so goddamn awesome
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 16 July 2014 15:54 (ten years ago) link
i hope weird al lives forever
― chikungunya manatee (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 16 July 2014 16:22 (ten years ago) link
what if he does
― guwop (crüt), Wednesday, 16 July 2014 17:20 (ten years ago) link
poor Weird Al, cursed to watch all he loves age and die around him
― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Wednesday, 16 July 2014 17:21 (ten years ago) link
Weird Al lives forever to parody an Oasis song
― relentlessly pecking at peace (President Keyes), Wednesday, 16 July 2014 18:01 (ten years ago) link
I just realized the first B-52's song I ever heard was probably "Mr. Popeil".
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 22:19 (ten years ago) link
al is a better singer than pharrell
― katherine, Tuesday, July 15, 2014 11:28 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― mattresslessness, Tuesday, 15 July 2014 17:30 (Yesterday)
Even Moby sings better than Pharrell.
― Moka, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 22:36 (ten years ago) link
whoa hey now
― guwop (crüt), Wednesday, 16 July 2014 22:47 (ten years ago) link
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
― Now I Am Become Dracula (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 17 July 2014 00:20 (ten years ago) link
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!
― You know something? He *did* say "well, yeah" a lot. (cryptosicko), Thursday, 17 July 2014 01:54 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 17 July 2014 02:13 (ten years ago) link
Dude presumably meant kid-friendly more than childish
I mean, the idea that Andy samberg isn't childish
― da croupier, Thursday, 17 July 2014 02:32 (ten years ago) link
I like Lonely Island a lot and the suggestion that they are better than Weird Al makes me stabby
― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Thursday, 17 July 2014 02:35 (ten years ago) link
otm that is so wrongheaded I can't even
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 17 July 2014 02:38 (ten years ago) link
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
― da croupier, Thursday, 17 July 2014 02:40 (ten years ago) link
Running gag, rather
― da croupier, Thursday, 17 July 2014 02:41 (ten years ago) link
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'.
― balls, Thursday, 17 July 2014 02:41 (ten years ago) link
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
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 17 July 2014 02:43 (ten years ago) link
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
― da croupier, Thursday, 17 July 2014 02:45 (ten years ago) link
Lol and apparently I expressed this sentiment on this thread a decade ago
Still stands, bring back the squelches
― da croupier, Thursday, 17 July 2014 02:49 (ten years ago) link
al does pastiche better than lonely island for sure
― chikungunya manatee (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 17 July 2014 03:01 (ten years ago) link
al does polka better than lonley island point game set match
― it's not a fedora, it's a trill bae (m bison), Thursday, 17 July 2014 03:02 (ten years ago) link
"Foil" is so expertly done. It tricks you into thinking it's going to be a weak joke, then turns amazing.
― jmm, Thursday, 17 July 2014 03:03 (ten years ago) link
yessss "foil" was my favorite non polka.
― it's not a fedora, it's a trill bae (m bison), Thursday, 17 July 2014 03:10 (ten years ago) link
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
― boney tassel (sic), Thursday, 17 July 2014 03:13 (ten years ago) link
Reggie Watts and Flight of the Concords are both legit unfunny dogshit
― dilligaf escape plan (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 17 July 2014 03:25 (ten years ago) link
To call anything about Reggie Watts' non-sequitur diarrhea stream "deft" is some serious just trying to justify your shitty taste in comedy
― dilligaf escape plan (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 17 July 2014 03:29 (ten years ago) link
"Word Crimes" = song of the year so far
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 17 July 2014 03:38 (ten years ago) link
Reggie Watts lonely island and conchords can't hold a candle to my dick.
― everybody loves lana del raymond (s.clover), Thursday, 17 July 2014 03:41 (ten years ago) link
anyone that likes weird al would certainly enjoy my dick
did you name it "bermuda" schvantz?
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 17 July 2014 04:25 (ten years ago) link
Reggie Watts shits all over his haters' posts itt. Love that dude.
― chikungunya manatee (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 17 July 2014 05:12 (ten years ago) link
The Crash Test Dummies parody + "Dare to Be Stupid" are classic
― nova, Thursday, 17 July 2014 05:24 (ten years ago) link
all these critics in al's demo who are all 'OMG BUT LONELY ISLAND IS BETTER' are getting serious side-eye from me
― maura, Thursday, 17 July 2014 05:24 (ten years ago) link
like i mean 'jack sparrow' is good but michael bolton makes it work!
― maura, Thursday, 17 July 2014 05:25 (ten years ago) link
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
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 17 July 2014 05:26 (ten years ago) link
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"
― nova, Thursday, 17 July 2014 05:27 (ten years ago) link
It's not that all
― chikungunya manatee (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 17 July 2014 05:28 (ten years ago) link
*at all
The fact that Weird Al is not a "hip-hop-appropriating, adults-only, Saturday Night Live-sponsored" act is probably why he's had a three-decade career, I think
― Maggie killed Quagmire (collest baby ever) (frogbs), Thursday, 17 July 2014 13:15 (ten years ago) link
do kids these days like weird al or is it just millenials / gen x'rs listening to this?
― iatee, Thursday, 17 July 2014 13:25 (ten years ago) link
This is hilarious:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lIrggalp3o
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 17 July 2014 13:47 (ten years ago) link
That Carl Wilson article suuuucked. Is that "Semicolon" song where Lonely Planet is supposedly doing a better job with grammar humor?
― relentlessly pecking at peace (President Keyes), Thursday, 17 July 2014 13:52 (ten years ago) link
i don't think weird al did that great of a job with "grammar humor" tbhhe resorted to calling people who make errors in their writing stupid mouthbreathersi thought part of weird al's thing was that he was funny, but not mean?
― La Lechera, Thursday, 17 July 2014 14:07 (ten years ago) link
eh lots of his songs take on an extreme perspective or unreliable narrator that insults people as part of the premise.
― some dude, Thursday, 17 July 2014 14:09 (ten years ago) link
i was just hoping i could play this song as a fun intro to my classes in the fall and i can't because of the stupid mouthbreather thingwhich means it's only good for the "grammar nazis", who are not my people
― La Lechera, Thursday, 17 July 2014 14:11 (ten years ago) link
oh well
LL is my people, word crimes is def mean spirited
― it's not a fedora, it's a trill bae (m bison), Thursday, 17 July 2014 14:17 (ten years ago) link
some dude is right in that Al is assuming the role of a grammar nazi for the purposes of this song, an extra layer to the onion that might not be suitable for playing in class should anyone not pick up on that.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 17 July 2014 14:24 (ten years ago) link