[MUSIC PROMPT]
Theatrical comedy acoustic hard-rock/metal song. Two wildly overconfident musicians believe they have created the greatest band in human history, yet every attempt at success fails spectacularly. Start with aggressive acoustic guitar, playful vocal harmonies and exaggerated storytelling, then explode into huge distorted guitars, pounding drums and absurdly heroic vocals. Frequent stops for spoken dialogue, unnecessary vocal runs, ridiculous falsetto screams, synchronized harmonies and fake-serious emotional moments. Build toward an outrageously epic guitar solo and gigantic final chorus. Funny, crude-but-playful, energetic, dramatic and self-aware. The music should sound far more important than the pathetic career being described.
TITLE: “THE GREATEST BAND YOU’VE NEVER HEARD”
[ACOUSTIC INTRO]
Gather ’round, children,
And hear of the day
Two musical TITANS
Blew destiny away.
We tuned up our guitars,
We stared into the sun…
Then realized the gig
Had been canceled at one.
“…Did they still pay us?”
“No.”
“Bastards.”
[VERSE 1]
We wrote a mighty anthem
That made the heavens shake!
The neighbors called the police
At approximately eight.
They said, “Turn that garbage down!”
We said, “YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND!”
Someday you’ll tell your grandchildren—
YOU LIVED BESIDE THIS BAND!
[HARMONY]
THE BAAAAAAND!
“That sounded incredible.”
“It really did.”
[CHORUS – FULL BAND EXPLODES]
WE ARE THE GREATEST
BAND THAT EVER LIVED!
We’ve made about twelve dollars
Since 2006!
We came for fame and glory!
We came to raise the bar!
But our biggest paying gig so far
Was Steve’s backyard!
STEVE!
[VERSE 2]
We made our first recording
On equipment we could rent.
We spent three thousand dollars…
Made fourteen ninety-seven cents.
But then our single started climbing!
Holy crap! Our dreams came true!
We had thirty thousand streams!
“…How much money is that?”
“Eleven dollars.”
“WE’RE BUYING TACOS!”
[ACOUSTIC BREAK]
We mailed our demo everywhere.
New York.
Los Angeles.
Nashville.
Gary, Indiana…
“Why Gary?”
“I panicked.”
[BUILD]
Then finally—
A RECORD EXECUTIVE CALLED!
[HEAVENLY CHOIR]
AAAAAAHHHHHH!
He said:
“Please stop mailing these.”
[Silence]
“…He called, though.”
“HE DID CALL!”
[CHORUS]
WE’RE ALMOST FAMOUS!
CAN’T YOU SEE?!
Just seven hundred million people
Haven’t heard of me!
We’ll sell out every stadium!
We’ll travel near and far!
Right after I get somebody
To jump-start my car!
[BRIDGE – unnecessarily emotional]
Maybe fame was never the treasure.
Maybe…
The treasure…
Was friendship.
“…That’s stupid.”
“Yeah.”
“Fame.”
“Definitely fame.”
[HEAVY RIFF]
WE WANT THE MONEY!
WE WANT THE FAME!
WE WANT ATTRACTIVE STRANGERS
SCREAMING OUT OUR NAME!
WE WANT A TOUR BUS!
A HOUSE WITH A MOAT!
Instead we’re driving forty miles
With the drummer in the trunk!
“WHY AM I IN THE TRUNK?!”
“NO ROOM FOR YOUR KIT, DAVE!”
[GUITAR SOLO – ABSURDLY LONG AND HEROIC]
[FINAL CHORUS]
WE ARE THE GREATEST!
THE CHOSEN ONE