At 4:30 in the morning I'm milking cowsJebediah feeds the chickens and Jacob plows - fool!And I've been milkin' and plowin' so long thatEven Ezekiel thinks that my mind is gone!
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 3 August 2017 10:54 (six years ago) link
Coolio being mad about that song is the biggest self-own in pop history
― President Keyes, Thursday, 3 August 2017 12:44 (six years ago) link
Opening couplet is surely one of Al's greatest.
― ﴿→ ☺ (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 3 August 2017 12:56 (six years ago) link
"Everything You Know is Wrong" came up on shuffle the other day. it's astounding to me how much that song misses the mark lyrically yet completely hits the nail on the head musically. idk if anyone else has been able to perfectly imitate John Linnell's style like that.
― frogbs, Thursday, 3 August 2017 13:33 (six years ago) link
not sure that Al ever cared that much about hitting the mark lyrically in his pastiches
― ciderpress, Thursday, 3 August 2017 13:35 (six years ago) link
The bang-bang-bang-bang guitar sound in particular is perfect. But yeah, not really a TMBG-esque lyric, though that's often how it rolls with his style parodies (xpost).
― ﴿→ ☺ (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 3 August 2017 13:37 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_OhJL0te14
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 14 June 2018 13:48 (five years ago) link
neat
― we æt so many shimripl (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 14 June 2018 13:53 (five years ago) link
best backing band in america
― noel gallaghah's high flying burbbhrbhbbhbburbbb (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 14 June 2018 15:23 (five years ago) link
"Hard to Handle(the Black Crowes)"
:(
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 14 June 2018 15:27 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXxEKSkw1xU
introduction to this is pretty heartwarming, also
― noel gallaghah's high flying burbbhrbhbbhbburbbb (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 14 June 2018 15:32 (five years ago) link
really like his version of Cheap Trick's "Hello There"
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 14 June 2018 15:35 (five years ago) link
that "funeral for a friend" is so badass
― flamenco blorf (BradNelson), Thursday, 14 June 2018 15:57 (five years ago) link
"Not Fade Away"Clear Lake, IA
Too soon!
― nickn, Friday, 15 June 2018 02:47 (five years ago) link
Amazing set.
Al tv interviews all time classic
― sunburst N snowblind (Ross), Friday, 15 June 2018 04:10 (five years ago) link
Funeral for a friend is fire
― sunburst N snowblind (Ross), Friday, 15 June 2018 04:13 (five years ago) link
https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vaGl0cGFyYWRl&episode=YWI4Zjg3ODYtYzViZi0xMWU5LWI4YzgtOGY1ZTBkMWU0OTJm&hl=en&ved=2ahUKEwif_KLfhq7nAhWDwFkKHXMbAhYQjrkEegQIBBAE&ep=6
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Friday, 31 January 2020 14:32 (four years ago) link
the guest appearance in Showtime's "Work in Progress" is sublime
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 31 January 2020 14:39 (four years ago) link
I saw him live for free over the summer at Forest Hills Stadium -- pretty solid live show, could see the guy has a great work ethic and incredibly consistent commitment to his concept.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 31 January 2020 15:16 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYGCpqAvoCs
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 15 May 2020 05:59 (three years ago) link
Just got flagged on Instagram for a post suggesting that he was friends with Pablo Escobar
― Josefa, Sunday, 27 November 2022 22:00 (one year ago) link
But he admit it!
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 27 November 2022 22:12 (one year ago) link
WEIRD was so good, btw. If you are a fan of UHF, then this is a must watch.
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Sunday, 27 November 2022 22:15 (one year ago) link
Bought Dr. Demento’s xmas cd yesterday and was again taken aback by how hard “Christmas at Ground Zero” goes
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Sunday, 27 November 2022 22:19 (one year ago) link
OMG
― The Dark End of the Tweet (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 27 November 2022 22:29 (one year ago) link
This thread needs:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gRdFaQd1fY
― The Dark End of the Tweet (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 27 November 2022 22:31 (one year ago) link
Or evenhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HViOGy9idI
― The Dark End of the Tweet (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 27 November 2022 22:34 (one year ago) link
Wonder if Weird Al was familiar with this? Probably.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dro6Ysjd5RQ
― The Dark End of the Tweet (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 27 November 2022 22:35 (one year ago) link
omg we watched WEIRD a couple of weeks ago - fucking loved it. it was so fucking funny & stupid & so perfectly Weird Al & just made me love him all over againand i had zero expectations going in, kind of expected it to suck in a charming way lolWeird Al rules
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 27 November 2022 23:10 (one year ago) link
Weird Al is obviously a good guy which is why it’s gobsmacking to see an Instagram post of his taken down. Who among us has not cozied up to a murderous drug lord?
― Josefa, Monday, 28 November 2022 00:10 (one year ago) link
Weird was pretty good, but UHF is one of the best comedies of all time. Two films in two different leagues.
― ilxor, Wednesday, 30 November 2022 05:16 (one year ago) link
Opposite for me. I loved UHF when I was 15, but I revisited it 3 or 4 years ago and it was agonizing to get through. otoh WEIRD was absurd and hilarious and met me exactly where I am right now.
― ⓓⓡ (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 30 November 2022 05:26 (one year ago) link
UHF was great for its time. Weird is great now.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 30 November 2022 06:06 (one year ago) link
I love UHF, there are still gags that come to mind all the time.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 30 November 2022 13:37 (one year ago) link
Here's Al doing a classic rock garage jam with a bunch of comedians from the State:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdrhWm2mRRE
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 30 November 2022 16:06 (one year ago) link
i think ilxor is otm... will be interesting to try UHF again soon.
― maf you one two (maffew12), Wednesday, 30 November 2022 16:51 (one year ago) link
UHF holds up fuiud
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, 30 November 2022 17:12 (one year ago) link
I first saw UHF at the age of 14 and thought it was the funniest movie ever made
Saw it later at 17 and was embarrassed that ever I liked it in the first place
But I recently caught about half of it on TV and thought it was really funny again
― frogbs, Wednesday, 30 November 2022 18:30 (one year ago) link
I still think it's funny, but I think one of the things that made it even funnier when I was a kid was not being familiar with a lot of the stuff it was spoofing. Like, I remember being kind of disappointed when I saw Close Encounters later and found out what UHF's the mashed potatoes scene was referencing.
Loved Weird too.
― Vaguely Threatening CAPTCHAs, Wednesday, 30 November 2022 19:53 (one year ago) link
I also didn't understand many of the references when I watched UHF but that movie has so many non-sequitors I never assumed anything was a reference!
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 30 November 2022 23:30 (one year ago) link
ditto for the "Dare to be Stupid" video, which as a kid just looked like a pile of funny and random stuff but I've now come to realize contains like four dozen Devo references. he must've been a real fan. it's pretty awesome that he must've heard Oh, No! It's Devo and been like, "okay, THAT I can do" and proceeded to whip up a tune better than anything on the album (and I really like that album!)
― frogbs, Monday, 5 December 2022 16:57 (one year ago) link
I think I may have said this before, but I generally prefer his songs that take on an artist's style like "Dare to be Stupid", "Mr. Popeil", "Velvet Elvis" vs the straight up parodies of existing songs.
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Monday, 5 December 2022 17:04 (one year ago) link
Which is the genius twist of the movie.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 5 December 2022 17:44 (one year ago) link
yeah a lot of his style parodies are straight up brilliant. they walk a fine line between tribute and parody while also being generally good songs on their own. I remember a buddy of mine who hated CAKE thinking "Close But No Cigar" was really great because "that's what all their songs sound like to me". but those of us who liked them thought it was a good tune too. I imagine that's not easy to do.
― frogbs, Monday, 5 December 2022 18:11 (one year ago) link
With the style parodies he usually gets to heart of the band's subject matter and tone. Casual listeners who maybe only know a handful of Devo songs would be unaware that so much of their post-Whip It output was dominated by these kind of advice songs where the lyrics use mangled aphorisms to say you gotta do this and you gotta do that or else this thing will happen. Ditto with his They Might Be Giants one - you can tell he's more than a casual fan. "Frank's 2000 inch TV" really kind of gets Michael Stipe in his yearning stream of consciousness style, like the opening lines and the bit where Al sings he's "going to get one of my own real soon" which (other than being ridiculous) is both upliftingly hopeful and quite sad, because you know he won't.
On the other hand, "Ringtone" isn't really a particularly good Queen parody but it's still a great, funny song.
― everything, Monday, 5 December 2022 20:45 (one year ago) link
“Virus Alert” nails glam era Sparks so perfectly.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 5 December 2022 20:46 (one year ago) link
I'm still waiting for a Primus one
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 5 December 2022 21:10 (one year ago) link
Self-parody: the bane of parodists throughout history.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 5 December 2022 21:14 (one year ago) link
what makes the TMBG one so weird is I think he actually does get to the heart of what makes Linnell's songwriting so unique - but the lyrics are just a stream of goofy shit. so he gets the difficult part right, but whiffs on the easy part.
― frogbs, Monday, 5 December 2022 21:44 (one year ago) link
Feels like with the accordion solo Al is having fun challenging them a bit on the virtuosity.
― everything, Monday, 5 December 2022 22:03 (one year ago) link