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
Al recorded a full version of Eat It Unplugged at a radio station last year:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=260i9fJE_Z0
― MarkoP, Thursday, 17 July 2014 14:27 (ten years ago) link
there's a far more serious reason not to play that song to kids
― boney tassel (sic), Thursday, 17 July 2014 14:28 (ten years ago) link
maybebut i still find it disappointing he wouldn't skewer the nazis rather than the people who make the errorsthat would take too much maneuvering i guess
i love weird althis thing just bummed me out a little
(my students aren't kids btw)
― La Lechera, Thursday, 17 July 2014 14:28 (ten years ago) link
to anyone learning appropriate use of English
― boney tassel (sic), Thursday, 17 July 2014 14:33 (ten years ago) link
btw i may as well plug the playlist i made of Weird Al deep cuts: http://narrowcast.blogspot.com/2014/07/deep-album-cuts-vol-22-weird-al-yankovic.html
― some dude, Thursday, 17 July 2014 14:33 (ten years ago) link
i just thought it might be a fun mood-lightenernothing sinks spirits like talking about prepositional phrasesanyway that's my 2 cents
― La Lechera, Thursday, 17 July 2014 14:38 (ten years ago) link
Oh great, now I have to add Weird Al in a k.d. lang wig to the spank bank.
― You are exactly why people root for the apes (Eric H.), Thursday, 17 July 2014 14:47 (ten years ago) link
omg
― guwop (crüt), Thursday, 17 July 2014 14:48 (ten years ago) link
the title of the next ILE gay thread has arrived
― some dude, Thursday, 17 July 2014 14:51 (ten years ago) link
xps: Good list! Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota is probably my personal favorite of his.
Oh, we couldn't wait to get thereSo we drove straight through for three whole days and nightsOf course, we stopped for more pickled wieners now and thenThe scenery was just so pretty, boy I wish the kids could've seen itBut you can't see out of the side of the car because the windows are completely covered with the decals from all the places where we've already been
Buy Me A Condo is probably the deep cut that gets stuck in my head the most, probably because it impressed me the most when I was 8. I didn't know who Bob Marley or Jackson Brown were.
― how's life, Thursday, 17 July 2014 14:53 (ten years ago) link
one of my favorite things about Mandatory Fun is how Weird Al chops a full minute off of songs like "Royals" and "Happy" that went on way too long in the original versions.
― some dude, Thursday, 17 July 2014 14:56 (ten years ago) link
Al doesn't bury the lede in "Word Crimes"
The "You will find/People make fun of you online" is right in the first few lines.
― dilligaf escape plan (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 17 July 2014 14:58 (ten years ago) link
Phew, thought this thread revival was because he was dead.
― Tommy McTommy (Tom D.), Thursday, 17 July 2014 14:59 (ten years ago) link
No, he might live forever
― chikungunya manatee (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 17 July 2014 15:07 (ten years ago) link
Buy Me a Condo is at least as good as late era Kinks.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 17 July 2014 15:14 (ten years ago) link
Midnight Star from that album is also a hell of a jam.
― how's life, Thursday, 17 July 2014 15:16 (ten years ago) link
Whole album rules except for "That Boy Could Dance," see also POLLkas on 45: "Weird Al" Yankovic, in 3-D
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 17 July 2014 15:24 (ten years ago) link
I have a fun lil project w/my middle school elective class where we write a song parody and I start out by showing them the "Beat It" and "Eat It" videos. My sweet Mormon mom texted me last night to say that I could do this with "Word Crimes" and "Blurred Lines" videos, that it would be more fun and modern and they would also learn about grammar. "i havent seen the robin think but the weird al is cute" <3
― when you call my name it's like a prickly pear (Crabbits), Thursday, 17 July 2014 15:35 (ten years ago) link
looool
― guwop (crüt), Thursday, 17 July 2014 15:36 (ten years ago) link
"Handy" is up
http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/17/5912379/weird-al-iggy-azalea-fancy-parody-handy-music-video
― Now I Am Become Dracula (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 17 July 2014 15:38 (ten years ago) link
reluctant to listen to "Handy" because I still haven't heard "Fancy"
― guwop (crüt), Thursday, 17 July 2014 15:40 (ten years ago) link
I've only heard the CSNFallon version, the Weird Al one's funny enough on its own
― Now I Am Become Dracula (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 17 July 2014 15:45 (ten years ago) link
hahaha crabbits, you need to just respond with a link to the uncensored #THICKE vid
― dilligaf escape plan (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 17 July 2014 15:54 (ten years ago) link
reluctant to listen to "Handy" because I still haven't heard "Fancy"― guwop (crüt), Thursday, July 17, 2014 11:40 AM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post PermalinkI've only heard the CSNFallon version, the Weird Al one's funny enough on its own― Now I Am Become Dracula (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, July 17, 2014 11:45 AM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
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http://greatlakesoutdoors.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/unfrozen-caveman-lawyer.jpeg
― dilligaf escape plan (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 17 July 2014 15:56 (ten years ago) link
lol at "Mission Statement," pretty great idea. Parody would be a little more perfect if it sounded a little less 'digital.' The solo is dead on though.
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 17 July 2014 16:50 (ten years ago) link