The Alpocalypse is NOW

The Geek

Sassori wrote: »

The Geek wrote: »

I sang Ode to a Superhero instead of the regular lyrics at karaoke a few months ago and it was a big hit.

There are only a few songs you can actually do this with, however. Many of Al's versions have a different number of verses and/or choruses.

Sing it for me Geek.

Please?

Come to Seattle.

Sassori

The Geek wrote: »

Sassori wrote: »

The Geek wrote: »

I sang Ode to a Superhero instead of the regular lyrics at karaoke a few months ago and it was a big hit.

There are only a few songs you can actually do this with, however. Many of Al's versions have a different number of verses and/or choruses.

Sing it for me Geek.

Please?

Come to Seattle.

...No.

JustinSane07

risumon wrote: »

Yes. Also, any mp3s you buy now go on their cloud drive and don't count against the free storage they give you.

Well no, I mean, can I download them to my HDD and use them as much as I want, wherever I want without being signed into some stupid service?

The Geek

Sassori wrote: »

The Geek wrote: »

Sassori wrote: »

The Geek wrote: »

I sang Ode to a Superhero instead of the regular lyrics at karaoke a few months ago and it was a big hit.

There are only a few songs you can actually do this with, however. Many of Al's versions have a different number of verses and/or choruses.

Sing it for me Geek.

Please?

Come to Seattle.

...No.

Yes.

Sassori

The Geek wrote: »

Sassori wrote: »

The Geek wrote: »

Sassori wrote: »

The Geek wrote: »

I sang Ode to a Superhero instead of the regular lyrics at karaoke a few months ago and it was a big hit.

There are only a few songs you can actually do this with, however. Many of Al's versions have a different number of verses and/or choruses.

Sing it for me Geek.

Please?

Come to Seattle.

...No.

Yes.

Fine. I'll get there eventually.

risumon

JustinSane07 wrote: »

risumon wrote: »

Yes. Also, any mp3s you buy now go on their cloud drive and don't count against the free storage they give you.

Well no, I mean, can I download them to my HDD and use them as much as I want, wherever I want without being signed into some stupid service?

Yes, of course.

The Geek

Sassori wrote: »

The Geek wrote: »

Sassori wrote: »

The Geek wrote: »

Sassori wrote: »

The Geek wrote: »

I sang Ode to a Superhero instead of the regular lyrics at karaoke a few months ago and it was a big hit.

There are only a few songs you can actually do this with, however. Many of Al's versions have a different number of verses and/or choruses.

Sing it for me Geek.

Please?

Come to Seattle.

...No.

Yes.

Fine. I'll get there eventually.

How far do you have to travel? Y'know, so I can plan.

Kuribo's Shoe

for an album that is themed after the end of the world most of this is pretty low key

props for including tik tok in the polka medley though

Centipede Damascus

totally buying this from Amazon right now. $4 is a heck of a deal

MrDapper

I'm kinda disappointed that I've heard most of the songs, but I will be singing Party in the CIA for days.

Butler For Life #1

Polka Face is beautiful.

The "Baby" part is just so wonderful.

ThatDudeOverThere

oh man polka face

Sassori

The Geek wrote: »

Sassori wrote: »

The Geek wrote: »

Sassori wrote: »

The Geek wrote: »

Sassori wrote: »

The Geek wrote: »

I sang Ode to a Superhero instead of the regular lyrics at karaoke a few months ago and it was a big hit.

There are only a few songs you can actually do this with, however. Many of Al's versions have a different number of verses and/or choruses.

Sing it for me Geek.

Please?

Come to Seattle.

...No.

Yes.

Fine. I'll get there eventually.

How far do you have to travel? Y'know, so I can plan.

From D.C.


...I haven't left yet. But I'm sure I'll make it over there before I die.

The Geek

Ok yeah, I got the 4 dollar digital version from Amazon. I mean, four bucks.


Plus, now it's on the Amazon Cloud thingy, so I can listen to it any time I'm near a computer. Maybe I'll upload the rest of my Al collection to it.


I might buy the physical version eventually, because I have physical copies of all the other albums, and this is one thing I allow myself to be a complete-ist about.




Anyway, yeah, the album is very fun. Almost half the stuff I already had from the Internet Leaks EP thing he did about half a year ago, but hey, still good tunes. As is tradition for the last few albums, it seems like the second song is the best. Still totally love CNR. It's a rockin' good song.

Polka Face is a hoot, like the Polkas always are.

Party in the CIA is a lot of fun.

Skipper Dan is cheerfully depressing.


Oh, and Al has said that this is gonna be the first album where he has official music videos for every single song! Most of the originals already have videos, as you can see in the OP. But that means all the parodies AND THE POLKA are gonna have videos. First official polka video! He says he's got like 10 directors or something working on it.

skettios

Got this for mongoose.
$4 is pretty hard to say no to!

He's good live too right? Thinking of going to see him at the state fair maybe.

The Geek

He is excellent live. Doesn't really lose any quality of music, plus there are original numbers not on albums, big medleys of past songs, about half a dozen costume changes, video clips, and the Yoda Chant.

I'll have to think about seeing him this year too. Since it's in September, it'll be after the "official" start of the Alpocalypse tour, so they'll probably update the setlist to include album songs.

skettios

ooh, good point!

JustinSane07

Listened to the album 3 times last night. It's pretty good. Party in the CIA steals the whole thing. I was bit annoyed that the album begins and ends with Lady Gaga parodies but that's because I despise her.

And what the hell is with the tribute song for Charles Nelson Reilly? I'm just kinda confused by that one.

Centipede Damascus

What reason do you have to despise Lady Gaga?

DudBolt

She is a demon wrap in human skin and dressed in garbage.

Centipede Damascus

No, that's Ke$ha. Lady Gaga is an alien being inhabiting human form, wearing space fashion.

Sassori

Centipede Damascus wrote: »

No, that's Ke$ha. Lady Gaga is an alien being inhabiting human form, wearing space fashion.

You better hope Keith doesn't see that.

He'll make a fuss.

Butler For Life #1

JustinSane07 wrote: »

And what the hell is with the tribute song for Charles Nelson Reilly? I'm just kinda confused by that one.

It's a style parody of the White Stripes.

I have no idea why he chose Charles Nelson Reilly, though.

Centipede Damascus

keith always makes fusses, that is just how he is

Sassori

You have a point.


Carry on.

The Geek

Butler For Life #1 wrote: »

JustinSane07 wrote: »

And what the hell is with the tribute song for Charles Nelson Reilly? I'm just kinda confused by that one.

It's a style parody of the White Stripes.

I have no idea why he chose Charles Nelson Reilly, though.

I take it as a play on the Chuck Norris/Vin Diesel/Jack Bauer facts. Except he's doing it with a very effeminate guy. So, y'know, irony.

satansfingers

weird al's style parodies are always what i go back to more than individual song parodies

dare to be stupid is one of the best things he's ever done

skettios

satansfingers wrote: »

dare to be stupid is one of the best things he's ever done

love that song!

The Geek

satansfingers wrote: »

weird al's style parodies are always what i go back to more than individual song parodies

dare to be stupid is one of the best things he's ever done

The other original works are great too. I love Hardware Store and My Baby's in Love with Eddie Vedder and This is the Life.

JustinSane07

The Geek wrote: »

Butler For Life #1 wrote: »

JustinSane07 wrote: »

And what the hell is with the tribute song for Charles Nelson Reilly? I'm just kinda confused by that one.

It's a style parody of the White Stripes.

I have no idea why he chose Charles Nelson Reilly, though.

I take it as a play on the Chuck Norris/Vin Diesel/Jack Bauer facts. Except he's doing it with a very effeminate guy. So, y'know, irony.

That's the only thing I could come back to. It's just, really odd.

ThatDudeOverThere

A couple of my siblings and I used to watch Match Game reruns on Game Show Network all the time, so CNR is a real treat for me.

Seriously, he was just about always the funniest person on that show.

The Geek

He is a bizarre character, but fun.

Kuribo's Shoe

Butler For Life #1 wrote: »

JustinSane07 wrote: »

And what the hell is with the tribute song for Charles Nelson Reilly? I'm just kinda confused by that one.

It's a style parody of the White Stripes.

I have no idea why he chose Charles Nelson Reilly, though.

the reason is because Charles Nelson Reilly is awesome

The Geek

Kuribo's Shoe wrote: »

Butler For Life #1 wrote: »

JustinSane07 wrote: »

And what the hell is with the tribute song for Charles Nelson Reilly? I'm just kinda confused by that one.

It's a style parody of the White Stripes.

I have no idea why he chose Charles Nelson Reilly, though.

the reason is because Charles Nelson Reilly is awesome

Really?

Really?

Krentz

Where is this $4 deal? I can only find the digital download on Amazon for $9.99.

Krentz

Arg did I miss it?

Death is the only option.

The Geek

Hmm, looks like it's gone now. Glad I downloaded it this morning before I went to work.

satansfingers

The Geek wrote: »

Kuribo's Shoe wrote: »

Butler For Life #1 wrote: »

JustinSane07 wrote: »

And what the hell is with the tribute song for Charles Nelson Reilly? I'm just kinda confused by that one.

It's a style parody of the White Stripes.

I have no idea why he chose Charles Nelson Reilly, though.

the reason is because Charles Nelson Reilly is awesome

Really?

Really?

yes

and also, yes

Kuribo's Shoe

don't mind him he was doing a wrestling joke

The Geek

Shoe, you left me hangin' man.

C'mon, man.