Songs About Singers

***Songs About Singers*** is the second album of The Passionate and Objective Jokerfan. It has 23 tracks and a runtime of 40:57.

The album covers an intriguing mix of artists. Farley's interest in outsider artists is on display with songs about Wesley Willis and Daniel Johnston. And his love of rock greats is on display with three songs about members of the Beatles, and two about the Rolling Stones. But he also sings about many newer artists such as John Mayer, Fiona Apple, and Britney Spears.

The album cover is the first Motern cover with Elizabeth Peterson on it. The photo is also used as the cover of *The Patriots are Wicked Awesome* (2010) by The New England Football Band.

This album was released on February 4, 2009 according to Spotify (and February 5, 2009 according to Amazon). It may have been offline on Spotify at one point between 2009 and 2013, as one fan wrote in 2013 about how he bought the album in 2011 and put "Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska" on YouTube because of "how close it comes to the bone, being a song about all the tools who are generally too cool for Springsteen..."

## Reception

In 2011, *The First Song For Your Mixtape* blog wrote about finding the Jokerfan in 2010 through this album and his song "Ben Gibbard". An excerpt: "t’s difficult to explain the experience I had on the first listen, sat in a crowded library with my headphones tucked under my hat, but imagine a combination of slight confusion, mixed with laugh-out-loud amusement. All of this was then combined with trying not to disturb everyone around me by actually laughing out loud. I succeeded, mostly."

In 2015, the Motern Mania tumblr posted a review of the album's highlights, such as this excerpt: "The Moment that Made Me a Jokerfan:
“Poor George Harrison” is plucky and spirited throughout, but ends on a magnificent sigh when it’s eventually admitted that the underrated Beatle never managed to one-up his brilliant debut album, All Things Must Pass. “He should have staggered it. Good old George Harrison, he should’ve staggered it.”"

Music critic Nooshin Navidi wrote of this album in 2014, "Hilarious! The song titles alone are funny (see the listing on this page), but the songs are hilarious & very spot-on! The best mock CD I've heard since 'Flight of the Conchords'."

In 2011, David Messer of Austrilia, in reviewing this album, called the Jokerfan, "The Most Original Musician of the 21st Century": "The Passionate & Objective Jokerfan, whoever he is, is funny, catchy and - that rare thing in this era - wholly original. Indescribable and one of a kind. Just listen."

In 2011, a Jokerfan fan commented on a copy of "Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska" uploaded to Youtube, "Wow, someone else who likes the Jokerfan. I have bought almost all his stuff from iTunes. I play it all the time at home and my wife and two sons (10 and 12) all love it. Funny to hear a 10-year-old singing 'Keith Richards Is Never Gonna Die'. My wife loves 'My Trip to Hibbing Minnesota' and she's not even a Dylan fan."

Joni Mitchell's official website lists the Jokerfan's songs about her, including "Joni Mitchell" from this album.

## References

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Moes Haven • The Big Heist • The Toilet Bowl Cleaners • Matt Motern Manly Man • Brennan McFarley • Caniko Tucci • Papa Razzi and the Photogs • The Very Nice Interesting Singer Man • The Passionate and Objective Jokerfan • Projection from the Side • The Finklestinks • The Guy Who Sings Songs About Cities And Towns • The Odd Man Who Sings About Poop, Puke and Pee • The Hungry Food Band • The Strange Man Who Sings About Dead Animals • The Singing Animal Lover • The Paranormal Song Warrior • The Great Weather Song Person • The Spoiled Chefs (with Kevin McGee) • Single song bands • Sports bands • No Jokes • Full 75+ band list on home page

1. ↑ Duke DeMondo comment (October 26, 2013)
2. ↑ who is the passionate & objective jokerfan?, the first song for your mixtape (June 14, 2011)
3. ↑ The Passionate & Objective Jokerfan Part 2: Songs About Singers, Motern Mania (August 26, 2015)
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Amazon Reviews of Songs About Singers
5. ↑ enmorefoodbar comment, youtube.com
6. ↑ Songs About Joni, jonimitchell.com (updated August 1, 2017)