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40 Years of Weird Al

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  • Lord DaveLord Dave Grief Causer Bitch Free ZoneRegistered User regular
    Y'all crazy, Sports Song is great
    Even if the middle bit is totally SC's awful fight song

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  • UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    Why is UHF not on Blu-ray

    Ah well

    At least Amazon Instant is here to provide, and only $10

  • PoorochondriacPoorochondriac Ah, man Ah, jeezRegistered User regular
    The repetitiveness at the end doesn't really do that thing where it loops back to being funny though. One of the weakest tracks on the album IMO.

    That doesn't mean it's bad. It's just that there's so many good tracks to compete with.

    If Sports Song was a third as long as it currently is, it'd actually be one of my favorites on the record. As is though, yeah, it's just too long for me to dig on

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  • SageinaRageSageinaRage Registered User regular
    I think Sports Song is just one of those slow burns. It'll never be my favorite, but I'll probably never get really tired of it either.

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  • VyolynceVyolynce Registered User regular
    edited July 2014
    Why is UHF not on Blu-ray

    Ah well

    At least Amazon Instant is here to provide, and only $10

    Um... 25th anniversary is later this year (month?). Odds of Blu-Ray release seem high.

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  • TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    Lord Dave wrote: »
    Apparently the female vocals on First World Problems are Amanda Palmer

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    who is amanda palmer and why do people keep reacting negatively to finding out it's her

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    JoeUser wrote: »

    directed by this guy:
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  • ChincymcchillaChincymcchilla Registered User regular
    Lord Dave wrote: »
    Apparently the female vocals on First World Problems are Amanda Palmer

    blurgh

    who is amanda palmer and why do people keep reacting negatively to finding out it's her

    She's the lead singer of the Dresden Dolls

    I'm not sure why people don't like her but her "controversies" section on wikipedia is pretty long

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  • a5ehrena5ehren AtlantaRegistered User regular
    Lord Dave wrote: »
    Apparently the female vocals on First World Problems are Amanda Palmer

    blurgh

    who is amanda palmer and why do people keep reacting negatively to finding out it's her

    She's the lead singer of the Dresden Dolls

    I'm not sure why people don't like her but her "controversies" section on wikipedia is pretty long

    I think she's the one who did a tour with fans as the backing band? It was basically the "you'll get paid in exposure" thing, but for musicians, IIRC.

  • ChincymcchillaChincymcchilla Registered User regular
    edited July 2014
    edit: THIS WAS THE WRONG THREAD

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  • joshofalltradesjoshofalltrades Class Traitor Smoke-filled roomRegistered User regular
    a5ehren wrote: »
    Lord Dave wrote: »
    Apparently the female vocals on First World Problems are Amanda Palmer

    blurgh

    who is amanda palmer and why do people keep reacting negatively to finding out it's her

    She's the lead singer of the Dresden Dolls

    I'm not sure why people don't like her but her "controversies" section on wikipedia is pretty long

    I think she's the one who did a tour with fans as the backing band? It was basically the "you'll get paid in exposure" thing, but for musicians, IIRC.

    Yeah, that's her. She eventually backpedaled and paid the musicians, but it was a pretty universally-reviled stunt.

  • a5ehrena5ehren AtlantaRegistered User regular
    Also, Party in the CIA is fucking great.

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  • TubularLuggageTubularLuggage Registered User regular
    Fencingsax wrote: »
    Hmm, so I've been using oxford commas all my life, and I never even knew it.

    Oxford comma is for lists, just so you know.

    Yes. I do know that. I'm not saying I was using one in that sentence there. I'm just saying that I tend to use them when listing things.

  • JoeUserJoeUser Forum Santa Registered User regular
    Octopodes

  • VeagleVeagle Registered User regular
    New video is up.

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  • a5ehrena5ehren AtlantaRegistered User regular
    It's for Handy, by the way.

    And it's also the first video I've ever seen on Yahoo Screen.

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  • ChincymcchillaChincymcchilla Registered User regular
    Can we get a link? I don't see it

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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
    Well

    I guess not every video could be a winner

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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
    Fencingsax wrote: »
    Hmm, so I've been using oxford commas all my life, and I never even knew it.

    Oxford comma is for lists, just so you know.

    Yes. I do know that. I'm not saying I was using one in that sentence there. I'm just saying that I tend to use them when listing things.

    I thought you might be doing a thing.

  • JoeUserJoeUser Forum Santa Registered User regular
    Go to weirdal.com

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  • joshofalltradesjoshofalltrades Class Traitor Smoke-filled roomRegistered User regular
    I will never get tired of watching Weird Al dancing provocatively while wearing the outfit of a working professional.

    See also: Like a Surgeon

  • ChincymcchillaChincymcchilla Registered User regular
    Yeah that's not great

    If they needed like

    A literal mspaint drawing of a washer to do the video maybe they should have come up with another idea

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  • joshofalltradesjoshofalltrades Class Traitor Smoke-filled roomRegistered User regular
    The video itself is crap I agree

  • joshofalltradesjoshofalltrades Class Traitor Smoke-filled roomRegistered User regular
    I seem to remember a lot of really lousy videos for Alpocalypse too

    Polka Face video is poop from a butt

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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 wonder if there's another professional looking video in the pipe or of tacky is it

    Word crimes is nice looking but it's just really polished flash animation

    The best al videos are the ones that actually parody the original video

  • VeagleVeagle Registered User regular
    I'm just hoping he spent most of his time getting all the people mentioned in 'Lame Claim to Fame' in for a cameo. Or that he just impersonates them all.

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  • VyolynceVyolynce Registered User regular
    So any guesses as to which three tracks (plus NTWICP!) won't get videos? I can't imagine Jackson Park Express getting a nine-minute video (as awesome as that would be), and Sports Song probably doesn't need one, but of the rest I think Lame Claim to Fame would be the least likely.

    I have no personal desire to see one for Inactive, but since it's a direct parody it seems probable.

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  • ChincymcchillaChincymcchilla Registered User regular
    Like I'm pretty sure that had a significantly lower budget than any of the ERB videos

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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
    The polka seems unlikely but not impossible, the apocalypse polka got a video

  • VeagleVeagle Registered User regular
    I wouldn't expect to see Mission Statement get a video. It's one of the longest songs, it's all meaningless phrases, and based on a group that I don't think has ever done music videos.

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  • azith28azith28 Registered User regular
    So which song will todays video be...humm. I'm thinking there wont be one for jackson park express or polka, the other two that i dont think are really video-friendly are mission statement and probably sports song. Sports song might make a good video but its the shortest cut on the album (only 8 seconds shorter then foil...but still).

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  • TubularLuggageTubularLuggage Registered User regular
    Fencingsax wrote: »
    Fencingsax wrote: »
    Hmm, so I've been using oxford commas all my life, and I never even knew it.

    Oxford comma is for lists, just so you know.

    Yes. I do know that. I'm not saying I was using one in that sentence there. I'm just saying that I tend to use them when listing things.

    I thought you might be doing a thing.

    To be fair, tone can get lost pretty easily in a text only format. We're cool.


    So the Handy video; yeah, I'm not really feeling this one. It doesn't help that the music is pretty terrible. I guess there are some songs that even Weird Al can't salvage. I had never heard of 'Fancy' until looking it up after listening to 'Handy'. Like, not just 'I hadn't heard it'. I hadn't heard of it. Apparently it was the biggest song in the States for a few months or something? Strange.

    Well, the other three videos so far have been pretty good, and Handy was one of the lowest ranking songs on the album for me anyway, so not really a big deal.

  • VyolynceVyolynce Registered User regular
    The polka seems unlikely but not impossible, the apocalypse polka got a video

    They all get videos, but they're usually all sped-up versions of the original videos. That seems like a lot of licensing hassles.

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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
    Vyolynce wrote: »
    The polka seems unlikely but not impossible, the apocalypse polka got a video

    They all get videos, but they're usually all sped-up versions of the original videos. That seems like a lot of licensing hassles.

    Those don't get official releases though, he just uses them in concerts

  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    I thought Handy was kinda a weak at first, but then I realized it's supposed to look cheaply made like a local ad for a contractor.

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  • VyolynceVyolynce Registered User regular
    Vyolynce wrote: »
    The polka seems unlikely but not impossible, the apocalypse polka got a video

    They all get videos, but they're usually all sped-up versions of the original videos. That seems like a lot of licensing hassles.

    Those don't get official releases though, he just uses them in concerts

    I believe he used them as bumpers for Al TV too.

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  • ChincymcchillaChincymcchilla Registered User regular
    The Geek wrote: »
    I thought Handy was kinda a weak at first, but then I realized it's supposed to look cheaply made like a local ad for a contractor.

    I get that but they dont sell it very well

    The film quality is too high and there isn't enough random text/etc

    Basically if that's what they were going for its not shitty ENOUGH and it ends up just looking badly made

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