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Shut Up Weird Al is Awesome

naengwennaengwen Registered User regular
edited February 2012 in Social Entropy++
This guy

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He's got style parodies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VuiBBX6aZA

And polka medlies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO9jAfY8fbU

And parody parodies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qscadsLdvV0

And awesome stuff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1765UzjAQxI

Also he makes fun of pop songs too, that's pretty cool.

Also something about kick ass music videos that you'll have to go to YouTube and sit through 30 seconds of advertising to see.

Also he had a TV show and a movie which are largely considered by all critics everywhere to be... y'know what fuck critics.

And he probably has his own postage stamp and his face on a form of currency in a foreign country, I'm sure.

Point is, there ought to be at least ten threads worth of people professing their undying love to him every second on this forum alone.

The mods might be cross about that though so we'll start with this one. Get to professin'.

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    TonkkaTonkka Some one in the club tonight Has stolen my ideas.Registered User regular
    Dare to be stupid.

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    Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    Weird Al can never die.

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    Cilla BlackCilla Black Priscilla!!! Registered User regular
    Yeah, Weird Al is still great and super catchy.

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    XehalusXehalus Registered User regular
    edited February 2012
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_7aZ67TYTM

    Weird Al is the realness.

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    RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmGVYki-oyQ

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m7SldTq8CY

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtMU8nvZzOs

    Love dat Weird Al

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    ShortyShorty touching the meat Intergalactic Cool CourtRegistered User regular
    I've got Dare To Be Stupid on vinyl

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    ShortyShorty touching the meat Intergalactic Cool CourtRegistered User regular
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX63mUW0-B0

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    halkunhalkun Registered User regular
    edited February 2012
    Best song, or bestest song?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWhpk-8QLFQ

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    TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    weird al threads usually die around page 7 but they are fun while they last

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    ThreadbareSockThreadbareSock Registered User regular
    I will never not be impressed by his hair.

    Also I enjoy his music.

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    AnialosAnialos Collies are love, Collies are life! Shadowbrook ColliesRegistered User regular
    Weird Al is great. I don't think I've heard a song of his I disliked. That is quite a feat considering the raw product he works with.

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    MugginsMuggins Registered User regular
    ThatDudeOverThere wrote:
    weird al threads usually die around page 7 but they are fun while they last

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    MugginsMuggins Registered User regular
    but first I'm gonna try and sleep

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    Local H JayLocal H Jay Registered User regular
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH3Z_Ld9wNU

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    QuothQuoth the Raven Miami, FL FOR REALRegistered User regular
    I hear his live show is amaaaazing

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    Lord DaveLord Dave Grief Causer Bitch Free ZoneRegistered User regular
    Quoth wrote:
    I hear his live show is amaaaazing

    It really is

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    ShortyShorty touching the meat Intergalactic Cool CourtRegistered User regular
    my favorite weird al song

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ8taROu6BY

    and also because it's inevitable

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJxMAiRGg98

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    marty_0001marty_0001 I am a file and you put documents in meRegistered User regular
    Did I even know what Albuquerque was back when I listened to this? Unlikely.

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    ShortyShorty touching the meat Intergalactic Cool CourtRegistered User regular
    my favorite part of albuquerque is

    YEAAAAHHHHHH WHADDAYA WAAANT

    weedly weedly weedly

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    MatevMatev Cero Miedo Registered User regular
    These are all correct opinions to have.

    Needs more "Everything You Know Is Wrong" in here though.

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    ShortyShorty touching the meat Intergalactic Cool CourtRegistered User regular
    Matev wrote:
    These are all correct opinions to have.

    Needs more "Everything You Know Is Wrong" in here though.

    IT'S RIGHT UP THERE FUCK'S SAKE

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    animal companionanimal companion xenomortis Registered User regular
    weird al is the best

    let's get beyond page 7 okay??

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    halkunhalkun Registered User regular
    True fact:

    Albuquerque has the same exact running time as Meatloaf's "Anything for Love"

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    HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    When I was younger, going into highschool, people use to say I look like Weird Al. Which I didn't mind, I use to listen to his music all the fucking time.

    Then I stopped. Not on purpose, it just happened. And then people started to say I look like Howard Stern I guess.

    Last Weird Al song I listened to was his parody of the Lady Googoo song. And it was awesome.

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    HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    Oh my god, Trapped in the Drive-Thru is fucking glorious.

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    BeastehBeasteh THAT WOULD NOT KILL DRACULARegistered User regular
    my best friend when i was a kid was from boston

    and he was the biggest weird al fan i have ever seen

    kind of infected me, i still remember all the lyrics from bad hair day/running with scissors

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    #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZkouut-9RQ

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGWiTvYZR_w

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    SpudgeSpudge Witty comments go next to this blue dot thingyRegistered User regular
    edited February 2012
    It's hard to find a youtube video of this that doesn't suck but

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iimu29YEigo

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    BosskingBossking Commander President Kingdom of CastlefortRegistered User regular
    I love Weird Al with all my heart and I cannot wait for the day when he returns to Earth to bring his followers to heaven

    but oh my god, I rewatched UHF a week ago and it was the single most horrible thing I had ever seen in my life

    Also I always loved Headline News but I think I might just love it for its brilliant use of kazoos

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU95v23MQ4c

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    AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    dare to be stupid is my favorite song of his for obvious reasons
    but, you know what, i'm going to show how well weird al does his job. consider the devo vids NSFW, spoiler tagged for the uninterested.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMhwddNQSWQ&ob=av3e
    towards the very beginning of the video, where the band is in radsuits with green lighting and a white floor is JUST LIKE the Devo vid for Satisfaction. the guitarist even has a toaster attached to his guitar, which has a payoff later. Weird Al is wearing goggles, which Mark Mothersbaugh wore in Satisfaction and Freedom of Choice
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jadvt7CbH1o
    the flipping man at 0:41 of Dare to be Stupid is also a reference to a later part of Satisfaction, which has the performer "Spazz Attack" flip himself on his back and then pop back up to continue dancing
    the cowboy at 0:53 is a general reference to the Whip It video which everyone already knows god damn it
    the black and white video clips that start at 0:58 are a reference to the video in the Devo vid Beautiful World
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56u6g0POvo0
    at 1:30, the band is posed like Devo in their short video for Devo Corporate Anthem, itself a reference to Rollerball
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    the togas at 1:33 are a reference to Freedom Of Choice, which had a line referring to Roman Philosophers
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVGINIsLnqU
    the stop motion in general could be seen as a reference to Freedom of Choice, which has some as well
    2:30 is yet another Freedom of Choice reference, a man who has to choose between a banana and an accordion. in the original video, a man had to choose between a gun and a grenade, and a woman between a couple of other things.
    the line "mashed potatos can be your friends" is likely a reference to the fact that Devo calls their fans Spuds. the Mr. Potato Heads in the video at 3:05 could be a continuation of that.
    the stockings worn over the heads of the band members at 3:11 are a reference to Jocko Homo's music video
    http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x195lt_devo-jocko-homo_music
    The lines to the song itself are filled with pop culture, which Devo itself satirized. there's a reason that Mark Mothersbaugh, frontman for Devo, said that Dare to be Stupid was the greatest Devo song.

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    YukiraYukira Registered User regular
    Oh man, I've probably heard the Weird Al parodies before the original songs. I heard "Smells like Nirvana" so many times before finally hearing "Smells like Teen Spirit" once I was so confused as to why there was no cow mooing or the singer gargling water.

    I kept wondering "So when does the mumbling start and words start happening?"

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    LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    I used to have the whole running with scissors album memorized, especially Albuquerque

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    LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    So I have seen questlove hanging out with Weird Al, Stephen Colbert, and Karmin covers. He has been on an episode of Yo Gabba Gabba.

    He seems, just maybe like the coolest guy ever to have lived.

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    Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    Weird al has gotten old and it feels awkward that he is still doing the same thing.

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    joshofalltradesjoshofalltrades Class Traitor Smoke-filled roomRegistered User regular
    Bossking wrote:
    but oh my god, I rewatched UHF a week ago and it was the single most horrible thing I had ever seen in my life

    Scurrilous fucking lies! What the hell is the matter with you?!

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    BedigunzBedigunz Registered User regular
    Wikipedia wrote:
    In 2004, Yankovic's parents were found dead in their Fallbrook, California, home, apparently the victims of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning from their fireplace that had been recently lit. The flue was closed, which trapped the carbon monoxide gas inside the house, suffocating them.[35] Several hours after his wife notified him of his parents' death, Yankovic went on with his concert in Mankato, Minnesota,[40] saying that "since my music had helped many of my fans through tough times, maybe it would work for me as well" and that it would "at least ... give me a break from sobbing all the time."

    Goddamn

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    LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    jesus

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    The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TTxgrLUb7c

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    The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmcuoaqdJ9w

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    POKÉMON MASTER WT SHERMANPOKÉMON MASTER WT SHERMAN i can make this march and i will make georgia howlRegistered User regular
    weird al was the first act i ever saw live

    it was an outdoor show at ocean downs in september of 1999

    i saw him at the warner theatre in october

    he's still wonderful

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