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I'm sure you've heard it in some form or another. Parodies of popular songs. It's what Weird Al does best, and it's made him famous. So, what do you think of this type of music? Some say its not original, but I believe it is very original. Also, what is your favorite one of these type of songs?

My favorite is by Weird Al: "It's All About the Pentiums", a parody of "It's All About the Benjamins"

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Eh, as long as they're not taken seriously they can be considered original I suppose, although all it is is remixing the words. Eh. I haven't heard too many of these but Amish (sp?) Paradise was pretty good. It's funny how Weird Al got in trouble for that one. I prefer the numerous Eminem disses.

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Not a huge fan, but the music's generally catchy so I listen to it on occasion.

My favorite would probably be that horoscope song, I'm not even sure what it's based off of.

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My favorite would probably be that horoscope song, I'm not even sure what it's based off of.

What most people don't know, is Weird Al DOES write his own music too, the "That's your Horoscope for Today" is just one of those.


I love Weird Al. He's great.




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Yeah, for the most part, he takes other music, but he does sometimes write his own music. Another example is his polka mixes. I LOVE those!

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Yeah, for the most part, he takes other music, but he does sometimes write his own music. Another example is his polka mixes. I LOVE those!

Actually, I think it's more of a 50-50 ratio of originals-parodies. Maybe leaning a bit to the parodies side. After all, it's what he's most famous for.

This post has been edited by Figaro on 26th March 2004 03:42

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"All about the Pentiums"
"Amish Paradise"
"Grapefruit Diet" off of "Zoot Suit Riot"
"Fat" off of "Bad"

All good by Weird Al.

This post has been edited by Tidu-who on 26th March 2004 04:06

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The clouds ran away, opened up the sky
And one by one I watched every constellation die
And there I was frozen, standing in my backyard
Face to face, eye to eye, staring at the last star
I should've known, walked all the way home
To find that she wasn't here, I'm still all alone

-Atmosphere "Always Coming Back Home to You"

Smells Like Nirvana(Smells Like Teen Spirit) and The White Stuff(The Right Stuff - NKOTB) are some of my favorites. Both were on his "Off the Deep End" album, which I think was his best work. Yall remember who NKOTB was right?

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"Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened." - Dr. Seuss

Weird Al is a genius

Bedrock Anthem (RHCP's "Under the Bridge" and "Give it Away")
Jerry Springer (Barenaked Ladies' "One Week")
Fat (Micheal Jackson's "Bad")
The Saga Begins (Don MacLean's "American Pie")
Rye or the Kaiser [Theme from Rocky VIII] (Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger")
The Night Santa Went Crazy (weird al original)
Everything You Know is Wrong - (weird al original)
Another One Rides the Bus - (Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust")
I Want a New Duck - (Huey Lewis and the News' "I Want A New Drug")

all golden in my book....

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"When I turn the page
The corner bends into the perfect dog ear
As if the words knew I'd need them again
But at the time, I didn't see it."

~"This Ain't a Surfin' Movie" - Minus the Bear

Weird Al is the shiz nizzle IMO. My favorite songs are:
The Episode one song (parody of the american pie song)
Amish Paradise

I never knew he wrote his own music thow, could somebody post some more titles of his best original work?

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I like a lot of Weird Al's old stuff.

Fat (Bad)
Lasagna (La Bamba)
This Song is Just Six Words Long (I've got my mind set on you)

I actually sang Fat in front of my entire school back in the 5th grade talent show. It was exceptionally badass.

All about the Pentiums get's top billing.
My Baby's in Love with Eddie Veder, an Al originAL.
That gump song, cause he says the word slut in it, which is pretty eye opening for a soft act like his.
And Angry White Boy Polka.


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Personally I like "Hardware Store" and "that's your horoscope for today" but that's just me

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Huzzah for Weird Al! I have to give it up for "Headline News" (I think that's the title) which was based on a Crash Test Dummies song.

Here's a quote from another fav.

"It's hard to bawggle nawddle zous
with all these marbles in my mouth"

Smells like Nirvana.... great lyrics!

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"i remember larry" is lyrically one of the funniest songs ive ever heard.

the night santa went crazy, the saga begins, and rye or the kaiser are some of his best.

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Dancing in the sun, a newborn in the light
Say goodbye to gravity and say goodbye to death
Hello to eternity and live for every breath

Your time will come...

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Quote (ZeiksNegativeRainbow @ 25th March 2004 21:09)

My favorite would probably be that horoscope song, I'm not even sure what it's based off of.

What most people don't know, is Weird Al DOES write his own music too, the "That's your Horoscope for Today" is just one of those.


I love Weird Al. He's great.

I had no idea! My respect for him just went up quite a bit, I might just go pick up an album.

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"A true classic never goes out of style!"

"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe... attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.... I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain..."

http://www.com-www.com/weirdal/weirdallyrics.html

That's a complete (I think) listing and lyrics stating of all his songs. Released, and unreleased.

Another favorite:
Smells Like Nirvana

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I miss you all now that I'm in boarding school! ;_;

I used to listen to him a few years back, but I've grown out of his humour. My favorite track of his would be the Star Wars episode 1 Resume with the beat of American Pie. I used to know it by heart. I was a bored child.

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well since we have all talked about our fav weird al songs, mine is "albiquirky" for sure.

I also want to know if anybody knows any sites i can get weird al songs from
(like the songs yoda, albiquirky, star wars:weird al version)and others too!

Thanks a heap!
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So far, I've only heard one of Weird Al's songs, which also happens to be the one by which I heard about him: He did a polka-style Pokemon listing (similar in idea to the Pokerap), and called it Polkamon. I like Pokemon, but I'm not afraid to say that this is extremely silly, lame, and stupid, but in such a way that it is SO hilariously funny.

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I love Weird Al's songs. I have one album of his, Bad Hair Day, but I have heard a lot of his other songs, such as Angry White Boy Polka, which is one of my favorites. I've also seen his movie UHF, which was hilarious. Anyone who is a fan should go rent it. It features a pre-Seinfeld Michael Richards, and he did a great job as well.

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Hey, put the cellphone down for a while
In the night there is something wild
Can you hear it breathing?
And hey, put the laptop down for a while
In the night there is something wild
I feel it, it's leaving me

I own UHF, and yes, it's hilarious. I love it.

I recently bought a DVD that has all his music videos on it. All 24. It's pretty awesome.

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Wow. 1,000 posts.

I miss you all now that I'm in boarding school! ;_;

I've been a Weird Al fan since shortly after the release of Bad Hair Day (the best Weird Al album IMO), and I like most of the stuff on his albums. My top 10 favorite in no particular order are:

Angry White Boy Polka (off Poodle Hat)
Dare To Be Stupid (off album of same name)
The Saga Begins (the famed Episode 1 song, from Running With Scissors)
Money For Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies (from TV album)
Polka Your Eyes Out (off Off the Deep End)
Everything You Know Is Wrong (off Bad Hair Day)
Albuquerque (got the spelling off the album, Running with Scissors)
The Night Santa Went Crazy (Bad Hair Day)
Since You've Been Gone (Bad Hair Day)
Amish Paradise (Bad Hair Day)


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Weird Al is awesome! I mean, even if he didn't write his own music, listen to all the song styles he can imitate! He does Creed's lead singer's voice, he can to the boy band's voice, he can do... I dunno, it's just really impressive that he can imitate so many music styles so well.

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Eating her curds and...
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Upon thinking about it, what Weird Al (according to Goobers's post above) does is very similar to the FFV Mimic class and FFVI's Gogo. Rather interesting coincidence that a Weird Al topic would be posted here, in an FFV and FFVI (among other FFs) forum .

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Quote (DisasterChild8 @ 26th March 2004 10:17)

Weird Al is the shiz nizzle IMO. My favorite songs are:
The Episode one song (parody of the american pie song)
Amish Paradise

I never knew he wrote his own music thow, could somebody post some more titles of his best original work?

unfortunately there are too many to list of the top of my head, however the most evident ones are, "dare to be stupid" (originally used in transformers the movie and is on his album dare to be stupid.) "that's your horoscope for to day" (from his album, running with scissors) those are the most prominent in my mind. i know almost all of his songs word for word.

i am absolutely shocked about what was in the news last week. his parents found dead in their house... it's absolutely depressing. i have a feeling that this will affect his career, and on his next album (if he has a next one) the quality will probably not be up to its ussual standards... and if he does retire from music because of this tragedy (<=SP?)... i believe i can safely say he will be missed by many

oh and DC8 the real name to the star wars episode 1 song is call "the saga begins"

This post has been edited by Zechs on 18th April 2004 23:32

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i am absolutely shocked about what was in the news last week. his parents found dead in their house... it's absolutely depressing. i have a feeling that this will affect his career, and on his next album (if he has a next one) the quality will probably not be up to its ussual standards... and if he does retire from music because of this tragedy (<=SP?)... i believe i can safely say he will be missed by many

On the contrary, I believe that his next album (if indeed there will be one) will be just as good if not better than his last ones. I'll wager that there'll probably be a tribute to them on it, as well.

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Wow. 1,000 posts.

I miss you all now that I'm in boarding school! ;_;

I like him and his music!

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Being a Star Wars freak, my favorite is "Yoda" (originally "Lola", by the Kinks I think). The Saga Begins is pretty good too, but closer runnerups to "Yoda" are "Albuquerque" and "Living With a Hernia." The latter holds a special place in my heart because I'm a James Brown fan.

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Favorite cd: probably "Alapalooza"
"Jurassic Park" and "Frank's 2000" TV" an original
also, "Smells Like Nirvana" and "Eat It" and "Fat"


Onion.com
Weird Al Honors Parents' Memory With
'Tears In Heaven' Parody
FALLBROOK, CA—Zany, mourning entertainer "Weird Al" Yankovic has parodied Eric Clapton's eulogy song "Tears In Heaven" in loving tribute to his parents, who recently died of carbon-monoxide poisoning in their San Diego home, a spokesman for Yankovic said Monday. "Al's hurting deeply right now, and this is his way of honoring Nick and Mary," Karl Tuft said of the song in which a subdued Yankovic sings, "First you lit some flames / Then the smoke stopped your breathin' / Carbon mono's th'way you went... / Up to heaven" over a somber, minor-key accordion melody. Tuft added that the best way for Yankovic to give voice to his pain and loss was by altering the voice of Clapton's pain and loss.

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