Weird Al at it again - Word Crimes

OK, for those of you who are my age...let's just call it "middle age" and remember the heyday of Weird Al, you'll appreciate this more. I heard on the news that he just released a new album and there's a video on Youtube. I can't link it here, my work computer forbids, but maybe someone else can. It's a take on the Blurred Lines song...which I hated big time....called Word Crimes. It's classic Weird Al, and is a riot. Even my kids, who don't know much about Weird Al, were laughing their butts off.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc

Almost makes it worth having had to listen to the original half a billion times on the radio. Classic Yankovic.

I loved weird al.

Not like that sickos.

He's doing a new video every day for 8 days. Today is day 4.

http://www.weirdal.com/

CGLockRacer wrote: He's doing a new video every day for 8 days. Today is day 4. http://www.weirdal.com/

Damn, shows you how out of touch I am. I'll have to check that out when I get home...blocked here of course. Back in the '80s, he was da E36 M3

Foil has got to be the best video so far. I'm really hoping one of the videos is going to be for Inactive.

I'm guilty of Word Crimes, no doubt. Been dicin' up the English language since Archie Bunker. Great video.

Foil is great too, never saw the 'hat thing' comin'.

I LOVED weird Al as a kid. I still have my copy of In 3D on vinyl.

The double edged sword is that I have happily, become so adept at avoiding pop culture that I don't know the songs he is parodying and therefore don't get the joke. It has turned into a guy I like being funny and clever to backing music that I can't stand.

I just saw Foil was posted yesterday. Pretty good as most his work is.

Foil is brilliant, it went in a direction I did not expect. My sister in law is an editor and has adopted Word Crimes as her new anthem. I've been a fan since 'Another One Rides the Bus' and think he keeps getting better. Not every song is great, but the vast majority of his work is amazing.

Ditchdigger wrote: I LOVED weird Al as a kid. I still have my copy of In 3D on vinyl. The double edged sword is that I have happily, become so adept at avoiding pop culture that I don't know the songs he is parodying and therefore don't get the joke. It has turned into a guy I like being funny and clever to backing music that I can't stand.

Me too. I'm 100% clueless on pop culture, and like you have total zero interest in it. But I have heard the Blurred Lines song because my kids like that kind of music, so I at least have heard the sampled music. Even if I hadn't, it's still funny.

The whole album is great- like pretty much every one before it. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing what he does with the 'Inactive' video given how completely bizarre and WTF-inducing the 'Radioactive' video is...

Can't wait for his next concert tour with the new songs. :)

YES! Weird Al was my absolute favorite in middle school. I still have "Canadian Idiot" on my iPod

It doesn't matter if you're pretending to be too cool to ignore pop culture, it's a great song. If you're educated and spend time online, you'll be shouting "yes! YES!" the whole time.

KatieSuddard wrote: YES! Weird Al was my absolute favorite in middle school. I still have "Canadian Idiot" on my iPod

I had that set as the ring tone for a friend of mine. He was Canadian and didn't like it but he was to polite to say anything about it.

Best one I've ever heard can be found HERE.....and yes it is on my phone/ipood playlist.

I'll check these out. Like some of the others I have no idea what blurred lines is other than it is a song that had a twerking controversy and never heard of foil, but Wierd Al is a comedic genius. Keith, some of us are not too cool for pop culture, we just don't care about it - no pretending, just blissful ignorance.

The first time I heard Weird Al was on the Dr. Demento show. He has always been great.

Klayfish wrote: OK, for those of you who are my age...let's just call it "middle age" and remember the heyday of Weird Al, you'll appreciate this more. I heard on the news that he just released a new album and there's a video on Youtube. I can't link it here, my work computer forbids, but maybe someone else can. It's a take on the Blurred Lines song...which I hated big time....called Word Crimes. It's classic Weird Al, and is a riot. Even my kids, who don't know much about Weird Al, were laughing their butts off.

Hopefully your definition of "middle age" includes those of us that remember listening to Dr. Demento playing Al's rendition of "My Bologna" recorded in a bathroom with an accordion.

Best Weird Al line (From Slim Creatures From Outer Space) "I sure hope they don't come in here, I just shampooed the rug"

chrispy wrote: I've been a fan since 'Another One Rides the Bus' and think he keeps getting better.

Wasn't that done under the pseudo name Ivan Yankinoff?

KatieSuddard wrote: YES! Weird Al was my absolute favorite in middle school. I still have "Canadian Idiot" on my iPod

And now I feel old. I was in Jr. High when Even Worse came out...

My dad got me into Weird Al when I was a kid. I always enjoy his polka song of mashed up popular songs.

I have enjoyed what has come out so far. I just heard "Handy" today.

I like to watch UHF everyonce in a while.

The video is amazing! There are so many great little things in there, I have to watch it a few more times. (Although I take exception to leaving out the Oxford Comma, I am firmly in the USE THE OXFORD COMMA camp. My wife is not and while mixed marriages can be a challenge, but we take it day by day.

pinchvalve wrote: The video is amazing! There are so many great little things in there, I have to watch it a few more times. (Although I take exception to leaving out the Oxford Comma, I am firmly in the USE THE OXFORD COMMA camp. My wife is not and while mixed marriages can be a challenge, but we take it day by day.

I have the same problem with the wife when she has me proof read the things she writes up for the non-profit she's trying to start- I'm firmly in the Oxford Comma camp and she's not and thus gets annoyed when I point out it's missing a comma or two. Of course, I MAY also do this intentionally. :P