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40 Years of Weird Al

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  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    the Renaissance masters' rap was perfect and the turtles was pretty good.

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  • StiltsStilts Registered User regular
    chromdom wrote: »
    I don't recall hearing Al sing about it, but did anyone else catch that dig at Prince? Glad he finally got to say something about His Royal Purple.

    Yeah, I really appreciated that joke.

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  • wirehead26wirehead26 Registered User regular
    chromdom wrote: »
    I don't recall hearing Al sing about it, but did anyone else catch that dig at Prince? Glad he finally got to say something about His Royal Purple.

    I'm sure his roving C&D YouTube lawyers will take the vid down out of spite.

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  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    chromdom wrote: »
    I don't recall hearing Al sing about it, but did anyone else catch that dig at Prince? Glad he finally got to say something about His Royal Purple.

    I think the line was don't use numbers in your name, unless you're seven, or your name is prince

    something like that.

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  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    yeah that is the exact line

  • chromdomchromdom Who? Where?Registered User regular
    Yeah, I thought the "or your name is Prince" just scrolled by, didn't recall hearing it. But whatever, it was funny.

  • UnbrokenEvaUnbrokenEva HIGH ON THE WIRE BUT I WON'T TRIP ITRegistered User regular
    edited July 2014
    you should never
    write words with numbers
    unless you're seven
    or your name is Prince

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    chromdom
  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    Did Al have some beef with Prince?

    Also Prince also claimed the internet is 'over', so.

  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    Prince won't let him parody his songs and once when they were seated in the same row, Al was instructed not to make eye contact with Prince

  • ChincymcchillaChincymcchilla Registered User regular
    Prince is a super talented musician who, if even 1/5 of the rumors that go around about him are true, is totally bananas

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  • wirehead26wirehead26 Registered User regular
    Moriveth wrote: »
    Did Al have some beef with Prince?

    Also Prince also claimed the internet is 'over', so.

    Prince never has given him permission to parody his work.

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  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    Prince won't let him parody his songs and once when they were seated in the same row, Al was instructed not to make eye contact with Prince

    Haha, what a weird dude Prince is.

  • Lord DaveLord Dave Grief Causer Bitch Free ZoneRegistered User regular
    Not much of a dig, since he said Prince is the only one who IS allowed to use numbers

    Also, secret Simpsons reference at 1:59 hooray

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  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    prince was really good on new girl

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  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    he trained a butterfly

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  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    I do like the story of Kevin Smith going throygh the trouble of filming something for Prince (a music video, I think) and when it's done Prince just files it away into his vault.

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  • wirehead26wirehead26 Registered User regular
    On September 14, 2007, Prince announced that he was going to sue YouTube and eBay because they "are clearly able [to] filter porn and pedophile material but appear to choose not to filter out the unauthorized music and film content which is core to their business success." Web Sheriff, the international Internet policing company he hired, told Reuters: "The problem is that one can reduce it to zero and then the next day there will be 100 or 500 or whatever. This carries on ad nauseam at Prince's expense."

    So yeah.

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  • UnbrokenEvaUnbrokenEva HIGH ON THE WIRE BUT I WON'T TRIP ITRegistered User regular
    did we have this conversation about Prince like, a week ago

    because I'm having an impressively strong case of deja vu right now

    it's kind of disorienting

  • SassoriSassori Registered User regular
    Langly wrote: »
    I should pass it up to the man in the ceiling

    holy christ

    Michelangelo's rap was great and I loved him dropping down like that.

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  • ChincymcchillaChincymcchilla Registered User regular
    Sassori wrote: »
    Langly wrote: »
    I should pass it up to the man in the ceiling

    holy christ

    Michelangelo's rap was great and I loved him dropping down like that.

    That guy is from smosh

    The guests they get always do a very good job

    It's not one of their better raps but Jenna Marbles on Adam Vs Eve did a fantastic job

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  • Lord DaveLord Dave Grief Causer Bitch Free ZoneRegistered User regular
    Fearghaill wrote: »
    did we have this conversation about Prince like, a week ago

    because I'm having an impressively strong case of deja vu right now

    it's kind of disorienting

    Every 3-4 years the Weird Al thread reappears and everybody busts out their sweet Weird Al Trivia Facts about Prince, Coolio, Mark Mothersbaugh, et al.
    It's a time-honored tradition that I fear will be destroyed by his abandonment of the traditional album.

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  • SimBenSimBen Hodor? Hodor Hodor.Registered User regular
    Kurt Cobain said he only realized they were a big deal when Weird Al parodied them!

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  • Lord DaveLord Dave Grief Causer Bitch Free ZoneRegistered User regular
    The only parody suggestion Weird Al has ever taken was when Madonna herself suggested Like A Surgeon!

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  • GoslingGosling Looking Up Soccer In Mongolia Right Now, Probably Watertown, WIRegistered User regular
    SimBen wrote: »
    It drops a Lost reference on you out of fucking nowhere just because.

    Not just a Lost reference, but a Lost promo reference.
    Learn your ABC's, doofus.

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  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    edited July 2014
    Lord Dave wrote: »
    The only parody suggestion Weird Al has ever taken was when Madonna herself suggested Like A Surgeon!

    I think girls just wanna have lunch was also a suggestion

    At the very least, al had no interest in parodying that song and his record label twisted his arm. He might've come up with the premise for the parody though I don't remember

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  • Lord DaveLord Dave Grief Causer Bitch Free ZoneRegistered User regular
    your doing it wrong

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  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
  • Lindsay LohanLindsay Lohan Registered User regular
    Fun Fact: My first album I owned was Dare to be Stupid on vinyl.

    Second Fun Fact: I'm wicked old.

  • a5ehrena5ehren AtlantaRegistered User regular
    Lord Dave wrote: »
    The only parody suggestion Weird Al has ever taken was when Madonna herself suggested Like A Surgeon!

    I think girls just wanna have lunch was also a suggestion

    At the very least, al had no interest in parodying that song and his record label twisted his arm. He might've come up with the premise for the parody though I don't remember

    If that's true, it shows.

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  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    I really like my own eyes

    Weird Al was kind if doing "random" humor before it became cliche, and he's always had a really particular sort of approach to that kind of thing that's just, I dunno, really evocative of the stuff he made that made me laugh as a kid

    The lyrics remind me of songs like Everything You Know Is Wrong and Stuck in a Closet With Vanna White

    Plus I think it's funny to squeeze all this dumb crap into the form of a song that sounds like the singer is coming from a place of really powerful emotional intensity

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  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    edited July 2014
    Fun Fact: My first album I owned was Dare to be Stupid on vinyl.

    Second Fun Fact: I'm wicked old.

    My first album was a cassette of dare to be stupid that my dad gave me

    I was 7

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  • SassoriSassori Registered User regular
    When my brother and I were small Weird Al's music was one of the few things that we always bonded over.

    We would sit in the backseat the car and sing his parodies loudly over the radio originals. My mother told me a few years ago that she always complained and grumbled at us so that we would keep going because she figured out if she laughed and told us she thought it was funny we would never do it again.

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  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    My parents ended up taking that cassette and throwing it away because they were tired of listening to it

  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    Or oh wait shit it wasn't dare to be stupid it was in 3-d

  • Dex DynamoDex Dynamo Registered User regular
    Fun Fact: My first album I owned was Dare to be Stupid on vinyl.

    Second Fun Fact: I'm wicked old.

    My first album was a cassette of dare to be stupid that my dad gave me

    I was 7

    My first album I owned was a CD of dare to be stupid that I bought with my allowance

  • ZonugalZonugal (He/Him) The Holiday Armadillo I'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered User regular
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    Zonugal wrote: »
    By the way, I love every costume in Tacky.

    Give them to me, I want them all.

    I almost want to get a group of people dressed up like that for PAX and dance around the convention center with the song playing.

    If I can jump into a new job by PAX I will gladly do this with you.

    http://www.jammypack.com/collections/frontpage/products/earth-aztec

    If you need a tacky fannypack that has a speaker built into it, go here.

    HOLY SHIT YESSSSS

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  • SassoriSassori Registered User regular
    I'm listening to Now That's What I Call Polka!

    So now I can also say I've heard Wrecking Ball for the first time ever.

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  • CorporateLogoCorporateLogo The toilet knows how I feelRegistered User regular
  • ASimPersonASimPerson Cold... and hard.Registered User regular
    I think @a5ehren and I's first three CDs ever were Dare to Be Stupid, UHF, and Bad Hair Day.

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  • FencingsaxFencingsax It is difficult to get a man to understand, when his salary depends upon his not understanding GNU Terry PratchettRegistered User regular
    edited July 2014
    My first CD was Bad Hair Day. I had literally no idea that some of the songs were parodies until the Polka.

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