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Accents
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Songs that are sung in definite regional or character accents, that feature accents, or that mention accents.
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[edit] Entirely accented
- Anaheim - JL in a seedy, cornpone accent
- A Self Called Nowhere - JL in Bostonian/New Englander
- Birdhouse In Your Soul (Wicked Little Version) - JL in Bostonian/New Englander
- Charlottesville - JL in Farmer
- Clowntown - JF in German
- Greek #3 - JL singing entirely in Greek
- I'm All You Can Think About - JL in English
- Impossible - JF sings middle eight in Liverpudlian accent a la The Beatles
- It Never Fails
- It Was A Very Good Year - JL in Lounge Singer
- Los Angeles - JL in English
- Minimum Wage - JF in Cowboy
- Mr. Klaw - JF and JL in German
- Mr. Xcitement - Mike Doughty in Hip-Hop Slang/Rapper
- Now Is Strange - JL in a tense, strange voice
- Number Three - JF and JL in Southern
- O Tannenbaum - JL singing entirely in German
- Particle Man - JL sounding slack and deep
- Particle Man (Live At XM Studio) - JL in Scouse, the style of The Beatles
- Philadelphia - JL in German
- Rat Patrol - JL and JF's self-described "caterwauling"
- Reprehensible - JF in Lounge Singer
- Road Movie To Berlin - JF in Cowboy
- Save Your Life - JL in English
- She Was A Hotel Detective - JL in Lounge Singer and Disco Diva
- Spine - JL as Andy Partridge from XTC
- Trucker's Coffee - JF in Trucker
- Vancouver - JL in English
- We've Got A World That Swings - JL in Lounge Singer
- What Are We Doin' To Pigs? - in Cockney, reminiscent of The Sex Pistols
- Where Do They Make Balloons? - Danny Weinkauf in a very affected, almost-English voice
- Whistling In The Dark - JL in a deep voice
- Wicked Little Critta - JL in Bostonian/New Englander
[edit] Featuring accents
- The Bloodmobile - The accents of a Garbage Collector and a hardy soldier
- Can You Find It? - JL as deep-voiced "W" and urban "D"
- D & W - JL as deep-voiced "W" and urban "D"
- I Am Not Your Broom - JL in Broom
- It's Kickin' In - JF sings nonsense words in a "fake foreign accent"
- Lesson 16 - JL in Slavic followed by a normally-accented translation
- Prevenge - JF briefly sings in Lounge Singer
- South Carolina - JL in a deep voice
[edit] Briefly mentioned
- She Thinks She's Edith Head - "The accent in her speech, she didn't have growing up"
[edit] See also
- Language - TMBG songs sung in other languages.
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