The Weird Al Appreciation Thread

[RetroRage]

Genius.  I love this man.



Honestly he's my hero.  He takes the pretentiousness out of music and injects music with light-hearted lyrics about nothing important.  So many "artists" these days have a stupid message in their songs, or they want to be taken seriously.  Relax people.  It's just music.  Have fun with it.

[singlebanana]

Yep, me too.  Saw him in concert several years ago.  Surprisingly (or maybe not) a great show!  I remember buying Weird Al in 3-D when it came out.  This my favorite Weird Al song: 

[cverz2]

I have loved him since I was a kid.

Nirvana was probably my favorite of all time.  Or maybe Amish paradise.  But then again I loved his Micheal Jackson ones to.

To many good ones over the years.  Just when you think he has disappeared he comes back with a great song.

[The Metamorphosing Leon]

GET OUT OF HERE EARLY NINTIES

[Zagnorch]

Although I don't dig him as much as I used to, his music is a big part of my early teen years.

And, as anybody who's visited the "Let's Sing" thread knows, I still know several of his tunes by heart.

In fact, I'm gonna head over there right now...

[RetroRage]

Yep, me too.  Saw him in concert several years ago.  Surprisingly (or maybe not) a great show!  I remember buying Weird Al in 3-D when it came out.  This my favorite Weird Al song: 

The first concert i ever went to was a weird Al concert.

Funny story, he was doing a gig in Seattle and the day before the concert he was promoting the show on our local afternoon/post soap opera gossip show.  A friend and i went to the crappy soap show just to watch them interview Al, and we ended up winning tickets to the concert!  Not only that, but after the crappy afternoon/post opera show ended my friend and i dashed out the front doors and caught Al before he climbed into his limo, and the dude signed my ticket stub   greatest day of my life.  He's a lot shorter than you might think, too.

[Zagnorch]

While I thought Fat was his best video, his best moment in a music video was the backwards-running segment from Amish Paradise:

http://www.youtube.com/em...JAc?start=179&end=198

I thought he did a pretty good job with the lip-syncing here, considering the fact that he had to learn to do it "in reverse," for lack of a better way to describe it. Say what you will about the man, that there is dedication to the craft. Though he missed his mark a bit at the very end...

[OatBob]

It isn't a Weird Al album without a polka.  Seriously, I think there would be riots on the streets if he skipped out on that part.

[RetroRage]

I love the polkas.  My favorites are the ones from the 80's, even though my greatest exposure to pop music was in the 90's.

[blcklblskt]

I haven't listened to Weird Al in such a long time.  I believe the last new album I listened to was Straight Outta Lynwood.

[Crabmaster2000]

The first maybe 7-8 albums I ever owned were Weird Al albums. I had absolutely no interest in music until my dad brought me home a tape with the UHF soundtrack and a few extra songs tacked onto it because he thought I might like it. I think he regretted how much I enjoyed it after that because we would rotate music on family road trips and my pick was ALWAYS Weird Al. In 3-D is probably my favorite album of his, but its pretty hard to choose just one.

[singlebanana]

The first maybe 7-8 albums I ever owned were Weird Al albums. I had absolutely no interest in music until my dad brought me home a tape with the UHF soundtrack and a few extra songs tacked onto it because he thought I might like it. I think he regretted how much I enjoyed it after that because we would rotate music on family road trips and my pick was ALWAYS Weird Al. In 3-D is probably my favorite album of his, but its pretty hard to choose just one.

I agree "In 3-D" is amazing.  Gonna Buy Me a Condo, Midnight Star, Eat It, Nature Trail to Hell, Mr. Pompeil, I Lost on Jeopardy, etc. Unbelievable.  That album was kind of his spring board IMO.  Don't get me started on UHF, I think I've bought that movie several times over the years for myself and friends.

Sincerely,

"Don't You Know the Dewey Decimal System"

[slackur]

The first maybe 7-8 albums I ever owned were Weird Al albums. I had absolutely no interest in music until my dad brought me home a tape with the UHF soundtrack and a few extra songs tacked onto it because he thought I might like it. I think he regretted how much I enjoyed it after that because we would rotate music on family road trips and my pick was ALWAYS Weird Al. In 3-D is probably my favorite album of his, but its pretty hard to choose just one.

I agree "In 3-D" is amazing.  Gonna Buy Me a Condo, Midnight Star, Eat It, Nature Trail to Hell, Mr. Pompeil, I Lost on Jeopardy, etc. Unbelievable.  That album was kind of his spring board IMO.  Don't get me started on UHF, I think I've bought that movie several times over the years for myself and friends.

Sincerely,

"Don't You Know the Dewey Decimal System"

"SUPPLIES!!"

 

I used to draw a simple Harvey the Wonder Hamster mini-comic in high school.  True story.  Yeah...

[Silent Scythe]

My first concert was Weird Al, it was at the Minnesota State Fair. The only album I've ever owned was Running With Sicssors though. Good Times

[RetroRage]

The first maybe 7-8 albums I ever owned were Weird Al albums. I had absolutely no interest in music until my dad brought me home a tape with the UHF soundtrack and a few extra songs tacked onto it because he thought I might like it. I think he regretted how much I enjoyed it after that because we would rotate music on family road trips and my pick was ALWAYS Weird Al. In 3-D is probably my favorite album of his, but its pretty hard to choose just one.

Poodle Hat was a tad disappointing....but that didn't stop me from listening to it thousands of times.  By far the best song on that ALbum was this: