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40 Years of Weird Al

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  • ASimPersonASimPerson Cold... and hard.Registered User regular
    The Geek wrote: »
    Tacky benefits from Happy already being a very fun catchy song and then the video is super delightful as well.

    Yeah, most definitely.

  • satansfingerssatansfingers Registered User regular
    Here's the exact moment I understood how much I loved Jackson Park Express:
    I would make any sacrifice for your love
    Goat, chicken, whatever

  • ASimPersonASimPerson Cold... and hard.Registered User regular
    edited July 2014
    It took me a few listens to really catch all the jokes, I think the first one that jumped at me was
    I want you inside me
    Like a tapeworm


    Like the first time I listened to it I didn't really catch "like trigonometry and prime numbers" and now that's probably my favorite one.

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  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    The Geek wrote: »
    Goddamn, Conan is tall.

    I always forget that.

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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
    my ranking is probablyyyyyyy

    Tacky
    NOW That's What I Call Polka!
    My Own Eyes
    First World Problems
    Inactive
    Jackson Park Express
    Word Crimes
    Handy
    Foil
    Mission Statement
    Lame Claim to Fame
    Sports Song

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    ASimPerson wrote: »
    The Geek wrote: »
    Tacky benefits from Happy already being a very fun catchy song and then the video is super delightful as well.

    Yeah, most definitely.

    Jack Black gets super into it, but then, when does he not get super into anything? Such a perfect fit for the video.

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  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    My probably with Handy is that it always reminds me of Hardware Store which is just a better song.

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  • TheBlackWindTheBlackWind Registered User regular
    Word Crimes is the best because it let's me listen to a Pharrell production I really liked without those horrible lyrics.

    Plus it brings back warm Schoolhouse Rock feels.

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  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    I basically listen to nothing but Weird Al, They Might Be Giants, and Queen because I dunno, a mime bit me as a child and cursed me with narrow musical taste, so I have no idea what the deal with Blurred Lines happens to be.

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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 basically listen to nothing but Weird Al, They Might Be Giants, and Queen because I dunno, a mime bit me as a child and cursed me with narrow musical taste, so I have no idea what the deal with Blurred Lines happens to be.

    the impression that i have from people talking about it in this thread is that it's a song about picking up women at a bar and that the lyrics get a little too close to date-rape territory for comfort

  • RadiusRadius Registered User regular
    I basically listen to nothing but Weird Al, They Might Be Giants, and Queen because I dunno, a mime bit me as a child and cursed me with narrow musical taste, so I have no idea what the deal with Blurred Lines happens to be.

    Blurred Lines is essentially

    "Well she didn't say no" the song

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  • MagellMagell Detroit Machine Guns Fort MyersRegistered User regular
  • 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
    looking at the lyrics

    "you know you want it" is a heavily repeated refrain

    and it contains the line "you the hottest bitch in this place"

  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Magell wrote: »
    If anybody is interested in the previously mentioned playlist of all the Weird Al polkas here you go http://open.spotify.com/user/magell2/playlist/0atVOLyxHqzdNpxgsA4AK8

    You say that as if we don't have Al's entire discography on our phones at all times, including a separate playlist that is just the polkas



    Wait, what?


    Oh, that's just me then?

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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
    hhhhhhhhuh

    apparently most of my al music did not make the jump from my last computer

    guess that's what i get for not taking the time to ensure everything was organized

    poop

  • MagellMagell Detroit Machine Guns Fort MyersRegistered User regular
    The Geek wrote: »
    Magell wrote: »
    If anybody is interested in the previously mentioned playlist of all the Weird Al polkas here you go http://open.spotify.com/user/magell2/playlist/0atVOLyxHqzdNpxgsA4AK8

    You say that as if we don't have Al's entire discography on our phones at all times, including a separate playlist that is just the polkas



    Wait, what?


    Oh, that's just me then?

    I assume most people are lazy like me and just click on an artist and listen through all the artists music over and over again.

    We should try and come up with a top 20 Weird Al playlist as a group. Maybe everybody gives a top five with a weighted voting system could work well.

  • RadiusRadius Registered User regular
    looking at the lyrics

    "you know you want it" is a heavily repeated refrain

    and it contains the line "you the hottest bitch in this place"
    Wikipedia wrote:
    Thicke, noting that all three male singers are married and have children, claimed that the Diane Martel-directed video was tongue-in-cheek.[13] When defending the song on NBC's The Today Show, the 36-year-old singer explained that encouraging conversation about the song's content was his intention, saying "It's actually a feminist movement within itself. It's saying that women and men are equals as animals and as power".[52] After its banning at University College London, Thicke declared the song was about his wife, and that after 20 years together, he indeed knew she wanted it from him.[53] However, he did not explain how this works in context of the rest of the song.
    Thicke at first appears to contradict his claims that the song is about women empowerment in an interview given to GQ in May 2013, stating:

    We tried to do everything that was taboo. Bestiality, drug injections, and everything that is completely derogatory towards women. Because all three of us are happily married with children, we were like, "We're the perfect guys to make fun of this." People say, "Hey, do you think this is degrading to women?" I'm like, "Of course it is. What a pleasure it is to degrade a woman. I've never gotten to do that before. I've always respected women."[57]

    Thicke later clarified this comment during an interview for Oprah's Next Chapter, describing it as a "bad joke", noting that the GQ interview that was published did not mention that he had been joking back and forth with the interviewer and doing an impersonation of Will Ferrell's Ron Burgundy character while making the remark, thus not providing the facetious context.[25]

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  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited July 2014
    OOPS

    Sterica on
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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
    Radius wrote: »
    looking at the lyrics

    "you know you want it" is a heavily repeated refrain

    and it contains the line "you the hottest bitch in this place"
    Wikipedia wrote:
    Thicke, noting that all three male singers are married and have children, claimed that the Diane Martel-directed video was tongue-in-cheek.[13] When defending the song on NBC's The Today Show, the 36-year-old singer explained that encouraging conversation about the song's content was his intention, saying "It's actually a feminist movement within itself. It's saying that women and men are equals as animals and as power".[52] After its banning at University College London, Thicke declared the song was about his wife, and that after 20 years together, he indeed knew she wanted it from him.[53] However, he did not explain how this works in context of the rest of the song.
    Thicke at first appears to contradict his claims that the song is about women empowerment in an interview given to GQ in May 2013, stating:

    We tried to do everything that was taboo. Bestiality, drug injections, and everything that is completely derogatory towards women. Because all three of us are happily married with children, we were like, "We're the perfect guys to make fun of this." People say, "Hey, do you think this is degrading to women?" I'm like, "Of course it is. What a pleasure it is to degrade a woman. I've never gotten to do that before. I've always respected women."[57]

    Thicke later clarified this comment during an interview for Oprah's Next Chapter, describing it as a "bad joke", noting that the GQ interview that was published did not mention that he had been joking back and forth with the interviewer and doing an impersonation of Will Ferrell's Ron Burgundy character while making the remark, thus not providing the facetious context.[25]

    What in the fuck

  • UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    I like Blurred Lines

    I like Word Crimes better though

    Magell
  • RadiusRadius Registered User regular
    Between Robin Thicke and Kirk Cameron, Alan Thicke is a horrible father.

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  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    His new album might be more fucked up, even

    TheBlackWind
  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    His new album might be more fucked up, even

    We'll never know, though, because nobody bought it.

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  • UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    edited July 2014
    Remember when Robin Thicke had long hair?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7K7orMOHqY

    (I just wanted an excuse to post this, I love this song)

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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
    Magell wrote: »
    The Geek wrote: »
    Magell wrote: »
    If anybody is interested in the previously mentioned playlist of all the Weird Al polkas here you go http://open.spotify.com/user/magell2/playlist/0atVOLyxHqzdNpxgsA4AK8

    You say that as if we don't have Al's entire discography on our phones at all times, including a separate playlist that is just the polkas



    Wait, what?


    Oh, that's just me then?

    I assume most people are lazy like me and just click on an artist and listen through all the artists music over and over again.

    We should try and come up with a top 20 Weird Al playlist as a group. Maybe everybody gives a top five with a weighted voting system could work well.

    Dare to be Stupid
    Hardware Store
    Smells Like Nirvana
    Eat It
    White and Nerdy

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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
    Incidentally I never really caught most of the lyrics to pumped up kicks and was kind of weirded out when I hear gun references in the polka version where the lyrics are a lot clearer

    Aaaaand apparently that song is about a kid finding his dad's gun and killing a bunch of kids in the neighborhood and/or his dad?

    Jesus

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  • UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    Top five? Alright

    White and Nerdy
    Eat It
    Albuquerque
    Trapped in the Drive-Thru
    Ode to a Superhero

  • knitdanknitdan In ur base Killin ur guysRegistered User regular
    I would make any sacrifice for your love...goat, chicken, whatever

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  • MagellMagell Detroit Machine Guns Fort MyersRegistered User regular
    1. The Night Santa Went Crazy
    2. Amish Paradise
    3. Everything You Know is Wrong
    4. Albuquerque
    5. I Remember Larry

  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Ah, they've finally put up the video!

    http://youtu.be/SLNqxrC_c9Y

    I stumbled in a couple places, but I think I did pretty well over all.

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  • ASimPersonASimPerson Cold... and hard.Registered User regular
    Top five? Oh geez. In no particular order:

    Your Horoscope For Today
    Angry White Boy Polka
    CNR
    Confessions Part III
    Jackson Park Express (I almost put Do I Creep You Out, but JPE is a better, more epic version of that)

  • UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    Wait is that hacked or something?

    Did they put Albuquerque in and I just never knew it?

  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Wait is that hacked or something?

    Did they put Albuquerque in and I just never knew it?

    Apparently there is a custom Rock Band track community out there that makes tracks you can download and play them if you have an original printing of RB3 and don't have any software updates downloaded for it, or something like that.

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  • ASimPersonASimPerson Cold... and hard.Registered User regular
    edited July 2014
    They could've charted it themselves and just kept the creator thing and just never released it publicly.

    This was probably 4-5 years ago that they released the tools publicly and anyone with an XNA account could test them on their own 360.

    Edit: here's more on the "official" way to do it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Band_Network#Authoring_process
    I have been continuously bummed the Protomen never got on there.

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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 variation in the top 5 lists is pretty awesome

  • Dr. FlamingoDr. Flamingo 49 Gilded Disc Perceives the Sun Registered User regular
    edited July 2014
    Top 5s? Yeah, ok.

    Your Horoscope for Today
    Albuquerque
    Hardware Store
    The Saga Begins
    Foil

    I don't even know how to put all the polkas in there.

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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
    ASimPerson wrote: »
    They could've charted it themselves and just kept the creator thing and just never released it publicly.

    This was probably 4-5 years ago that they released the tools publicly and anyone with an XNA account could test them on their own 360.

    Edit: here's more on the "official" way to do it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Band_Network#Authoring_process
    I have been continuously bummed the Protomen never got on there.

    They even said that they'd look into it if rock band ever got a keyboard and then they didn't!!

  • UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    The Saga Begins was basically tied with Ode to a Superhero for me

    But they're the same type of song, and I enjoy them about equally, so I just chose the one based on the better film

  • 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 was gonna say that I'm surprised at the double appearance of horoscope

    But then I remembered that I know the bridge by heart even today so yeah I guess that's a pretty excellent song

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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
    Now you may find it inconceivable or at the very least a bit unlikely that the relative positions of the planets and the stars could have some special deep significance or meaning that exclusively applies to only you but let me give you my assurance that these forecasts and predictions are all based on solid scientific documented evidence so you would have to be some kind of moron not to realize that every single one of them is absolutely true!

    Where was I

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