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
Countdown to Weird Al KEXP session and cinema verite video from the La Blogotheque folks in 5...4...3...
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 19 July 2014 01:12 (ten years ago) link
Listening to "Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota," dying of lols I'm not even sure it gave me as a lad. Would have been a great career-ender, really.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 19 July 2014 02:19 (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, July 17, 2014 9:11 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
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LL, have you seen this?http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=13521
― jaymc, Saturday, 19 July 2014 04:45 (ten years ago) link
I have just been alerted to the existence of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBvh6JPSmy0
I thank you, Weird Al, from the bottom of my heart.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 19 July 2014 15:05 (ten years ago) link
I think I've waited my whole life for "Mandatory Fun."
mo-ne-tiiiiizze our asssets
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 19 July 2014 15:43 (ten years ago) link
Paul McCartney, also a Yankovic fan, refused Yankovic permission to record a parody of Wings' "Live and Let Die", titled "Chicken Pot Pie", because McCartney is a vegetarian and found the parody to be improper.[81]
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 19 July 2014 15:51 (ten years ago) link
oh paulpaws
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 19 July 2014 17:06 (ten years ago) link
Today is the most time I've spent with Weird Al since listening to Dare to Be Stupid/Polka Party for about 2 years straight. What a treasure.
― Dokken played here for a Ribfest and people were total assholes (Sparkle Motion), Saturday, 19 July 2014 17:25 (ten years ago) link
THIS SONG IS JUST SIX WORDS LONGTHIS SONG IS JUST SIIIIX WORDS LONG
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 19 July 2014 17:28 (ten years ago) link
From the excelsior thread:
What Carl Wilson gets wrong is his theory that Weird Al coarsens pop music when actually his pastiches and parodies show how songs about surgeons, Jeopardy, the Amish, etc are no more banal than pop songs. Dare to be stupid!
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 19 July 2014 17:29 (ten years ago) link
I always liked his pseudo-cock rock number "Young, Dumb, and Ugly"
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 19 July 2014 17:35 (ten years ago) link
RYE OR THE KAISER
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 19 July 2014 17:42 (ten years ago) link
omg don't eat prunes again
― Now I Am Become Dracula (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 19 July 2014 18:17 (ten years ago) link
Accordion is amazing on ^that
― a powerful slander against people who eat (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 19 July 2014 21:42 (ten years ago) link
Pixies have been done definitively. I just don't see the point of anyone ever trying it again.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTZ0hYlto7Q
― dlp9001, Sunday, 20 July 2014 02:22 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmGy3WAQ_wk
― dilligaf escape plan (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 20 July 2014 02:26 (ten years ago) link
that prunes thing has such a great punchline.
― everybody loves lana del raymond (s.clover), Sunday, 20 July 2014 04:22 (ten years ago) link
https://twitter.com/alyankovic/status/490724534513700864
― cwkiii, Sunday, 20 July 2014 05:26 (ten years ago) link
hey now. take that off-topic post to the feminist theory thread.
― chikungunya manatee (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 20 July 2014 05:52 (ten years ago) link
but joking aside, I'm glad he apologized and confirmed that he did not know.
― chikungunya manatee (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 20 July 2014 05:57 (ten years ago) link
Yeah...the guy has never toured Europe in his entire career, so I could easily see him being unaware of a lot of language differences between here and England
― some dude, Sunday, 20 July 2014 13:20 (ten years ago) link
I saw weird al in England, btw
― dilligaf escape plan (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 20 July 2014 13:50 (ten years ago) link
He goes by 'Daft Albert' in England tho
― 龜, Sunday, 20 July 2014 13:53 (ten years ago) link
Yeah but when he did ATP he said in an interview that he'd never performed in Europe before for 30 years
― some dude, Sunday, 20 July 2014 14:20 (ten years ago) link
Hoping he'll replace the word with "fuckstick" in future editions and live shows
― da croupier, Sunday, 20 July 2014 15:23 (ten years ago) link
He should have never gone over there anyway. Touring America was good enough for Elvis.
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Sunday, 20 July 2014 17:23 (ten years ago) link
104k copies sold first week - first comedy album to top the chart since 1963 apparently!
― jamiesummerz, Thursday, 24 July 2014 09:11 (ten years ago) link
Read that as 104 copies and figured, yeah, sounds about right.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 24 July 2014 12:10 (ten years ago) link
it's weird, it totally feels like weird al's moment right now! but why?? when he did alpocalypse three years ago nobody cared
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 24 July 2014 12:17 (ten years ago) link
He was able to leverage his brand across multiple social media platforms
― 龜, Thursday, 24 July 2014 12:22 (ten years ago) link
it's weird, it totally feels like weird al's moment right now! but why??
Will be answered in Al's TED Talk
― relentlessly pecking at peace (President Keyes), Thursday, 24 July 2014 13:40 (ten years ago) link
i think it's because alpocalypse wasn't very good.
― Maggie killed Quagmire (collest baby ever) (frogbs), Thursday, 24 July 2014 13:58 (ten years ago) link