2008 Woodie Awards
Getting laughs is a cinch for Lynch
Bill Stewart
Issue date: 4/29/04 Section: A&E
- Page 1 of 1
|
Usually lasting from one to four minutes, the dark and malicious songs include: "Lullaby," "Special Fred," "Special Olympics," "The Beer Song" and a spoof of Billy Corgan. His politically incorrect lyrics are so taboo they make you think twice about playing or listening to them in public.
He uses his clean-cut appearance to lower the audience's shields and win them over easier, as opposed to the stereotypical overweight older aged comedian.
Picking up the guitar in college about six years ago, Lynch said he works the comedy to fit the music because the music is what he truly cares about.
Lynch started his career in 1996 at the renowned Catch A Rising Star in New York City and since has been playing around the world. Lynch premiered in 2000 on "Comedy Central Presents Stephen Lynch" and then followed with a 41-city college tour promoting his debut CD, "A Little Bit Special." He has performed all around the U.S., including Des Moines and Cedar Rapids.
"It's the thing I do best," Lynch said about his ability to mesh music with comedy. "I've never done stand up before, I've never gotten on stage with just a microphone and tried to tell jokes. That's not something I'm interested in. I do like to play music and it just seems that when I start to write music I find some way to make it funny, at least I hope I do," Lynch told the New Jersey Daily Record.
The most questionable part of Lynch's skit is the lyrics. Some of the lighter topics are from the song "Lullaby" in which he said, "right after daddy gets home from the bar, visits his bookie and steals a new car, he'll drive to the strip club and if daddy plays his cards right, he'll bring home your new mommy tonight."
"In lesser hands, Lynch's work would just be crude. But like [Adam] Sandler and [Jimmy] Fallon, he's got a touch that keeps even the most grotesque subjects ... right on teetering edge of tastefulness," said Issac Guzman, Newsday.