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Are songs in waltz tempo more open to parody?

Asked by LostInParadise (31902points) March 8th, 2012

I was thinking back to parodied songs I remember from childhood, like On Top of Old Smokey and Battle Hymn of the Republic. It seems that most, if not all, of them have ¾ tempo. Is there something inherently funnier about 1–2–3, 1–2–3 than 1–2–3–4, 1–2–3–4? Is it easier to come up with lyrics?

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