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The Alpocalypse is NOW

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  • peticanoepeticanoe Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    I am so, so glad that I have a peer group who appreciates Weird Al. I really liked his stuff in 7th & 8th Grade and nobody I knew thought he was funny. I went and saw him on the Alapalooza tour in 93/94 pretty much by myself and had nobody to talk to about it after which was kind of sad.

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2011
    I've been to...um, let's see...five? Yeah, five of his concerts.

    He puts on a hell of a show. And he sounds great live.

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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 April 2011
    I went to one, when I was 12

    until last year at PAX East it was the only concert I'd ever been to

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  • GreenGreen Stick around. I'm full of bad ideas.Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    I got to see him at the Warner a few years ago as a surprise birthday present

    Best birthday ever

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  • CrashmoCrashmo Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    The Geek thr-oh, wait

    This song pops into my head fairly often for no reason at all

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEOwTeI9geI

    but it's fun to sing so I don't mind

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2011
    I think Hardware Store is still my favorite song of his.

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  • babyeatingjesusbabyeatingjesus Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    The thread title made me go "This better be a new Weird Al Album"

    You never disappoint me, do you Geek?

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2011
    I do what I can.

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  • skettiosskettios Enchanted ForestRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Think I'm going to try to see him at the state fair this year.

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  • GoatmonGoatmon Companion of Kess Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Yeah, Weird Al's been doing his thing for something like 30 years now.

    35 actually, as he got started in 76, when Dr. Demento started putting his music on the air.

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  • Zen VulgarityZen Vulgarity What a lovely day for tea Secret British ThreadRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Holy shit Weird Al looks damn good for his age

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  • AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMhwddNQSWQ
    When asked about Weird Al’s “Dare To Be Stupid” in an interview, Devo frontman Mark Mothersbaugh soberly said, “The synthesizer sound in that song is brilliant, and I hate him for that.”

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  • risumonrisumon Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    My favorite part of the Gaga parody is the "Express yourself" around the 2 min mark of the song.

    Also, while I was reading about the Gaga incident and other Al stuff, I never knew Pastime Paradise existed and was the basis for Gangsta Paradise.

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2011
    Holy shit Weird Al looks damn good for his age

    The non-smoker, non-drinker, vegetarian gig must be working for him.

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  • UnbrokenEvaUnbrokenEva HIGH ON THE WIRE BUT I WON'T TRIP ITRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    It was amazing, I have to tell you. I didn't know exactly what to expect. Donny was the first call, because if you have to have a white and nerdy icon in your video, like who else do you go for? I didn't really know what he'd bring to the table, frankly. As soon as he showed up on the set, he blew everybody away. I didn't give him a whole lot of direction, he was asking "Like what do you want me to do?" And I said, "You're basically the Krayzie Bone in this video. And you're gonna be behind me, just kind of like dancing and moving. Just let the cameras roll and we'll do coverage of the entire song, we'll do one take, I dunno do something, and we'll take a look at it and see what's good and what's bad." So we turn the camera on and we got on the set and Donny just went nuts. And it was the most hilarious thing I've ever seen. We watched the tape, and the two of us were just cracking up, we were like two little kids.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWc6QQ9JlMc

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2011
    Love that video so much. Donny is a nutbag.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    The Weird Al Show had some great skits mixed in with the kiddy stuff.

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  • Lord DaveLord Dave Grief Causer Bitch Free ZoneRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    The Geek wrote: »
    I think Hardware Store is still my favorite song of his.

    hey remember when I made that thread that was a ripoff of your thread

    good times

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  • SageinaRageSageinaRage Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    I am happy there's a new Weird Al album.

    I am sad it contains a bunch of songs I already have.

    I'm another one that's been listening to him forever, back when i had cassette tapes of his first 4 albums. I'm also in the 'so out of touch I probably won't get the parodies' camp, but that's never stopped me from liking them before. I didn't know that This Song is Just Six Words Long and I Lost On Jeopardy, among others, were parodies until much much later.

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  • POKÉMON MASTER WT SHERMANPOKÉMON MASTER WT SHERMAN i can make this march and i will make georgia howlRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    i've been listening to weird al off and on since i was in the fifth grade, so

    about fifteen years now i guess? sixteen?

    first live concert i ever saw was weird al at ocean downs racetrack

    i went with my dad who is also a fan and a friend of mine

    bubble machine and accordion music in a light but steady rain

    it was surreal and wonderful

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    There was an amazing skit in the Weird Al Show about the weather done Armageddon style(with the UHF cast!), but I can't find it, so here's this instead.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gjTXtFpo1c

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  • redfenixredfenix Aka'd as rfix Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    I listened to cassettes of weird al on the bus with a friend on mine in like the 4th grade.. my first cd was even worse

    yeah, I've been a fan for a while
    i think 4th grade for me was 89-90ish

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  • KrentzKrentz Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Haha that Eminem video cracks me up so much every time.

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2011
    I liked the little Firestarter mini-parody they had on the Weird Al Show

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNbx6iF-vQI

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2011
    The best weird al song is Amish Paradise.

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  • risumonrisumon Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    That eminem video is awesome.

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  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2011
    The best weird al song is You Don't Love Me Anymore.

    Fixed for my opinion.

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2011
    I like how the approval for Amish Paradise was basically the exact opposite to the lady gaga parody.

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  • Zen VulgarityZen Vulgarity What a lovely day for tea Secret British ThreadRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Why are you Munkus Bieber

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2011
    Why are you Munkus Bieber

    Long ago in a distant land, I, Munkus, the shapeshifting master of darkness unleashed an unspeakable evil. But a foolish Admin wielding a magic forum account stepped forward to oppose me. Before the final blow was struck, I tore a portal in time and flung him into the future, where my evil is music. Now the fool seeks to return to the past and undo the future that is Bieber.

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  • JustinSane07JustinSane07 Really, stupid? Brockton__BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2011
    I don't like the Gaga parody. It feels really weak. Not one of his better works. I also feel like I've heard that song before. The way his vocals are sounds exactly like a previous song but I can't place which one. I almost want to say Phony Calls but I don't think that's the right one.

    That said, Alapalooza was one of the first 3 CDs I ever owned. It was great. I immediately went out bought his older albums too.

    I also have on VHS, somewhere, an hour long mockumentary he did for...Disney channel? Maybe. It was a really weird documentary. There was something in it I'll never forget. It was a scene where he was signing autographs and a crazy guy came up to him talking about how he listened to all of Al's song backwards and he agrees, he agrees man. When the snakes rise up from the ground and the apocalypse is before us. I've never forgotten that scene because it was just so weird.

    Favorite Song:

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

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  • risumonrisumon Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Well the Gaga song sounds a lot like Express yourself and vogue from Madonna, so did he do any parodies of those?

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  • Lord DaveLord Dave Grief Causer Bitch Free ZoneRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    The best Weird Al song is You Make Me

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  • TallahasseerielTallahasseeriel Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
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  • UnbrokenEvaUnbrokenEva HIGH ON THE WIRE BUT I WON'T TRIP ITRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    The best Weird Al song is actually:

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

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  • TallahasseerielTallahasseeriel Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
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  • JustinSane07JustinSane07 Really, stupid? Brockton__BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2011
    risumon wrote: »
    Well the Gaga song sounds a lot like Express yourself and vogue from Madonna, so did he do any parodies of those?

    He did Like A Surgeon which was Like a Surgeon.

    Being the insane person I am, I just went through entire studio album catalogue to find what song it is. I was right the first time. It is Phony Calls I was thinking of.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kjwjl8ARLqA

    It's the way he sings the chorus in the gaga song. It sounds like a faster version of this to me. I could be crazy.

    Also, in going through his library, I realize there's only one song I don't actively like. Genius in France. Unlike Albuquerque and Trapped in the Drive Throu I feel like GiF drags on and on. The other two long form songs are great but France? No.

    Edit: Oh man, I never knew he made a video for Bob. That song had me rolling the first time because I fucking hate Bob Dylan.

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  • Houk the NamebringerHouk the Namebringer Nipples The EchidnaRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    I actually thought of the same song when I heard the Gaga one, Justin

    So you are at least slightly less crazy

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    I'm partial to Confessions (Part 3).

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    I remember back in elementary school, somewhere around grades 1-3 or so, trying so very hard to memorize all the words to The Night Santa Went Crazy

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