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Deep Fried Man |
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Bio:Deep Fried Man writes folk songs for the mall generation. These
songs are infused with bits of blues, soul, rock, hip-hop and rage.
Deep Fried Man is angry because people kill each other so much and
because the world is a stupid place, where there's never anything good on
TV. But mainly, Deep Fried Man is angry because his relationships
never work out. Deep Fried Man channels all of these frustrations into
songs that combine raw emotions with sharp satirical commentary. His
lyrics are cynical, but not depressing. They are way more likely to make
you laugh than cry. They are about sex, drugs, violent crime,
pain, rejection and apathy. You know, the usual. Deep Fried Man has
also been known to throw more than a couple of bizarre covers into
his sets, and his version of Snow's 'Informer' has been described by
music journalist Daniel Friedman as 'almost as good as the original'.
His new album, Deep Fried Man is Not Amused, is an intensely
personal, funny-yet-sad reflection on four years of life. Meanwhile, his
live shows reflect the new direction he is going in - all out comedy
and satire, as seen in new songs such as It's Complicated, billed as
a "stirring ballad of unrequited Facebook love".
Deep Fried Man's Sites: Facebook | MySpace |
It's Complicated Video: Funny or Die | FHM features It's Complicated on their site
 Feedback
on It's Complicated:
“Proper props on that video. We put it up on the FHM
website. Good skills man, and super-funny lyrics!” [Hagen Engler, Editor,
FHM]
“Radical! it's a hit!”
[Toast Coetzer, lead singer/poet
for The Buckfever Underground, editor of Ons Klynkie]
“A fantastic
post-modern portrayal of online love. Also the beat can make me like to
dance” [Belinda Lewis, a Facebook user]
“This is so funny... I'm sending
it everyone… on FB... *chuckle*”
[Michelle West, another Facebook
user]
“Hehehe tx 4 da facebook song made me thnk of my sis and her
cyber relationships ...her relationship status is always...ITS COMPLICATED
good nighte”
[Marencia Hendriks, another, particularly articulate
Facebook user]
“Genius”
[Caroline Bar, yet another, somewhat overly
enthusiastic Facebook user]
Recent blog post on Deep Fried Man:
DEEP FRIED
MAN
I always considered a sense of humour to be the highest form
of intelligence, and this man takes the cake. He is tight, he is
f***ing funny, he is a lyrical genius, he will have you in stitches and
you'll
say under your breath – i know JUST how you feel, buddy! And
then you'll say – dammit, I love this guy! :-) http://mice-and-men-event.blogspot.com
Here
is a review of one of my shows:
Last up was Deep Fried Man, whose
humorous songs about road-rage, failed relationships and getting high had the
crowd in stitches and often singing along. However he really had them eating
out of his hand when he closed with a cover of Snow's Informer and a rework
of Bob Marley's Redemption Song dubbed Rejection Song. It is quite clear
that the South African singer/songwriter scene is in good health, it's
just a pity that there were so few that arrived to appreciate it.
Maybe
they had all run out of petrol?
Read the rest of the review here:
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