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Mine is definitely "Smells like Nirvana" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FklUAoZ6KxY Original music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTWKbfoikeg
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Deffo Party in The CIA. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-CG5w4YwOI
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May 16, 2018 16:18
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Dare to be stupid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMhwddNQSWQ
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May 16, 2018 16:20
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Literally all of them are superior, bud.
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May 16, 2018 16:24
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I like his polkas, They're basically concentrated Weird Al.
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May 16, 2018 17:00
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Robokomodo posted:Literally all of them are superior, bud. Pretty much. The only one I would question is Bohemian Rhapsody, but it wasn't a true parody, just a polka version- which is still great. Two that come to mind are "Trash Day" (Nelly's Hot in Here) and "Trapped in the Drive Thru" (R Kelly's Trapped in the Closet). "Amish Paradise" definitively. He's a genius.
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May 16, 2018 17:11
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If you ever get the chance to see him live you really should, I saw him in a smallish college auditorium a couple of years ago and it was a hell of a show.
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May 16, 2018 17:32
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This would be better than the original even if it sucked. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6T2B3Vhtzk
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May 16, 2018 20:32
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Dog Eat Dog is a fantastic Talking Heads style parody. Saw him at the Pabst in Miluakee a few months ago, it was an awesome show.
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May 16, 2018 20:35
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Robokomodo posted:Literally all of them are superior, bud. So Post Your Favrotie
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May 17, 2018 00:37
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtV_nQKhkdY
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May 17, 2018 02:56
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Applesnots posted:If you ever get the chance to see him live you really should, I saw him in a smallish college auditorium a couple of years ago and it was a hell of a show. Seconded
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May 17, 2018 03:30
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As a musician I have immense respect for Weird Al's band. Replication of just one other musician's sound and style is difficult and these guys replicate multiple bands and do it incredibly well. As such I can't really pick a single track as my favorite. I did enjoy showing my grandmother, who was a teacher for many years, Word Crimes so I'll go with that one.
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Applesnots posted:If you ever get the chance to see him live you really should, I saw him in a smallish college auditorium a couple of years ago and it was a hell of a show. Last time he played in my city bots bought all the tickets and they ended up on StubHub for like $120 min 
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Jul 16, 2018 23:45
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Applesnots posted:Deffo Party in The CIA. "We only torture the folks we don't like, You're probly gonna be OK" I love his songs with a hint of a political message. This and 'Don't Download This Song' are great. He's perfected the art of mocking so gently that nobody could complain.
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Jul 17, 2018 00:55
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this one is like a goldmine for potential avatars and also the song is so much more catchier than the original https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF6ct9ZEq5s
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Robokomodo posted:Literally all of them are superior, bud. seriously although many of the originals are great too and im glad i was such a tremendous dork that listened to so much weird al as a kid because it exposed me to a big variety of music and seeking out the originals led to some cool discoveries (ditto for the guns n roses album 'the spaghetti incident?!')
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It's not a direct parody, but "BOB" is a work of genius.
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Peddle2thaMetal posted:Pretty much. The only one I would question is Bohemian Rhapsody, but it wasn't a true parody, just a polka version- which is still great. Two that come to mind are "Trash Day" (Nelly's Hot in Here) and "Trapped in the Drive Thru" (R Kelly's Trapped in the Closet). "Amish Paradise" definitively. He's a genius. Trapped in the Closet and Trapped in the Drive Thru are both god drat masterpieces. I don't think the parody is superior.
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Especially since trapped in a the closet is already comedy. Comedy made by a peetape making child molesting cult leader but it's always a bit off when someone makes a joke version of a joke.
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It always kinda bugs me that in Drive Thru, the wife gets mad at the young female attendant for thinking that the husband is Paul. Like, why would you be jealous or mad about that? Still one of my favorites though. I'm sad that Prince never gave All permission to do a cover.
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Jul 18, 2018 14:12
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Dare to be Stupid is a better Devo song than anything Devo ever did, and Mark Mothersbaugh admitted it. When I was a kid I had a tape of Peter and the Wolf narrated by Weird Al, and side B was an original sequel to Camille Saint-Saëns' Carnival of the Animals. The liner notes included interpretations of what each of the new songs meant, pointing out key changes and instrumentation and how they related to each animal, and it taught me a lot about music appreciation. I'm definitely going to track down a copy for my kid.
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Mr. Bad Guy posted:It always kinda bugs me that in Drive Thru, the wife gets mad at the young female attendant for thinking that the husband is Paul. Like, why would you be jealous or mad about that? Still one of my favorites though. she thinks her husband has been pretending his name is Paul (Atreides, I assume) to "boink" drive thru girl (which ain't happenin bud, sorry but thems the breaks) was "traffic jam" supposed to be a Prince style song?
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Gatekeeper posted:was "traffic jam" supposed to be a Prince style song? Are...are you thinking of something else because not in a thousand years would I associate "Traffic jam" with Prince. As an aside, Traffic Jam is awesome.
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Johnny Aztec posted:Are...are you thinking of something else because not in a thousand years would I associate "Traffic jam" with Prince. i must be, i haven't heard it since 6th grade and for some reason i seem to have associated it with prince
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This one. "If i'm bitten by a zombie, probably not telling you HEYOO" is genius. HenryEx has a new favorite as of 00:04 on Jul 19, 2018 |
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Mr. Bad Guy posted:It always kinda bugs me that in Drive Thru, the wife gets mad at the young female attendant for thinking that the husband is Paul. Like, why would you be jealous or mad about that? Still one of my favorites though. I thought she was mad her husband was mistaken for someone who hangs out with teenage fast food workers, and she's really nosy.
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Gatekeeper posted:i must be, i haven't heard it since 6th grade and for some reason i seem to have associated it with prince https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UupwKYfQJ9Y THIS is Traffic Jam. If this is what Prince sounds like, then poo poo, I've been missing out
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Jul 19, 2018 01:14
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The Presidents of the United States of America would sing lines from Weird Al's "Gump" when performing "Lump". Especially the "and that's all I have to say about that" at the end. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGOz_ql80tk&t=118s
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Johnny Aztec posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UupwKYfQJ9Y THIS is Traffic Jam. Traffic Jam is very obviously a parody of Prince's "Let's Go Crazy", which is an amazing song. Prince is one of the greatest artists of all time lol yeah you've been missing out, jump on that poo poo! "Dare to be Stupid" just sounds like a straightforward Gang of Four song more and more these days.
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I Like the story behind Amish Paradise, where Al apporached Coolio asking for permission but was stonewalled by his manager. When Coolio found out what had happened he contacted Al himself to give his permission. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOfZLb33uCg
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friendly 2 da void posted:Traffic Jam is very obviously a parody of Prince's "Let's Go Crazy", which is an amazing song. that's exactly what i was thinking, that it sounded like a song in the same style as let's go crazy
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Johnny Aztec posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UupwKYfQJ9Y THIS is Traffic Jam. 
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Jul 19, 2018 09:46
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BioEnchanted posted:I Like the story behind Amish Paradise, where Al apporached Coolio asking for permission but was stonewalled by his manager. When Coolio found out what had happened he contacted Al himself to give his permission. Uhhh...that's not at all the story I heard. I thought it was sort of the other way around. Al asked permission, and it went through Coolio's manger/agent/SOMEONE other than Coolio and responded to Al saying "yes." Al made it, it was a hit, then Coolio said he never gave permission or was never asked. Al apologized for the miscommunication, and I think they're good now, but Coolio seemed upset for a while since I guess he thought it was too serious of a song to parody. The going theory is that Coolio 100% gave permission, but then got mad that Al's song got so popular and detracted from his song, so then after-the-fact said he never gave permission.
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Robokomodo posted:Literally all of them are superior, bud. Indeed. Weird Al is a golden god.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-0TEJMJOhk
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This been posted yet? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcNuiri2dV0
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friendly 2 da void posted:Traffic Jam is very obviously a parody of Prince's "Let's Go Crazy", which is an amazing song. Prince is one of the greatest artists of all time lol yeah you've been missing out, jump on that poo poo! Huh alright. yeah that's deffo the thing. Now, is HARDWARE STORE an original song?
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Johnny Aztec posted:Now, is HARDWARE STORE an original song? BioEnchanted posted:I Like the story behind Amish Paradise, where Al apporached Coolio asking for permission but was stonewalled by his manager. When Coolio found out what had happened he contacted Al himself to give his permission.  ) Gaga's management refused to give Al permission to parody "Born This Way" without ever actually consulting Gaga herself, and when she found out about this she contacted Al and gave him permission.edit: Also, Nathan Rabin (former The Onion AV Club writer, author of Weird Al: The Book) is doing a feature on his website where he reviews every song in Al's catalogue: https://www.nathanrabin.com/happy-place/?category=The+Weird+Accordion+To+Al DMorbid has a new favorite as of 21:44 on Jul 23, 2018 |
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