added) leading up to an inevitable IncrediblyLamePun regarding an alternate name for sailors, in conjunction with the name of a particular bodily excretion.
25	* DrowningMySorrows: The Da Vinci's Notebook song "Another Irish Drinking Song" is sung from the perspective of a group of people who are doing this because everybody they know and love have tragically died.
26	* EmptyChairMemorial: After the death of Music/DavidBowie, they left out a chair for him at their PAX South 2016 show, before playing a cover of "Music/SpaceOddity".
27	* EndingFatigue: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] on "Shake Machine" (as "Shake Machine, Part II").
28	* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Their song "Opening Band" describes what it's like to be the opening band in exact language.
29	-->We are here to do five or six or seven songs\
30	Not go too long, and get the hell off the stage\
31	We are the Opening Band\
32	We're probably not the band you came to see tonight\
33	But it's alright, 'cause soon we'll go away.
34	* ExactWords: Their podcast is entitled "Paul and Storm Talk About Some Stuff For Five To Ten Minutes (On Average)". Five to ten minutes is the average time they spend on each ''subject''.
35	* ExplosiveStupidity: [[PlayedForLaughs Played for]] BlackComedy in "Ten-Finger Johnny".
36	* GagPenis: The Da Vinci's Notebook song "Enormous Penis", natch.
37	* GirlOnGirlIsHot: [[ExaggeratedTrope Exaggerated]] in "Internet Porn"
38	-->''(Internet porn) Girl on girl on girl on girl on girl on guy [[BestialityIsDepraved on sheep]]''
39	* HeroicComedicSociopath: Storm at the end of "That's the News of the Week".
40	-->'''Storm:''' The other day I killed a hobo with a hammer,\
41	'''Both:''' And that's the news of the week!
42	* IncrediblyLongNote: "Opening Band" ends with one.
43	* InstantSoprano: "Why, Baby, Why?"
44	* TheInternetIsForPorn: ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxYVBNhJ3pc Internet Porn]]''
45	* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: "Cruel, Cruel Moon" is about a guy whose wife has become a werewolf.
46	* OverlyLongGag: Most of the fun of their live performances of "The Captain's Wife's Lament" is to see how long they can stretch out the first half of the song (the part before the HurricaneOfPuns). It's not uncommon for their performances of this song to exceed ''ten minutes'' as a result.
47	* OverlyLongName: "Nun Fight": "Sister Maria Teresa Garcia Graziela Aguilera Delgado Francisco Diego Arroyo Inigo Montoya Zapata Paquito El Guapo Abuelita de la "Boom Boom" Mendoza".
48	* OverlyPreparedGag: "The Captain's Wife's Lament" again - over ten minutes of pirate jokes and Arrs from the audience, leading toward a Pun.
49	* {{Parody}}: "Secret Asian Man" by Da Vinci's Notebook, sung to the tune of [[Series/DangerMan "Secret Agent Man"]].
50	* {{Pun}}: "The Captain's Wife's Lament" is an incredibly long buildup to one of these. [[https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+captain%27s+wife%27s+lament&aq=0 In concert, the buildup is the best part.]]
51	* RefugeInAudacity: ''Nugget Man'' is a humorous but straightforward, even truthful, tribute to Robert C. Baker, who had passed away the year prior, and his contributions to the invention of chicken nuggets... until the last verse, in which it's said his will called for him to be made into nuggets and buried in several containers filled with honey-mustard sauce.
52	* RightBehindMe: The duo open W00tstock 5.0 with "[[https://youtu.be/w5vw9RTVky4?si=RVmIX-tE14H9Cz_m Write Like the Wind (George R. R. Martin)]]". Guess [[Creator/GeorgeRRMartin who shows up]] to interrupt the song?
53	* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Many of their songs for ''Radio/TheBobAndTomShow'' were topical. Most of these are collected on their album ''News To Us''.
54	* RockstarSong: "Opening Band" as mentioned above, as well as "Your Town".
55	** They also have a "Paul and Storm Theme Song". It's like something out of a SpaghettiWestern.
56	--->"They are not seeking justice\
57	They've got no wrongs to right\
58	They're just here to sing some dick jokes\
59	And ride off into the night!"
60	* SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion: Played with in ''That's The News Of The Week'', which Paul and Storm recorded their lyrics for separately.
61	-->'''Paul:''' Did you hear that little Sasha Cohen\
62	didn't quite win the gold?\
63	'''Storm:''' I guess I could just sing anything\
64	and you would never know.\
65	'''Paul:''' Now instead of being the queen of the rink...\
66	'''Storm:''' I'm wearing my underwear as a hat\
67	and letting the boys swing free, my friend.\
68	'''Both:''' And that's the news of the week!
69	** Also: "Cruel, Cruel Moon" does this at the end of the chorus, with each new plea to that Cruel, Cruel Moon.
70	* RunningGag: The podcasts are never 5 to 10 minutes (on average). They do point out the ten-minute mark... often LONG after its passed (for those who only want to listen to five to ten minutes of their podcast).
71	** They eventually decided that the title of the podcast meant that they ''discussed each subject'' for 5 to 10 minutes (on average). This is much more reasonable and accurate, though they still do the running gag about the ten-minute mark.
72	** Also, as noted above, their AGoodNameForARockBand jokes during their concerts.
73	* SiameseTwinSongs: "Shake Machine Parts I & II"
74	* StalkerWithACrush: "My Favorite Band" is about a fan's desperate attempts to reunite the members of his favorite retired band, "Right Here With You" is about a man sleeping next to his crush, and the songs to Kristi as The Barrytones on the album "News To Us" get progressively more extreme in their displays of affection.
75	* TranslationByVolume: Their song "International Language" has this. "LOVE IS LOUDER THAN WORDS."
76	* TropeName: Back when they were still in Da Vinci's Notebook, they produced "Title of the Song," their parody of BoyBand ballads, which is written entirely in this fashion.
77	* TruckDriversGearChange: Their parody of Music/{{Coldplay}}, "I Will Sing a Lullabye", includes the famous key change from "Fix You".
78	** "Title of the Song" points this out explicitly, as you'd expect, since it's an explicit [[LampshadeHanging lampshading]] of the popular tropes of 1990s boy-band romantic songs.

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