Classic or Dud: Weird Al Yankovic

The Faux Fighters jammer is so perfect. Bemuda Schwartz nails Taylor Hawkins drum style

you could say it's

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lol

lol.

these bitcoins ain't loyal

played a mix of nothing but the polkas this afternoon...pure bliss
new one is a jam

Yessss

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-0TEJMJOhk

that is perfect

Where's the National Medal of the Arts for this dude, seriously?

so goddamn awesome

i hope weird al lives forever

what if he does

poor Weird Al, cursed to watch all he loves age and die around him

Weird Al lives forever to parody an Oasis song

I just realized the first B-52's song I ever heard was probably "Mr. Popeil".

al is a better singer than pharrell

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Even Moby sings better than Pharrell.

whoa hey now

I waited all day to watch that video, we're in a place in this house where the dinner hour is pretty high fucking octane

thank you weird al for an absolutely perfect remedy

Carl Wilson:

Fallon and Yankovic both seem childish when you compare them with the deftness of musical satirists such as the hip-hop-appropriating, adults-only, Saturday Night Live-sponsored Lonely Island, with half a dozen near-classics already behind them (including better grammar humor than “Word Crimes”); or understated New Zealand style-synthesizing-virtuosi imports Flight of the Conchords; or the polymath improvisational genius Reggie Watts.

Now, I love Carl, but "Weird Al" < Lonely Island, Flight of the Conchords?! WROONNNNG!

Fallon and Yankovic both seem childish when you compare them with the deftness of musical satirists such as the hip-hop-appropriating, adults-only, Saturday Night Live-sponsored Lonely Island, with half a dozen near-classics already behind them (including better grammar humor than “Word Crimes”)

Cursing! Rapping! You know, grown-up stuff! Totally unlike the childishness of singing corporate jargon in perfect CSN harmonies.

I can't think of a single Lonely Island song I've ever wanted to hear (or video I've wanted to watch) twice. Meanwhile, I've watched the "Foil" video about a half dozen times today.

Dude presumably meant kid-friendly more than childish

I mean, the idea that Andy samberg isn't childish

I like Lonely Island a lot and the suggestion that they are better than Weird Al makes me stabby

otm that is so wrongheaded I can't even

Ok if you're going to damn weird al for not going for the throat, I'd advise not making a running of gag of different words in place of Weird

Running gag, rather

i'm pretty sure lonely island themselves would scoff at the idea that they're better or more adult than weird al

the turn at 'o and btw i cracked the code' in 'foil' is so great. how i know i'm old: his classic rock parodies consistently my fave now - 'bob', 'craigslist', 'mission statement'.

to me just the way that Yankovic's parody best songs hold up as songs *in their own right*, often with fully-fleshed out narratives...to me that alone puts him above all those guys right away

I played 'foil' for a few coworkers who had never even heard of Lourde and they all dug it as a song in and of itself, because it was funny that second verse conspiracy hook is so good

I do miss when al would have spike jones sounds throughout the songs, not down with the increasing karaokeness of his backing tracks for the last, uh, twenty years

Lol and apparently I expressed this sentiment on this thread a decade ago

Still stands, bring back the squelches

al does pastiche better than lonely island for sure

al does polka better than lonley island point game set match

"Foil" is so expertly done. It tricks you into thinking it's going to be a weak joke, then turns amazing.

yessss "foil" was my favorite non polka.

I can't think of a single Lonely Island song I've ever wanted to hear (or video I've wanted to watch) twice.

if you don't want to watch Threw It On The Ground at least nine times a year for the rest of your life, smh

Reggie Watts and Flight of the Concords are both legit unfunny dogshit

To call anything about Reggie Watts' non-sequitur diarrhea stream "deft" is some serious just trying to justify your shitty taste in comedy

"Word Crimes" = song of the year so far

Reggie Watts lonely island and conchords can't hold a candle to my dick.

anyone that likes weird al would certainly enjoy my dick

did you name it "bermuda" schvantz?

Reggie Watts shits all over his haters' posts itt. Love that dude.

The Crash Test Dummies parody + "Dare to Be Stupid" are classic

all these critics in al's demo who are all 'OMG BUT LONELY ISLAND IS BETTER' are getting serious side-eye from me

like i mean 'jack sparrow' is good but michael bolton makes it work!

IT'S NOT LIKE STICKING RICHARD MARX IN THERE WOULD HAVE MADE THE JOKE LAND SIMILARLY

benny mardones maybe

I liked Reggie Watts for about five minutes the first time I ever saw him. Now I find him a boil on society's ass cheek. Same with Lonely Island for the most part. I have so little exposure to Conchords that I can't really weigh in.

Weird Al and My Dick CHAMPS 4 LYFE

this isn't anything about Weird Al but part of why Lonely Island's best stuff works is cuz they know how to riff off specific rap tropes (whether they enjoy it or not,) it's not solely "OMG white guys rapping how hilaaaarious"

It's not that all

*at all