"amish paradise" was the one everyone liked when i was a kid iirc― ciderpress, Thursday, July 24, 2014 9:16 AM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalinkjesus christ how old am I― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Thursday, July 24, 2014 9:17 AM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
"amish paradise" was the one everyone liked when i was a kid iirc
― ciderpress, Thursday, July 24, 2014 9:16 AM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
jesus christ how old am I
― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Thursday, July 24, 2014 9:17 AM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
My cousin used to tape the Dr Demento show from the Vancouver BC station, which is naturally where I first heard Weird Al. Those tapes did much to form what I thought (and think) is funny.
Circa 1984 I had a picture of weird al taped to my wall and asked my mom for (knockoff) checkered vans.
I think it's great that kids of successive years have encountered him in virtually the same way.
― Dokken played here for a Ribfest and people were total assholes (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 24 July 2014 16:34 (ten years ago) link
Pretty amazing that my two 7-year-old boys are giggling at Weird Al just like I was at their age. Ok, just realized I was more like 11, but still...
― schwantz, Thursday, July 24, 2014 11:30 AM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark
seems like this is why this is weird al's "moment" -- parents are bonding with their kids about loving weird al
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Thursday, 24 July 2014 16:35 (ten years ago) link
I guess I don't mean in the same way that I did, but in the stream of whatever's popular at the time
― Dokken played here for a Ribfest and people were total assholes (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 24 July 2014 16:35 (ten years ago) link
just noticed that the gangstas at the beginning of the "White & Nerdy" video are Key & Peele
― relentlessly pecking at peace (President Keyes), Thursday, 24 July 2014 16:39 (ten years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Year-End_Hot_100_singles_of_1984
"eat it" failed to make the year-end hot 100 when it came out, but look at this list and think about how few of these people could even dream to sell 100k in the first week now, let alone crack the top 40
― da croupier, Thursday, 24 July 2014 16:40 (ten years ago) link
Haven't had time to hear/watch any new Al, but also figure I won't know toonz being parodied
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 24 July 2014 16:43 (ten years ago) link
― Dokken played here for a Ribfest and people were total assholes (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, July 24, 2014 12:34 PM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I used to tape Dr. Demento too (1984-1985), and apart from the song parodies (Weird Al and otherwise) and general wackiness, it was also a window into whole other worlds: in one night I discovered George Carlin, Spike Jones, Spirit ("Fresh Garbage"), and (though I didn't realize it at the time) Harry Partch.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 24 July 2014 16:55 (ten years ago) link
yes! the sheer range of music and comedy was just delightful. Even if I don't remember what else I heard, I certainly remembered the effect, and I had my ear out for whatever was strange from those days on.
― Dokken played here for a Ribfest and people were total assholes (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 24 July 2014 17:11 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib2Vl7JEjfc
― a stupid red mute juggalo (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 18 December 2014 18:08 (nine years ago) link
https://www.facebook.com/weirdal/photos/a.72964746004.106302.70358446004/10153750188011005/?type=3&theater
― ulysses, Monday, 8 February 2016 19:11 (eight years ago) link
I still can't believe I found really nice vinyl copies of "Weird Al in 3D" and "Dare to Be Stupid" LPs last year. It was the coolest record shop in Atlanta, Wax N Facts.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 8 February 2016 19:27 (eight years ago) link
His band is really good. Listening to them mimic the arrangement to "Beat It" is wonderful. Those albums are still as classic as they were when I was 10.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 8 February 2016 19:28 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BX56syrmWQ
classic for the spot on B-52s parody
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 8 February 2016 19:30 (eight years ago) link
I Was revisiting this album over the weekend and "Jackson Park Express" is hilarious
― i like to trump and i am crazy (DJP), Monday, 11 April 2016 18:02 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdBF6h7oH5Imaura alert
― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Friday, 21 October 2016 15:58 (seven years ago) link
"Cavity Search" is amazing. the mix itself is a little rough (it sounds like a demo, his vocals are loud, the bg very canned) but its still pretty rad. the lyrics are great. this is a very industrial take on the U2 original from the Batman Forever soundtrack. "Numb me/drill me" is very NIN. so is the easy listening ending w industrial drill sounds.
earlier i picked up a Devo reference in "Mr. Pompeii" it was a breakdown that sounded alot like the breakdown from "Pink Pussycat". love this song, the B-52s cover. Weird Al was kinda my gateway to punk lol. there was also a Clash cover ("Should I Stay Or Should I Go?" in the polka medley) on that LP. plus his voice, he embraces the nasal quality, he is a fucking punk.
Weird Al fivever
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 27 June 2017 22:16 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMwFZXujLJg
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 27 June 2017 22:17 (seven years ago) link
Stop Draggin' My Car Around
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 28 June 2017 06:32 (seven years ago) link
I'd rather listen to "King of Suede" than any Police song.
― andrew m., Thursday, 29 June 2017 13:46 (seven years ago) link
Adam, do you mean "Mr. Popeil"?
― andrew m., Thursday, 29 June 2017 13:47 (seven years ago) link
YOU COULD EVEN CUT A TIN CAN WITH ITBUT YOU WOULDN'TWANT TO!
― andrew m., Thursday, 29 June 2017 13:48 (seven years ago) link
still think "Dare to be Stupid" is a Top 5 Devo song
― frogbs, Thursday, 29 June 2017 13:49 (seven years ago) link
and I love Devo
I'm a forever stan of In 3-D and have to listen at least once a year. One of the first albums I bought with my own money, at Wal-Mart in Starkville, Miss., when it came out in '84. And I still hear new things and have new faves.
― andrew m., Thursday, 29 June 2017 13:50 (seven years ago) link
My earliest remembered favorite tune was "The Brady Bunch." I was determined to know every word, so I got a legal pad and kept pulling the needle back so I could write down every line.
― andrew m., Thursday, 29 June 2017 13:52 (seven years ago) link
My most recent fave is "Theme from Rocky XIII" maybe based on this line alone:
Never eatswhile on the jobhe heard it's good to stay hungry
― andrew m., Thursday, 29 June 2017 13:54 (seven years ago) link
Weird Al should really be in the Rock Hall.
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Thursday, 29 June 2017 14:59 (seven years ago) link
'hardware store' is all-time
― ciderpress, Thursday, 29 June 2017 15:09 (seven years ago) link
Nearly every song referenced in Polkas on 45 I first heard through that tune. Still the definitive version of Hot Blooded.
― dinnerboat, Thursday, 29 June 2017 15:20 (seven years ago) link
phil d otmlike if you take axl
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 29 June 2017 18:56 (seven years ago) link
the one I really dig is "Velvet Elvis". I really do appreciate how much effort goes into the guy's style parodies, to the point where if you're not paying attention you could easily mistake them for the real thing. I thought "Everything You Know is Wrong" was a real TMBG song for a while and was frustrated that I couldn't figure out what album it was on. I think he really does dig deep to uncover the essence of these dudes.
― frogbs, Thursday, 29 June 2017 19:00 (seven years ago) link
"Frank's 2000" TV" is a beautiful power-pop tune, no matter who wrote it or what the lyrics are about. Is that based on Toad the Wet Sprocket etc? I was never sure.
― Guy Pidgeotto (Tom Violence), Thursday, 29 June 2017 19:34 (seven years ago) link
He has said he was going for an R.E.M vibe, though it reminds me of Matthew Sweet's "I've Been Waiting".
― MarkoP, Thursday, 29 June 2017 19:38 (seven years ago) link
lol yes. btw i love the backing singers in this song.
"Dare to Be Stupid" is really good. still one of my favorite songs of all time. and it's an honorary Devo number:
In an interview on VH1's Behind the Music, Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh stated in reaction to the song that: "I was in shock. It was the most beautiful thing I had ever heard. He sort of re-sculpted that song into something else and... I hate him for it, basically."https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dare_to_Be_Stupid_(song)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dare_to_Be_Stupid_(song)
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 29 June 2017 20:13 (seven years ago) link
to the point where if you're not paying attention you could easily mistake them for the real thing
I know I've annoyed friends by pulling this with "I Lost on Jeopardy."
― andrew m., Thursday, 29 June 2017 20:39 (seven years ago) link
I see I was on here 11 years ago praising "Mr. Popeil" complete with challopsy opinion that it was maybe better than some B-52s tunes haha.
― andrew m., Thursday, 29 June 2017 20:41 (seven years ago) link
Oh, and one of those backup singers is Lisa Popeil, daughter of the man himself! She did some other stuff with Weird Al over the years and with some others. Couple solo things as well.
― andrew m., Thursday, 29 June 2017 20:44 (seven years ago) link
this is definitely one case where the Weird Al version is way better than the original
― frogbs, Thursday, 29 June 2017 20:57 (seven years ago) link
I played "Word Crimes" at a New Year's Eve party a few years back, and it was funny watching people take a while to catch on.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Thursday, 29 June 2017 21:13 (seven years ago) link
Lisa Popeil also appears on some Frank Zappa stuff
― Moodles, Thursday, 29 June 2017 23:49 (seven years ago) link
At 4:30 in the morning I'm milking cowsJebediah feeds the chickens and Jacob plows - fool!And I've been milkin' and plowin' so long thatEven Ezekiel thinks that my mind is gone!
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 3 August 2017 10:54 (seven years ago) link
Coolio being mad about that song is the biggest self-own in pop history
― President Keyes, Thursday, 3 August 2017 12:44 (seven years ago) link
Opening couplet is surely one of Al's greatest.
― ﴿→ ☺ (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 3 August 2017 12:56 (seven years ago) link
"Everything You Know is Wrong" came up on shuffle the other day. it's astounding to me how much that song misses the mark lyrically yet completely hits the nail on the head musically. idk if anyone else has been able to perfectly imitate John Linnell's style like that.
― frogbs, Thursday, 3 August 2017 13:33 (seven years ago) link
not sure that Al ever cared that much about hitting the mark lyrically in his pastiches
― ciderpress, Thursday, 3 August 2017 13:35 (seven years ago) link
The bang-bang-bang-bang guitar sound in particular is perfect. But yeah, not really a TMBG-esque lyric, though that's often how it rolls with his style parodies (xpost).
― ﴿→ ☺ (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 3 August 2017 13:37 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_OhJL0te14
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 14 June 2018 13:48 (six years ago) link
neat
― we æt so many shimripl (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 14 June 2018 13:53 (six years ago) link
best backing band in america
― noel gallaghah's high flying burbbhrbhbbhbburbbb (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 14 June 2018 15:23 (six years ago) link
"Hard to Handle(the Black Crowes)"
:(
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 14 June 2018 15:27 (six years ago) link