God Weird Al is such a badass accordion player. He seriously does not get enough credit for his work on the instrument because, I don't know, it's not mainstream like a guitar? Some of the lead runs on songs like Everything You Know Is Wrong are in-fucking-sane.
i think part of it is just that people don't really know what it looks like when you're playing the accordion really well. most people know what badass guitar play should "look" like - same with a drum solo or whatever. even with something like violin, you can watch and be like 'yeah, that looks pretty badass'. with accordion, most people don't even really know how it works, so it's hard to know when he's really rocking it
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I really like My Baby's in Love with Eddie Vedder and it gives all a chance to show off some non-polka style accordioning.
God Weird Al is such a badass accordion player. He seriously does not get enough credit for his work on the instrument because, I don't know, it's not mainstream like a guitar? Some of the lead runs on songs like Everything You Know Is Wrong are in-fucking-sane.
i think part of it is just that people don't really know what it looks like when you're playing the accordion really well. most people know what badass guitar play should "look" like - same with a drum solo or whatever. even with something like violin, you can watch and be like 'yeah, that looks pretty badass'. with accordion, most people don't even really know how it works, so it's hard to know when he's really rocking it
Playing an accordion is like playing Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing on two computers at the same time.
The local nerdy bar does Rock Band Karaoke nights on Sunday and I went last night.
They have pretty much all the official DLC, plus a bunch of custom songs which I didn't even know was a thing until last night.
So anyway, go here at about 1:40:52 to see me perform a very special Weird Al song for the bar.
Hate to dig this bad boy up, but I was there that night with friends. I did not realize that was you Geek. You did the Lord's work.
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Finally listened to the album all the way through today. Big hits for me were Jackson Park Express, the polka (natch), Foil, Word Crimes, and Inactive because I keep hearing freaking Radioactive everywhere
Even on Goddamn Arrow of all places
so I have a frenemy relationship with the song, and having Al do a take on it is incredibly carthartic. The others didn't really stick, but may with subsequent listens. (Mission Statement just sounded like every place I worked, and so I zoned it out like any corporate-ese I hear daily)
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As to my top 5 songs, this wasn't easy:
Albequerque -'nuff said
Since You've Been Gone -While similar to "One More Minute" (Honorable Mention), prior to the punchline it's a great song about missing someone, which is why it still finds it's way onto my playlists to this day.
Jurassic Park - First Weird Al song I heard and instantly fell in love with
Eat It - Best food-based parody, plus it always reminds me of his semi-fake biopic and the reenactment of getting permission from Michael Jackson to make the song
This Is The Life - because nothing else stood head and shoulders above, but when someone mentioned it, I had to listen to it again
"Go down, kick ass, and set yourselves up as gods, that's our Prime Directive!"
Hail Hydra
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I'll be trying to get to Rock Band night at the AFK more often, duder. Just come say hi if you see me again.
Also gonna try to get to board game night on Tuesday one of these weeks.
If there was ever anyone who deserved to get a #1 album on the charts, Al is totally the guy.
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Yankovic’s video exposure in that period obliterated not just Mraz’s, but that of every other major music star. His closest competition, Beyonce, had roughly half as much exposure as the satirist. Yankovic also dwarfed the viral play of stars as big as Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z in the last week.
Yankovic’s video exposure in that period obliterated not just Mraz’s, but that of every other major music star. His closest competition, Beyonce, had roughly half as much exposure as the satirist. Yankovic also dwarfed the viral play of stars as big as Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z in the last week.
Man, I bet Robin Thicke wishes he had a bigger dictionary.
This makes Al the single most successful comedy musician of all time without a doubt, right?
Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.
He's probably doing about as well as The Lonely Island
Incredibad was #13 on the charts, Turtleneck & Chain was #3. Obviously that only takes into consideration how an album does with its immediate competition, but still, Al's career has spanned 31 years and having a #1 album is a pretty big feather in his cap. I'm not saying TLI is a flash in the pan or anything, just that it's tough to compare the two directly, especially when TLI hasn't had to claw their way up from the pit of novelty music because Weird Al already did a shitload of the legwork for them.
I'm pretty happy to have both Weird Al and Lonely Island doing their own things. Net result is that we all win.
I like The Lonely Island. I love me some Tenacious D too. I'm glad Al's success has spawned followers who can do their own thing with hip hop/R&B and metal, respectively.
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i think part of it is just that people don't really know what it looks like when you're playing the accordion really well. most people know what badass guitar play should "look" like - same with a drum solo or whatever. even with something like violin, you can watch and be like 'yeah, that looks pretty badass'. with accordion, most people don't even really know how it works, so it's hard to know when he's really rocking it
Playing an accordion is like playing Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing on two computers at the same time.
Hate to dig this bad boy up, but I was there that night with friends. I did not realize that was you Geek. You did the Lord's work.
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Finally listened to the album all the way through today. Big hits for me were Jackson Park Express, the polka (natch), Foil, Word Crimes, and Inactive because I keep hearing freaking Radioactive everywhere
so I have a frenemy relationship with the song, and having Al do a take on it is incredibly carthartic. The others didn't really stick, but may with subsequent listens. (Mission Statement just sounded like every place I worked, and so I zoned it out like any corporate-ese I hear daily)
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As to my top 5 songs, this wasn't easy:
Albequerque -'nuff said
Since You've Been Gone -While similar to "One More Minute" (Honorable Mention), prior to the punchline it's a great song about missing someone, which is why it still finds it's way onto my playlists to this day.
Jurassic Park - First Weird Al song I heard and instantly fell in love with
Eat It - Best food-based parody, plus it always reminds me of his semi-fake biopic and the reenactment of getting permission from Michael Jackson to make the song
This Is The Life - because nothing else stood head and shoulders above, but when someone mentioned it, I had to listen to it again
Also gonna try to get to board game night on Tuesday one of these weeks.
Man, I bet Robin Thicke wishes he had a bigger dictionary.
I hope he never stops doing polka medleys. They're my favorite part of his albums.
he's already said he probably won't do them anymore. They're an absolute nightmare when it comes to securing rights.
My favorite response to this? "Well you DID say it was mandatory."
This may be the only time in the history of the industry that an artist's best-selling work was in the later stages of their career
I don't think anyone has ever had their 15th and final album be their first #1 record
Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.
He's probably doing about as well as The Lonely Island
Incredibad was #13 on the charts, Turtleneck & Chain was #3. Obviously that only takes into consideration how an album does with its immediate competition, but still, Al's career has spanned 31 years and having a #1 album is a pretty big feather in his cap. I'm not saying TLI is a flash in the pan or anything, just that it's tough to compare the two directly, especially when TLI hasn't had to claw their way up from the pit of novelty music because Weird Al already did a shitload of the legwork for them.
Who?
they've got a ways to go to really catch up, but yeah, they're probably the closest modern equivalent
tenacious d is probably...a bit behind the two
I like The Lonely Island. I love me some Tenacious D too. I'm glad Al's success has spawned followers who can do their own thing with hip hop/R&B and metal, respectively.
The D's highest-charting album is Rize of the Fenix, at #4. So, maybe not all that far behind.
You're kidding right?
That's probably the top 3 right there, with Weird Al at the top
The Lonely Island might be more popular right now, but Weird Al is far and away more successful overall
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I hadn't heard of them until early on in this very thread.
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