Great album by Weird Al yet again
December 2, 2009
Weird Al ceases to impress the music lover of parodies and lighthearted music that makes you laugh. Between more 'serious' love ballads and absurd songs about Frank's 2000" TV, Weird Al will always make you laugh. I believe this is an excellent album and worth the money. If you want a few more songs or just his greatest hits I would point you towards his new The Essential Weird Al Yankovic. It gives you all the best songs of his without maybe some of the ones you might otherwise skip over.
This is the best he can do??
November 15, 2009
Weird al just got married when this album came out and the cover was his new wife's idea. A poodle on his head? PPPLLLEEEAAASSSEEE! The album is average, but al is just not funny. All he can do is list things and put it to someone elses music. See, Bannana, Detroit, marmaset, rubber ball, toilet, I can list things too. Not funny.
And the cover concept joke for al's next album Straight Outta Lynwood didn't make sense to anyone living outside of California.
Pass!
One of my personal favorites from "Weird Al" Yankovic
September 28, 2009
I was listening to mainstream music more than any other time, so I actually knew the original songs. I feel that this was also when his live shows were at their best. I saw him in the forth row on the day before my birthday on the first show he did after his parents died. It was sad hearing about how they died in the news, the next day, but he did such a great job that night.
For the album. I'll give you a track by track review that other people have been giving on this album because that's just what a "Weird Al" album deserves.
1. "Couch Potato" is a parody of Eminem's tune "Lose Yourself," which is one of the deepest tunes by Eminem. "Weird Al" took a tune as emotional as that and made it funny. It's about a person who watches TV a lot, something that just about any true American can relate to.
2. "Hardware Store" shows Al's true talent as a musician and a composer. He sings at the speed of light, clearly annunciating every single word, with a lot of vocal harmonies perfectly in sync with each other. The song itself is about going to a hardware store and being really excited about a hardware store.
3. "Trash Day" was a great parody of Nelly's big hit "Hot in Here." The obvious parody would be, "it's getting cold in here, so put on all your clothes," but Al surprises us with other ideas. He stays away from the common ideas like, "Oops! I Farted Again," and would have probably used an idea like "Oops! I Bit it Again." However, Al never used an idea like that.
4. "Party At The Leper Colony" makes fun of that Bo Diddley/Buddy Holly sort of idea, but has a twist on it. It is basically a lot of beliefs on what leprosy is, mixed with a lot of figurative terms.
5. "The Angry White Boy Polka" is yet another polka medley of the latest tunes on the chart that Al didn't have enough room to parody on an album. He has still forgotten to parody some of the biggest names in music, including Christina Aguilera, *NSYNC, and Britney Spears. However, while releasing albums less frequently than he used to, he can miss a huge era in music. I guess the saying you haven't made it until you've been parodied by "Weird Al" isn't as true as it could be.
6. "Wanna B Ur Lovr" is a collection of old lame pick up lines, done as one of those "Mr. Cool" sort of tunes. Just remember, this is no way to really get laid.
7. "A Complicated Song" is a complicated song. Three verses, each one about something else. He uses a lot of different rhymes for complicated. This shows how clever a lyricist "Weird Al" is. I guess Eminem isn't the only one who comes up with genius comedic lyrics, but Eminem has lost his way, and didn't have specific rhythms to do.
8. "Why Does This Always Happen to Me?" is a song that every selfish person, like I was at the time, can relate to. However, he's really making fun of it. I don't want to give away any surprises, but I can tell you, you'll want to listen to it again.
9. "Ode to a Superhero" is yet another parody of an old classic where Al summarizes a movie. Again, I don't want to give anything away. You probably should see Spider-Man first. The song he's parodying is "Piano Man" by Billy Joel.
10. "Bob" is what everyone thinks that Bob Dylan is like, but it's a collection of palindromes. The title itself also is one.
11. "EBay" is the only parody of a teen pop song from that era that "Weird Al" actually has done. I guess it's worth it. He basically talks about every [...] he's bought on the website itself.
12. "Genius in France" is a tune that most people don't understand the reference to. IT'S A TRIBUTE TO FRANK ZAPPA IDIOTS!!! If you don't know who Frank Zappa was, he was a genius, but Americans labeled him as a treacherous cretin. The French understood his work, and wouldn't tell me that he wasn't academic enough to do a research paper on. He imitates Frank Zappa's style really well, and also, Dweezil Zappa does a guitar solo on this track. Frank Zappa would be very proud.
In general I have to say... I just wasted a lot of time writing this review when all I had to say was BUY IT AFTER YOU SEE SPIDER-MAN!!!
Funny songs
January 3, 2009
Poodle Hat is Fifty-four seconds and thirty-eight seconds long and was released on May 20, 2003. Poodle Hat reached #17 on the U.S. Billboard 200 Albums chart and #17 on the Top Internet Albums. This album won the Grammy award in 2004 for Best Comedy Album. The song Ebay went to #115 on the US Billboard Hot 100 charts. The CD never went gold or platinum. There some great songs on it like Wanna B Ur Lovr, Party at the Leper Colony, and Ode to a Superhero. If you are a Weird Al fan, then you must add this to your collection. Poodle Hat gets an AAA+++.
Couch Potato
Hardware Store
Trash Day
Party at the Leper Colony
Angry White Boy Polka
Wanna B Ur Lovr
A Complicated Song
Why Does This Always Happen to Me?
Ode to a Superhero
Bob
eBay
#115 U.S. Billboard Hot 100
#15 U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles
Genius in France
Is it just me or....
September 9, 2008
Does Wanna B UR lover remind you of the Flight of the Conchords? Whenever I hear this song I have this weird image of the Conchords performing it.
