|
I would put this album above Alpocalypse and Poodle Hat, but below Running with Scissors and Straight Outta Lynwood (I won't try to compare to any previous albums because I never heard them at release). The parodies don't feel dated yet, and they're all recognizable to me so that's a plus. The polka medley has decent song choices. Even if some of them are pretty old at this point, at least they are all memorable songs. I'm happy to see the return to 9+ minute tracks with Jackson Park Express, though it's not as good as Trapped in the Drive Thru or Albuquerque. It's better than Genius in France or Stop Forwarding That Crap to Me.
|
#
¿
Jul 14, 2014 04:31
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ Apr 27, 2024 11:11 |
|
|
The video for Tacky is out and it's really great: http://www.nerdist.com/vepisode/weird-al-yankovic-gets-tacky-with-pharrells-happy/ I think he's got something that will go viral with all those celebrities.
|
|
#
¿
Jul 14, 2014 17:04
|
|
|
ComposerGuy posted:Even forgetting the actual straight-up parodies, his originals that instead take the "style" of a certain artist or band are often so good that he out-does them (Mark Mothersbaugh once commented that Al's "Dare To Be Stupid" is the perfect DEVO song and he wished he had written it). Dare to be Stupid is totally a song that Devo could have written. I always thought it was funny that Devo wrote a song called "Nutty Buddy" that featured Mr. Goodbar references in the lyrics, and played it a few shows in the 70s (but never released it). Then Weird Al throws in a line about Mr. Goodbar in his song, and it was likely just a coincidence.
|
|
#
¿
Jul 15, 2014 14:58
|
|
|
Boinks posted:I'm just happy that I got to hear Weird Al say 'cunning linguist'. Is that a callback to anything? He used "master debater" in the I Need A Nap book.
|
|
#
¿
Jul 15, 2014 17:32
|
|
|
Clockwork Rocktapus posted:That wasn't bad but I'm getting the feeling he should have saved Word Crimes for last Well you want to sell as many albums in the first week as possible. He's actually on track to potentially have his first number 1 album: http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6165950/weird-al-mandatory-fun-billboard-200
|
|
#
¿
Jul 19, 2014 16:45
|
|
|
I saw the Weird Al feature on Diane Sawyer tonight and it's hilarious that people are still making the "Yankovich" mistake after all these years. Sawyer and the british guy interviewing him did it!
|
|
#
¿
Jul 22, 2014 01:57
|
|
|
I didn't know about SCOTS before this album. 
|
|
#
¿
Jul 24, 2014 00:19
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ Apr 27, 2024 11:11 |
|
|
All I could think of during the Game of Thrones song was South Park's lyrics to that song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjzC2DRgEo4
|
|
#
¿
Aug 26, 2014 19:48
|
|