the theme from orgazmo is kind of a better Survivor parody. The best thing about "Theme from Rocky XIII" is the title, and no one even calls it that
― centibutt hz (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 04:38 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i don't even think it's that good, i just have a good memory associated w/ it now. tbh although this album has classics i think Weird Al got better at his craft later on. i mean "King Of Suede" c'mon now.
― some dude, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 04:43 (twelve years ago) link
"Nature Trail" was my favorite as a kid, but ILM has gotten me really into "Buy Me a Condo" over the past few years.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 04:49 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_gm38wocjw
Song starts at 1:00.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 04:51 (twelve years ago) link
"Gonna sell me Bob Marley records/gonna get me some Jackson Browne"
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 04:52 (twelve years ago) link
i mean "King Of Suede" c'mon now.
haha "King of Suede" cracks me up.
― with the ghostly "YOOOOOOOOOOOOHHOOOO" vocals? (crüt), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 06:21 (twelve years ago) link
I got this album when I was a teenager in Ireland. Didn't know what a condo or a Cuisinart were. Or Amway, or... well, you get the picture.
Anyway, voting polkas. Even now, whenever anyone mentions "Hey Joe", this is the first version that pops into my head.
― trishyb, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 07:56 (twelve years ago) link
Abbott, not realizing that the parody thread I started was just taken entirely from King of Suede, wrote some extra verses:
THERE'S A SALE ON OUR GABARDINE SUITS TO-DAY
Our wingtips are shined and prettily displayedWe've got cufflinks of platinum, gold and jadeMy worsted wool wastes in a rained-on paradeFor it's my destiny to be the King of Suede― Abbott, Thursday, October 11, 2007 11:54 PM (4 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post PermalinkWe use scotch-guard to save you from your pratfallsThere's a sale in here...We have the best guarantees of all the city's mallsThere's a sale in here...All our salesladies are the sweetest dollsThere's a sale in here...But if I don't mention suede, everybody stallsThere's a sale in here...― Abbott, Thursday, October 11, 2007 11:59 PM (4 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Abbott, Thursday, October 11, 2007 11:54 PM (4 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
We use scotch-guard to save you from your pratfallsThere's a sale in here...We have the best guarantees of all the city's mallsThere's a sale in here...All our salesladies are the sweetest dollsThere's a sale in here...But if I don't mention suede, everybody stallsThere's a sale in here...
― Abbott, Thursday, October 11, 2007 11:59 PM (4 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― OK CLARABELLE PART 3: The Return of the MOO! (how's life), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 08:25 (twelve years ago) link
I love the hell out of Midnight Star thought, so voted that. How catchy is that song? Not sure if it's supposed to be a style parody of someone or what.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A42ZYNno5oQ
― OK CLARABELLE PART 3: The Return of the MOO! (how's life), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 08:30 (twelve years ago) link
though
I think it's supposed to be his take on Springsteen, but that's pretty tenuous.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 13:09 (twelve years ago) link
Does anyone remember Greg Kihn for anything other than Weird Al covering one of his songs (and blowing away the original, somehow)?
― frogbs, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 13:16 (twelve years ago) link
Breakup Song (They Just Don't Write 'Em Like That Anymore) is pretty cool.
He has a good-natured blog post which gives a vague sense that he might get more frequent royalty checks for Al's song than for his own. "So, to make a long story short, I get half the royalties from that parody. God bless Weird Al! What a champ! I still get mailbox money from that song to this day. Plus it was on Weird Al's Greatest Hits which went platinum! Yikes!"
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 13:24 (twelve years ago) link
Things I learned from that Wikipedia:
• Greg Kihn had a MySpace blog (see above.)
• That's Rick Derringer playing the solo on "Eat It"
I too owned this album on vinyl, buying it from the Wal-Mart vinyl section. I wish I could say I paid more attention to the originals (and got the references), but as a 10-year-old, I was pretty much stuck on the parodies.
Speaking of which, how they got the video of "Eat It" so pitch-perfect to the original with what seems like the same locations and in some cases, same cast members – everything is pretty amazing. Even now, VH-1 will have some 80s weekend, and I'll see the intro scene where the dude taps the guy on the back at the diner counter and it isn't until he spits his drink that I realize this isn't the Michael Jackson version.
― pplains, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 14:29 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Sunday, 23 September 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
Forgot I started this! Hmm. "Eat It" probably is the best (that Derringer solo is nuts) - but - - - ehhhh, right this second I would rather hear "Popeil," so, heck, that.
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 23 September 2012 00:26 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Monday, 24 September 2012 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
Pretty decent turnout (and nicely varied spread). Thanks for playing, y'all!
(You don't get to come back tomorrow! You don't even get a lousy copy of our HOME GAME!)
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 24 September 2012 00:03 (eleven years ago) link
Good showing for Midnight Star. Hard as hell to compete with those polkas.
― how's life, Monday, 24 September 2012 00:33 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOFmW8BrGd4
^^^ early version of "Polkas on 45" with a bunch of different songs, though sadly not the "People Who Died," "TV Party," "Sex Junkie" etc. version mentioned upthread
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 16 May 2013 23:18 (eleven years ago) link
wow!!
― ḉrut (crüt), Thursday, 16 May 2013 23:29 (eleven years ago) link
Just perused the discogs on In 3-D and learned that Lisa Popeil, daughter of Ron, sings backup on "Mr. Popeil"! How did I never know this?! She also did at least something with Frank Zappa and had a few releases of her own.
http://www.discogs.com/artist/323406-Lisa-Popeil
― andrew m., Thursday, 24 September 2015 20:42 (eight years ago) link
I think I may have missed voting on this, one of my favorite albums. Child me would've put "Brady Bunch" first, probably, when I first got the record when it came out. Absolutely loved it. I loved "Safety Dance" and was well versed in the Brady Bunch, so it was a match made in heaven (or Starkville, Mississippi, anyway). I remember getting a legal pad and writing out the lyrics, pulling back the needle until I got the whole thing.
Adult me is just fine with the poll results. Don't know if I'd change a thing. Maybe bump "King of Suede" up a few notches.
― andrew m., Thursday, 24 September 2015 20:46 (eight years ago) link
You could even cut a tin can with itBut you wouldn'TWANT TO!
― andrew m., Thursday, 24 September 2015 20:50 (eight years ago) link
"Rye or the Kaiser" is the song that in my mind is the archetype of the terrible dad joke Weird Al song, and I love it for that.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Thursday, 24 September 2015 20:50 (eight years ago) link
NEVER EATSWHEN HE'S ON THE JOBHE HEARD IT'S GOODTO STAY HUNGRY
― andrew m., Thursday, 24 September 2015 21:08 (eight years ago) link
Thirty years in the same location I have stayedThere I am right next door to Willy's Fun Arcade
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 6 June 2022 13:23 (two years ago) link
lol how timely. someone at the Orlando Fringe did an autobiographical one-man show called "I Lost on Jeopardy" and I kept singing this song every time I saw the poster.
"Buy Me a Condo" is a bop, mostly for how dated all of its references are now.
― Gymnopédie Pablo (Neanderthal), Monday, 6 June 2022 14:10 (two years ago) link
James Holzhauer changing his Twitter PFP to a still from "I Lost on Jeopardy" after he got knocked out was pretty funny
I love the song, it's so much better than the original IMO
― frogbs, Monday, 6 June 2022 14:20 (two years ago) link
it really is.
― Gymnopédie Pablo (Neanderthal), Monday, 6 June 2022 14:21 (two years ago) link
the first time we heard the Kihn song in the car as kids we all started laughing and singing Al's lyrics instead
― Gymnopédie Pablo (Neanderthal), Monday, 6 June 2022 14:22 (two years ago) link
forgot that the video is the pre-revival Jeopardy, with host Art Fleming. wow.
― Gymnopédie Pablo (Neanderthal), Monday, 6 June 2022 14:23 (two years ago) link
I NEED A VEG-O-MATIC
― not the one who's tryin' to dub your anime (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 29 November 2023 15:01 (nine months ago) link
I listened to this record so many times as a kid I can sing the album almost from memory but I can’t for the life of me remember “Midnight Star”
― Tapioca by Jean Sibelius (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 29 November 2023 19:33 (nine months ago) link
It's really good! Throw it on, I'm guessing it comes back fast.
― not the one who's tryin' to dub your anime (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 29 November 2023 22:56 (nine months ago) link
It did!!!
― Tapioca by Jean Sibelius (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 29 November 2023 23:38 (nine months ago) link