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40 Years of Weird Al

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  • MegaMan001MegaMan001 CRNA Rochester, MNRegistered User regular
    The Geek wrote: »
    He always puts on a great show. I'd estimate I've seen him in concert somewhere around a dozen times by now.

    He's got a real skill at making shows feel smaller and intimidate regardless of the actual venue size.

    He's also such a nice guy.

    I am in the business of saving lives.
  • ASimPersonASimPerson Cold... and hard.Registered User regular
    edited June 2022
    It's the first time I've seen Albuquerque live (well, performed by someone other than @The Geek, anyway) and that was probably worth the price of admission alone! Fortunately he did many, many other songs over 2 (!) hours. This was my third time seeing him and it was by far my favorite.

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  • joshofalltradesjoshofalltrades Class Traitor Smoke-filled roomRegistered User regular
    Seeing Biggest Ball of Twine live is one of only two things I’ve managed to cross off my bucket list

  • DysDys how am I even using this gun Registered User regular
    Seeing Biggest Ball of Twine live is one of only two things I’ve managed to cross off my bucket list

    He played this at the Rochester show of this tour, definitely was a contender for favorite song there for me.

  • ASimPersonASimPerson Cold... and hard.Registered User regular
    UHF was one of the first Al-bums I ever bought and getting Biggest Ball of Twine live would about have been the one thing I would’ve geeked about more than what I did get.

  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Seeing weird al live is on my bucket list.

    I am starting to be doubtful of achieving it though, what with not having money, COVID, and well, he ain’t gettin younger

    Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
  • MegaMan001MegaMan001 CRNA Rochester, MNRegistered User regular
    Dys wrote: »
    Seeing Biggest Ball of Twine live is one of only two things I’ve managed to cross off my bucket list

    He played this at the Rochester show of this tour, definitely was a contender for favorite song there for me.

    You were at the Rochester show? Me too!

    I did the VIP thing and got Al to sign an original poster of UHF. He said he thought it was one he actually made in his garage cause it had a bunch of the colors messed up.

    I am in the business of saving lives.
  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Seeing Biggest Ball of Twine live is one of only two things I’ve managed to cross off my bucket list

    The song or the actual twine ball?

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  • MegaMan001MegaMan001 CRNA Rochester, MNRegistered User regular
    The Geek wrote: »
    Seeing Biggest Ball of Twine live is one of only two things I’ve managed to cross off my bucket list

    The song or the actual twine ball?

    Oh. Good question. I assumed they meant the physical ball.

    I am in the business of saving lives.
  • joshofalltradesjoshofalltrades Class Traitor Smoke-filled roomRegistered User regular
    I meant the song :)

  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited June 2022

    Recently a friend of mine was digitizing all the original film footage that we shot for the "Eat It" video, and he came across this "coverage" take. I'm pretty sure NOTHING from this take got used in the final video, but I still thought it was stupid/amusing enough to share.
    damn, Al was flexible

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  • Bloods EndBloods End Blade of Tyshalle Punch dimensionRegistered User regular
  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    I love the camera doing a whip pan every couple lines, in case that's where the editor would make a cut.

    Also I was probably around a year old when he shot that. Good grief. No wonder Al was limber, he wasn't even 25 yet.

  • sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    I love the camera doing a whip pan every couple lines, in case that's where the editor would make a cut.

    Also I was probably around a year old when he shot that. Good grief. No wonder Al was limber, he wasn't even 25 yet.

    25, going on 40.

  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    I don't know if he can quite still do it any more, but even in fairly recent years, a leg behind the head was a standard part of his concerts.

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  • [Expletive deleted][Expletive deleted] The mediocre doctor NorwayRegistered User regular
    Biggest Ball of Twine: I'm consistently cracked up that they're not even going to see the biggest ball of twine in the world, merely the biggest in Minnesota (and driving through several states, all presumably with their own biggest balls of twine, to get there).

    Sic transit gloria mundi.
  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    One of these days, I'm gonna dedicate some time to memorizing all of that part in the song Hardware Store so I can do it in one breath at karaoke.

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Hell, memorizing it isn't even half the challenge, it's getting my mouth and tongue limber enough to be able to list off all those things as fast as he does, and clearly.

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  • TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    in my younger days I could do that bit from Your Horoscope For Today in one breath and was pretty proud of it

  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    I can hold the final note in Spy Hard, though admittedly down an octave.

    https://youtu.be/F7KMMxAQp8I

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  • djmitchelladjmitchella Registered User regular
    The Geek wrote: »
    One of these days, I'm gonna dedicate some time to memorizing all of that part in the song Hardware Store so I can do it in one breath at karaoke.

    Someone's student project was making a video for this, and it is incredibly well done -- and they didn't wimp out when it came to that section, either:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKGswG0QtWg

  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    in my younger days I could do that bit from Your Horoscope For Today in one breath and was pretty proud of it

    That one is fun to do

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  • DysDys how am I even using this gun Registered User regular
    in my younger days I could do that bit from Your Horoscope For Today in one breath and was pretty proud of it

    Oh, this was the other one that was a contender for favorite song he played.

    I shamefully admit that I had not heard pretty much any of the songs that were played, but I adored all of them and it was a fantastic show.

  • JedocJedoc In the scuppers with the staggers and jagsRegistered User regular
    Thanks to long summers driving tractor with nothing but a discman to keep me company, I used to have most of Weird Al's discography up to Running With Scissors memorized. I'd sing songs on request to keep morale high on long bus rides to band trips and the Science Olympiad. The best was when I timed it so the whole back of the bus was yelling along to the "Gimme an A" section just as we came through that bit of Tijeras Canyon where you see Albuquerque all spread out ahead of you for the first time.

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  • BlackDragon480BlackDragon480 Bluster Kerfuffle Master of Windy ImportRegistered User regular
    edited June 2022
    The Geek wrote: »
    I can hold the final note in Spy Hard, though admittedly down an octave.

    Impressive. I can hit the note in the original octave fairly comfortably, but a 22 second hold of said note is another story.

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  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    edited June 2022
    A!

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    QUERQUE!

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  • JedocJedoc In the scuppers with the staggers and jagsRegistered User regular
    QUERQUE!

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  • MegaMan001MegaMan001 CRNA Rochester, MNRegistered User regular
    That's just one of the best jokes

    I am in the business of saving lives.
  • ASimPersonASimPerson Cold... and hard.Registered User regular
    A!

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    QUERQUE!

    Getting to do this with entire crowd of like-minded people was definitely one of the best parts of the show.

  • VyolynceVyolynce Registered User regular
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  • XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    90s Xaquin is so happy

    .... so is 2020s Xaquin for that matter

  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    I appreciate whatever Lovecraftian ritual Al performed to have that much energy in his 60's. Makes it easier to overlook how much time has passed in my life.

  • BedigunzBedigunz Registered User regular
    ARG! We had tickets for his Saturday show in Chicago and our babysitter had to cancel so now we can't go :(

    Has anyone seen this one? How is it?

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  • VyolynceVyolynce Registered User regular
    edited July 2022
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  • VyolynceVyolynce Registered User regular
    In case anybody needed to feel old today:

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  • DanHibikiDanHibiki Registered User regular
    https://youtu.be/wWqHzq8ufVM
    "Weird Al" Yankovic had a brief role as a thug who holds the police at the precinct at gunpoint. In the scene, he says, "Okay, Pigs, say your prayers!" followed by an oblivious Frank slamming the door open and knocking Yankovic's character to the floor. Yankovic said it took more than twenty takes to get the scene done, and that after about sixteen takes, his leg had turned "a nice shade of purple." The stunt coordinator asked Yankovic at that point if he wanted to wear some padding. Yankovic also recalled that O.J. Simpson felt sorry for him.

  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
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  • MegaMan001MegaMan001 CRNA Rochester, MNRegistered User regular
    I'm still fixated on it being a Roku movie. It just makes so much sense.

    I am in the business of saving lives.
  • VyolynceVyolynce Registered User regular
    Looks like we're gonna miss out on the Raleigh show. Was waiting to see how we'd handle our 4yo, but now that she's got her vaccine the show is sold out. :/

    Probably for the best; the odds of her behaving the whole show were slim.

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  • VyolynceVyolynce Registered User regular


    It's strange that even he didn't know this was out.

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