It deals with themes of social, political, religious, cultural structures and provides commentary or criticism on them typically under the guise of dark humor or respective music genres.
[24] Popular satirical comedian Weird Al Yankovic contributed[25] with "Frank's 2000 TV" (1992)—song about a love/hate relationship with pop culture and technology and "Young, Dumb & Ugly" (1993)—song about snotty outlaw posturing.
California punk band The Offspring expressed a humorous satire style in "Come Out and Play" (1994)—song about teenage gang violence and "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)" (1998)—song about 1990s poor youth posturing adopted by an upper-class young suburbanite.
[27] Lehrer contributed with "The Folk Song Army," "National Brotherhood Week," "I Wanna Go Back to Dixie," "So Long, Mom (I'm Off to Drop the Bomb," and "We Will All Go Together When We Go" which examine society and the failings of both left- and right-wing.
[27] Randy Newman, an Americana-themed humorist,[28] fused old time-style music with sardonic off-color lyrics and has contributed[29] to satire with 12 Songs (1970), Sail Away (1972), and Good Old Boys (1974).