 The music on Polka Party ! is built around parodies and pastiches of pop and rock music of the mid @-@ 1980s , featuring jabs at James Brown , Mick Jagger , El DeBarge , and Robert Palmer . The album also features many " style parodies " , or musical imitations that come close to , but do not copy , existing artists . These style parodies include imitations of specific artists like the Talking Heads , as well as imitations of various musical genres like country music . 
 The music on Polka Party ! is built around parodies and pastiches of pop and rock music of the mid @-@ 1980s , featuring jabs at James Brown , Mick Jagger , El DeBarge , and Robert Palmer . The album also <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>features</mark></a> many " style parodies " , or musical imitations <a href='null_relcl' title='2'><mark>that</mark></a>come close to , but do not copy , existing artists . These style parodies include imitations of specific artists like the Talking Heads , as well as imitations of various musical genres like country music . 
Da music on Polka Party ! is built around parodies and pastiches of pop and rock music of tdamid @-@ 1980s , featuring jabs at James Brown , Mick Jagger , El DeBarge , and Robert Palmer . The album also feature many " style parodies " , or musical imitations come close to , but do not copy , existing artists . dese style parodies include imitations of specific artists like the Talking Heads , as well as imitations of various musical genres like country music .