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mickilennial
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- #61
- Posted: 11/12/2013 21:35
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| RockyRaccoon wrote: | I honestly love Weird Al. Sure, there are a fair amount of his songs that are pretty stupid, but he's got some really clever ones.
I've gotta say, I think "I Lost On Jeopardy" is great, and his polka arrangements are pretty impressive.
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I've always been more partial to Genius in France for his originals. That said Al did force a lot of his parodies post-90s and I honestly think he has enough staying power to release more original material. But that's just me.
| meccalecca wrote: | | I really need to learn French. American public schools do a terrible job teaching foreign language |
My school only had Spanish and a very badly constructed 8th grade German elective. Never had the interest for the former and I've forgotten most of the latter.
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quincytejani
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- #62
- Posted: 11/12/2013 21:35
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RockyRaccoon
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- Posted: 11/12/2013 21:38
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| Gowienczyk wrote: | | I've always been more partial to Genius in France for his originals. That said Al did force a lot of his parodies post-90s and I honestly think he has enough staying power to release more original material. But that's just me. |
Genius In France is awesome too. And off the same album, I've always kind of liked Party At The Leper Colony.
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- Posted: 11/12/2013 23:34
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This.
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rayword45
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- Posted: 11/13/2013 00:01
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| RockyRaccoon wrote: | | Genius In France is awesome too. And off the same album, I've always kind of liked Party At The Leper Colony. |
I agree with the sentiment that Al's originals are much better than his direct parodies. Songs like Albuquerque and Genius in France are actually incredibly well-composed songs, and style parodies like Skipper Dan and Happy Birthday are much better than some of his awfully forced direct parodies.
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nutso42
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- Posted: 11/13/2013 00:28
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| Listmeister wrote: | Here I thought I'd have to defend Taylor Swift. Didn't realize that The Weird One was on the crap list.
Good thing I didn't list Gordon Lightfoot. |
Hey now, Gordon Lightfoot is a king among kings!!
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benpaco
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- Posted: 11/13/2013 01:15
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| meccalecca wrote: |
that said, there's really no reason to separate other than to prove that someone likes hip hop. |
Best part here is that I don't particularly like hip hop.
You make a good point, words are words are words when it comes down to it. I just see it to a different goal. I see a rap, a lyric, and a poem all as different things. Maybe just me, but that's why I separated mine how I did.
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Listmeister
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- Posted: 11/13/2013 15:42
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| nutso42 wrote: | | Hey now, Gordon Lightfoot is a king among kings!! |
I know, right? Just don't put him in the same category as The Almighty Bob.
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setalpgninnpseki
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- Posted: 11/13/2013 15:44
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