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* DuelMeaningTitle: "The Starting Line" from ''Mouth Moods'' consists entirely of lyrics that are [[JustForPun the starting line]] of their respective tracks, including, of course, "The Distance" by {{Music/Cake}}, which starts with the line "''Reluctantly crouched at the starting line...''" And on top of all of that, it's also the first track of the album.
* HourglassPlot:
** "Mullet with Butterfly Wings" starts with the vocals from Smashing Pumpkins' "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" mashed with the instruments from Loverboy's "Working for the Weekend". Halfway through, the two songs swap places: the vocals from "Working for the Weekend" paired with a slightly modified version of the instrumentals from "Bullet with Butterfly Wings". Then they swap back for the very end.
** Downplayed with "Spongerock". It starts with vocals from the ''Spongebob Squarepants'' opening theme set to the ''stomp-stomp-clap'' rhythm section of Queen's "We Will Rock You", then swaps to Freddie Mercury singing over the ukulele from ''Spongebob'''s end credits theme--but the ''stomp-stomp-clap'' rhythm from the first half persists, and the ''Spongebob'' vocals return as the chorus a few more times.
** "Mullet with Butterfly Wings" starts with the vocals from Smashing Pumpkins' "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" mashed with the instruments from Loverboy's "Working for the Weekend". Halfway through, the two songs swap places: the vocals from "Working for the Weekend" paired with a slightly modified version of the instrumentals from "Bullet with Butterfly Wings". Then they swap back for the very end.
** Downplayed with "Spongerock". It starts with vocals from the ''Spongebob Squarepants'' opening theme set to the ''stomp-stomp-clap'' rhythm section of Queen's "We Will Rock You", then swaps to Freddie Mercury singing over the ukulele from ''Spongebob'''s end credits theme--but the ''stomp-stomp-clap'' rhythm from the first half persists, and the ''Spongebob'' vocals return as the chorus a few more times.
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* MeaningfulName: "The Starting Line" from ''Mouth Moods'' consists entirely of lyrics that are [[JustForPun the starting line]] of their respective tracks, including, of course, "The Distance" by {{Music/Cake}}, which starts with the line "''Reluctantly crouched at the starting line...''" And on top of all of that, it's also the first track of the album.
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* MundaneMadeAwesome: "300MB" primarily samples an infomercial [[LargeHam dramatically playing up]] [[SeriousBusiness the incredible power of a]] [[TechnologyMarchesOn 300MB hard drive]], mixed in with an energetic tweak of "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)", giving it this effect. [[invoked]]
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* MundaneMadeAwesome: "300MB" primarily samples an infomercial [[LargeHam dramatically playing up]] the [[SeriousBusiness the incredible power power]] of a]] a [[TechnologyMarchesOn 300MB hard drive]], mixed in with an energetic tweak of "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)", giving it this effect. [[invoked]]
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** '''''[[http://neilcic.com/mouthmisc/ Mouth Misc]]''''' - Not an album ''per se'', but a collection of outtakes from the first three albums, initially published exclusively to Youtube. [[https://twitter.com/neilcic/status/1128817095955947526?lang=en Neil made the mp3s public]] after copyright claims got some of those videos taken down.
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The ''Mouth Albums'' are a series of {{remix album}}s by Creator/NeilCicierega, better known as the lead of Music/LemonDemon. The albums consist of popular mixed together in surprising, blasphemous, and usually awesome ways. The project started when Cicierega found a sample pack of stems from the ''VideoGame/RockBand'' series and began to mess around with them in his spare time, which resulted in the track [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRv5LwX4jzI "No Credit Card"]], a heavily remixed version of Music/HueyLewisAndTheNews' "The Power of Love". After positive feedback from posting this on his Soundcloud, he began to work on what eventually became ''Mouth Sounds'', starting a long line of mashups.
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The ''Mouth Albums'' are a series of {{remix album}}s by Creator/NeilCicierega, better known as the lead of Music/LemonDemon. The albums consist of popular songs from UsefulNotes/TheSixties to UsefulNotes/TheNewTens mixed together in surprising, blasphemous, and usually awesome ways. The project started when Cicierega found a sample pack of stems from the ''VideoGame/RockBand'' series and began to mess around with them in his spare time, which resulted in the track [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRv5LwX4jzI "No Credit Card"]], a heavily remixed version of Music/HueyLewisAndTheNews' "The Power of Love". After positive feedback from posting this on his Soundcloud, he began to work on what eventually became ''Mouth Sounds'', starting a long line of mashups.
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** Both "Men in Black" and "Wild Wild West" have been edited to give Creator/WillSmith a weird obsession with bees, his "Wild Wild West" remix in particular changing from a rap song of braggadocios masculinity to one of blatant homoeroticism (''"Who that is?! [[BigBad Loveless]], bad for ya health! [[invoked]] [[HoYay Lookin' damn good though, if I could say it myself!]] Told me Loveless is a good man, but I don't feel that, [[FoeRomanceSubtext he got his behind lookin' damn good though!]]"'').
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** Both "Men in Black" and "Wild Wild West" have been edited to give Creator/WillSmith a weird obsession with bees, his "Wild Wild West" remix in particular changing from a rap song of braggadocios boastful masculinity to one of blatant homoeroticism (''"Who that is?! [[BigBad Loveless]], bad for ya health! [[invoked]] [[HoYay Lookin' damn good though, if I could say it myself!]] Told me Loveless is a good man, but I don't feel that, [[FoeRomanceSubtext he got his behind lookin' damn good though!]]"'').
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* EpicRocking: The last two tracks on ''Mouth Silence'' both surpass the 6-minute mark.
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* EpicRocking: The last two tracks on ''Mouth Silence'' Sounds'' both surpass the 6-minute mark.
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* NumbersStations: "Numbers" is designed after one, with samples from Music/DavidBowie's "Music/SpaceOddity" providing the automatic voice and tags.
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* NumbersStations: "Numbers" "Transmission" is designed after one, with samples from Music/DavidBowie's "Music/SpaceOddity" providing the automatic voice and tags.tags. The numbers are ASCII codes for letters; decoding them spells [[Music/SmashMouth "SMASH MOUTH"]].
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* BleepDammit: Parodied in ''Mouth Dreams'', where Neil randomly censors the word "hell" in "Fredhammer" but keeps swears uncensored in the rest of the album, even sentence mixing "Feel Good, Inc." to ''un''censor "ass cracks" and making Johnny Cash say "shit" in "Just a Baby".
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* BleepDammit: Parodied in ''Mouth Dreams'', where Neil randomly censors the word "hell" in "Fredhammer" but keeps swears uncensored in the rest of the album, even sentence mixing "Feel Good, Inc." to ''un''censor "ass cracks" and making Johnny Cash say "shit" (a word he previously censored in his CoverVersion of Music/NineInchNails' [[Music/TheDownwardSpiral "Hurt"]], replacing "crown of shit" with [[UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} "crown of thorns"]]) in "Just a Baby".
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** ''Mouth Dreams'', whose title on the album cover spells out "NICE MODEMS" if you only look at the letters with sparkles (similar to the "Super Mario Galaxy" / "U R MR GAY" meme), begins and ends with internet-related sounds (the Yahoo! jingle and modem dial-up sounds, respectively).
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** ''Mouth Dreams'', whose title on the album cover spells out "NICE MODEMS" if you only look at the letters with sparkles (similar to the "Super Mario Galaxy" / "U R MR GAY" meme), meme surrounding the ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'' logo), begins and ends with internet-related sounds (the Yahoo! jingle and modem dial-up sounds, respectively).
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** Track 6 on ''Mouth Sounds'', "Full Mouth", is a mashup between "[[Music/SmashMouth All Star]]" and the ''Series/FullHouse'' theme. Once you think it's over, the next track "Alanis" starts up with the vocals from Music/AlanisMorissette's "You Oughta Know"[[spoiler: ...only for the ''Full House'' music to kick back in.]] ''Then'', once you've completely finished with that album and are 45 minutes into ''Mouth Silence'', "Wndrwll" starts out as a chopped up remix of {{Music/Oasis}}' "Wonderwall", [[spoiler: and then 2 minutes into it, when you least expect it, the ''Full House'' music comes back one more time.]] Can also count as a CallForward if you're listening to them in "canonical" order.
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** Track 6 on ''Mouth Sounds'', "Full Mouth", is a mashup between "[[Music/SmashMouth All Star]]" and the ''Series/FullHouse'' theme. Once you think it's over, the next track "Alanis" starts up with the vocals from Music/AlanisMorissette's "You Oughta Know"[[spoiler: ...only for the ''Full House'' music to kick back in.]] ''Then'', once you've completely finished with that album and are 45 minutes into ''Mouth Silence'', "Wndrwll" starts out as a chopped up remix of {{Music/Oasis}}' "Wonderwall", [[Music/WhatsTheStoryMorningGlory "Wonderwall"]], [[spoiler: and then 2 minutes into it, when you least expect it, the ''Full House'' music comes back one more time.]] Can also count as a CallForward if you're listening to them in "canonical" order.
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** Both "Men in Black" and "Wild Wild West" have been edited to give Will Smith a weird obsession with bees, his "Wild Wild West" remix in particular changing from a rap song of braggadocious masculinity to one of blatant homoeroticism (''"Who that is?! [[BigBad Loveless]], bad for ya health! [[invoked]] [[HoYay Lookin' damn good though, if I could say it myself!]] Told me Loveless is a good man, but I don't feel that, [[FoeRomanceSubtext he got his behind lookin' damn good though!]]"'').
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** Both "Men in Black" and "Wild Wild West" have been edited to give Will Smith Creator/WillSmith a weird obsession with bees, his "Wild Wild West" remix in particular changing from a rap song of braggadocious braggadocios masculinity to one of blatant homoeroticism (''"Who that is?! [[BigBad Loveless]], bad for ya health! [[invoked]] [[HoYay Lookin' damn good though, if I could say it myself!]] Told me Loveless is a good man, but I don't feel that, [[FoeRomanceSubtext he got his behind lookin' damn good though!]]"'').
* EpicRocking: The last two tracks on ''Mouth Silence'' both surpass the 6-minute mark.
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* LongestSongGoesLast: ''Mouth Sounds'' closes with the 6:29 "Smooth Flow". ''Mouth Silence'' ends with the 4:58 "Piss".
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* LongestSongGoesLast: ''Mouth Sounds'' closes with the 6:29 "Smooth Flow". ''Mouth Silence'' ends with the 4:58 "Piss".
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* RemixAlbum: ''Mouth Sounds'', ''Mouth Silence'', ''Mouth Moods'' and ''Mouth Dreams'' all consist of remixes and mashups of popular songs and found audio from the late 50's to the early 2000's.
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* RemixAlbum: ''Mouth Sounds'', ''Mouth Silence'', ''Mouth Moods'' and ''Mouth Dreams'' all consist of remixes and mashups of popular songs and found audio from the late 50's '50s to the early 2000's.2000s.
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!!Tracklists:
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[[folder:''Mouth Sounds'']]
# "Promenade (Satellite Pictures at an Exhibition)" (1:25)
# "Modest Mouth" (3:47)
# "D'oh" (1:54)
# "Vivid Memories Turn to Fantasies" (2:44)
# "Bills Like Jean Spirit" (4:45)
# "Full Mouth" (2:17)
# "Alanis" (1:22)
# "Imagine All Star People" (3:00)
# "Imma Let It Be" (2:07)
# "Daft Mouth" (3:03)
# "Like Tears in Chocolate Rain" (3:52)
# "No Credit Card" (5:07)
# "Bega Interlude" (0:25)
# "Melt Everyone" (4:53)
# "The Sharpest Tool" (2:39)
# "Mullet with Butterfly Wings" (6:20)
# "Smooth Flow" (6:29)
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''Mouth Silence'']]
# "Goodbye" (2:17)
# "Rollercloser" (3:25)
# "Furries" (2:20)
# "Friends" (0:10)
# "Best" (3:53)
# "Pokémon" (3:17)
# "Sexual Lion King" (3:52)
# "Crocodile Chop" (3:42)
# "Transmission" (0:54)
# "Love Psych" (3:54)
# "Orgonon Gurlz" (4:19)
# "Born to Cat" (0:43)
# "What Is It" (3:04)
# "It's" (1:09)
# "Close to the Sun" (1:24)
# "Numbers" (5:07)
# "Space Monkey Mafia" (3:48)
# "Wndrwll" (3:28)
# "Piss" (4:58)
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''Mouth Moods'']]
# "The Starting Line" (2:54)
# "Floor Corn" (2:29)
# "AC/VC" (2:58)
# "300MB" (2:11)
# "Revolution #5" (0:28)
# "Dear Dinosaur" (3:39)
# "Annoyed Grunt" (3:31)
# "Bustin" (3:47)
# "Blockbuster" (0:14)
# "Busta" (1:07)
# "Tiger" (3:03)
# "The End" (3:32)
# "Shady Interlude" (0:57)
# "T.I.M.E." (4:37)
# "Smooth" (4:17)
# "Stand by Meme" (2:24)
# "Wallspin" (3:15)
# "Wow Wow" (3:29)
# "Mouth Pressure" (3:43)
# "Shit" (4:08)
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''Mouth Dreams'']]
# "Yahoo" (2:13)
# "Mouth Dreams (Intro)" (0:52)
# "Spongerock" (2:15)
# "Just a Baby" (3:48)
# "Superkiller" (2:26)
# "Get Happy" (3:50)
# "Ribs" (3:50)
# "My Mouth" (2:32)
# "Aerolong" (1:25)
# "Sleepin'" (1:15)
# "Aammoorree" (2:15)
# "Where Is My Mom" (2:15)
# "Fredhammer" (2:57)
# "Limp Wicket" (2:25)
# "Cannibals" (4:29)
# "The Outsiders" (1:13)
# "Johnny" (1:29)
# "Closerflies" (3:34)
# "Nightmovin'" (1:25)
# "Whitehouse" (1:54)
# "Wah" (0:55)
# "Pee Wee Inc" (2:36)
# "10,000 Spoons" (3:23)
# "Mouth Dreams (Extro)" (1:44)
# "Brithoven" (1:07)
# "Ain't" (2:50)
[[/folder]]
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[[foldercontrol]]
[[folder:''Mouth Sounds'']]
# "Promenade (Satellite Pictures at an Exhibition)" (1:25)
# "Modest Mouth" (3:47)
# "D'oh" (1:54)
# "Vivid Memories Turn to Fantasies" (2:44)
# "Bills Like Jean Spirit" (4:45)
# "Full Mouth" (2:17)
# "Alanis" (1:22)
# "Imagine All Star People" (3:00)
# "Imma Let It Be" (2:07)
# "Daft Mouth" (3:03)
# "Like Tears in Chocolate Rain" (3:52)
# "No Credit Card" (5:07)
# "Bega Interlude" (0:25)
# "Melt Everyone" (4:53)
# "The Sharpest Tool" (2:39)
# "Mullet with Butterfly Wings" (6:20)
# "Smooth Flow" (6:29)
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''Mouth Silence'']]
# "Goodbye" (2:17)
# "Rollercloser" (3:25)
# "Furries" (2:20)
# "Friends" (0:10)
# "Best" (3:53)
# "Pokémon" (3:17)
# "Sexual Lion King" (3:52)
# "Crocodile Chop" (3:42)
# "Transmission" (0:54)
# "Love Psych" (3:54)
# "Orgonon Gurlz" (4:19)
# "Born to Cat" (0:43)
# "What Is It" (3:04)
# "It's" (1:09)
# "Close to the Sun" (1:24)
# "Numbers" (5:07)
# "Space Monkey Mafia" (3:48)
# "Wndrwll" (3:28)
# "Piss" (4:58)
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''Mouth Moods'']]
# "The Starting Line" (2:54)
# "Floor Corn" (2:29)
# "AC/VC" (2:58)
# "300MB" (2:11)
# "Revolution #5" (0:28)
# "Dear Dinosaur" (3:39)
# "Annoyed Grunt" (3:31)
# "Bustin" (3:47)
# "Blockbuster" (0:14)
# "Busta" (1:07)
# "Tiger" (3:03)
# "The End" (3:32)
# "Shady Interlude" (0:57)
# "T.I.M.E." (4:37)
# "Smooth" (4:17)
# "Stand by Meme" (2:24)
# "Wallspin" (3:15)
# "Wow Wow" (3:29)
# "Mouth Pressure" (3:43)
# "Shit" (4:08)
[[/folder]]
[[folder:''Mouth Dreams'']]
# "Yahoo" (2:13)
# "Mouth Dreams (Intro)" (0:52)
# "Spongerock" (2:15)
# "Just a Baby" (3:48)
# "Superkiller" (2:26)
# "Get Happy" (3:50)
# "Ribs" (3:50)
# "My Mouth" (2:32)
# "Aerolong" (1:25)
# "Sleepin'" (1:15)
# "Aammoorree" (2:15)
# "Where Is My Mom" (2:15)
# "Fredhammer" (2:57)
# "Limp Wicket" (2:25)
# "Cannibals" (4:29)
# "The Outsiders" (1:13)
# "Johnny" (1:29)
# "Closerflies" (3:34)
# "Nightmovin'" (1:25)
# "Whitehouse" (1:54)
# "Wah" (0:55)
# "Pee Wee Inc" (2:36)
# "10,000 Spoons" (3:23)
# "Mouth Dreams (Extro)" (1:44)
# "Brithoven" (1:07)
# "Ain't" (2:50)
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* ImmediateSelfContradiction: In "[[Music/RickJames Super]][[Music/TalkingHeads killer]]" from ''Mouth Dreams'', the singer asks "Say something once, why say it again?"... twice in a row. This is right after he says "You start a conversation you can't even finish!" and [[{{Beat}} says nothing for the next bar]].
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* ImmediateSelfContradiction: In "[[Music/RickJames Super]][[Music/TalkingHeads killer]]" from ''Mouth Dreams'', the singer Music/DavidByrne asks "Say something once, why say it again?"... twice in a row. This is right after he says "You start a conversation you can't even finish!" and [[{{Beat}} says nothing for the next bar]].
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* ListSong: Taken to its logical conclusion with "Space Monkey Mafia", a mash-up of {{Music/REM}}'s "It's the End of the World" and [[Music/BillyJoel Billy Joel's]] "We Didn't Start the Fire".
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* ListSong: Taken to its logical conclusion with "Space Monkey Mafia", a mash-up of {{Music/REM}}'s Music/{{REM}}'s [[Music/{{Document}} "It's the End of the World" World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)"]] and [[Music/BillyJoel Billy Joel's]] Music/BillyJoel's [[Music/StormFrontAlbum "We Didn't Start the Fire".Fire"]].
* LongestSongGoesLast: ''Mouth Sounds'' closes with the 6:29 "Smooth Flow". ''Mouth Silence'' ends with the 4:58 "Piss".
* LongestSongGoesLast: ''Mouth Sounds'' closes with the 6:29 "Smooth Flow". ''Mouth Silence'' ends with the 4:58 "Piss".
* NumbersStations: "Numbers" is designed after one, with samples from Music/DavidBowie's "Music/SpaceOddity" providing the automatic voice and tags.
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* QuoteMine: All over the place with how the remixes are edited, but one of the funniest examples is in "Space Monkey Mafia", where the intro of [[Music/{{REM}} "It's the End of the World as We Know It"]] is changed from "Lenny Bruce is not afraid" to "Music/BillyJoel is not afraid"... by using a text-to-speech voice. This is the ''only time'' text-to-speech has been used on any of the four albums.
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* QuoteMine: All over the place with how the remixes are edited, but one of the funniest examples is in "Space Monkey Mafia", where the intro of [[Music/{{REM}} "It's the End of the World as We Know It"]] It (And I Feel Fine)"]] is changed from "Lenny Bruce is not afraid" to "Music/BillyJoel is not afraid"... by using a text-to-speech voice. This is the ''only time'' text-to-speech has been used on any of the four albums.
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** "Rollercoaster" replaces every instance of "fuck" in Music/NineInchNails' [[Music/TheDownwardSpiral "Closer"]] with a funk sound effect. If one interprets each sound as a stand-in for the word "funk," it becomes "I wanna ''funk'' you like an animal."
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** In some cases, he actually changes the meaning of the song by ''removing'' the LyricalDissonance and giving more spotlight to the lyrics. "Tears in Chocolate Rain" takes away the cheesy instrumental of "Chocolate Rain" to highlight its lyrics about institutional racism; "T.I.M.E." puts "Y.M.C.A." over the epic score of ''Film/{{Inception}}'' to show how its lyrics depict the tragedy of a homeless man on his last legs; "Johnny" puts [[JustForFun/{{Rickroll}} "Never Gonna Give You Up"]] over Johnny Cash's solemn "Hurt" to show that it's a genuine love song buried under the synthesized '80s sheen and memes.
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** In some cases, he the covers actually changes change the meaning of the song by ''removing'' the LyricalDissonance and giving more spotlight to the lyrics. "Tears in Chocolate Rain" takes away the cheesy instrumental of "Chocolate Rain" to highlight its lyrics about institutional racism; "T.I.M.E." puts "Y.M.C.A." over the epic score of ''Film/{{Inception}}'' to show how its lyrics depict the tragedy of a homeless man on his last legs; "Johnny" puts [[JustForFun/{{Rickroll}} "Never Gonna Give You Up"]] over Johnny Cash's solemn "Hurt" to show that it's a genuine love song buried under the synthesized '80s sheen and memes.
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* QuoteMine: All over the place with how the remixes are edited, but one of the funniest examples is in "Space Monkey Mafia", where the intro of [[Music/{{REM}} "It's the End of the World as We Know It"]] is changed from "Lenny Bruce is not afraid" to "Music/BillyJoel is not afraid"... by using a text-to-speech voice. This is the ''only time'' text-to-speech has been used on any of the four albums.
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* TheCoverChangesTheMeaning: Several of his remixes edit the vocal tracks enough to wildly change the subject of the song.
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* TheCoverChangesTheMeaning: Several of his these remixes edit the vocal tracks enough to wildly change the subject of the song.
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* '''''[[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGSpSt7PyOvUZM4cz27_bW5usnp-xKuAW Mouth Craft]]''''' - An unofficial "fifth" album; this is a set of ''Mouth Dreams'' outtakes that Neil performed in a 2020 ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' concert. The set hasn't been officially released to date, but can be found floating around online.
''Mouth Sounds'' and ''Mouth Silence'' received significant online attention upon their release, and as a result several mashups from the albums have become well-known [[MemeticMutation Internet memes]], with ''Mouth Moods''[='=] "Bustin'" (a remix of the ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}'' theme) arguably being the most famous. The albums are available to download for free on Cicierega's website, and to stream on his Soundcloud. He has also released music videos for some of the series' songs, as well as outtakes from ''Mouth Moods'', on his [=YouTube=] channel.
''Mouth Sounds'' and ''Mouth Silence'' received significant online attention upon their release, and as a result several mashups from the albums have become well-known [[MemeticMutation Internet memes]], with ''Mouth Moods''[='=] "Bustin'" (a remix of the ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}'' theme) arguably being the most famous. The albums are available to download for free on Cicierega's website, and to stream on his Soundcloud. He has also released music videos for some of the series' songs, as well as outtakes from ''Mouth Moods'', on his [=YouTube=] channel.
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''Mouth Sounds'' and ''Mouth Silence'' received significant online attention upon their release, and as a result several mashups from the albums have become well-known [[MemeticMutation Internet memes]], with ''Mouth Moods''[='=]
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* '''''Mouth Craft''''' - An unofficial "fifth" album; this is a set of ''Mouth Dreams'' outtakes that Neil performed in a ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' concert.
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* '''''Mouth Craft''''' '''''[[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGSpSt7PyOvUZM4cz27_bW5usnp-xKuAW Mouth Craft]]''''' - An unofficial "fifth" album; this is a set of ''Mouth Dreams'' outtakes that Neil performed in a 2020 ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' concert.
concert. The set hasn't been officially released to date, but can be found floating around online.
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''Mouth Sounds'' and ''Mouth Silence'' received significant online attention upon their release, and as a result several mashups from the albums have become well-known [[MemeticMutation Internet memes]], with ''Mouth Moods''[='=] "Bustin'" (a remix of the ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}'' theme) arguably being the most famous. The albums are available to download for free on Cicierega's website, and to stream on his Soundcloud. Neil has also released music videos for some of the series' songs, as well as outtakes from ''Mouth Moods'', on his [=YouTube=] channel.
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''Mouth Sounds'' and ''Mouth Silence'' received significant online attention upon their release, and as a result several mashups from the albums have become well-known [[MemeticMutation Internet memes]], with ''Mouth Moods''[='=] "Bustin'" (a remix of the ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}'' theme) arguably being the most famous. The albums are available to download for free on Cicierega's website, and to stream on his Soundcloud. Neil He has also released music videos for some of the series' songs, as well as outtakes from ''Mouth Moods'', on his [=YouTube=] channel.
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** Cicierega juxtaposes a news segment about furries to make "Foxey Lady" about Music/JimiHendrix being a furry lusting after a literal fox lady.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The song titles from ''Mouth Sounds'' were often much less simple and concise than his later works, such as the first track being called "Promenade (Satellite Pictures At An Exhibition)" and another being called "Vivid Memories Turn To Fantasies". Song titles in later albums are usually four syllables at most and are a combination of the song or artist's names, such as "Aerolong", "Superkiller" and "Spongerock". In a broader sense, the mashups themselves are more predictable, with there usually just being one joke for the entire song, usually involving "All Star" or "Smooth". Later albums have a greater variety of artists and more jokes within a single one.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The song titles from ''Mouth Sounds'' were often much less simple and concise than his later works, such as the first track being called "Promenade (Satellite Pictures At An Exhibition)" and another being called "Vivid Memories Turn To Fantasies". Song titles in later albums are usually four syllables at most and are a combination of the song or artist's names, such as "Aerolong", "Superkiller" and "Spongerock". In a broader sense, the mashups themselves are more predictable, with there usually just being one joke for the entire song, usually involving "All Star" or "Smooth". Later albums have a greater variety of artists and more jokes within a single one.song.
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''Mouth Sounds'' and ''Mouth Silence'' received significant online attention upon their release in 2014, and as a result several mashups from the albums have become well-known [[MemeticMutation Internet memes]], with ''Mouth Moods''[='=] "Bustin'" (a remix of the ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}'' theme) arguably being the most famous. The albums are available to download for free on Cicierega's website, and to stream on his Soundcloud. Neil has also released music videos for some of the series' songs, as well as outtakes from ''Mouth Moods'', on his [=YouTube=] channel.
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''Mouth Sounds'' and ''Mouth Silence'' received significant online attention upon their release in 2014, release, and as a result several mashups from the albums have become well-known [[MemeticMutation Internet memes]], with ''Mouth Moods''[='=] "Bustin'" (a remix of the ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}'' theme) arguably being the most famous. The albums are available to download for free on Cicierega's website, and to stream on his Soundcloud. Neil has also released music videos for some of the series' songs, as well as outtakes from ''Mouth Moods'', on his [=YouTube=] channel.
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** Each of the albums have a different image reflected in Neil's glasses, usually relating to a track on the album: ''Sounds'' has WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} ([[Music/SmashMouth obviously]]), ''Silence'' has the Hampster Dance (referencing its appearance in "Piss"), ''Moods'' has Film/AustinPowers (another Creator/MikeMyers character, and a reference to his appearance in "Annoyed Grunt"), and ''Dreams'' has [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi Wicket]] (referencing [[Music/LimpBizkit Limp Wicket]]).
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** Each of the albums have a different image reflected in Neil's glasses, usually relating to a track on the album: ''Sounds'' has WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} ([[Music/SmashMouth obviously]]), ''Silence'' has the Hampster Dance (referencing its appearance in "Piss"), ''Moods'' has Film/AustinPowers (another Creator/MikeMyers character, and a reference to his appearance in "Annoyed Grunt"), and ''Dreams'' has [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi Wicket]] (referencing [[Music/LimpBizkit Limp Wicket]])."Limp Wicket"]]).
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** Each of the albums have a different image reflected in Neil's glasses, usually relating to a track on the album: ''Sounds'' has WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} ([[Music/SmashMouth obviously]]), ''Silence'' has the Hampster Dance (referencing its appearance in "Piss"), ''Moods'' has Film/AustinPowers (another Creator/MikeMyers character, and a reference to his appearance in "Annoyed Grunt"), and ''Dreams'' has [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi Wicket]] (referencing [[Music/LimpBiskit Limp Wicket]]).
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** Each of the albums have a different image reflected in Neil's glasses, usually relating to a track on the album: ''Sounds'' has WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} ([[Music/SmashMouth obviously]]), ''Silence'' has the Hampster Dance (referencing its appearance in "Piss"), ''Moods'' has Film/AustinPowers (another Creator/MikeMyers character, and a reference to his appearance in "Annoyed Grunt"), and ''Dreams'' has [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi Wicket]] (referencing [[Music/LimpBiskit [[Music/LimpBizkit Limp Wicket]]).
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** In some cases, he actually changes the meaning of the song by ''removing'' the LyricalDissonance and giving more spotlight to the lyrics. "Tears in Chocolate Rain" takes away the cheesy instrumental of "Chocolate Rain" to highlight its lyrics about institutional racism; "T.I.M.E." puts "Y.M.C.A" over the epic score of ''Film/{{Inception}}'' to show how its lyrics depict a tragic homeless man on his last legs; "Johnny" puts [[JustForFun/{{Rickroll}} "Never Gonna Give You Up"]] over Johnny Cash's solemn "Hurt" to show that it's a genuine love song buried under the synthesized '80s sheen and memes.
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** In some cases, he actually changes the meaning of the song by ''removing'' the LyricalDissonance and giving more spotlight to the lyrics. "Tears in Chocolate Rain" takes away the cheesy instrumental of "Chocolate Rain" to highlight its lyrics about institutional racism; "T.I.M.E." puts "Y.M.C.A" A." over the epic score of ''Film/{{Inception}}'' to show how its lyrics depict the tragedy of a tragic homeless man on his last legs; "Johnny" puts [[JustForFun/{{Rickroll}} "Never Gonna Give You Up"]] over Johnny Cash's solemn "Hurt" to show that it's a genuine love song buried under the synthesized '80s sheen and memes.
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* StealthPun: The song "300 MB," which has [[Music/TheProclaimers "I'm Gonna Be"]] playing over a woman ranting about the magic and wonder of a computer hard drive that can hold up to [[TechnologyMarchesOn 300 megabytes.]] Specifically, the vocal inflictions the brothers make in the song, "DADA DA DA," or as one could interpret it, "DA-DA-DATA! DA-DA-DATA!" [[invoked]]
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** ''Sounds'' starts with "Promenade (Satellite Pictures at an Exhibition)" followed by "Modest Mouth", a remix of "Float On". The original artists of those songs are Music/ModestMussorgsky and Music/ModestMouse.
** The song "300 MB," which has [[Music/TheProclaimers "I'm Gonna Be"]] playing over a woman ranting about the magic and wonder of a computer hard drive that can hold up to [[TechnologyMarchesOn 300 megabytes.]] Specifically, the vocal inflictions the brothers make in the song, "DADA DA DA," or as one could interpret it, "DA-DA-DATA! DA-DA-DATA!" [[invoked]]
** ''Sounds'' starts with "Promenade (Satellite Pictures at an Exhibition)" followed by "Modest Mouth", a remix of "Float On". The original artists of those songs are Music/ModestMussorgsky and Music/ModestMouse.
** The song "300 MB," which has [[Music/TheProclaimers "I'm Gonna Be"]] playing over a woman ranting about the magic and wonder of a computer hard drive that can hold up to [[TechnologyMarchesOn 300 megabytes.]] Specifically, the vocal inflictions the brothers make in the song, "DADA DA DA," or as one could interpret it, "DA-DA-DATA! DA-DA-DATA!" [[invoked]]
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* SiameseTwinSongs: ''Dreams'' has "Fredhammer" and "Limp Wicket," which both sample Limp Biskit's "Nookie" and play back-to-back as a single song.
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* FadingIntoTheNextSong: The albums use a variation of this, where each song seamlessly transitions into the next, either musically or through subject matter. Some good examples come from ''Silence'': "Furries" ends with the phrase "dressing up as their favorite four-legged Series/{{friends}}", leading into, naturally, "Friends". "Best" ends with a [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries "I wanna be the very best,"]] leading into "Pokémon". "Pokémon" ends with a snippet of dramatic score from ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing'', leading into "Sexual Lion King".
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* FadingIntoTheNextSong: The albums use a variation of this, where each song seamlessly transitions into the next, either musically or through subject matter. Some good examples come from ''Silence'': "Furries" ends with the phrase "dressing up as their favorite four-legged Series/{{friends}}", leading into, naturally, "Friends". "Best" ends with a [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries "I wanna be the very best,"]] leading into "Pokémon". "Pokémon" ends with a snippet of dramatic score from ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing'', leading into "Sexual Lion King".
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* FadingIntoTheNextSong: The albums use a variation of this, where each song seamlessly transitions into the next, either musically or through subject matter. Some good examples comes from ''Silence'': "Furries" ends with the phrase "dressing up as their favorite four-legged Series/{{friends}}", leading into, naturally, "Friends". "Best" ends with a snippet of the first ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' theme: "I wanna be the very best," leading into "Pokémon". "Pokémon ends with a snippet of dramatic score from ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing'', leading into "Sexual Lion King".
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* FadingIntoTheNextSong: The albums use a variation of this, where each song seamlessly transitions into the next, either musically or through subject matter. Some good examples comes come from ''Silence'': "Furries" ends with the phrase "dressing up as their favorite four-legged Series/{{friends}}", leading into, naturally, "Friends". "Best" ends with a snippet of the first ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' theme: [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries "I wanna be the very best," best,"]] leading into "Pokémon". "Pokémon "Pokémon" ends with a snippet of dramatic score from ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing'', leading into "Sexual Lion King".
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** ''Mouth Sounds'' contained the track "D'oh!", which is a mashup of multiple songs and sound clips, including [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpson's]] titular CatchPhrase. ''Mouth Moods'' then followed it up with a similar track titled "Annoyed Grunt," which is how said CatchPhrase was initially written in the script for the episode it originally appeared in.
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** ''Mouth Sounds'' contained the track "D'oh!", "D'oh", which is a mashup of multiple songs and sound clips, including [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpson's]] titular CatchPhrase. ''Mouth Moods'' then followed it up with a similar track titled "Annoyed Grunt," which is how said CatchPhrase was initially is written in the script for the episode it originally appeared in.''Simpsons'' episodes.
** Ladies and gentlemen, this is Mambo number five... [[Music/TheWhiteAlbum number five... number five... number five...]]
* CallBack: ''Sounds'' and ''Moods'' both have interludes featuring "Mambo No. 5"; ''Sounds'' has "Bega Interlude," which is a brief MIDI version of the song, while ''Moods'' has "Revolution #5", which mashes it up with [[Music/TheWhiteAlbum "Revolution #9"]].
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* EasterEgg: ''Mouth Silence'' is full of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAJQQymhn9o carefully hidden "All Star" references]], including an album cover, backwards messages, and even some text in [=ID3=] tags. Really though, the whole ''Mouth'' quadrilogy has an encyclopedia full of its own lore and inside jokes.
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* EasterEgg: EasterEgg:
** ''Mouth Silence'' is full of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAJQQymhn9o carefully hidden "All Star" references]], including an album cover, backwards messages, and even some text in [=ID3=]tags. Really though, tags.
** Each of thewhole ''Mouth'' quadrilogy albums have a different image reflected in Neil's glasses, usually relating to a track on the album: ''Sounds'' has an encyclopedia full of WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} ([[Music/SmashMouth obviously]]), ''Silence'' has the Hampster Dance (referencing its own lore appearance in "Piss"), ''Moods'' has Film/AustinPowers (another Creator/MikeMyers character, and inside jokes.a reference to his appearance in "Annoyed Grunt"), and ''Dreams'' has [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi Wicket]] (referencing [[Music/LimpBiskit Limp Wicket]]).
* FadingIntoTheNextSong: The albums use a variation of this, where each song seamlessly transitions into the next, either musically or through subject matter. Some good examples comes from ''Silence'': "Furries" ends with the phrase "dressing up as their favorite four-legged Series/{{friends}}", leading into, naturally, "Friends". "Best" ends with a snippet of the first ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' theme: "I wanna be the very best," leading into "Pokémon". "Pokémon ends with a snippet of dramatic score from ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing'', leading into "Sexual Lion King".
** ''Mouth Silence'' is full of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAJQQymhn9o carefully hidden "All Star" references]], including an album cover, backwards messages, and even some text in [=ID3=]
** Each of the
* FadingIntoTheNextSong: The albums use a variation of this, where each song seamlessly transitions into the next, either musically or through subject matter. Some good examples comes from ''Silence'': "Furries" ends with the phrase "dressing up as their favorite four-legged Series/{{friends}}", leading into, naturally, "Friends". "Best" ends with a snippet of the first ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' theme: "I wanna be the very best," leading into "Pokémon". "Pokémon ends with a snippet of dramatic score from ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing'', leading into "Sexual Lion King".
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** The title of "Smooth", and tradition from previous albums, would lead one to believe that it involves Santana's "Smooth"... but then it starts with "O Canada" before transition into a mashup of "One Week" with "''Smooth'' Criminal". And then, right when the listener is resigned to the joke... [[SubvertedTrope Santana's "Smooth" kicks in!]]
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** The title of "Smooth", and tradition from previous albums, would lead one to believe that it involves Santana's "Smooth"... but then it starts with "O Canada" before transition and transitions into a mashup of "One Week" with "''Smooth'' Criminal". And then, right when the listener is resigned to the joke... [[SubvertedTrope Santana's "Smooth" kicks in!]]
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** "Wow Wow" starts with two back to back: "Some-" from "All Star," then "-people call me the space cowboy," from "The Joker," before getting into the meat of the mashup (Will Smith's "Wild Wild West".
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** "Wow Wow" starts with two back to back: "Some-" from "All Star," then "-people call me the space cowboy," from "The Joker," before getting into the meat of the mashup (Will Smith's "Wild Wild West".West").
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* MundaneMadeAwesome: "300MB" primarily samples an infomercial [[LargeHam dramatically playing up]] [[SeriousBusiness the incredible power of a]] [[TechnologyMarchesOn 300MB hard drive]], mixed in with an energetic tweak of "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)", giving it this effect.
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* MundaneMadeAwesome: "300MB" primarily samples an infomercial [[LargeHam dramatically playing up]] [[SeriousBusiness the incredible power of a]] [[TechnologyMarchesOn 300MB hard drive]], mixed in with an energetic tweak of "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)", giving it this effect. [[invoked]]
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* StealthPun: The song "300 MB," which has [[Music/TheProclaimers "I'm Gonna Be"]] playing over a woman ranting about the magic and wonder of a computer hard drive that can hold up to [[TechnologyMarchesOn 300 megabytes.]] Specifically, the vocal inflictions the brothers make in the song, "DADA DA DA," or as one could interpret it, "DA-DA-DATA! DA-DA-DATA!"
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* StealthPun: The song "300 MB," which has [[Music/TheProclaimers "I'm Gonna Be"]] playing over a woman ranting about the magic and wonder of a computer hard drive that can hold up to [[TechnologyMarchesOn 300 megabytes.]] Specifically, the vocal inflictions the brothers make in the song, "DADA DA DA," or as one could interpret it, "DA-DA-DATA! DA-DA-DATA!"DA-DA-DATA!" [[invoked]]
* TechnologyMarchesOn: Invoked with "300 MB," which remixes an early '90s infomercial about a hard drive with 300 megabytes of storage capacity, making it out to be world-changing and epic. For reference, ''Mouth Moods'' in FLAC format is 431 MB.
* TechnologyMarchesOn: Invoked with "300 MB," which remixes an early '90s infomercial about a hard drive with 300 megabytes of storage capacity, making it out to be world-changing and epic. For reference, ''Mouth Moods'' in FLAC format is 431 MB.
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** "Shit" from ''Mouth Moods'', its SpiritualSuccessor (the ''[[{{Pun}} number two]]'', if you will), is about [[SophisticatedAsHell taking a really, really good shit]].
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** "Shit" from ''Mouth Moods'', its SpiritualSuccessor sequel (the ''[[{{Pun}} number two]]'', if you will), is about [[SophisticatedAsHell taking a really, really good shit]].
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''Mouth Sounds'' and ''Mouth Silence'' received media attention upon their release in 2014, and as a result several mashups from the albums have become well-known [[MemeticMutation Internet memes]], with ''Mouth Moods''[='=] "Bustin'" (a remix of the ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}'' theme) arguably being the most famous. The albums are available to download for free on Cicierega's website, and to stream on his Soundcloud. Neil has also released music videos for some of the series' songs, as well as outtakes from ''Mouth Moods'', on his [=YouTube=] channel.
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''Mouth Sounds'' and ''Mouth Silence'' received media significant online attention upon their release in 2014, and as a result several mashups from the albums have become well-known [[MemeticMutation Internet memes]], with ''Mouth Moods''[='=] "Bustin'" (a remix of the ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}'' theme) arguably being the most famous. The albums are available to download for free on Cicierega's website, and to stream on his Soundcloud. Neil has also released music videos for some of the series' songs, as well as outtakes from ''Mouth Moods'', on his [=YouTube=] channel.
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->''When I decided to mash up Music/SmashMouth with Music/JohnLennon, of course I was thinking, "This is super blasphemous, this is designed to make people angry." But then by accident, some people think that it actually sounds good. A lot of people tell me that they really like it, when I was expecting that it would make them mad.''
-->'''Creator/NeilCicierega''', describing his thoughts on creating ''Mouth Sounds''
The ''Mouth Albums'' are a series of {{remix album}}s by Creator/NeilCicierega, better known as the lead of Music/LemonDemon. The albums consist of popular mixed together in surprising, blasphemous, and usually awesome ways. The project started when Cicierega found a sample pack of stems from the ''VideoGame/RockBand'' series and began to mess around with them in his spare time, which resulted in the track [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRv5LwX4jzI "No Credit Card"]], a heavily remixed version of Music/HueyLewisAndTheNews' "The Power of Love". After positive feedback from posting this on his Soundcloud, he began to work on what eventually became ''Mouth Sounds'', starting a long line of mashups.
To date, four albums in the series have been released, along with various outtakes and other odds and ends.
* '''''[[http://www.neilcic.com/mouthsounds/ Mouth Sounds]]''''' - The first album in the series, released in 2014. As the name implies, it primarily focuses on Music/SmashMouth's "All Star".
* '''''[[http://www.neilcic.com/mouthsilence/ Mouth Silence]]''''' - The second album, also released in 2014. It acts as a "prequel" to ''Mouth Sounds'', and features no visible references to "All Star" -- but examining closely reveals a series of cryptic Easter eggs alluding to the infamous song.
* '''''[[http://www.neilcic.com/mouthmoods/ Mouth Moods]]''''' - The third album, released in 2017. While it has "All Star" in it again, it isn't featured as prominently as in ''Mouth Sounds''.
* '''''[[http://www.neilcic.com/mouthdreams/ Mouth Dreams]]''''' - The fourth album, released in 2020. Unlike the others, it has an overarching theme (dreams, as the name indicates), making it a bit of a ConceptAlbum.
* '''''Mouth Craft''''' - An unofficial "fifth" album; this is a set of ''Mouth Dreams'' outtakes that Neil performed in a ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' concert.
''Mouth Sounds'' and ''Mouth Silence'' received media attention upon their release in 2014, and as a result several mashups from the albums have become well-known [[MemeticMutation Internet memes]], with ''Mouth Moods''[='=] "Bustin'" (a remix of the ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}'' theme) arguably being the most famous. The albums are available to download for free on Cicierega's website, and to stream on his Soundcloud. Neil has also released music videos for some of the series' songs, as well as outtakes from ''Mouth Moods'', on his [=YouTube=] channel.
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!!This is the story of the tropes:
* ArcWords: The word "Mouth" comes up a lot in the albums, both in the album titles and the titles of songs mashing [[Music/SmashMouth "All Star"]] with something else. [[TitleDrop "Mouth Dreams"]] also recurs in, well, ''Mouth Dreams''.
* BaitAndSwitch:
** The title of "Smooth", and tradition from previous albums, would lead one to believe that it involves Santana's "Smooth"... but then it starts with "O Canada" before transition into a mashup of "One Week" with "''Smooth'' Criminal". And then, right when the listener is resigned to the joke... [[SubvertedTrope Santana's "Smooth" kicks in!]]
** "Wow Wow" starts with two back to back: "Some-" from "All Star," then "-people call me the space cowboy," from "The Joker," before getting into the meat of the mashup (Will Smith's "Wild Wild West".
* BleepDammit: Parodied in ''Mouth Dreams'', where Neil randomly censors the word "hell" in "Fredhammer" but keeps swears uncensored in the rest of the album, even sentence mixing "Feel Good, Inc." to ''un''censor "ass cracks" and making Johnny Cash say "shit" in "Just a Baby".
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: In "Superkiller", the [[Music/TalkingHeads psycho killer]] now '''''HATES PEOPLE WHEN THEIR''''' ''bed's on fire...'' despite mentioning several times how [[HypocriticalHumor his own bed is on fire]].
* BookEnds:
** ''Mouth Silence'' begins and ends with a "[[Music/ThirdEyeBlind Semi-Charmed Life]]" mashup.
** ''Mouth Dreams'', whose title on the album cover spells out "NICE MODEMS" if you only look at the letters with sparkles (similar to the "Super Mario Galaxy" / "U R MR GAY" meme), begins and ends with internet-related sounds (the Yahoo! jingle and modem dial-up sounds, respectively).
* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: In ''Bustin'':
--> '''Ray Parker Jr.''': Freaky ghost baby! / Freaky ghost man! / Freaky man baby!
* BrickJoke:
** Track 6 on ''Mouth Sounds'', "Full Mouth", is a mashup between "[[Music/SmashMouth All Star]]" and the ''Series/FullHouse'' theme. Once you think it's over, the next track "Alanis" starts up with the vocals from Music/AlanisMorissette's "You Oughta Know"[[spoiler: ...only for the ''Full House'' music to kick back in.]] ''Then'', once you've completely finished with that album and are 45 minutes into ''Mouth Silence'', "Wndrwll" starts out as a chopped up remix of {{Music/Oasis}}' "Wonderwall", [[spoiler: and then 2 minutes into it, when you least expect it, the ''Full House'' music comes back one more time.]] Can also count as a CallForward if you're listening to them in "canonical" order.
** On the album ''Mouth Moods'', Neil uses a short sample of the song "One Week" in the opening song, "The Starting Line". Later in the album, Neil pairs "One Week" with "Smooth Criminal" on the track, "Smooth". Then, for the sole purpose of tormenting the listener, Neil pairs "One Week" with "Stand By Me" on the very next track.
** ''Mouth Sounds'' contained the track "D'oh!", which is a mashup of multiple songs and sound clips, including [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpson's]] titular CatchPhrase. ''Mouth Moods'' then followed it up with a similar track titled "Annoyed Grunt," which is how said CatchPhrase was initially written in the script for the episode it originally appeared in.
** Similarly, ''Mouth Silence'' ends with a track titled [[ToiletHumor "Piss"]]. ''Mouth Moods'' then ended with a track titled "Shit."
** ''Mouth Sounds'' contained a track titled "Vivid Memories Turn to Fantasies," a remix of Creator/WillSmith's ''Film/MenInBlack'' theme, with Will occasionally declaring [[InherentlyFunnyWords "Bees!"]]. ''Mouth Moods'' eventually followed that up with "Wow Wow", a remix of Creator/WillSmith's ''Film/WildWildWest'' theme, including one more declaration of "Bees!"
** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with "Closerflies" off of ''Mouth Dreams,'' which uses the instrumental from [[Music/NineInchNails "Closer,"]] the vocals of which Neil mashed with "Love Rollercoaster" by the Ohio Players on "Rollercloser" in ''Mouth Silence''. [[spoiler: But then the [[Music/OwlCity "Fireflies"]] vocals come in...]]
* BrokenRecord:
** "D'oh!" has "I like big butts and I cannot lie... butts and I cannot lie... butts and I cannot lie..." for nearly a minute under the rest of the song.
** "No Credit Card" from ''Mouth Sounds'' takes this UpToEleven; the first two-and-a-half minutes are almost entirely composed of variations on [[Music/HueyLewisAndTheNews "Don't need no credit card to ride this train"]], which then simply cuts it down to "Ri-ri-ri-ri-ri-ri-ri-ri..." with a background of "Feel the power of love" for the next two minutes.
** "The Starting Line" is a compilation of opening lines from several songs (more specifically, [[LyricalColdOpen songs where the vocals start before the music]]), repeating constantly for the ''entire'' duration of the song.
** Then there's "Smooth", where the lyrics for One Week ends before the Smooth Criminal instrumentals do and so it just starts repeating certain phrases of the lyrics for the remainder of the song like "Chickity China the Chinese chicken" and "Harrison Ford" for the hell of it.
** "Alanis": "You-UH! You-UH! You-UH! You-UH! You-UH! You-UH! You-UH! You-UH! Oughta know!"
** From "Get Happy"; "C'mon get happy, we'll make you happy! C'mon get happy, we'll make you happy! C'mon..."
* CanadaEh: The beginning of "Smooth" -- a mashup of [[Music/MichaelJackson "Smooth Criminal"]], [[Music/BarenakedLadies "One Week"]], and [[Music/{{Santana}} "Smooth"]] -- is a faded recording of "O Canada", seemingly for no reason other than that's where Music/BarenakedLadies are from (signifying their incoming arrival, perhaps).
* ConceptAlbum: "Mouth Dreams" focuses almost entirely around songs that involve or at least mention sleep, and even has an intro ("[[Series/TheTwilightZone1959 you've just crossed over into]]... [[TitleDrop Mouth Dreams]]") and an "extro" (which begs the listener to [[Music/SystemOfADown wake up]]).
* TheCoverChangesTheMeaning: Several of his remixes edit the vocal tracks enough to wildly change the subject of the song.
** He turns the ''Ghostbusters'' theme into a celebration of [[UnusualEuphemism "bustin'"]] on a "freaky ghost bed".
** "The Eye of the Tiger" into a song about a number of literal tigers.
** Cicierega juxtaposes a news segment about furries to make "Foxey Lady" about Music/JimiHendrix being a furry lusting after a literal fox lady.
** Both "Men in Black" and "Wild Wild West" have been edited to give Will Smith a weird obsession with bees, his "Wild Wild West" remix in particular changing from a rap song of braggadocious masculinity to one of blatant homoeroticism (''"Who that is?! [[BigBad Loveless]], bad for ya health! [[invoked]] [[HoYay Lookin' damn good though, if I could say it myself!]] Told me Loveless is a good man, but I don't feel that, [[FoeRomanceSubtext he got his behind lookin' damn good though!]]"'').
** "Love Psych" is a frighteningly extreme example. The upbeat vocals from Music/TheB52s' "Love Shack" are relatively unchanged, but when put behind [[PsychoStrings the string soundtrack]] to ''Film/{{Psycho}}'', some of the lyrics start to form a new narrative, vaguely parallel to the plot of the movie, just a lot more [[DeadlyEuphemism euphemistic.]]
** "Just a Baby" takes Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues" is now about a baby who is specifically in "baby prison" for acting out various kinds of TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior... including not only shooting a train (but that train was just a car) but "always drinking coffee" and smoking. Also, he likes vehicles and his mother killed a man.
** In some cases, he actually changes the meaning of the song by ''removing'' the LyricalDissonance and giving more spotlight to the lyrics. "Tears in Chocolate Rain" takes away the cheesy instrumental of "Chocolate Rain" to highlight its lyrics about institutional racism; "T.I.M.E." puts "Y.M.C.A" over the epic score of ''Film/{{Inception}}'' to show how its lyrics depict a tragic homeless man on his last legs; "Johnny" puts [[JustForFun/{{Rickroll}} "Never Gonna Give You Up"]] over Johnny Cash's solemn "Hurt" to show that it's a genuine love song buried under the synthesized '80s sheen and memes.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The song titles from ''Mouth Sounds'' were often much less simple and concise than his later works, such as the first track being called "Promenade (Satellite Pictures At An Exhibition)" and another being called "Vivid Memories Turn To Fantasies". Song titles in later albums are usually four syllables at most and are a combination of the song or artist's names, such as "Aerolong", "Superkiller" and "Spongerock". In a broader sense, the mashups themselves are more predictable, with there usually just being one joke for the entire song, usually involving "All Star" or "Smooth". Later albums have a greater variety of artists and more jokes within a single one.
* EasterEgg: ''Mouth Silence'' is full of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAJQQymhn9o carefully hidden "All Star" references]], including an album cover, backwards messages, and even some text in [=ID3=] tags. Really though, the whole ''Mouth'' quadrilogy has an encyclopedia full of its own lore and inside jokes.
* FoeRomanceSubtext: Done in "Wow Wow" from ''Mouth Moods'', where [[Film/WildWildWest Jim West(/Dress)'s feelings for Loveless]] suddenly take an unexpected sexual turn:
-->''Who dat is? Loveless, bad for your health\\
Lookin' damn good, though, if I can say it myself\\
Told me Loveless is a good man, I don't feel that\\
He got his behind looking damn good, though''
* ImmediateSelfContradiction: In "[[Music/RickJames Super]][[Music/TalkingHeads killer]]" from ''Mouth Dreams'', the singer asks "Say something once, why say it again?"... twice in a row. This is right after he says "You start a conversation you can't even finish!" and [[{{Beat}} says nothing for the next bar]].
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[Music/SmashMouth "All Star"]], [[Music/{{Santana}} "Smooth"]], the ''Series/FullHouse'' theme, [[Music/BarenakedLadies "One Week"]]...at this point, almost no song is sacred from being used in a lot of his mashups.
* LimitedLyricsSong: Sometimes to the point of OverlyLongGag levels. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRv5LwX4jzI "Don't need no credit card to ride this train..."]]
* ListSong: Taken to its logical conclusion with "Space Monkey Mafia", a mash-up of {{Music/REM}}'s "It's the End of the World" and [[Music/BillyJoel Billy Joel's]] "We Didn't Start the Fire".
* LyricalDissonance: Embraced to absurd degrees in his mashup songs, either with silly sounding instrumentals with serious lyrics ("Rollercloser", "Crocodile Chop", "Floor Corn", and "The End"), or serious sounding instrumentals with silly lyrics ("Love Psych", "T.I.M.E."). [[UpToEleven Or both]] ("Mullet with Butterfly Wings", "Spongerock").
* MeaningfulName: "The Starting Line" from ''Mouth Moods'' consists entirely of lyrics that are [[JustForPun the starting line]] of their respective tracks, including, of course, "The Distance" by {{Music/Cake}}, which starts with the line "''Reluctantly crouched at the starting line...''" And on top of all of that, it's also the first track of the album.
* MinisculeRocking: Several of his mashups are much shorter than their source songs, on the basis of mashup dissonance ("Born to Cat", "Busta") or executing one exact joke from the lyrics ("Friends", "Nightmovin'") before slamming the listener in the face with the next track in line.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: "300MB" primarily samples an infomercial [[LargeHam dramatically playing up]] [[SeriousBusiness the incredible power of a]] [[TechnologyMarchesOn 300MB hard drive]], mixed in with an energetic tweak of "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)", giving it this effect.
* OrangeBlueContrast: Used strongly on the album cover of ''Mouth Moods''.
* OverlyLongGag:
** "Full Mouth" starts with over a full minute of the unedited ''Full House'' theme before the lyrics of "All Star" kick in.
** "Alanis" ends with the VanityPlate jingles of Lorimar-Telepictures and Warner Bros. Television, the producers of [[spoiler:''Full House'']]... then Columbia Pictures Television, Castle Rock Television, Buena Vista Television, Touchstone Television, Gracie Films, 20th Century Fox Television, and then finally Klasky-Csupo.
** "Cannibals" in ''Mouth Dreams'' basically has the listener ask, "Neil can't possibly mash up an entire song for four and half minutes using only the THX Deep Note as the main instrumental source, can he?" '''''He does.'''''
** "The Outsiders" from ''Mouth Dreams'' lists the characters of the [[Literature/TheOutsiders titular story]] from the movie trailer, [[spoiler: along with [[ArsonMurderandJaywalking Dad, Inspector Gadget, Kid Cuisine, and other non-Outsider members,]] all in the voice of renowned trailer VA Creator/DonLaFontaine]].
** "Sleepin'" on ''Mouth Dreams'' takes the opening riff from "My Own Worst Enemy" by LIT, and extends it past its resolution... and then ''longer''.
* PrecisionFStrike: Inverted with "Rollercloser" from ''Mouth Silence'', where the F Strikes from the chorus of [[Music/NineInchNails "Closer"]] are replaced with funk vocals.
* RemixAlbum: ''Mouth Sounds'', ''Mouth Silence'', ''Mouth Moods'' and ''Mouth Dreams'' all consist of remixes and mashups of popular songs and found audio from the late 50's to the early 2000's.
* RuleOfThree: On ''Mouth Moods'', "All Star" is one of the songs used on "The Starting Line", but only in the same context as every other vocal sample in that track, by repeating its starting line. After that theme is over, there are two isolated "SOME"s to fake out the listener (the end of "The Starting Line" and the beginning of "Wow Wow") before the song gets its proper mashup treatment in "Mouth Pressure".
* RunningGag: Smash Mouth's "All Star" is constantly either mashed-up or referenced throughout all four of the ''Mouth'' albums.
* SequelEscalation: ''Mouth Moods'' to ''Sounds'' and ''Silence'', as many of the songs on ''Moods'' are sequels or inverses of songs on the preceding albums taken UpToEleven. A particular example is "Annoyed Grunt" which is simultaneously a sequel to "D'oh" from ''Sounds'' and "Friends" from ''Silence''.
* SpokenWordInMusic: Happens a lot in ''Mouth Silence'' and ''Mouth Moods'' by using a spoken word sample to segue into or introduce another song.
* TelephoneSong: "Numbers" takes samples from a bunch of other songs about telephones (most prominently Music/CarlyRaeJepsen's "Call Me Maybe" and the ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'' theme), as well as ads for gimmicky 1-900 numbers, and mashes them all together.
* StealthPun: The song "300 MB," which has [[Music/TheProclaimers "I'm Gonna Be"]] playing over a woman ranting about the magic and wonder of a computer hard drive that can hold up to [[TechnologyMarchesOn 300 megabytes.]] Specifically, the vocal inflictions the brothers make in the song, "DADA DA DA," or as one could interpret it, "DA-DA-DATA! DA-DA-DATA!"
* ToiletHumor:
** "Piss" from ''Mouth Silence'' is about, well, drinking piss.
** "Shit" from ''Mouth Moods'', its SpiritualSuccessor (the ''[[{{Pun}} number two]]'', if you will), is about [[SophisticatedAsHell taking a really, really good shit]].
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: The protagonist of "Just a Baby" is a baby who constantly drinks coffee, smokes cigars, and shoots people with guns.
* UrbanLegends: Invoked in "Ribs"—a mashup including Chili's "Baby Back ''Ribs''" and [[Music/MarilynManson Marilyn Manson's "The Beautiful People"]], subtly referencing [[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/getting-waisted/ an enduring one about Manson]]. It also hasn't gone unnoticed that this song is preceded by "Get Happy" and followed by "My Mouth"...
* WordSaladLyrics:
** "Just a Baby" has Neil mix up the lyrics of "Folsom Prison Blues" by Johnny Cash so much that it becomes an incomprehensible song about Johnny Cash being a baby and a train.
** "10,000 Spoons" takes Alanis Morissette's "Ironic" and sentence-mixes its lyrics into oblivion, replacing the ends of multiple lines with "...on your wedding day", etc. It also chops off the second halves of a few lines, creating non-sequiturs like "It's like 10,000 spoons...".
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''...Bees.\\
[[superscript:...Bees!]]''
-->'''Creator/NeilCicierega''', describing his thoughts on creating ''Mouth Sounds''
The ''Mouth Albums'' are a series of {{remix album}}s by Creator/NeilCicierega, better known as the lead of Music/LemonDemon. The albums consist of popular mixed together in surprising, blasphemous, and usually awesome ways. The project started when Cicierega found a sample pack of stems from the ''VideoGame/RockBand'' series and began to mess around with them in his spare time, which resulted in the track [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRv5LwX4jzI "No Credit Card"]], a heavily remixed version of Music/HueyLewisAndTheNews' "The Power of Love". After positive feedback from posting this on his Soundcloud, he began to work on what eventually became ''Mouth Sounds'', starting a long line of mashups.
To date, four albums in the series have been released, along with various outtakes and other odds and ends.
* '''''[[http://www.neilcic.com/mouthsounds/ Mouth Sounds]]''''' - The first album in the series, released in 2014. As the name implies, it primarily focuses on Music/SmashMouth's "All Star".
* '''''[[http://www.neilcic.com/mouthsilence/ Mouth Silence]]''''' - The second album, also released in 2014. It acts as a "prequel" to ''Mouth Sounds'', and features no visible references to "All Star" -- but examining closely reveals a series of cryptic Easter eggs alluding to the infamous song.
* '''''[[http://www.neilcic.com/mouthmoods/ Mouth Moods]]''''' - The third album, released in 2017. While it has "All Star" in it again, it isn't featured as prominently as in ''Mouth Sounds''.
* '''''[[http://www.neilcic.com/mouthdreams/ Mouth Dreams]]''''' - The fourth album, released in 2020. Unlike the others, it has an overarching theme (dreams, as the name indicates), making it a bit of a ConceptAlbum.
* '''''Mouth Craft''''' - An unofficial "fifth" album; this is a set of ''Mouth Dreams'' outtakes that Neil performed in a ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' concert.
''Mouth Sounds'' and ''Mouth Silence'' received media attention upon their release in 2014, and as a result several mashups from the albums have become well-known [[MemeticMutation Internet memes]], with ''Mouth Moods''[='=] "Bustin'" (a remix of the ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}'' theme) arguably being the most famous. The albums are available to download for free on Cicierega's website, and to stream on his Soundcloud. Neil has also released music videos for some of the series' songs, as well as outtakes from ''Mouth Moods'', on his [=YouTube=] channel.
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!!This is the story of the tropes:
* ArcWords: The word "Mouth" comes up a lot in the albums, both in the album titles and the titles of songs mashing [[Music/SmashMouth "All Star"]] with something else. [[TitleDrop "Mouth Dreams"]] also recurs in, well, ''Mouth Dreams''.
* BaitAndSwitch:
** The title of "Smooth", and tradition from previous albums, would lead one to believe that it involves Santana's "Smooth"... but then it starts with "O Canada" before transition into a mashup of "One Week" with "''Smooth'' Criminal". And then, right when the listener is resigned to the joke... [[SubvertedTrope Santana's "Smooth" kicks in!]]
** "Wow Wow" starts with two back to back: "Some-" from "All Star," then "-people call me the space cowboy," from "The Joker," before getting into the meat of the mashup (Will Smith's "Wild Wild West".
* BleepDammit: Parodied in ''Mouth Dreams'', where Neil randomly censors the word "hell" in "Fredhammer" but keeps swears uncensored in the rest of the album, even sentence mixing "Feel Good, Inc." to ''un''censor "ass cracks" and making Johnny Cash say "shit" in "Just a Baby".
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: In "Superkiller", the [[Music/TalkingHeads psycho killer]] now '''''HATES PEOPLE WHEN THEIR''''' ''bed's on fire...'' despite mentioning several times how [[HypocriticalHumor his own bed is on fire]].
* BookEnds:
** ''Mouth Silence'' begins and ends with a "[[Music/ThirdEyeBlind Semi-Charmed Life]]" mashup.
** ''Mouth Dreams'', whose title on the album cover spells out "NICE MODEMS" if you only look at the letters with sparkles (similar to the "Super Mario Galaxy" / "U R MR GAY" meme), begins and ends with internet-related sounds (the Yahoo! jingle and modem dial-up sounds, respectively).
* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: In ''Bustin'':
--> '''Ray Parker Jr.''': Freaky ghost baby! / Freaky ghost man! / Freaky man baby!
* BrickJoke:
** Track 6 on ''Mouth Sounds'', "Full Mouth", is a mashup between "[[Music/SmashMouth All Star]]" and the ''Series/FullHouse'' theme. Once you think it's over, the next track "Alanis" starts up with the vocals from Music/AlanisMorissette's "You Oughta Know"[[spoiler: ...only for the ''Full House'' music to kick back in.]] ''Then'', once you've completely finished with that album and are 45 minutes into ''Mouth Silence'', "Wndrwll" starts out as a chopped up remix of {{Music/Oasis}}' "Wonderwall", [[spoiler: and then 2 minutes into it, when you least expect it, the ''Full House'' music comes back one more time.]] Can also count as a CallForward if you're listening to them in "canonical" order.
** On the album ''Mouth Moods'', Neil uses a short sample of the song "One Week" in the opening song, "The Starting Line". Later in the album, Neil pairs "One Week" with "Smooth Criminal" on the track, "Smooth". Then, for the sole purpose of tormenting the listener, Neil pairs "One Week" with "Stand By Me" on the very next track.
** ''Mouth Sounds'' contained the track "D'oh!", which is a mashup of multiple songs and sound clips, including [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpson's]] titular CatchPhrase. ''Mouth Moods'' then followed it up with a similar track titled "Annoyed Grunt," which is how said CatchPhrase was initially written in the script for the episode it originally appeared in.
** Similarly, ''Mouth Silence'' ends with a track titled [[ToiletHumor "Piss"]]. ''Mouth Moods'' then ended with a track titled "Shit."
** ''Mouth Sounds'' contained a track titled "Vivid Memories Turn to Fantasies," a remix of Creator/WillSmith's ''Film/MenInBlack'' theme, with Will occasionally declaring [[InherentlyFunnyWords "Bees!"]]. ''Mouth Moods'' eventually followed that up with "Wow Wow", a remix of Creator/WillSmith's ''Film/WildWildWest'' theme, including one more declaration of "Bees!"
** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with "Closerflies" off of ''Mouth Dreams,'' which uses the instrumental from [[Music/NineInchNails "Closer,"]] the vocals of which Neil mashed with "Love Rollercoaster" by the Ohio Players on "Rollercloser" in ''Mouth Silence''. [[spoiler: But then the [[Music/OwlCity "Fireflies"]] vocals come in...]]
* BrokenRecord:
** "D'oh!" has "I like big butts and I cannot lie... butts and I cannot lie... butts and I cannot lie..." for nearly a minute under the rest of the song.
** "No Credit Card" from ''Mouth Sounds'' takes this UpToEleven; the first two-and-a-half minutes are almost entirely composed of variations on [[Music/HueyLewisAndTheNews "Don't need no credit card to ride this train"]], which then simply cuts it down to "Ri-ri-ri-ri-ri-ri-ri-ri..." with a background of "Feel the power of love" for the next two minutes.
** "The Starting Line" is a compilation of opening lines from several songs (more specifically, [[LyricalColdOpen songs where the vocals start before the music]]), repeating constantly for the ''entire'' duration of the song.
** Then there's "Smooth", where the lyrics for One Week ends before the Smooth Criminal instrumentals do and so it just starts repeating certain phrases of the lyrics for the remainder of the song like "Chickity China the Chinese chicken" and "Harrison Ford" for the hell of it.
** "Alanis": "You-UH! You-UH! You-UH! You-UH! You-UH! You-UH! You-UH! You-UH! Oughta know!"
** From "Get Happy"; "C'mon get happy, we'll make you happy! C'mon get happy, we'll make you happy! C'mon..."
* CanadaEh: The beginning of "Smooth" -- a mashup of [[Music/MichaelJackson "Smooth Criminal"]], [[Music/BarenakedLadies "One Week"]], and [[Music/{{Santana}} "Smooth"]] -- is a faded recording of "O Canada", seemingly for no reason other than that's where Music/BarenakedLadies are from (signifying their incoming arrival, perhaps).
* ConceptAlbum: "Mouth Dreams" focuses almost entirely around songs that involve or at least mention sleep, and even has an intro ("[[Series/TheTwilightZone1959 you've just crossed over into]]... [[TitleDrop Mouth Dreams]]") and an "extro" (which begs the listener to [[Music/SystemOfADown wake up]]).
* TheCoverChangesTheMeaning: Several of his remixes edit the vocal tracks enough to wildly change the subject of the song.
** He turns the ''Ghostbusters'' theme into a celebration of [[UnusualEuphemism "bustin'"]] on a "freaky ghost bed".
** "The Eye of the Tiger" into a song about a number of literal tigers.
** Cicierega juxtaposes a news segment about furries to make "Foxey Lady" about Music/JimiHendrix being a furry lusting after a literal fox lady.
** Both "Men in Black" and "Wild Wild West" have been edited to give Will Smith a weird obsession with bees, his "Wild Wild West" remix in particular changing from a rap song of braggadocious masculinity to one of blatant homoeroticism (''"Who that is?! [[BigBad Loveless]], bad for ya health! [[invoked]] [[HoYay Lookin' damn good though, if I could say it myself!]] Told me Loveless is a good man, but I don't feel that, [[FoeRomanceSubtext he got his behind lookin' damn good though!]]"'').
** "Love Psych" is a frighteningly extreme example. The upbeat vocals from Music/TheB52s' "Love Shack" are relatively unchanged, but when put behind [[PsychoStrings the string soundtrack]] to ''Film/{{Psycho}}'', some of the lyrics start to form a new narrative, vaguely parallel to the plot of the movie, just a lot more [[DeadlyEuphemism euphemistic.]]
** "Just a Baby" takes Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues" is now about a baby who is specifically in "baby prison" for acting out various kinds of TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior... including not only shooting a train (but that train was just a car) but "always drinking coffee" and smoking. Also, he likes vehicles and his mother killed a man.
** In some cases, he actually changes the meaning of the song by ''removing'' the LyricalDissonance and giving more spotlight to the lyrics. "Tears in Chocolate Rain" takes away the cheesy instrumental of "Chocolate Rain" to highlight its lyrics about institutional racism; "T.I.M.E." puts "Y.M.C.A" over the epic score of ''Film/{{Inception}}'' to show how its lyrics depict a tragic homeless man on his last legs; "Johnny" puts [[JustForFun/{{Rickroll}} "Never Gonna Give You Up"]] over Johnny Cash's solemn "Hurt" to show that it's a genuine love song buried under the synthesized '80s sheen and memes.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The song titles from ''Mouth Sounds'' were often much less simple and concise than his later works, such as the first track being called "Promenade (Satellite Pictures At An Exhibition)" and another being called "Vivid Memories Turn To Fantasies". Song titles in later albums are usually four syllables at most and are a combination of the song or artist's names, such as "Aerolong", "Superkiller" and "Spongerock". In a broader sense, the mashups themselves are more predictable, with there usually just being one joke for the entire song, usually involving "All Star" or "Smooth". Later albums have a greater variety of artists and more jokes within a single one.
* EasterEgg: ''Mouth Silence'' is full of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAJQQymhn9o carefully hidden "All Star" references]], including an album cover, backwards messages, and even some text in [=ID3=] tags. Really though, the whole ''Mouth'' quadrilogy has an encyclopedia full of its own lore and inside jokes.
* FoeRomanceSubtext: Done in "Wow Wow" from ''Mouth Moods'', where [[Film/WildWildWest Jim West(/Dress)'s feelings for Loveless]] suddenly take an unexpected sexual turn:
-->''Who dat is? Loveless, bad for your health\\
Lookin' damn good, though, if I can say it myself\\
Told me Loveless is a good man, I don't feel that\\
He got his behind looking damn good, though''
* ImmediateSelfContradiction: In "[[Music/RickJames Super]][[Music/TalkingHeads killer]]" from ''Mouth Dreams'', the singer asks "Say something once, why say it again?"... twice in a row. This is right after he says "You start a conversation you can't even finish!" and [[{{Beat}} says nothing for the next bar]].
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[Music/SmashMouth "All Star"]], [[Music/{{Santana}} "Smooth"]], the ''Series/FullHouse'' theme, [[Music/BarenakedLadies "One Week"]]...at this point, almost no song is sacred from being used in a lot of his mashups.
* LimitedLyricsSong: Sometimes to the point of OverlyLongGag levels. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRv5LwX4jzI "Don't need no credit card to ride this train..."]]
* ListSong: Taken to its logical conclusion with "Space Monkey Mafia", a mash-up of {{Music/REM}}'s "It's the End of the World" and [[Music/BillyJoel Billy Joel's]] "We Didn't Start the Fire".
* LyricalDissonance: Embraced to absurd degrees in his mashup songs, either with silly sounding instrumentals with serious lyrics ("Rollercloser", "Crocodile Chop", "Floor Corn", and "The End"), or serious sounding instrumentals with silly lyrics ("Love Psych", "T.I.M.E."). [[UpToEleven Or both]] ("Mullet with Butterfly Wings", "Spongerock").
* MeaningfulName: "The Starting Line" from ''Mouth Moods'' consists entirely of lyrics that are [[JustForPun the starting line]] of their respective tracks, including, of course, "The Distance" by {{Music/Cake}}, which starts with the line "''Reluctantly crouched at the starting line...''" And on top of all of that, it's also the first track of the album.
* MinisculeRocking: Several of his mashups are much shorter than their source songs, on the basis of mashup dissonance ("Born to Cat", "Busta") or executing one exact joke from the lyrics ("Friends", "Nightmovin'") before slamming the listener in the face with the next track in line.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: "300MB" primarily samples an infomercial [[LargeHam dramatically playing up]] [[SeriousBusiness the incredible power of a]] [[TechnologyMarchesOn 300MB hard drive]], mixed in with an energetic tweak of "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)", giving it this effect.
* OrangeBlueContrast: Used strongly on the album cover of ''Mouth Moods''.
* OverlyLongGag:
** "Full Mouth" starts with over a full minute of the unedited ''Full House'' theme before the lyrics of "All Star" kick in.
** "Alanis" ends with the VanityPlate jingles of Lorimar-Telepictures and Warner Bros. Television, the producers of [[spoiler:''Full House'']]... then Columbia Pictures Television, Castle Rock Television, Buena Vista Television, Touchstone Television, Gracie Films, 20th Century Fox Television, and then finally Klasky-Csupo.
** "Cannibals" in ''Mouth Dreams'' basically has the listener ask, "Neil can't possibly mash up an entire song for four and half minutes using only the THX Deep Note as the main instrumental source, can he?" '''''He does.'''''
** "The Outsiders" from ''Mouth Dreams'' lists the characters of the [[Literature/TheOutsiders titular story]] from the movie trailer, [[spoiler: along with [[ArsonMurderandJaywalking Dad, Inspector Gadget, Kid Cuisine, and other non-Outsider members,]] all in the voice of renowned trailer VA Creator/DonLaFontaine]].
** "Sleepin'" on ''Mouth Dreams'' takes the opening riff from "My Own Worst Enemy" by LIT, and extends it past its resolution... and then ''longer''.
* PrecisionFStrike: Inverted with "Rollercloser" from ''Mouth Silence'', where the F Strikes from the chorus of [[Music/NineInchNails "Closer"]] are replaced with funk vocals.
* RemixAlbum: ''Mouth Sounds'', ''Mouth Silence'', ''Mouth Moods'' and ''Mouth Dreams'' all consist of remixes and mashups of popular songs and found audio from the late 50's to the early 2000's.
* RuleOfThree: On ''Mouth Moods'', "All Star" is one of the songs used on "The Starting Line", but only in the same context as every other vocal sample in that track, by repeating its starting line. After that theme is over, there are two isolated "SOME"s to fake out the listener (the end of "The Starting Line" and the beginning of "Wow Wow") before the song gets its proper mashup treatment in "Mouth Pressure".
* RunningGag: Smash Mouth's "All Star" is constantly either mashed-up or referenced throughout all four of the ''Mouth'' albums.
* SequelEscalation: ''Mouth Moods'' to ''Sounds'' and ''Silence'', as many of the songs on ''Moods'' are sequels or inverses of songs on the preceding albums taken UpToEleven. A particular example is "Annoyed Grunt" which is simultaneously a sequel to "D'oh" from ''Sounds'' and "Friends" from ''Silence''.
* SpokenWordInMusic: Happens a lot in ''Mouth Silence'' and ''Mouth Moods'' by using a spoken word sample to segue into or introduce another song.
* TelephoneSong: "Numbers" takes samples from a bunch of other songs about telephones (most prominently Music/CarlyRaeJepsen's "Call Me Maybe" and the ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'' theme), as well as ads for gimmicky 1-900 numbers, and mashes them all together.
* StealthPun: The song "300 MB," which has [[Music/TheProclaimers "I'm Gonna Be"]] playing over a woman ranting about the magic and wonder of a computer hard drive that can hold up to [[TechnologyMarchesOn 300 megabytes.]] Specifically, the vocal inflictions the brothers make in the song, "DADA DA DA," or as one could interpret it, "DA-DA-DATA! DA-DA-DATA!"
* ToiletHumor:
** "Piss" from ''Mouth Silence'' is about, well, drinking piss.
** "Shit" from ''Mouth Moods'', its SpiritualSuccessor (the ''[[{{Pun}} number two]]'', if you will), is about [[SophisticatedAsHell taking a really, really good shit]].
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: The protagonist of "Just a Baby" is a baby who constantly drinks coffee, smokes cigars, and shoots people with guns.
* UrbanLegends: Invoked in "Ribs"—a mashup including Chili's "Baby Back ''Ribs''" and [[Music/MarilynManson Marilyn Manson's "The Beautiful People"]], subtly referencing [[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/getting-waisted/ an enduring one about Manson]]. It also hasn't gone unnoticed that this song is preceded by "Get Happy" and followed by "My Mouth"...
* WordSaladLyrics:
** "Just a Baby" has Neil mix up the lyrics of "Folsom Prison Blues" by Johnny Cash so much that it becomes an incomprehensible song about Johnny Cash being a baby and a train.
** "10,000 Spoons" takes Alanis Morissette's "Ironic" and sentence-mixes its lyrics into oblivion, replacing the ends of multiple lines with "...on your wedding day", etc. It also chops off the second halves of a few lines, creating non-sequiturs like "It's like 10,000 spoons...".
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