History Music / PaulAndStorm

* 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?

* 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.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Many of their songs for ''Radio/TheBobAndTomShow'' were topical. Most of these are collected on their album ''News To Us''.

---> We are here to do five or six or seven songs
---> Not go too long, and get the hell off the stage
---> We are the Opening Band
---> We're probably not the band you came to see tonight
---> But it's alright, 'cause soon we'll go away.

---> ''(Internet porn) Girl on girl on girl on girl on girl on guy [[BestialityIsDepraved on sheep]]''

---> '''Storm''': The other day I killed a hobo with a hammer,\\
'''Both''': And that's the news of the week!

---> "They are not seeking justice\\

* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Many of their songs for Radio/TheBobAndTomShow were topical. Most of these are collected on their album ''News To Us''.

-->'''Paul''': Did you hear that little Sasha Cohen\\
didn't quite win the gold?
-->'''Storm''': I guess I could just sing anything
--> and you would never know.
-->'''Paul''': Now instead of being the queen of the rink...
-->'''Storm''': I'm wearing my underwear as a hat
-->and letting the boys swing free, my friend.
-->'''Both''': And that's the news of the week!

They've got no wrongs to right
---> They're just here to sing some dick jokes
---> And ride off into the night!"

* TropeName: Title of the Song, their parody of boy band ballads, is written entirely in this fashion.

* AffectionateParody: "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 will apparently NeverLiveItDown that he reciprocated with the song "Big Dick Farts A Polka."

* AGoodNameForARockBand: This is a running gag in their live shows. [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Taken to extremes]] in [[http://vimeo.com/12404931 the finale of the Chicago w00tstock show]].

** 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.

* IncrediblyLamePun / [[HurricaneOfPuns Hurricane of]] ''[[HurricaneOfPuns 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.]]

* OverlyPreparedGag: "The Captain's Wife's Lament" again - over ten minutes of pirate jokes and Arrs from the audience, leading toward the above-mentioned Hurricane of Pun
* [[Music/RandyNewman Every Movie Is Better With Randy Newman Music]]: Especially ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' and ''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist''.
** Now it seems Every Song Is Better Sung By Michael [=McDonald=].

---> '''Storm''': The other day I killed a hobo with a hammer,
---> '''Both''': And that's the news of the week!

* 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 Hurricane of]] IncrediblyLamePun). It's not uncommon for their performances of this song to exceed ''ten minutes'' as a result. [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments It really is very funny.]]

---> "They are not seeking justice
---> They've got no wrongs to right

-->'''Paul''': Did you hear that little Sasha Cohen
--> didn't quite win the gold?

* {{Werewolf}}: "Cruel, Cruel Moon" is about a guy whose wife has become a werewolf.

* OverlyLongSpanishName: "Nun Fight": "Sister Maria Teresa Garcia Graziela Aguilera Delgado Francisco Diego Arroyo Inigo Montoya Zapata Paquito El Guapo Abuelita de la "Boom Boom" Mendoza".

* [[Music/RandyNewman Every Movie Is Better With Randy Newman Music]]: Especially ''LordOfTheRings'' and ''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist''.

* AGoodNameForARockBand: This is a running gag in their live shows. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Taken to extremes]] in [[http://vimeo.com/12404931 the finale of the Chicago w00tstock show]].

* [[RandyNewman Every Movie Is Better With Randy Newman Music]]: Especially ''LordOfTheRings'' and ''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist''.

* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Many of their songs for TheBobAndTomShow were topical. Most of these are collected on their album ''News To Us''.

* TruckDriversGearChange: Their parody of {{Coldplay}}, "I Will Sing a Lullabye", includes the famous key change from "Fix You".

* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: ''Frogger: The Frogger Musical''

They host the webshow [[http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7atuZxmT957CmcVYWWkiAUUnAl8h4BnJ "Learning Town"]], on FeliciaDay's GeekAndSundry Youtube channel.

* AffectionateParody: "Live" is an affectionate parody of their friend and frequent collaborator JonathanCoulton, specifically his songs about mad scientists who are sad and lonely. Coulton will apparently NeverLiveItDown that he reciprocated with the song "Big Dick Farts A Polka."
** "If They Might Be Giants Were Ice Cream Men" parodies TheyMightBeGiants, friends and touring partners of JonathanCoulton.

'''Paul and Storm's songs have examples of:'''

* AffectionateParody: "Live" is an affectionate parody of their friend and frequent collaborator JonathanCoulton, specifically his songs about mad scientists who are sad and lonely. Coulton will apparently NeverItLiveDown that he reciprocated with the song "Big Dick Farts A Polka."

* AffectionateParody: "Live" is an affectionate parody of their friend and frequent collaborator JonathanCoulton, specifically his songs about mad scientists who are sad and lonely.

* StalkerWithACrush: "My Favorite Band", "Right Here With You", and the songs to Kristi as The Barrytones on the album "News To Us"

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.