Can we all just go back and watch the "Foil" video again?
Seriously. Do it now if you haven't done it already.
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 18 July 2014 07:46 (ten years ago) link
The "I" of Weird Al's songs is alway Weird Al himself. He is also a fat surgeon who was in Nirvana.
― Three Word Username, Friday, 18 July 2014 08:02 (ten years ago) link
he cannot pretend
― chikungunya manatee (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 18 July 2014 08:03 (ten years ago) link
he must actually be it
also he was in love with ricky?
― everybody loves lana del raymond (s.clover), Friday, 18 July 2014 10:47 (ten years ago) link
the entire premise of the song is dickish grammar nazi shit that anyone over 20 should have grown out of
yes, i'm glad you got the joke!
― guwop (crüt), Friday, 18 July 2014 12:13 (ten years ago) link
With proper disciple "humour" is not necessary
― sinister porpoise (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 18 July 2014 12:40 (ten years ago) link
I'm pretty offended by Al's use of the word "Weird." Is it meant as a perjorative? Isn't he reifying received norms with its usage? Perhaps "Decentered/Problematized Al" would serve as a more useful nomiker.― relentlessly pecking at peace (President Keyes), Thursday, July 17, 2014 9:32 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― relentlessly pecking at peace (President Keyes), Thursday, July 17, 2014 9:32 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
genius post imo
― Now I Am Become Dracula (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 18 July 2014 12:40 (ten years ago) link
http://www.avclub.com/article/weird-al-yankovic-answers-our-11-questions-206949
5. How would your enemies describe you?WAY: Very poorly, I’m sure. Probably using monosyllabic words, bad grammar, improper syntax. I have to assume my enemies are idiots.
WAY: Very poorly, I’m sure. Probably using monosyllabic words, bad grammar, improper syntax. I have to assume my enemies are idiots.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 18 July 2014 14:43 (ten years ago) link
otm based on available sample
― blap setter (darraghmac), Friday, 18 July 2014 15:10 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqg-YZhr3bA
― voodoo chili, Friday, 18 July 2014 16:15 (ten years ago) link
so i googled to see whether weird al has ever acknowledged that his "trigger happy" was a total jack of "Skeet Surfin" from Top Secret and all i found was a big interview he did with the dissolve about Top Secret where he mentions how great "skeet surfin" is without bringing up "trigger happy."
maybe he made a deal with z.a.z. where in exchange for them not suing he has to praise the movie whenever possible?
― da croupier, Friday, 18 July 2014 16:18 (ten years ago) link
lol i love that naked gun scene
― maura, Friday, 18 July 2014 17:04 (ten years ago) link
i'm sure he takes a lot of inspiration from other comedy and sometimes it's just more transparent than it usually is. when the guy's whole thing is parodying ostensibly 'serious' songs, there's a weird gray area as far as borrowing from fellow comedians. i was always annoyed at "Truck Drivin' Song," which is like a carbon copy of the whole concept of Monty Python's "Lumberjack Song."
― some dude, Friday, 18 July 2014 17:09 (ten years ago) link
the new one, "sports song," is up - some funny lines but my least favorite so far, people doin the "I will hip you to how silly sports fandom is" thing is like
c'mon bro
― Now I Am Become Dracula (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 18 July 2014 17:12 (ten years ago) link
sports song is like straight from the tom lehrer era
― dilligaf escape plan (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 18 July 2014 17:13 (ten years ago) link
clearly inspired by "Fight Fiercely Harvard", but he takes it somewhere else, and it's good.
― Three Word Username, Friday, 18 July 2014 17:15 (ten years ago) link
It's no "Fight Fiercely, Harvard".
― how's life, Friday, 18 July 2014 17:15 (ten years ago) link
xp fuck
Heh, while looking up to see if I could find any info on the "Trigger Happy"-"Skeet Surfin" connection I found this thread from a newsgroup from 1992.
― MarkoP, Friday, 18 July 2014 17:16 (ten years ago) link
Oh wow, I never even heard "Fight Fiercely Harvard." It's pretty decentered/problematized that I made that connection anyway, wow.
But yeah, it's so Tom Lehrer/Allen Shermany that I was kind of disappointed that the video wasn't like full of fur coats and triangular flags
― dilligaf escape plan (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 18 July 2014 17:22 (ten years ago) link
HURL THAT SPHEROID DOWN THE FIELD
― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Friday, 18 July 2014 17:29 (ten years ago) link
DEMONSTRATE TO THEM OUR PROWESS, DO!
― Three Word Username, Friday, 18 July 2014 17:52 (ten years ago) link
Tim and Eric have the best sports song
― chikungunya manatee (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 18 July 2014 17:54 (ten years ago) link
do you wanna go sit in the cell where we put the guy who said Flying Conchords are better than Weird Al?
― some dude, Friday, 18 July 2014 18:09 (ten years ago) link
BECAUSE THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 18 July 2014 18:17 (ten years ago) link
a nice roomy cell sounds nice yes thank you
― chikungunya manatee (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 18 July 2014 18:22 (ten years ago) link
VG forgot to mention that we filled it with farts
― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Friday, 18 July 2014 18:26 (ten years ago) link
are they smelly farts?
― chikungunya manatee (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 18 July 2014 18:28 (ten years ago) link
lots of people eating fried and poached eggs around here. they are probably smelly.
― chikungunya manatee (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 18 July 2014 18:30 (ten years ago) link
pickled weiners.
― how's life, Friday, 18 July 2014 18:33 (ten years ago) link
also vegemite
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 18 July 2014 18:36 (ten years ago) link
FWIW I find it kind of endearing (if bizarre) that this weird release format is putting really close, brief attention on what are, videos aside, obviously Weird Al album tracks, a dicey category of song for at least two decades. Love the guy at his best but buying a Weird Al CD always involved some recognition that there would be some lame jokes that didn't work, some concepts pushed too far, some forced wackiness etc etc - - - so yeah surprise surprise not all these tracks are genius, I'm just amazed he can still actually knock out a few parody songs that people like and laugh at, this late in his career.
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 18 July 2014 19:24 (ten years ago) link
*gives weird al a treat**pats weird al on head*
― chikungunya manatee (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 18 July 2014 19:30 (ten years ago) link
i think the pastiches on this one are better executed than the straight-up parodies tbh
― ciderpress, Friday, 18 July 2014 19:39 (ten years ago) link
"on this one" hardly necessary there imo
― difficult listening hour, Friday, 18 July 2014 19:58 (ten years ago) link
yeah, still blown away by the pixies one
― chikungunya manatee (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 18 July 2014 20:04 (ten years ago) link
there should be a playlist of pixies parody songs
― Philip Nunez, Friday, 18 July 2014 20:06 (ten years ago) link
There is no class of patients referred to simply as "spastic" by doctors in North America (and I don't think in the UK either). The word sometimes is used as an adjective to describe a pattern of gait or a form of dysarthria.
thanks for clearing this up Plasmon; I would hope it was obvious that I was referring to the former usage as being nonexistent in the US
many many xp
― Οὖτις, Friday, 18 July 2014 20:06 (ten years ago) link
It's called Indie Cindy.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 18 July 2014 21:17 (ten years ago) link
haaaa
― guwop (crüt), Friday, 18 July 2014 21:17 (ten years ago) link
My piano teacher from high school has been in Al's touring band for >20 years :)
― schwantz, Friday, 18 July 2014 21:19 (ten years ago) link
and he's the newbie of the group! i don't know why i find the consistency of his line-up so cool but i do
― da croupier, Friday, 18 July 2014 21:38 (ten years ago) link
from steve jay's website:
Stephen's bass recording credits include 3 Grammy winners and 9 Grammy nominated albums. He is the credited bassist on 9 Gold and 5 Platinum albums (RIAA). Stephen specializes in combining ethnic and modern instruments to create a blend of the exotic and contemporary. His world music experience includes live performance and studies throughout West Africa and Southeast Asia. From his field recording of world music Stephen produced 2 albums for the Nonesuch Explorer Series. He has scored more than seventy nationally broadcast PBS specials and series episodes, including three George Foster Peabody Award winners, and contributed to TV and feature films. His background includes a BA and MM Graduate Fellowship in composition, and studies with composers John Cage, Lucas Foss, Max Neuhaus and Charles Wuronien. Stephen's past work includes performing and recording with Rick Derringer, Wayne Shorter, Hugh Masekela, Alex Acuna, Luis Conte, Isah Hamani, Joe Higgs, Betty Buckley, Jimmy Haskell and others. He is an original and continuing member of "Weird Al" Yankovic's band.
"oh and i've played Eat It for 30 years"
― da croupier, Friday, 18 July 2014 21:43 (ten years ago) link
Ruben's:
After leading Santa Cruz, California's most popular funk/fusion group Rush Hour for seven years, Rubén moved to L.A. Soon after arriving, he was playing, recording and traveling the World with members of groups such as Santana, Aretha Franklin, Elton John, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, Chaka Khan, Shakira, Marc Anthony, Tom Jones, Temptations, Deniece Williams, Natalie Cole, Tower of Power, et al.Following International tours with rock legend Glenn Hughes/Deep Purple and blues legend Charlie Musselwhite, Rubén found himself touring and recording with Rock/comedy icon "Weird Al" Yankovic.
― schwantz, Friday, 18 July 2014 21:47 (ten years ago) link
if i was rick rubin i'd try to get weird to make an album of songs that either stuck to his original accordion/fart sound template or really let his band of jazz-fusion guys wild out. "We either need to move forward, Weird...or we need to go all the way back...back to My Bologna."
― da croupier, Friday, 18 July 2014 21:55 (ten years ago) link
"what if instead of making the band listen to ariana grande...why don't you just play 'Gollum' with the accordion...and let them react in the moment. Roll tape."
― da croupier, Friday, 18 July 2014 22:02 (ten years ago) link
Apparently most of the fart sounds from his earlier albums came courtesy of "Musical Mike" Kieffer who hasn't seemed to have worked with Al since Headline News. But I do knd of miss that sound he brought to the recordings, as juvenile as it might be.
― MarkoP, Friday, 18 July 2014 22:10 (ten years ago) link
yeah the ones added to the mtv theme here are pretty great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evEHos82Wew#t=38
― maura, Friday, 18 July 2014 23:48 (ten years ago) link
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/e3662085fb/american-psycho-with-huey-lewis-and-weird-al
― everybody loves lana del raymond (s.clover), Saturday, 19 July 2014 00:02 (ten years ago) link