April Fools 4

Happy April Fools! Some birthdays you just never forget. My cousin's falls on April 1st, which means every year her birthday message doubles as a prank threat. She's a good sport about it. That's also why the April Fools series exists — a once-a-year excuse to dig deep into jokers, jokes, and jokey energy across genres, eras, and languages. Volume whatever-this-is keeps that tradition going with 24 tracks spanning reggae dub, hip-hop, psych rock, new wave, French ye-ye, German schlager, and a few left turns even I didn't see coming. The Pick this round is Faith No More's reading of "I Started A Joke" — a cover that somehow out-saddens the Bee Gees original, which is saying something. As always, the joke's on you if you sleep on this one.

April Fools 4

64 Scientist - Joker Dub

65 Billy Myles - The Joker (That's What They Call Me)

66 Duran Duran - 911 Is A Joke

67 MCM And The Monster - Serious Joke

68 Eric B & Rakim - I Ain't No Joke

69 Sharon Van Etten - Joke Or A Lie

70 Garden Odyssey - The Joker

71 The Laurie Johnson Orchestra - Joker

72 Brian Jonestown Massacre - When Jokers Attack

73 Nina Hagen - Life Is A Joke

74 Conny Froboess - Jolly Joker  (Holl)

75 Robbie Williams & The Orb - I Started a Joke (I Started An Orb Mix)

76 The Ventures - Joker's Wild

77 Cherrie Vangelder-Smith - Jokers

78 Henriette Coulouvrat - Can't You Take A Joke Ha Ha Hi Hi!

79 Druids - Girl Can't Take a Joke

80 The Milestones - The Joker

81 kd Lang - The Joker

82 Faith No More - I Started A Joke

83 Lee Scratch Perry - The Joker

84 REM - The Worst Joke Ever

85 Wolfmother - Joker & The Thief

86 Queens Of The Stone Age - Running Joke

87 Pet Shop Boys - I Started A Joke

April Fools

I was going to announce no connection today or pick your own playlist, but... then I got this April Fools list going. I can't guarantee that you won't get rick rolled, but probably not. Anyway enjoy this set of songs about April Fools, Jokers, and Fools. I have several discs worth of Fool songs (as well as fooling around songs), but they aren't coming yet. You'll have to be happy with the Who and the other couple of fool songs I added. The same goes for Joke songs (and Joker songs) there are tons, but you just get a few here. Be happy. Prank someone, or at least leave us a good joke in the comments.

April Fools

01 Billy Myles - The Joker (That's What They Call Me)

02 Ludacris - Act A Fool

03 Burt Bacharach - April Fools

04 Rufus Wainwright - April Fools

05 Marty Robbins - April Fool's Day

06 Brave Combo - April Fool

07 The Smiths - That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore

08 Tony Perkins - April Fool

09 The Style Council - April's Fool

10 Dionne Bromfield - Foolin

11 Ronnie Lane - April Fool

12 Queen - You Don't Fool Me

13 Patti Smith - April Fool

14 Dionne Warwick - The April Fools

15 Chalk Circle - April Fool (April First)

16 Who - Won't Get Fooled Again

17 Pete Townshend - April Fool

18 Bee Gees - I Started A Joke

19 Steve Miller Band - The Joker

20 The Fall - The Joke