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
― guwop (crüt), Thursday, July 17, 2014 11:40 AM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― 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
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
yeah weird ppl haven't heard a song that gets less exposure in the culture than the #20 song would've gotten ten years ago. it's almost like the monoculture is dead or something.
― balls, Thursday, 17 July 2014 17:25 (ten years ago) link
it's kind of great how totally avoidable the worst chart shit is
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 17 July 2014 17:32 (ten years ago) link
I'm not saying it's weird they haven't heard the song, I'm saying it's stupid that they would rather post about it on a message board than take the 2 seconds to pull it up on YouTube before listening to a parody of it
― dilligaf escape plan (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 17 July 2014 17:39 (ten years ago) link
So I don't understand, are some posters contending that Word Crimes is actually some kind of meta comment on internet grammar sticklers and that's why he built an entire song out of things that have gotten really boring/unfunny to complain about ("OMG LITERALLY USED TO MEAN FIGURATIVELY" etc.)
― 'arry Goldman (Hurting 2), Thursday, 17 July 2014 17:39 (ten years ago) link
it's weird ppl wouldn't want to pull up some song on youtube that pretty much nobody has anything positive to say about
― balls, Thursday, 17 July 2014 17:41 (ten years ago) link
it's great but the weird al iggy azalea parody is less absurd and hilarious than the real thing
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Thursday, 17 July 2014 17:43 (ten years ago) link
*Curiously looks up what was #20 ten years ago*
Hmm, I think I've been exposed to Fancy more than I have to Christina Milian's Dip It Low, but I understand your point.
― MarkoP, Thursday, 17 July 2014 17:45 (ten years ago) link
I hope that Weird Al at least had the class to include a shoutout to Charli XCX
― odd proggy geezer (Moodles), Thursday, 17 July 2014 17:48 (ten years ago) link
i've heard 'happy' and 'radioactive' like a dozen+ times out in the wild (and 'royals' several dozen) but never heard 'fancy' or 'blurred lines' without youtubing them, its weird how arbitrary a cross section of chart music you get without seeking it out.
i think i knew all of the songs in the polka though
― ciderpress, Thursday, 17 July 2014 17:51 (ten years ago) link
it's weird ppl wouldn't want to pull up some song on youtube that pretty much nobody has anything positive to say about― balls, Thursday, July 17, 2014 1:41 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― balls, Thursday, July 17, 2014 1:41 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
The number one song that nobody had anything positive to say about.
― how's life, Thursday, 17 July 2014 17:52 (ten years ago) link
I have heard parodies of Fancy (the Weird Al one and a couple of really shitty ones on Facebook) more than I have heard Fancy
― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 17 July 2014 17:52 (ten years ago) link
Moodles otm: Link to the bizarre piece shout-out piece being referenced:
http://thinkprogress.org/culture/2014/05/29/3443070/why-doesnt-iggy-azalea-give-charli-xcx-a-shout-out-in-fancy/
― intheblanks, Thursday, 17 July 2014 18:02 (ten years ago) link
fancy is used in a bunch of ads now, so that makes it more inescapable.
dip it low is amazing and everyone should listen to it more.
also weird al's dancing in the handy video really puts it over the top
― everybody loves lana del raymond (s.clover), Thursday, 17 July 2014 18:16 (ten years ago) link
"word crimes" is going to get a sudden numbers boost the first week of september.
― mattresslessness, Thursday, 17 July 2014 18:21 (ten years ago) link
i am literally an unfrozen caveman so whiney otm
― guwop (crüt), Thursday, 17 July 2014 18:21 (ten years ago) link
― dilligaf escape plan (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, July 17, 2014 11:39 AM (42 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
not everyone gets paid-not-paid to keep up with this shi
― mattresslessness, Thursday, 17 July 2014 18:23 (ten years ago) link
Where did hit songs get more exposure 10 years ago? On Myspace?
― relentlessly pecking at peace (President Keyes), Thursday, 17 July 2014 18:23 (ten years ago) link