Best Ever Albums

Re: The Weird Al Thread

cattlest — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 20:38:56 GMT

Author: cattlest

Posted: 09/14/2013 00:38

a great selection, but only a little better than this gem.

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Re: The Weird Al Thread

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 19:00:37 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/13/2013 23:00

Best album is of course Running With Scissors.

His best song, however, is this little gem from the UHF soundtrack:

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Re: The Weird Al Thread

junodog4 — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 17:48:38 GMT

Author: junodog4

Posted: 09/13/2013 21:48

Charicature wrote:

Oh, and I really wish people would leave the politics out of the music threads. It's all I can do to hold my tongue on some crap people say, but I do it because I don't want more undeserved bad ratings in my chart. [-X

Really? I was making a joke to Lethalnezzle. Nobody was starting a political debate here. Lighten up.

Re: The Weird Al Thread

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 13:55:38 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/13/2013 17:55

lethalnezzle wrote:

Each to their own. Parody songs annoy me generally so the song wasn't aimed at the likes of me anyway, but I'd just prefer Weird Al left alone songs that I like in order so that I can easier ignore him tbh.

I can understand that. Novelty/parody music annoys me sometimes too, but only in large doses. Weird Al doubles as nostalgia for me as well, since he was pretty big among grade school kids back in the early 90s.

The concept of being a "fan" of music like this makes no sense to me, though. It's not meant to be listened to, it's meant to provide a laugh and an existential counterpoint to avid "fandom." I hear stories about sick people who approached the Beatles or Elvis and asked them to touch them in the hopes that their illness might be cured. When musician worship reaches that level of absurdity, people like Weird Al make a lot of sense to me.

Re: The Weird Al Thread

Listmeister — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 13:41:10 GMT

Author: Listmeister

Posted: 09/13/2013 17:41

Best Weird Al songs by album:

"Weird Al" Yankovic - I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead
("I don't need a course in self awareness to find out who I am,
and I'd rather have a Big Mac or a Jumbo Jack than all the bean sprouts in Japan")

In 3-D - Midnight Star
("You can use your ESP to learn to play guitar!")

Dare To Be Stupid - Yoda
("I know Darth Vader's really got you annoyed
But remember if you kill him then you'll be unemployed.")

Polka Party - Dog Eat Dog
("Sometimes I tell myself, this is not my beautiful stapler!
Sometimes I tell myself, this is not my beautiful chair!")

Even Worse - Alimony
("Lawyers calling me on the telphoney,
Trying to raise the blood from a stoney stoney")

UHF - Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota
("...all the places where we've already been.
Like Elvisorama, the Tupperware Museum, the Boll Weevil Monument, and Cranberry World
the Shuffleboard Hall of Fame, Poodle Dog Rock, and the Mecca of Albino Squirrells.
We've been to ghost towns, theme parks, wax museums,
and the place where you can drive through the middle of a tree
We've been to alligator farms and tarantula ranches,
But there's still one place we gotta see")

Off the Deep End - You Don't Love Me Anymore
("If you don't mind me asking, what's this poisonous cobra doing in my underwear drawer?
Got a funny feeling you don't love me anymore.")

Alapalooza - Bohemian Polka
(Bohemian Rhapsody, in polka form)

Bad Haird Day - Calling in Sick
("I think I'll call my boss then I'm gonna hack and cough and wheeze
Swear I've got some strange disease
What's that little twerp gonna say?
I'm calling in sick today!")

Running With Scissors - Germs
("They're all over me! They're inside of me! Can't get 'em off of me! I'm covered with
microscopic bacteria")

Poodle Dog Hat - Party at the Leper Colony
("There's a guy in the hot tub I don't know who
Wait a minute it looks like Stu")

Straight Outta Lynwood - Pancreas
("My pancreas attracts all other pancreases in the universe with a force that is proportional to their masses and inversely proportional to the distance between them")

Alpocalpyse - CNR
("Charles Nelson Reilly figured out cold fusion and he never even told a soul
I've seen him unhinge his jaw and swallow a Volkswagen whole.")

Re: The Weird Al Thread

cattlest — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 12:41:17 GMT

Author: cattlest

Posted: 09/13/2013 16:41

as i child, weird al was tops for me through out, occasionally bumped for an MC Hammer stint. As I grew and started connecting the dots to what makes music so great, I eventually got into psychedelic drugs. as I was tripping testes one night I thought I'd test my comfort zone and play some weird al, specifically Weird Al's 'UHF' which I have probably heard into the several hundred times throughout my awkward childhood. Well, at that point weird al had trumped any drug laced, music induced fear NIN's had previously instilled in me. I played "Hamsters From the Planet Near Mars" and it was like a window I was finally tall enough to look at. The view I bared witness to was an America, championing mediocrity, blissfully ignorantly cackling at Bob Saget as he talks over a video of someone getting hit in the balls in his best (worst?) cartoon voice. (I wonder if this is in some way of nature trying to sterilize the drooling masses). I guess my point here is that LSD is a good thing, inasmuch I have came to a self realization, weird al and bob saget both have seemingly used the drug since (in my mind) and have become something much better than in their previous manifestations.

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Re: The Weird Al Thread

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 12:34:02 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/13/2013 16:34

sp4cetiger wrote:

I think because he's trying to parody Dylan's lyrical style, which can sometimes seem random and rambling. SHB is one of the prototypical Dylan tracks, so I actually think it's pretty clever.

Re: The Weird Al Thread

HazeyTwilight — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 12:32:13 GMT

Author: HazeyTwilight

Posted: 09/13/2013 16:32

Weird Al's birthday is a day before mine. How cool is that for me!

Anyway, why hasn't anybody mentioned this classic:

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Re: The Weird Al Thread

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 11:57:26 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/13/2013 15:57

lethalnezzle wrote:

Why has he chosen 'Subterranean Homesick Blues' to pastiche in his pointless wordplay game?

I think because he's trying to parody Dylan's lyrical style, which can sometimes seem random and rambling. SHB is one of the prototypical Dylan tracks, so I actually think it's pretty clever.

For me, Weird Al is good for an occasional cheap laugh. Not sure he ever intended to be anything more than that.

Re: The Weird Al Thread

Romanelli — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 10:01:13 GMT

Author: Romanelli

Posted: 09/13/2013 14:01

As far as videos go, you can't beat this one. Pure genius.

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Ham on.....

Re: The Weird Al Thread

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 09:45:11 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/13/2013 13:45

RockyRaccoon wrote:

You get the joke though right? That everything he says in the song is a palindrome?

Yes, but why would I want to listen to a song full of palindromes? Why has he chosen 'Subterranean Homesick Blues' to pastiche in his pointless wordplay game? Why do we live in a world were Weird Al can not only exist but thrive? Why am I in this thread?

Re: The Weird Al Thread

RockyRaccoon — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 09:41:13 GMT

Author: RockyRaccoon

Posted: 09/13/2013 13:41

lethalnezzle wrote:

Wow. Even by Al Yankovic's extremely low standards, that was painfully unfunny.

You get the joke though right? That everything he says in the song is a palindrome?

Re: The Weird Al Thread

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 09:22:37 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/13/2013 13:22

I recently rewatched a few Weird Al videos for the first time in 5 years, and they weren't nearly as funny as I remember them.

I think trapped in the Drive Thru is still quite clever though, how it draws humour from very ordinary conversations.

Re: The Weird Al Thread

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 08:40:34 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/13/2013 12:40

Wow. Even by Al Yankovic's extremely low standards, that was painfully unfunny.

this one is interesting

edubs — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 08:33:40 GMT

Author: edubs

Posted: 09/13/2013 12:33

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Re: The Weird Al Thread

Charicature — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:22:57 GMT

Author: Charicature

Posted: 03/20/2013 18:22

Oh, and I really wish people would leave the politics out of the music threads. It's all I can do to hold my tongue on some crap people say, but I do it because I don't want more undeserved bad ratings in my chart. 🫵

Re: The Weird Al Thread

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:45:10 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/20/2013 17:45

I missed out on two chances to see him live. One was less expensive, the California State Fair. The other was here.

Re: The Weird Al Thread

junodog4 — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:43:42 GMT

Author: junodog4

Posted: 03/20/2013 17:43

lethalnezzle wrote:

Oh god, Thatcher, Pulis and Weird Al would be my nightmare dinner party.

They should switch roles... Thatcher could write parodies, Pulis could run the Cons, and Weird Al could coach Stoke...

Re: The Weird Al Thread

Charicature — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:29:39 GMT

Author: Charicature

Posted: 03/20/2013 17:29

Robert Anton Wilson wrote:

Another one rides the bus

Though I must admit I am really NOT familiar with his repertoire but I do think he is hilarious and talented but I still consider him as a comedian rather than as musician.

He's both...and I put forth for your consideration his original composition that would probably be my favorite Wierd Al track (only the video is a parody, the song is his):

Dammit, VEVO has the original video and it's not the full song...
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Full song:

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Also the Star Wars fan in me is quite fond of these two:

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Re: The Weird Al Thread

Robert Anton Wilson — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 23:05:34 GMT

Author: Robert Anton Wilson

Posted: 03/20/2013 03:05

Another one rides the bus

Though I must admit I am really NOT familiar with his repertoire but I do think he is hilarious and talented but I still consider him as a comedian rather than as musician.

I consider that anything that cannot laugh at itself does not deserve to be taken seriously. I take music seriously and Weird Al makes me laugh at music so I think this is a very important role ... in the end it is only music but that does not make any less significant in the grand scheme of things. Frank Zappa asked whether humor belonged in music and the answer is clear ... humor belongs anywhere. If you cannot laugh about something, then you are pathologically serious about it which in itself is laughable by people who are not pathologically serious about it.

In the end we are all everyone of us and aything we do just a grain of sand in a universe of unfathomably great size, But that does not make that grain of sand any less important. A single grain of sand can destroy the best oiled machine, or be no bigger or no smaller than an infinity of grains of sands that make up a desert. Without any single grain of sand, there would never ever be any single desert. Therefore no Oasis (although Oasis as a band sucks so that would be a good thing right?). Desert. Dessert, pie, pi, 3,14, three, tree of life, life is weird, weird Al, full circle ... Ok I am officially drunk.

Good night all.