WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.620 Hi everybody, this is Patreon mixtaper Philip 00:00:02.620 --> 00:00:05.280 Berkman and you're listening to my weekly mixtape 00:00:05.280 --> 00:00:08.460 with Brian Colburn. And if Brian's wife is listening, 00:00:08.599 --> 00:00:11.820 Ross and Rachel were on a break. Yeah, I said 00:00:11.820 --> 00:00:24.839 it. What you gonna do about it, huh? Welcome 00:00:24.839 --> 00:00:27.399 to My Weekly Mixtape, a podcast that takes the 00:00:27.399 --> 00:00:30.500 classic mixtape approach to building a modern 00:00:30.500 --> 00:00:33.119 playlist. I'm your host, Brian Colburn. Joining 00:00:33.119 --> 00:00:36.000 me tonight as guest curator is Patreon mixtaper, 00:00:36.060 --> 00:00:38.140 Philip Bergman. Philip, welcome to the show, 00:00:38.140 --> 00:00:41.359 man. Thank you. I'm glad to be here. Glad to 00:00:41.359 --> 00:00:43.179 have you. And I'd like to start by asking you 00:00:43.179 --> 00:00:45.539 the same question I ask all of my first -time 00:00:45.539 --> 00:00:48.799 guests, and that is, what does the word mixtape 00:00:48.799 --> 00:00:52.920 mean to you? Oh, Brian, I have the worst answer 00:00:52.920 --> 00:00:56.780 for you, because for me, mixtapes were just about 00:00:56.780 --> 00:01:00.119 grabbing songs off the radio for my own sake, 00:01:00.179 --> 00:01:02.920 for posterity, for me to learn those songs and 00:01:02.920 --> 00:01:05.840 to cherish them and treasure them. I didn't do 00:01:05.840 --> 00:01:08.560 the whole curation thing. It was just grabbing 00:01:08.560 --> 00:01:10.180 songs as who knows when you're going to hear 00:01:10.180 --> 00:01:12.620 them again. I grew up listening to oldies radio 00:01:12.620 --> 00:01:16.480 during my teenage years. And so my mixtapes would 00:01:16.480 --> 00:01:20.810 go from Napoleon the 14th. to Gary Puckett in 00:01:20.810 --> 00:01:25.150 the Union Gap, to Buddy Holly, to the Drifters, 00:01:25.290 --> 00:01:29.370 to the OJs, to the Beach Boys. It would be all 00:01:29.370 --> 00:01:33.549 over the place. So when it comes to the finesse 00:01:33.549 --> 00:01:37.109 of curation, I mean, I was basically just a squirrel 00:01:37.109 --> 00:01:42.219 on bath salts as far as that goes. Well, we're 00:01:42.219 --> 00:01:45.159 going to be putting that squirrel on bath salts 00:01:45.159 --> 00:01:49.340 approach to the test tonight because we are curating 00:01:49.340 --> 00:01:52.239 our first topic that actually has to do with 00:01:52.239 --> 00:01:56.579 our first comedic subject matter on the show. 00:01:56.579 --> 00:01:59.920 And that is the legendary Weird Al Yankovic. 00:01:59.980 --> 00:02:06.099 Now, Al has 14 studio albums, singles, compilations, 00:02:06.099 --> 00:02:10.020 and a box set. So there's a huge swath of songs 00:02:10.020 --> 00:02:12.960 to go through here. Did you have a hard time 00:02:12.960 --> 00:02:15.199 coming up with your bank of tracks for tonight? 00:02:15.560 --> 00:02:19.699 I did and I didn't because I kind of came into 00:02:19.699 --> 00:02:22.680 this with a very specific approach. I came into 00:02:22.680 --> 00:02:25.539 this looking for songs. As you know, Brian, one 00:02:25.539 --> 00:02:27.680 of my hobbies is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 00:02:27.780 --> 00:02:30.539 And as you also know, Weird Al is not an inductee. 00:02:30.819 --> 00:02:35.159 So I wanted to come into this to create a mixtape 00:02:35.159 --> 00:02:38.680 that I could. theoretically put into the hands 00:02:38.680 --> 00:02:41.199 of someone on the nominating committee like Tom 00:02:41.199 --> 00:02:45.000 Morello or Alan Leiter, Karen Glauber or Steven 00:02:45.000 --> 00:02:47.439 Van Zandt to say, here, here is why you need 00:02:47.439 --> 00:02:50.659 to nominate Weird Al Yankovic for the hall. So 00:02:50.659 --> 00:02:54.259 that was kind of my approach to this. So I'm 00:02:54.259 --> 00:02:57.280 curious to see how this goes. Well, I think it's 00:02:57.280 --> 00:02:59.620 criminal first that he's not in the Rock and 00:02:59.620 --> 00:03:01.900 Roll Hall of Fame. Got to put that out there 00:03:01.900 --> 00:03:04.960 in the universe. I am team Weird Al at the Rock 00:03:04.960 --> 00:03:07.780 and Roll Hall of Fame. I am team Weird Al should 00:03:07.780 --> 00:03:10.599 be the Super Bowl halftime show performer. I 00:03:10.599 --> 00:03:14.669 am team Weird Al needs an Oscar. for the weird 00:03:14.669 --> 00:03:18.650 movie. I mean, look, I am all team Al here. So 00:03:18.650 --> 00:03:21.409 let's get down to business tonight. As I mentioned 00:03:21.409 --> 00:03:23.229 at the top of the show, Philip and I will be 00:03:23.229 --> 00:03:26.289 curating the ultimate Weird Al Yankovic mixtape, 00:03:26.310 --> 00:03:28.250 and we're going to use the old cassette deck 00:03:28.250 --> 00:03:31.069 approach. Philip, as my special guest, will begin 00:03:31.069 --> 00:03:34.069 side A with his first song choice, and then I'll 00:03:34.069 --> 00:03:36.930 add a song that I feel best follows up that choice. 00:03:37.090 --> 00:03:39.550 We'll then flip -flop choosing songs until we've 00:03:39.550 --> 00:03:43.069 mapped out 10 songs for side A. We'll then give 00:03:43.069 --> 00:03:45.689 our mixtape a proverbial flip and we'll map outside 00:03:45.689 --> 00:03:48.250 B. Only this time, I'll kick things off with 00:03:48.250 --> 00:03:50.889 Philip choosing second. Our overall goal for 00:03:50.889 --> 00:03:53.710 this episode is to craft the best Weird Al Yankovic 00:03:53.710 --> 00:03:57.389 mixtape possible through only 20 songs. And at 00:03:57.389 --> 00:03:59.069 the end of the show, you can take our conversation 00:03:59.069 --> 00:04:02.050 to the next level by visiting the episode page 00:04:02.050 --> 00:04:05.189 at myweeklymixtape .com to give our final mixtape 00:04:05.189 --> 00:04:08.319 a listen. via the embedded playlist. And if you 00:04:08.319 --> 00:04:09.780 like what you're hearing on the show, you can 00:04:09.780 --> 00:04:12.300 help me out by either telling a friend, leaving 00:04:12.300 --> 00:04:14.300 the show a five -star review wherever you're 00:04:14.300 --> 00:04:17.519 tuning in, or becoming a Patreon mixtaper at 00:04:17.519 --> 00:04:21.660 patreon .com forward slash myweeklymixtape. And 00:04:21.660 --> 00:04:23.959 we have a few Patreon mixtapers that chimed in 00:04:23.959 --> 00:04:26.300 with their opening tracks. I want to throw those 00:04:26.300 --> 00:04:29.420 out there. Ben from the Too Vague podcast chimed 00:04:29.420 --> 00:04:32.459 in saying, the Devo style parody, Dare to Be 00:04:32.459 --> 00:04:34.720 Stupid. But I think you saw that one coming. 00:04:34.759 --> 00:04:37.259 Yeah. Ben has been on the show. We talked about 00:04:37.259 --> 00:04:39.579 number one hits of the 80s and New Wave, and 00:04:39.579 --> 00:04:42.259 that is definitely in his wheelhouse. No shock 00:04:42.259 --> 00:04:45.160 there. Cactus Pete chimed in with The White Stuff, 00:04:45.379 --> 00:04:48.160 the parody of New Kids on the Blocks, The Right 00:04:48.160 --> 00:04:51.620 Stuff. And Seeker chimed in with Eat It, as it 00:04:51.620 --> 00:04:54.279 was probably the first song of his to break through 00:04:54.279 --> 00:04:57.720 in Australia, which is interesting because. For 00:04:57.720 --> 00:05:00.459 the general public in the United States, Eat 00:05:00.459 --> 00:05:02.939 It was probably the song to break him here as 00:05:02.939 --> 00:05:05.819 well. So some great food for thought there. And 00:05:05.819 --> 00:05:08.860 with that, Philip, I am going to press the record 00:05:08.860 --> 00:05:11.959 button on our mixtape and pass the mic over to 00:05:11.959 --> 00:05:14.399 you. Why don't you dive into the song you chose 00:05:14.399 --> 00:05:18.019 to kick off, Side A? Well, I actually want to 00:05:18.019 --> 00:05:22.000 explain this pick a little first, because as 00:05:22.000 --> 00:05:24.319 I said, for me, this is about Weird Al getting 00:05:24.319 --> 00:05:28.259 in the rock hall. And one of the few valid criticisms 00:05:28.259 --> 00:05:33.100 of his candidacy is that his music really isn't 00:05:33.100 --> 00:05:36.620 timeless because it's always about capturing 00:05:36.620 --> 00:05:39.660 pop culture in the moment. But what those people 00:05:39.660 --> 00:05:42.319 fail to recognize is that the songs themselves 00:05:42.319 --> 00:05:45.199 may not be timeless, but he himself is because 00:05:45.199 --> 00:05:48.480 he is constantly evolving with the zeitgeist. 00:05:48.519 --> 00:05:51.970 And sometimes he finds that song... That will 00:05:51.970 --> 00:05:54.250 last and is based on a moment of pop culture 00:05:54.250 --> 00:05:58.689 that will last. So that is why I have decided 00:05:58.689 --> 00:06:03.550 to kick things off with the Hamilton polka. So 00:06:03.550 --> 00:06:08.269 you think about what a cultural phenomenon the 00:06:08.269 --> 00:06:12.610 Broadway musical Hamilton was, is really. I mean, 00:06:12.629 --> 00:06:15.550 we are talking about a phenomenon so powerful, 00:06:15.649 --> 00:06:20.079 it literally took a global pandemic. to stop 00:06:20.079 --> 00:06:23.600 its march to conquer the world of Broadway, basically. 00:06:23.879 --> 00:06:28.000 This is not just a flash -in -the -pan occurrence, 00:06:28.259 --> 00:06:32.839 and the medley that Weird Al put together out 00:06:32.839 --> 00:06:35.879 of this soundtrack, I think it should be offered 00:06:35.879 --> 00:06:38.639 as a bonus track to anybody who purchases the 00:06:38.639 --> 00:06:41.439 Hamilton soundtrack at this point. It is just 00:06:41.439 --> 00:06:45.040 a phenomenal job, great medley, great transitions. 00:06:45.819 --> 00:06:48.579 It basically stands the test along with the entire 00:06:48.579 --> 00:06:51.519 soundtrack as far as I'm concerned. So I'm starting 00:06:51.519 --> 00:06:54.480 things off with the Hamilton Polka. Well, first 00:06:54.480 --> 00:06:57.939 off, bravo on starting with a polka because I 00:06:57.939 --> 00:07:00.720 put out the word on social media just to kind 00:07:00.720 --> 00:07:03.279 of see where people's pulse was on what they 00:07:03.279 --> 00:07:06.399 enjoyed most about Weird Al. And song parodies 00:07:06.399 --> 00:07:09.540 were the number one. But make no mistake about 00:07:09.540 --> 00:07:13.040 it. Polka's style parodies and original songs 00:07:13.040 --> 00:07:17.160 all got a lot of votes. So I'm glad to see polka 00:07:17.160 --> 00:07:19.740 is represented right from the jump. Hamilton 00:07:19.740 --> 00:07:25.620 is a game changing musical. It has redefined 00:07:25.620 --> 00:07:29.459 musicals for the modern era. And for Weird Al 00:07:29.459 --> 00:07:32.579 to be able to tap into that and capture the essence 00:07:32.579 --> 00:07:36.920 of what Hamilton is about and still put his unique 00:07:36.920 --> 00:07:39.939 spin on it through the polka, but still be able 00:07:39.939 --> 00:07:43.720 to verbally. enunciate the words the way it was 00:07:43.720 --> 00:07:46.779 done in the original, that is something that 00:07:46.779 --> 00:07:50.759 takes an extreme amount of talent. And I think 00:07:50.759 --> 00:07:52.500 right there makes a great case for what you're 00:07:52.500 --> 00:07:54.019 saying about the whole Rock and Roll Hall of 00:07:54.019 --> 00:07:57.079 Fame thing, because not anybody can just sit 00:07:57.079 --> 00:07:59.899 there and spit the words out to this song. And 00:07:59.899 --> 00:08:03.000 he does it so effortlessly, even with changing 00:08:03.000 --> 00:08:06.480 the style. So I absolutely applaud the pick there. 00:08:06.899 --> 00:08:11.129 And with that, I have to follow up a polka. Which 00:08:11.129 --> 00:08:13.310 is interesting. I mean, look, it is all what 00:08:13.310 --> 00:08:16.490 Weird Al is. So I absolutely love it. But I think 00:08:16.490 --> 00:08:18.350 I know what I'm going to, because basically I 00:08:18.350 --> 00:08:20.930 have a clean slate here. I would just not follow 00:08:20.930 --> 00:08:22.850 it up with a second poke. It would probably be 00:08:22.850 --> 00:08:25.670 the only way that I think we'd be kind of steering 00:08:25.670 --> 00:08:29.250 the ship in the wrong direction. Although I have 00:08:29.250 --> 00:08:32.929 made in the past mixtapes of just every poke 00:08:32.929 --> 00:08:36.049 he's ever released, thrown it on OCD and brought 00:08:36.049 --> 00:08:39.149 it onto a road trip. And it was just. A blast 00:08:39.149 --> 00:08:41.950 to put that on for an hour. But today I'm going 00:08:41.950 --> 00:08:44.389 to switch that up and I'm going to go with one 00:08:44.389 --> 00:08:47.090 of his style parodies. And I want to give a shout 00:08:47.090 --> 00:08:50.889 out to fellow Patreon mixtaper Ben from the Too 00:08:50.889 --> 00:08:54.009 Vague Podcast because I am in lockstep with him 00:08:54.009 --> 00:08:57.330 as Dare to Be Stupid was the first Weird Al vinyl 00:08:57.330 --> 00:09:00.509 record that I bought with my own money. And when 00:09:00.509 --> 00:09:04.370 you style parody a band like Devo to the point 00:09:04.370 --> 00:09:08.919 where Devo basically hates you for the fact that 00:09:08.919 --> 00:09:13.059 you made a Devo song better than Devo. You gotta 00:09:13.059 --> 00:09:15.340 go with Dare to be Stupid. It is actually a song 00:09:15.340 --> 00:09:17.700 he has used in the number two spot, seeing him 00:09:17.700 --> 00:09:20.840 live before. This song just has that second track 00:09:20.840 --> 00:09:22.980 energy. Obviously, it's the second track on the 00:09:22.980 --> 00:09:25.440 album, so I'm kind of used to it in that slot 00:09:25.440 --> 00:09:29.320 regardless. But this song, to me, truly shows 00:09:29.320 --> 00:09:31.860 how Weird Al can take himself and throw himself 00:09:31.860 --> 00:09:35.200 into a sound and a character so effortlessly. 00:09:35.929 --> 00:09:38.750 And the fact that, look, Devo kind of wasn't 00:09:38.750 --> 00:09:41.629 thrilled with it. There's a clip out on YouTube 00:09:41.629 --> 00:09:44.070 that shows his reaction to the parody years later. 00:09:44.389 --> 00:09:46.409 And I guess you could just kind of take that 00:09:46.409 --> 00:09:50.029 for what you want. But lyrically, I feel like 00:09:50.029 --> 00:09:52.990 some of the absurdness of the song, as absurd 00:09:52.990 --> 00:09:56.330 as Weird Al gets, it still fits in the Dio camp. 00:09:56.509 --> 00:09:58.909 You burn a candle at both ends, look a gift horse 00:09:58.909 --> 00:10:01.590 in the mouth. Mashed potatoes can be your friend, 00:10:01.730 --> 00:10:04.789 which is paid off in the UHF movie when he's 00:10:04.789 --> 00:10:06.879 building the... mountain of mashed potatoes. 00:10:06.940 --> 00:10:09.519 Anyway, Dare to be Stupid following up the Hamilton 00:10:09.519 --> 00:10:12.960 polka. Dare to be Stupid is a great choice that 00:10:12.960 --> 00:10:17.039 was in my bank of songs. That is one of those, 00:10:17.120 --> 00:10:21.919 as you were saying, the meticulous analysis of 00:10:21.919 --> 00:10:26.080 an artist's sound to almost perfectly replicate 00:10:26.080 --> 00:10:29.860 it is just phenomenal. I have another song that 00:10:29.860 --> 00:10:33.100 I definitely want to bring to the table. That's 00:10:33.100 --> 00:10:35.240 kind of in that same vein, but speaks more to 00:10:35.240 --> 00:10:38.639 me and my personal experience. But going off 00:10:38.639 --> 00:10:42.059 of that, what do I want to follow that with? 00:10:43.360 --> 00:10:46.299 I mean, we have to include some song parodies 00:10:46.299 --> 00:10:48.919 because those are the songs that got promoted. 00:10:49.039 --> 00:10:52.600 Those are what made him a household name. So 00:10:52.600 --> 00:10:55.240 I am going to follow. I'm going to stay in the 00:10:55.240 --> 00:10:58.080 same album of Dare to be Stupid, and I'm going 00:10:58.080 --> 00:11:02.580 to follow that up with Like a Surgeon. Ooh, OK. 00:11:02.919 --> 00:11:06.259 Yeah, I think this speaks to his whole candidacy, 00:11:06.320 --> 00:11:08.379 too, because one of the things that really does 00:11:08.379 --> 00:11:14.840 matter is peer respect. And the fact that Madonna 00:11:14.840 --> 00:11:19.860 basically steered him towards this song says 00:11:19.860 --> 00:11:23.559 a lot about the respect she has for Weird Al. 00:11:23.740 --> 00:11:26.320 And there have been others like even just giving 00:11:26.320 --> 00:11:30.179 him permission to parody their songs. speaks 00:11:30.179 --> 00:11:32.460 to the level of respect they have. The fact that 00:11:32.460 --> 00:11:34.559 he's kind of considered a badge of honor, how 00:11:34.559 --> 00:11:37.299 you know you've made it in the business. During 00:11:37.299 --> 00:11:39.779 the recording of his last album, Mandatory Fun, 00:11:40.039 --> 00:11:42.480 I forget which member it was, but one of the 00:11:42.480 --> 00:11:45.240 members of Crosby, Stills, and Nash ran across 00:11:45.240 --> 00:11:47.500 for it and said, hey, when are you going to do 00:11:47.500 --> 00:11:50.519 a parody of us? And he had just finished laying 00:11:50.519 --> 00:11:53.799 down Mission's statement. And he played it for 00:11:53.799 --> 00:11:57.259 them to show. This is how much respect the man 00:11:57.259 --> 00:12:01.129 has. So I think... Like a surgeon really speaks 00:12:01.129 --> 00:12:04.110 to that aspect, the respect that people have 00:12:04.110 --> 00:12:06.830 for him. So you've got to include that if you're 00:12:06.830 --> 00:12:09.669 going to make a case for him. So following that 00:12:09.669 --> 00:12:12.789 up, same album, but it has to be on there like 00:12:12.789 --> 00:12:15.529 a surgeon. Absolutely love the pick. And obviously 00:12:15.529 --> 00:12:17.950 the relationship with Madonna, which was explored 00:12:17.950 --> 00:12:21.490 in the weird movie, truly shows you the length 00:12:21.490 --> 00:12:26.909 that Madonna is willing to go for Weird Al. And 00:12:26.909 --> 00:12:30.830 obviously, Weird Al, this was the first song 00:12:30.830 --> 00:12:32.929 on the first album that I purchased of his with 00:12:32.929 --> 00:12:36.070 my own money. So there's not a single song on 00:12:36.070 --> 00:12:37.809 Dare to Be Stupid that you can mention where 00:12:37.809 --> 00:12:42.330 I would not be 100 % on board with. So I absolutely 00:12:42.330 --> 00:12:46.230 love this pick. And I'm going to follow it up, 00:12:46.230 --> 00:12:52.289 I think, now. Hmm. I'm debating between two. 00:12:53.509 --> 00:12:56.720 And I'm trying to figure out. Which way we want 00:12:56.720 --> 00:13:00.340 to go here. So we've put in a polka, a style 00:13:00.340 --> 00:13:04.740 parody, a song parody. So now I feel like the 00:13:04.740 --> 00:13:08.080 only logical thing to do is put one of his originals 00:13:08.080 --> 00:13:10.259 in here. Because again, we're trying to make 00:13:10.259 --> 00:13:14.779 a case for him. So in order to do that, let's 00:13:14.779 --> 00:13:18.620 go with an original. And I am going to head over 00:13:18.620 --> 00:13:21.860 to off the deep end. And I'm going to go with 00:13:21.860 --> 00:13:25.899 the gorgeous acoustic ballad. You don't love 00:13:25.899 --> 00:13:30.120 me anymore. Whereas the video goes with a style 00:13:30.120 --> 00:13:32.779 parody because it parodies extremes more than 00:13:32.779 --> 00:13:36.000 words. The song is just a Weird Al original. 00:13:36.639 --> 00:13:41.419 And it's so absurd and so ridiculous. And so 00:13:41.419 --> 00:13:44.139 everything I love about Weird Al. Oh, why did 00:13:44.139 --> 00:13:46.399 you disconnect the brakes on my car? That kind 00:13:46.399 --> 00:13:49.580 of thing is hard to ignore. Got a funny feeling 00:13:49.580 --> 00:13:52.279 you don't love me anymore. I mean, I could pick 00:13:52.279 --> 00:13:54.279 like 30 different lines in that song that make 00:13:54.279 --> 00:13:57.159 me crack up. But now we have one of each of the 00:13:57.159 --> 00:13:59.779 four song styles that Weird Al represents in 00:13:59.779 --> 00:14:03.019 his music. And if you have the CD like I did 00:14:03.019 --> 00:14:05.340 and you stick around, you get a nice little bonus 00:14:05.340 --> 00:14:08.200 a few minutes after the song ends. So little 00:14:08.200 --> 00:14:12.299 hidden bonus CD track that parodies the bonus 00:14:12.299 --> 00:14:15.240 track on Nirvana's Nevermind. But following you 00:14:15.240 --> 00:14:17.480 up, you don't love me anymore from off the deep 00:14:17.480 --> 00:14:21.600 end. It's a great side. I absolutely love that 00:14:21.600 --> 00:14:24.779 song as a closer, just as a closer to the placement 00:14:24.779 --> 00:14:29.059 of that song is just perfectly placed. He listened 00:14:29.059 --> 00:14:32.899 to his albums and it jumps from one song, one 00:14:32.899 --> 00:14:36.960 style to another in almost squirrel on bath salts 00:14:36.960 --> 00:14:42.159 fashion. So putting that this soon in the mixtape 00:14:42.159 --> 00:14:47.480 is both brilliant and hilarious. So I absolutely, 00:14:47.700 --> 00:14:55.679 yes, gotta have it. So how do I, oh, looking 00:14:55.679 --> 00:15:00.139 around here, you know, I think I'm going to, 00:15:00.139 --> 00:15:04.299 I'm going to go with another style parody at 00:15:04.299 --> 00:15:06.820 this point, I think. I'm going all the way up 00:15:06.820 --> 00:15:09.759 to Alpocalypse. Now this song, I have to admit, 00:15:09.899 --> 00:15:14.919 isn't so much funny. as it is just awesome because 00:15:14.919 --> 00:15:20.139 it's true. People complain that his songs don't 00:15:20.139 --> 00:15:22.519 age well because they're not about timeless themes. 00:15:22.659 --> 00:15:27.440 Well, I think Skipper Dan is a song that does 00:15:27.440 --> 00:15:30.460 have a timeless theme to it. It's just one people 00:15:30.460 --> 00:15:33.480 don't want to talk about. It's about what happens 00:15:33.480 --> 00:15:37.440 when dreams don't come true. I think it was Langston 00:15:37.440 --> 00:15:40.139 Hughes who said, what happens to a dream deferred? 00:15:40.220 --> 00:15:43.889 The answer is... You work the jungle cruise ride 00:15:43.889 --> 00:15:47.610 and you're living that way. That's what happens 00:15:47.610 --> 00:15:50.730 to a dream deferred. I mean, this song speaks 00:15:50.730 --> 00:15:53.590 to me personally because in my line of work, 00:15:53.649 --> 00:15:56.950 my profession, it's just a matter of fact that 00:15:56.950 --> 00:16:00.990 this was not the plan A career for 98 % of us, 00:16:01.029 --> 00:16:03.889 but we're making a living out of it. We're working 00:16:03.889 --> 00:16:07.090 day to day. And I think that also envelops some 00:16:07.090 --> 00:16:11.100 of the working class ethos that. Certain rock 00:16:11.100 --> 00:16:14.159 stars like Mellencamp and Seeger and even the 00:16:14.159 --> 00:16:18.659 Four Seasons have to a degree. And I just love 00:16:18.659 --> 00:16:21.299 the song. It speaks so much to me. It hurts, 00:16:21.419 --> 00:16:24.639 but it also heals at the same time in a way. 00:16:24.720 --> 00:16:27.940 So from Alpocalypse, I'm going with Skipper Dan. 00:16:29.159 --> 00:16:33.059 Alpocalypse is a very underrated Weird Al album. 00:16:33.179 --> 00:16:35.980 I had that and a couple other songs on there. 00:16:36.460 --> 00:16:39.080 from my list so i'm gonna not say anything more 00:16:39.080 --> 00:16:41.820 about the album just yet because i have no idea 00:16:41.820 --> 00:16:44.440 where this playlist is gonna go but skipper dan 00:16:44.440 --> 00:16:47.860 i love the fact that for that album there were 00:16:47.860 --> 00:16:50.480 some music videos that accompanied it and one 00:16:50.480 --> 00:16:53.820 of them being a cartoon for this song he did 00:16:53.820 --> 00:16:56.419 it on the apocalypse tour which i got to see 00:16:56.419 --> 00:16:58.860 from the i want to say my wife and i were third 00:16:58.860 --> 00:17:01.740 or fourth row in rutland vermont which was just 00:17:01.740 --> 00:17:05.240 unbelievable it's a funny song but it's also 00:17:06.009 --> 00:17:09.569 Like you said, it's real. It's real. Yeah. It's 00:17:09.569 --> 00:17:12.009 funny in nature, but it's something that people 00:17:12.009 --> 00:17:15.130 can actually relate to. And he delivers it in 00:17:15.130 --> 00:17:18.690 true Weird Al form. Now, coming out of that, 00:17:18.829 --> 00:17:22.589 because we've touched on a lot of styles. And 00:17:22.589 --> 00:17:24.730 while you touched on a little bit of hip hop 00:17:24.730 --> 00:17:29.230 in part through the Hamilton polka, we haven't 00:17:29.230 --> 00:17:32.779 really touched on his ability to. song parody 00:17:32.779 --> 00:17:35.240 some fantastic hip -hop where we've kind of stuck 00:17:35.240 --> 00:17:37.240 in the rock side of things through a lot of the 00:17:37.240 --> 00:17:40.819 songs so i'm going to go with a song parody and 00:17:40.819 --> 00:17:42.519 i'm going to go with one that i think is truly 00:17:42.519 --> 00:17:46.019 iconic and for weird al it was a very important 00:17:46.019 --> 00:17:51.400 and critical one for him as there was some pushback 00:17:51.400 --> 00:17:54.519 after the song was approved by the label for 00:17:54.519 --> 00:17:57.640 him to parody the artist didn't necessarily do 00:17:57.640 --> 00:17:59.339 that and there was some issues there so i'm going 00:17:59.339 --> 00:18:02.099 to go off a bad hair day And I'm going to go 00:18:02.099 --> 00:18:04.799 with his remake of Coolio's Gangster's Paradise 00:18:04.799 --> 00:18:09.539 and the hysterically funny Amish Paradise. Again, 00:18:09.720 --> 00:18:13.640 his way of delivering humor through lyrics. I'm 00:18:13.640 --> 00:18:16.019 the pious guy the little omelets want to be like 00:18:16.019 --> 00:18:18.559 on my knees day and night scoring points for 00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:21.200 the afterlife. So don't be vain and don't be 00:18:21.200 --> 00:18:23.880 whiny or else my brother, I might have to get 00:18:23.880 --> 00:18:27.440 medieval on your hiney. I mean, come on. Unbelievably 00:18:27.440 --> 00:18:31.059 funny. And the end of that music video. Where 00:18:31.059 --> 00:18:33.980 Weird Al is rapping. And everything is happening 00:18:33.980 --> 00:18:38.440 in reverse. Fun fact. That was shot on film. 00:18:39.279 --> 00:18:43.420 And he learned the song in reverse. So everything 00:18:43.420 --> 00:18:46.960 as it was being recorded. Was recording in real 00:18:46.960 --> 00:18:49.279 time. The horse and buggy was moving forward. 00:18:49.460 --> 00:18:52.819 Everybody was going forward. And Weird Al was 00:18:52.819 --> 00:18:58.819 actually rapping. Going. As he walked away. Towards 00:18:58.819 --> 00:19:02.140 the screen. And then when you roll the tape back, 00:19:02.359 --> 00:19:05.579 it creates this hysterically funny Weird Al music 00:19:05.579 --> 00:19:08.279 video moment. And I think an iconic one, honestly. 00:19:08.400 --> 00:19:11.039 But the song, again, rooted in a little bit of 00:19:11.039 --> 00:19:14.220 controversy, which shows that not everything 00:19:14.220 --> 00:19:16.880 was a smooth ride for Weird Al, but he always 00:19:16.880 --> 00:19:19.380 had the best intentions. And this showed that 00:19:19.380 --> 00:19:23.259 even though he's bringing humor to hip hop songs, 00:19:23.299 --> 00:19:25.599 that he could do so in a way that's respectful 00:19:25.599 --> 00:19:31.430 to the original music. Still funny. So Amish 00:19:31.430 --> 00:19:35.390 Paradise. Yes, that is one I figured had to make 00:19:35.390 --> 00:19:38.730 the cut, and there's no way around it. I've only 00:19:38.730 --> 00:19:41.450 seen him once in concert. He was with the Strings 00:19:41.450 --> 00:19:45.150 Attached Tour, and I believe that was what he 00:19:45.150 --> 00:19:48.990 finished his encore with. So yeah, it is a great 00:19:48.990 --> 00:19:51.430 song. It's just, it's not going to go anywhere, 00:19:51.470 --> 00:19:54.930 and I'm so glad it won't. Yeah, what else can 00:19:54.930 --> 00:19:57.480 you say about that song? It's just... So legendary. 00:19:57.480 --> 00:20:01.960 So amazing. Oh, which makes it so much harder 00:20:01.960 --> 00:20:07.460 to follow it up. But, oh, let's see here. Where 00:20:07.460 --> 00:20:09.920 do I want to go? You know, there's one that's 00:20:09.920 --> 00:20:14.339 kind of staring at me. Like I said, this is going 00:20:14.339 --> 00:20:17.500 to be so many left turns. You're going to want 00:20:17.500 --> 00:20:20.839 to put in a jug handle for me there, Brian. I 00:20:20.839 --> 00:20:23.519 think I'm going to go with a huge stylistic change 00:20:23.519 --> 00:20:26.789 and I'm going to poodle hat. I'll go with Party 00:20:26.789 --> 00:20:31.329 at the Leopard Colony. Whoa! I know, but here's 00:20:31.329 --> 00:20:34.910 the thing. He doesn't do blue humor, and I love 00:20:34.910 --> 00:20:38.569 him for that. I mean, even as late as Jackson 00:20:38.569 --> 00:20:41.849 Park Express, the most risque line he had was 00:20:41.849 --> 00:20:44.390 the bit about, I like your boobs. That's like 00:20:44.390 --> 00:20:46.690 the most risque thing he has really ever said 00:20:46.690 --> 00:20:49.450 in a lyric that might get somebody clutching 00:20:49.450 --> 00:20:52.269 their pearls. But Party at the Leopard Colony, 00:20:52.349 --> 00:20:55.210 it's the bit of low -hanging fruit humor, but... 00:20:55.349 --> 00:20:59.509 I love the jokes about how many idioms in our 00:20:59.509 --> 00:21:03.990 dialogue, our verbiage, are based on body parts. 00:21:04.450 --> 00:21:07.049 And that's a lot of what the song is lyrically, 00:21:07.170 --> 00:21:09.990 and it just kind of captures that prom night 00:21:09.990 --> 00:21:15.250 vibe in a way. Just a dance party scene. It's 00:21:15.250 --> 00:21:19.049 a hilarious song, so going with Party at the 00:21:19.049 --> 00:21:21.900 Leper Colony from Poodle Hat. I love the way 00:21:21.900 --> 00:21:23.960 you refer to it as a low -hanging fruit, because 00:21:23.960 --> 00:21:28.039 it is, but sometimes who cares? Because at the 00:21:28.039 --> 00:21:31.480 end of the day, it is funny, regardless. And 00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:34.920 Poodle Hat is one of those, to me, underrated 00:21:34.920 --> 00:21:37.880 albums, because it has what I feel is one of 00:21:37.880 --> 00:21:41.759 his best pokas, angry white boy polka, because... 00:21:42.170 --> 00:21:44.829 It was kind of absurd hearing songs like Last 00:21:44.829 --> 00:21:47.789 Resort and Chop Suey and Down With The Sickness 00:21:47.789 --> 00:21:50.890 done in polka form. And that album to me is fantastic. 00:21:51.150 --> 00:21:53.670 Again, he gets to parody Eminem twice on the 00:21:53.670 --> 00:21:56.569 album via Couch Potato as well as Angry White 00:21:56.569 --> 00:21:59.690 Boy Polka. A complicated song has me rolling 00:21:59.690 --> 00:22:03.390 and the style parody of Bo Diddley. I mean, when 00:22:03.390 --> 00:22:06.410 you hear the beat to this song, it kind of makes 00:22:06.410 --> 00:22:08.710 you want to get up and dance. And that's exactly 00:22:08.710 --> 00:22:12.269 where Al went with it only. At a leper colony. 00:22:12.410 --> 00:22:16.410 So bravo on his sense of humor. And coming out 00:22:16.410 --> 00:22:19.630 of that, I'm going to keep the energy up. We're 00:22:19.630 --> 00:22:21.069 going to keep this party going, but I'm going 00:22:21.069 --> 00:22:24.269 to go to another style parody. Slightly different 00:22:24.269 --> 00:22:26.170 in nature, but it's a Weird Al album, so who 00:22:26.170 --> 00:22:29.049 cares? And sometimes you make me want to build 00:22:29.049 --> 00:22:31.450 a model of the Eiffel Tower out of Belgian waffles. 00:22:31.470 --> 00:22:34.410 I'm going off of even worse, and you make me 00:22:34.410 --> 00:22:37.880 the style parody of Oingo Boingo. I've heard 00:22:37.880 --> 00:22:40.940 him do this song live. It's brilliant live. It 00:22:40.940 --> 00:22:43.900 has this manic punk energy that would make Oingo 00:22:43.900 --> 00:22:46.759 Boingo proud. And having grown up with music 00:22:46.759 --> 00:22:50.019 like that, hearing Al do it, you can listen to 00:22:50.019 --> 00:22:52.740 this song on an 80s mix, even though the lyrics 00:22:52.740 --> 00:22:55.960 are silly. Musically, it fits right in seamlessly 00:22:55.960 --> 00:22:59.180 with anything from Oingo Boingo. And it's just 00:22:59.180 --> 00:23:02.640 so fun and so upbeat. And coming out of Party 00:23:02.640 --> 00:23:04.799 at the Leprechaun, I feel like we're just kind 00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:07.430 of keeping this. extremely fun vibe going so 00:23:07.430 --> 00:23:09.769 i'm following up with you make me from even worse 00:23:09.769 --> 00:23:15.890 oh yes love the choice i have to admit i'm not 00:23:15.890 --> 00:23:18.009 as familiar with oingo boingo's style so i thought 00:23:18.009 --> 00:23:20.490 he was doing another devo parody because it does 00:23:20.490 --> 00:23:23.529 kind of capture the vibe a little bit um and 00:23:23.529 --> 00:23:25.490 i looked at it like oh yeah that makes sense 00:23:25.490 --> 00:23:30.329 that's totally uh tracks so going off of that 00:23:30.329 --> 00:23:33.720 you know I'm actually going to take it all the 00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:36.619 way up to mandatory fun now. I'm going to go 00:23:36.619 --> 00:23:39.819 with this direct song parody. One of the things 00:23:39.819 --> 00:23:42.799 Weird Al had started to do a little bit with 00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:45.000 some of his later albums, he found a way to do 00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:50.440 some social commentary. Lighthearted, but nevertheless, 00:23:50.579 --> 00:23:53.539 it does hold a mirror up to our society a little 00:23:53.539 --> 00:23:57.380 bit. So it's not blowing in the wind, necessarily. 00:23:58.299 --> 00:24:02.140 In fact, some people just find it tacky. I got 00:24:02.140 --> 00:24:04.500 to go with Tacky from Mandatory Fun. He's just 00:24:04.500 --> 00:24:07.740 talking about the trappings of our modern life 00:24:07.740 --> 00:24:11.859 and the things that we do. A great direct song 00:24:11.859 --> 00:24:15.400 parody of Pharrell Williams. And I got to go 00:24:15.400 --> 00:24:19.500 with it. Tacky from Mandatory Fun. Bravo. One 00:24:19.500 --> 00:24:22.099 of the funniest parodies, but that album again, 00:24:22.200 --> 00:24:25.299 which is most likely his last full length studio 00:24:25.299 --> 00:24:27.980 album. At least for now, because that album is 00:24:27.980 --> 00:24:30.220 very close to turning a decade old right now. 00:24:30.279 --> 00:24:33.420 So it looks like the full length Weird Al albums, 00:24:33.539 --> 00:24:36.000 unfortunately, are a thing of the past. But this 00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:39.019 song to me is so perfect. And I want to take 00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:40.759 a moment because we haven't talked about it yet. 00:24:41.279 --> 00:24:44.599 Weird Al's band. Oh, my God. Just from the last 00:24:44.599 --> 00:24:47.099 three songs alone. Not talking about all the 00:24:47.099 --> 00:24:49.500 others. Let's go last four here. Amish Paradise. 00:24:49.880 --> 00:24:53.079 The Hip Hop of Coolio. Party at the Leper Colony. 00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:57.579 Bo Diddley. You Make Me. Oingo Boingo, Tacky, 00:24:57.599 --> 00:25:01.720 Pharrell Williams. The songs are played with 00:25:01.720 --> 00:25:06.440 such perfection that if Pharrell got Weird Al's 00:25:06.440 --> 00:25:08.839 band to play on the original, nobody would know. 00:25:08.980 --> 00:25:13.059 That is how talented this band is. And I think 00:25:13.059 --> 00:25:17.480 that is such a huge part of Weird Al's success. 00:25:17.759 --> 00:25:20.700 Because if it was just Weird Al and the accordion 00:25:20.700 --> 00:25:23.490 doing these songs. They might seem a little monotonous, 00:25:23.509 --> 00:25:25.789 but the fact that he can immerse himself in the 00:25:25.789 --> 00:25:29.430 original so much, Al can actually take his voice 00:25:29.430 --> 00:25:32.710 and change it to fit the style that the original 00:25:32.710 --> 00:25:35.349 does. And there's such an admiration and a care 00:25:35.349 --> 00:25:39.150 for the original that you have to respect it. 00:25:39.430 --> 00:25:42.369 Because to me, Happy is going to be one of those 00:25:42.369 --> 00:25:44.450 songs that for the next 40 years you hear at 00:25:44.450 --> 00:25:47.269 every wedding you attend. So to be able to take 00:25:47.269 --> 00:25:52.099 that song and make it funny, but still... danceable 00:25:52.099 --> 00:25:56.960 and listenable is such a credit to the talent 00:25:56.960 --> 00:26:00.359 of this band of his. No argument there. And that 00:26:00.359 --> 00:26:02.380 was actually going to come up in a track. I'm 00:26:02.380 --> 00:26:05.900 still planning on bringing up no matter how out 00:26:05.900 --> 00:26:07.859 of place. It seems that the song that I have 00:26:07.859 --> 00:26:11.279 to include, but obviously we'll get to that in 00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:13.759 a bit. Cause you got to follow that up, man. 00:26:13.819 --> 00:26:17.039 Good luck. Yeah. Closing out the side. So I get 00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:21.630 to close one side out tonight. And I have to 00:26:21.630 --> 00:26:25.829 go with my favorite all -time Weird Al road tripping 00:26:25.829 --> 00:26:29.430 song. It was with my buddies since the album 00:26:29.430 --> 00:26:32.970 dropped, and it is to this day with my kids. 00:26:33.049 --> 00:26:37.769 There is nothing more I enjoy than the nearly 00:26:37.769 --> 00:26:43.009 12 -minute epic madness off of 1999's Running 00:26:43.009 --> 00:26:45.869 With Scissors, the closing track, Albuquerque. 00:26:46.750 --> 00:26:50.990 Now, if you know this song, you know all there 00:26:50.990 --> 00:26:54.390 is to know about this masterpiece. And if you 00:26:54.390 --> 00:26:57.710 haven't heard it, I don't want to say too much 00:26:57.710 --> 00:27:01.690 because to me, there's no better feeling of finding 00:27:01.690 --> 00:27:04.410 out that somebody hasn't heard this song and 00:27:04.410 --> 00:27:07.150 letting them experience it in all its glory. 00:27:07.329 --> 00:27:10.009 So this is the one time I don't want to offer 00:27:10.009 --> 00:27:14.829 commentary on the track. I want people who don't 00:27:14.829 --> 00:27:18.289 know this song to listen to its comedic genius. 00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:21.880 for 12 straight minutes. Because if there is 00:27:21.880 --> 00:27:25.900 a song that follows up the amazing start of the 00:27:25.900 --> 00:27:30.140 Hamilton polka, to me, it's Albuquerque, my favorite 00:27:30.140 --> 00:27:32.980 Al original song, and quite possibly my favorite 00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:36.130 Weird Al song of all time. Oh, you scoops me. 00:27:36.170 --> 00:27:39.049 That was going to be my absolute closer because 00:27:39.049 --> 00:27:43.009 this song captures so much of Weird Al's essence. 00:27:43.150 --> 00:27:46.670 You've got the amazing ability to weave a great 00:27:46.670 --> 00:27:50.049 story. You've got the food humor with the donut 00:27:50.049 --> 00:27:53.630 shop. You got a slight nod to the TV humor with 00:27:53.630 --> 00:27:56.750 the specter vision. You've got the buildup of 00:27:56.750 --> 00:27:59.369 hyperbole with all the stuff he's bringing out 00:27:59.369 --> 00:28:03.380 of the airplane. The absolute unbelievability 00:28:03.380 --> 00:28:07.140 of it, just subtle touches here and there. It 00:28:07.140 --> 00:28:12.799 encapsulates just about everything that is the 00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:18.220 man's style. So I originally had that to close 00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:20.839 out the tape altogether, but closing out aside, 00:28:21.079 --> 00:28:24.980 it makes perfect sense too. Yes, Albuquerque 00:28:24.980 --> 00:28:27.440 had to be on the list. That was one of my absolute 00:28:27.440 --> 00:28:30.670 must -haves. Yeah, when you listen to like the 00:28:30.670 --> 00:28:34.210 Weird Al, Wendy Carlos retelling of Peter and 00:28:34.210 --> 00:28:37.890 the Wolf that came out in the 1980s, you take 00:28:37.890 --> 00:28:42.430 that kind of madness that's happening, how odd 00:28:42.430 --> 00:28:46.150 and absurd the content is, and you apply that 00:28:46.150 --> 00:28:49.470 to a Weird Al track. It's the longest track in 00:28:49.470 --> 00:28:52.150 his discography. And it's the one where the first 00:28:52.150 --> 00:28:54.150 time I played it for my kids, they said, can 00:28:54.150 --> 00:28:57.450 we hear that again? And it put a tear in my eye 00:28:57.450 --> 00:29:00.130 because... How great is that? Like, of course 00:29:00.130 --> 00:29:02.769 we can listen to it again because A, it's shaving 00:29:02.769 --> 00:29:05.210 off 11 minutes of the car ride every time they 00:29:05.210 --> 00:29:08.170 want to hear it. And yeah, it's absolutely hysterical. 00:29:08.349 --> 00:29:11.250 That concludes side A of our ultimate Weird Al 00:29:11.250 --> 00:29:13.950 mixtape, which kicked off with the Hamilton Pocah 00:29:13.950 --> 00:29:16.710 single, Dare to be Stupid from the album of the 00:29:16.710 --> 00:29:20.130 same name, Like a Surgeon from Dare to be Stupid, 00:29:20.329 --> 00:29:22.970 You Don't Love Me Anymore from Off the Deep End, 00:29:23.289 --> 00:29:26.890 Skipper Dan from Apocalypse, Amish Paradise from 00:29:26.890 --> 00:29:29.720 Bad Hair Day, Party at the Leper Colony from 00:29:29.720 --> 00:29:33.500 Poodle Hat, You Make Me from Even Worse, Tacky 00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:37.079 from Mandatory Fun, and Albuquerque from Running 00:29:37.079 --> 00:29:40.279 With Scissors. Head over to myweeklymixtape .com 00:29:40.279 --> 00:29:42.900 to hear all the songs we've discussed in this 00:29:42.900 --> 00:29:46.319 mix through the playlist embedded on the episode 00:29:46.319 --> 00:29:49.759 page. Now, Philip, before we flip things over 00:29:49.759 --> 00:29:53.720 to Side B. You said you wanted this mixtape to 00:29:53.720 --> 00:29:56.579 make a case for Weird Al to be in the Rock and 00:29:56.579 --> 00:29:58.339 Roll Hall of Fame. Do you feel like we're hitting 00:29:58.339 --> 00:30:01.119 that nail on the head so far? I think we are. 00:30:01.599 --> 00:30:04.940 Between Dare to be Stupid showing his meticulous 00:30:04.940 --> 00:30:08.500 nature, the pure respect we've got, we've got 00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:12.740 everything encapsulated in Albuquerque, the humor, 00:30:13.019 --> 00:30:16.539 the social commentary, lighthearted as it's been. 00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:20.309 I mean, it's just everything that... The Hall 00:30:20.309 --> 00:30:23.190 seems to look for, for the most part, there's 00:30:23.190 --> 00:30:25.650 a couple aspects maybe we haven't quite touched 00:30:25.650 --> 00:30:28.430 on, but hopefully we'll be able to. We've still 00:30:28.430 --> 00:30:31.289 got 10 more songs to go, and I am looking forward 00:30:31.289 --> 00:30:35.069 to exploring this even further. I also love how 00:30:35.069 --> 00:30:37.630 we have touched how many of his albums already? 00:30:37.869 --> 00:30:42.609 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. We've already hit 8 of 00:30:42.609 --> 00:30:47.670 his 14 albums, plus one non -album single. So 00:30:47.670 --> 00:30:52.289 we are really... Showing his whole catalog as 00:30:52.289 --> 00:30:55.269 making a good argument quality from beginning 00:30:55.269 --> 00:30:57.349 to end of why he belongs in the Rock and Roll 00:30:57.349 --> 00:30:59.369 Hall of Fame. So I'm very pleased with where 00:30:59.369 --> 00:31:02.769 this is heading. Me as well. And let's take that 00:31:02.769 --> 00:31:06.089 eight albums and stretch it to nine because I'm 00:31:06.089 --> 00:31:09.430 going to kick off Side B with something from 00:31:09.430 --> 00:31:13.670 1984's In 3D. Now, Seeker had said that Eat It 00:31:13.670 --> 00:31:17.619 is the song that broke him in. Australia. It 00:31:17.619 --> 00:31:20.079 is one of the songs that truly broke him out 00:31:20.079 --> 00:31:26.319 in the US. And I am. I am thinking that with 00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:28.940 Albuquerque off the table, you might close the 00:31:28.940 --> 00:31:31.960 whole mixtape with eat it because of the big 00:31:31.960 --> 00:31:33.619 nature of that. So I don't want to scoop you 00:31:33.619 --> 00:31:36.079 on that one. And instead, I'm going to go to 00:31:36.079 --> 00:31:40.420 track two, which is extremely underrated original. 00:31:41.180 --> 00:31:43.440 From Weird Al. And it was one of my favorites 00:31:43.440 --> 00:31:47.200 to play my. Showing my age here. Atari 2600 and 00:31:47.200 --> 00:31:50.920 7800 too. When I was growing up. From my original 00:31:50.920 --> 00:31:54.099 cassette tape. I'm going to go with Midnight 00:31:54.099 --> 00:31:57.339 Star. When you talk about social commentary. 00:31:57.640 --> 00:32:00.940 When this song came out. The lyrics were meant 00:32:00.940 --> 00:32:04.829 to be absurd. But somehow in this. Idiocracy 00:32:04.829 --> 00:32:07.990 world that we live in right now. Some of these 00:32:07.990 --> 00:32:11.130 lyrics, as absurd as they sound, I would not 00:32:11.130 --> 00:32:14.170 be shocked if they popped up on my real news 00:32:14.170 --> 00:32:17.970 feeds now. Like, eat jelly donuts and lose 20 00:32:17.970 --> 00:32:20.329 pounds a day, hear the story about a man born 00:32:20.329 --> 00:32:23.849 without a head. And top psychics all agree that 00:32:23.849 --> 00:32:26.230 the telephone company will have a brand new service 00:32:26.230 --> 00:32:28.730 that lets you talk to the dead. I mean, I watch 00:32:28.730 --> 00:32:32.779 a show called Upload on Amazon TV. And that is 00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:35.000 actually one of the plot points of the show. 00:32:35.599 --> 00:32:38.740 And almost 20 years ago, Weird Al had it in one 00:32:38.740 --> 00:32:41.759 of his songs. To me, this shows that Weird Al 00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:45.920 is a great songwriter because I am sorry if I'm, 00:32:45.920 --> 00:32:48.539 again, listening to this song, I am singing along 00:32:48.539 --> 00:32:50.339 to the read it. You could read it. You could 00:32:50.339 --> 00:32:53.640 read it. You could like, it's so much fun. And 00:32:53.640 --> 00:32:57.099 it's a little bit of a, at a left field pick 00:32:57.099 --> 00:32:59.849 to start a side off. Because I kind of want to 00:32:59.849 --> 00:33:02.789 keep making this case for why he should be in 00:33:02.789 --> 00:33:04.990 the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame right now. And 00:33:04.990 --> 00:33:07.349 I feel like some of his originals that are often 00:33:07.349 --> 00:33:10.930 overlooked, except for when he does the ridiculously 00:33:10.930 --> 00:33:15.809 indulgent tours, these songs need a spotlight 00:33:15.809 --> 00:33:19.130 outside of those tours. And Midnight Star is 00:33:19.130 --> 00:33:23.349 my example of a great one. I'll admit that one 00:33:23.349 --> 00:33:27.789 was actually not on my list of 75 songs. Wow! 00:33:28.089 --> 00:33:31.369 I know, but everything you said is absolutely 00:33:31.369 --> 00:33:35.950 true. You'd almost call it prophetic in a way 00:33:35.950 --> 00:33:39.329 it just speaks to the absurdity of headlines 00:33:39.329 --> 00:33:42.589 yet to come. But I like what you said about his 00:33:42.589 --> 00:33:46.769 songwriting too. And I gotta tell you, I am really 00:33:46.769 --> 00:33:49.829 stoked. Of all the tracks that I get to pick, 00:33:49.970 --> 00:33:54.349 the second song on side B is the most exciting 00:33:54.349 --> 00:33:57.230 for me because... When we did Playlist Wars, 00:33:57.609 --> 00:34:01.630 like for me, the second song on the second side 00:34:01.630 --> 00:34:05.269 is the linchpin. It's the secret weapon, whether 00:34:05.269 --> 00:34:08.309 it's the best song or it's maybe the really good 00:34:08.309 --> 00:34:11.849 one that nobody saw coming. Like I did that with 00:34:11.849 --> 00:34:14.309 the Motown episode with the Jimmy Ruffin song. 00:34:14.550 --> 00:34:19.389 So I really want to follow that up with a song 00:34:19.389 --> 00:34:22.789 that maybe people just were not thinking of, 00:34:22.869 --> 00:34:26.860 but they'll be extremely. pleased to hear it 00:34:26.860 --> 00:34:31.219 when it comes on and i am going with a song that 00:34:31.219 --> 00:34:36.460 i think is just perfect well not really but it's 00:34:36.460 --> 00:34:41.380 good enough for now from polka party nice i love 00:34:41.380 --> 00:34:43.820 this song this is first of all i just want to 00:34:43.820 --> 00:34:47.579 say weird al is primarily comedy and this song 00:34:47.579 --> 00:34:52.500 is hilarious i played this for a married friend 00:34:52.500 --> 00:34:56.599 of mine And she was just about doubled over with 00:34:56.599 --> 00:34:58.719 laughter. She says, I gotta play this for my 00:34:58.719 --> 00:35:01.440 husband. And she says, he loves this song too. 00:35:02.340 --> 00:35:07.940 Just the subtlety of his word choices in this 00:35:07.940 --> 00:35:11.840 song. I'm relatively lucky. I guess I couldn't 00:35:11.840 --> 00:35:15.059 ask for too much more. Not only that, first of 00:35:15.059 --> 00:35:17.880 all, country, the old time country style, the 00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:21.090 Rock Hall loves. To somewhat. And they've shown 00:35:21.090 --> 00:35:23.710 country music a lot more love in the past couple 00:35:23.710 --> 00:35:29.250 classes. But this has that old time Hank Williams, 00:35:29.610 --> 00:35:35.110 Bob Wills feel of country music to it. And what 00:35:35.110 --> 00:35:38.989 makes this so brilliant as well, because country 00:35:38.989 --> 00:35:43.530 music tends to be self -parodying long enough. 00:35:43.750 --> 00:35:46.949 Like there's actually a country song about when 00:35:46.949 --> 00:35:49.590 you play a country music. song backwards you 00:35:49.590 --> 00:35:52.530 get everything back that you lost like country 00:35:52.530 --> 00:35:55.789 music actually takes its own shots at itself 00:35:55.789 --> 00:35:59.610 so this song in all its glorious humor could 00:35:59.610 --> 00:36:03.230 pass for a straight -laced country song like 00:36:03.230 --> 00:36:07.590 this song could have been a john prine casey 00:36:07.590 --> 00:36:10.829 musgraves duet and no one would have been any 00:36:10.829 --> 00:36:14.090 the wiser like you could just have casey sing 00:36:14.650 --> 00:36:17.150 Instead of the woman I've always longed for, 00:36:17.230 --> 00:36:19.050 you could just have the one man instead of woman. 00:36:19.429 --> 00:36:21.889 Change that one bit for her and they could have 00:36:21.889 --> 00:36:25.110 sung it together as a duet. Sometimes a joke 00:36:25.110 --> 00:36:27.670 is so funny you don't realize it's a joke. I 00:36:27.670 --> 00:36:31.130 was reading YouTube comments for this song and 00:36:31.130 --> 00:36:35.170 somebody wrote, My parents two -stepped to this 00:36:35.170 --> 00:36:38.349 song at my sister's reception and had no idea 00:36:38.349 --> 00:36:43.269 it was Weird Al. This song is so brilliant. It's 00:36:43.269 --> 00:36:47.019 hilarious. And it really does sound great going 00:36:47.019 --> 00:36:50.460 back to what you said about his band. So I have 00:36:50.460 --> 00:36:52.599 to include from Polka Party. Good enough for 00:36:52.599 --> 00:36:55.460 now. Well, I swear I'm never going to leave you, 00:36:55.480 --> 00:36:57.739 darling, at least till something better comes. 00:36:57.960 --> 00:37:03.619 I applaud the pick. And to me, that actually 00:37:03.619 --> 00:37:07.260 gives me such a perfect thing to launch into. 00:37:07.420 --> 00:37:09.400 And I'm actually going to stick with because 00:37:09.400 --> 00:37:12.239 you did the style parody of the country ballad. 00:37:12.599 --> 00:37:16.099 I want to take that style parody and lean into 00:37:16.099 --> 00:37:19.280 it lyrically just a little bit more and kind 00:37:19.280 --> 00:37:22.099 of take it to where maybe in good enough for 00:37:22.099 --> 00:37:25.639 now, he's kind of okay with things, but I want 00:37:25.639 --> 00:37:29.119 to take it back an album back to dare to be stupid 00:37:29.119 --> 00:37:32.800 where things aren't going so well and do the 00:37:32.800 --> 00:37:36.940 amazing style parody of Elvis and doo -wop with 00:37:36.940 --> 00:37:40.420 one more minute. I'd rather have my blood sucked 00:37:40.420 --> 00:37:43.889 out by leeches. Shove an ice pick under a toenail 00:37:43.889 --> 00:37:47.469 or two. I'd rather clean all the bathrooms in 00:37:47.469 --> 00:37:50.730 Grand Central Station with my tongue than spend 00:37:50.730 --> 00:37:53.130 one more minute with you. This was the first 00:37:53.130 --> 00:37:57.269 song that truly made me burst out crying laughing 00:37:57.269 --> 00:38:00.789 at a Weird Al song as a kid. I thought this was 00:38:00.789 --> 00:38:03.510 the funniest thing I had ever heard. The first 00:38:03.510 --> 00:38:06.650 time I saw him live, he played it. And it just 00:38:06.650 --> 00:38:09.559 has always been one of my favorite. Weird Al 00:38:09.559 --> 00:38:11.980 songs because it's everything I love about his 00:38:11.980 --> 00:38:15.480 sense of humor. Diving into a swimming pool filled 00:38:15.480 --> 00:38:18.300 with double edged razor blades. I mean, yeah, 00:38:18.360 --> 00:38:21.460 sure. Don't I wouldn't recommend doing it, but 00:38:21.460 --> 00:38:24.219 it's hysterical to think of in the context of 00:38:24.219 --> 00:38:28.159 this song. So coming out of good enough for now, 00:38:28.320 --> 00:38:31.420 one more minute from Dare to be Stupid. And not 00:38:31.420 --> 00:38:34.219 only does he capture the Elvis and the Jordan 00:38:34.219 --> 00:38:37.320 Nears kind of crooning ballad style, but it also, 00:38:37.380 --> 00:38:40.800 again, showcases. His gift for hyperbole and 00:38:40.800 --> 00:38:44.699 how it just keeps getting more and more outlandish. 00:38:44.800 --> 00:38:48.039 I love that song. That was on my list as well. 00:38:48.860 --> 00:38:51.659 And, oh, there are two songs I really want to 00:38:51.659 --> 00:38:53.539 follow it up with, and they're both from albums 00:38:53.539 --> 00:38:58.500 we've already tapped. But, you know, I'm going 00:38:58.500 --> 00:39:02.760 to stick with this lyrical theme. And I'm going 00:39:02.760 --> 00:39:05.210 to go back to Bad Hair Day. And I'm going to 00:39:05.210 --> 00:39:10.750 go with I'm so sick of you. First of all, Elvis 00:39:10.750 --> 00:39:13.230 Costello and the Attractions Hall of Fame inductee. 00:39:13.289 --> 00:39:18.150 So you got that box checked. Second of all, let's 00:39:18.150 --> 00:39:21.949 talk about music and how it hits people personally. 00:39:22.670 --> 00:39:25.269 Lately, at every induction ceremony, somebody 00:39:25.269 --> 00:39:29.690 has gotten up to say so -and -so is in my personal 00:39:29.690 --> 00:39:32.980 Hall of Fame. And that phrase kind of makes me 00:39:32.980 --> 00:39:35.739 cringe a little bit, I have to admit. But what 00:39:35.739 --> 00:39:39.639 I do respect about it is the idea of how music 00:39:39.639 --> 00:39:43.420 affects everybody personally, even if it's in 00:39:43.420 --> 00:39:46.699 different ways. And I'm So Sick of You is a song 00:39:46.699 --> 00:39:50.639 that affected me personally. Not to get into 00:39:50.639 --> 00:39:53.659 too much detail, but after a breakup that I was 00:39:53.659 --> 00:39:55.940 trying to be, you know, nice on the outside, 00:39:56.099 --> 00:39:59.469 everything kind of cool. not really dealing with 00:39:59.469 --> 00:40:02.590 my emotions in a healthy and mature way. And 00:40:02.590 --> 00:40:04.630 then I heard this song for the first time. I 00:40:04.630 --> 00:40:08.869 was like, oh, I have permission to have all these 00:40:08.869 --> 00:40:10.809 feelings and to deal with them in a better way 00:40:10.809 --> 00:40:14.449 than this. So sometimes the song you need is 00:40:14.449 --> 00:40:17.449 going to find you and you're not even going to 00:40:17.449 --> 00:40:19.989 be looking for it at a time you're not looking 00:40:19.989 --> 00:40:22.949 for anything. And it's just because this is such 00:40:22.949 --> 00:40:25.449 a personal one, it's a bit of a off the wall 00:40:25.449 --> 00:40:28.019 one, but I have to go with it. I'm so sick of 00:40:28.019 --> 00:40:30.780 you from bad hair day. And when you softly call 00:40:30.780 --> 00:40:33.380 my name, it's like, I'm listening to a squeaky 00:40:33.380 --> 00:40:36.739 chalk sound. I just want to say as a disclaimer, 00:40:36.960 --> 00:40:40.179 like nothing he says in the song is true about 00:40:40.179 --> 00:40:42.719 my ex. It's just about the feelings you have 00:40:42.719 --> 00:40:47.579 that when you go through a bad breakup. And for 00:40:47.579 --> 00:40:49.599 me, it was just about allowing myself to deal 00:40:49.599 --> 00:40:52.039 with them in a better way. So thank you weird 00:40:52.039 --> 00:40:57.510 Al for that. What a great followup. I mean, Honestly, 00:40:57.590 --> 00:40:59.909 we're really taking, I mean, if I had not put, 00:40:59.949 --> 00:41:04.170 you don't love me any more on side a, Oh my God, 00:41:04.230 --> 00:41:08.289 it would fit really well right here. But I know 00:41:08.289 --> 00:41:10.269 we haven't touched on any song parodies yet, 00:41:10.309 --> 00:41:12.349 but I know the perfect way to kind of end this 00:41:12.349 --> 00:41:15.309 good enough for now. One more minute. I'm so 00:41:15.309 --> 00:41:18.170 sick of you. I got one more song that lyrically 00:41:18.170 --> 00:41:21.309 I think is just perfect to come out of. I'm so 00:41:21.309 --> 00:41:24.989 sick of you. And I'm going to take that outward. 00:41:25.990 --> 00:41:30.269 Loathing. And turn it inward. Because I'm just 00:41:30.269 --> 00:41:32.829 a no good scum sucking. Nose picking. Boot licking. 00:41:32.909 --> 00:41:35.210 Sniveling. Groveling. Worthless hunk of slime. 00:41:35.630 --> 00:41:38.170 Nothing but a low down beer belly. Bone headed. 00:41:38.349 --> 00:41:41.349 Pigeon toed. Turkey neck. Weasel faced. Worthless 00:41:41.349 --> 00:41:46.389 hunk of slime. His incredible blues parody. Generic 00:41:46.389 --> 00:41:51.130 blues. From UHF. The original motion picture 00:41:51.130 --> 00:41:55.039 soundtrack. and other stuff, 1989. We haven't 00:41:55.039 --> 00:41:57.280 touched on that album yet, and I feel like we'd 00:41:57.280 --> 00:41:59.840 be doing this whole episode a disservice to not 00:41:59.840 --> 00:42:03.219 touch on, A, that brilliant movie, and B, I really 00:42:03.219 --> 00:42:05.559 wish this song was in the movie. I should throw 00:42:05.559 --> 00:42:08.199 out there, but the entire album's hysterical 00:42:08.199 --> 00:42:10.199 from start to finish between the skits from the 00:42:10.199 --> 00:42:12.840 movie and the other music he put out. Another 00:42:12.840 --> 00:42:15.420 polka alert, the Hot Rocks polka on this album, 00:42:15.599 --> 00:42:20.380 hysterical. Yeah, Generic Blues from UHF. my 00:42:20.380 --> 00:42:22.980 siblings hated me because i was an only child 00:42:22.980 --> 00:42:25.679 i mean that is probably my favorite that's one 00:42:25.679 --> 00:42:27.599 of my favorite lines of the song also just with 00:42:27.599 --> 00:42:30.980 the solo make it talk okay now make it shut up 00:42:30.980 --> 00:42:37.500 again the band is so talented by doing something 00:42:37.500 --> 00:42:40.280 like that they're taking their talents and putting 00:42:40.280 --> 00:42:42.059 it to comedic effect because you know there's 00:42:42.059 --> 00:42:45.280 some blues bands that kind of meander on a couple 00:42:45.280 --> 00:42:47.119 of notes over and over again. And this is Weird 00:42:47.119 --> 00:42:50.039 Al honing into that and making it a punchline 00:42:50.039 --> 00:42:54.800 part of the song. So brilliant. Yes. Okay. Following 00:42:54.800 --> 00:42:57.980 up generic blues. And again, that kind of definitely 00:42:57.980 --> 00:43:00.840 closes that arc beautifully because it starts 00:43:00.840 --> 00:43:03.300 with a country song and ends with blues, blues 00:43:03.300 --> 00:43:07.260 and country, the two biggest parent genres of 00:43:07.260 --> 00:43:09.659 rock and roll, along with gospel and along with 00:43:09.659 --> 00:43:14.050 jazz and folk. Sure. So basically. When we're 00:43:14.050 --> 00:43:16.869 talking about expanding the definition of rock 00:43:16.869 --> 00:43:19.869 and roll so that we don't just think of post 00:43:19.869 --> 00:43:23.750 -British invasion guitar bands, the idea of making 00:43:23.750 --> 00:43:28.449 other instruments rock. And I think Weird Al 00:43:28.449 --> 00:43:33.329 really makes the accordion rock best as a lead 00:43:33.329 --> 00:43:36.570 instrument. Some may disagree, and that's fine 00:43:36.570 --> 00:43:39.429 because there are a few good examples here, but... 00:43:39.760 --> 00:43:41.780 I'm going to go all the way back to the self 00:43:41.780 --> 00:43:43.500 -titled album, and I'm going to go with I'll 00:43:43.500 --> 00:43:47.340 Be Mellow When I'm Dead. Yes! Yes, yes, yes, 00:43:47.440 --> 00:43:50.780 yes! Thank you! I don't want to stick to the 00:43:50.780 --> 00:43:54.000 narrow connotation of rock and roll, but for 00:43:54.000 --> 00:43:58.039 those who do, who are married, wed to that mindset 00:43:58.039 --> 00:44:02.320 of what rock and roll is, he rocks the accordion 00:44:02.320 --> 00:44:07.219 on that track. He just makes it baller. Even 00:44:07.219 --> 00:44:10.579 without the lyrics. which are rock and roll themselves. 00:44:10.820 --> 00:44:13.840 I'll be mellow when I'm dead. That's also a country 00:44:13.840 --> 00:44:17.360 theme too, but it speaks to how rock and roll 00:44:17.360 --> 00:44:20.699 can go anywhere. I mean, you got Korn including 00:44:20.699 --> 00:44:25.019 bagpipes. Mellencamp has a violinist. There's 00:44:25.019 --> 00:44:27.619 no instrument you cannot incorporate into rock 00:44:27.619 --> 00:44:30.500 and roll. The accordion is incorporated into 00:44:30.500 --> 00:44:33.099 some dance songs or at least an electronophonic 00:44:33.099 --> 00:44:37.400 synthesis of the accordion sound. So it's definitely 00:44:37.400 --> 00:44:40.340 part of the rock and roll conversation. And I 00:44:40.340 --> 00:44:43.440 think I'll be mellow when I'm dead is just the 00:44:43.440 --> 00:44:47.900 primo example of how to make it rock. So, yes, 00:44:47.920 --> 00:44:51.780 I'll be mellow when I'm dead. Thank you for picking 00:44:51.780 --> 00:44:55.420 that, because I was actually debating starting 00:44:55.420 --> 00:44:58.119 off side B with that. And then I pivoted to go 00:44:58.119 --> 00:45:01.559 to get something off of in 3D. That was easily 00:45:01.559 --> 00:45:04.260 in my bucket list. And that was like my 11th 00:45:04.260 --> 00:45:06.679 song that I just couldn't figure out where to 00:45:06.679 --> 00:45:09.460 plug it in. So thank you because you made my 00:45:09.460 --> 00:45:14.039 life much easier now because I absolutely love 00:45:14.039 --> 00:45:17.920 that song. Lyrically, yes, it's a comedy song, 00:45:18.079 --> 00:45:20.760 but I mean, now it's time to go for all the gusto 00:45:20.760 --> 00:45:23.059 you can grab. You have plenty of time to be low 00:45:23.059 --> 00:45:25.940 key when you're laid out on the slab. This is 00:45:25.940 --> 00:45:29.349 a punk rock song with accordion in it. Damn it, 00:45:29.349 --> 00:45:32.929 it works so perfectly. I love this track. I love 00:45:32.929 --> 00:45:36.210 the punky nature of his self -titled album from 00:45:36.210 --> 00:45:39.550 83 because it's got that really independent spirit 00:45:39.550 --> 00:45:42.989 to it. And it just feels very young and very 00:45:42.989 --> 00:45:45.969 energetic. And this song, I think, truly encapsulates 00:45:45.969 --> 00:45:52.210 that vibe the most from the entire album. But 00:45:52.210 --> 00:45:55.550 coming out of it, we're now up to track seven 00:45:55.550 --> 00:45:58.989 on side B. And we have no song parodies. So now 00:45:58.989 --> 00:46:01.170 we got to balance it out a little bit. We're 00:46:01.170 --> 00:46:03.750 going heavy into the style and heavy into the 00:46:03.750 --> 00:46:06.030 originals. So we got to bring in some heavy hitting 00:46:06.030 --> 00:46:09.849 song parodies. And to me, I can't think of a 00:46:09.849 --> 00:46:12.130 song that bridges the gap between myself and 00:46:12.130 --> 00:46:16.030 my kids with a song parody than 2006's White 00:46:16.030 --> 00:46:19.469 and Nerdy. Yes. Riding by Chameleon Air featuring 00:46:19.469 --> 00:46:22.550 Crazy Bone from 2006's Straight Outta Linwood. 00:46:22.590 --> 00:46:25.889 I mean, come on. This song is one of Weird Al's. 00:46:26.360 --> 00:46:29.679 most brilliant songs and again showing off the 00:46:29.679 --> 00:46:32.539 band's talents musically they nail the music 00:46:32.539 --> 00:46:36.599 and weird al nails the delivery because if he 00:46:36.599 --> 00:46:39.659 could not spit the lyrics out properly you lose 00:46:39.659 --> 00:46:43.219 the flow of the song you lose the impact that 00:46:43.219 --> 00:46:46.400 the song has and the fact that the lyrics are 00:46:46.400 --> 00:46:49.760 just so spot on Between, yo, I got myself a fanny 00:46:49.760 --> 00:46:51.820 pack. They were having a sale down at the Gap. 00:46:52.000 --> 00:46:54.400 Spend my nights with a roll of bubble wrap. Pop, 00:46:54.440 --> 00:46:57.440 pop, hope no one sees me. Getting freaky. I mean, 00:46:57.480 --> 00:47:01.219 this song is so hysterical. So much fun. He comes 00:47:01.219 --> 00:47:03.719 out on stage on the Segway with it. It bridges 00:47:03.719 --> 00:47:07.000 the Gap and shows that Weird Al's abilities are 00:47:07.000 --> 00:47:10.960 timeless. Because if you told me in 1984 that 00:47:10.960 --> 00:47:14.519 in 2006, the kids that listen to music then. 00:47:15.199 --> 00:47:17.719 Would be just as impressed by Weird Al as we 00:47:17.719 --> 00:47:19.880 were in 1984. I don't know if I'd believe you, 00:47:19.940 --> 00:47:22.619 but he has found a way to reinvent himself time 00:47:22.619 --> 00:47:25.460 and time and time again. And white nerdy belongs 00:47:25.460 --> 00:47:28.480 in the conversation of Weird Al's best song parodies 00:47:28.480 --> 00:47:31.639 ever. Absolutely, it does. And thank you for 00:47:31.639 --> 00:47:34.980 taking that one off my shoulders as well. That 00:47:34.980 --> 00:47:37.059 was one. It's like I got to find a way to work 00:47:37.059 --> 00:47:39.840 that song in because for a lot of the reasons 00:47:39.840 --> 00:47:42.639 you just said. But here's some more, especially 00:47:42.639 --> 00:47:45.059 about. making a case for him in the Rock and 00:47:45.059 --> 00:47:47.820 Roll Hall of Fame. First of all, nerd culture 00:47:47.820 --> 00:47:50.179 has been on the rise. The Rock and Roll Hall 00:47:50.179 --> 00:47:54.480 of Fame is trying to attract younger people to 00:47:54.480 --> 00:47:57.920 spend money on it at the museum and get them 00:47:57.920 --> 00:47:59.900 more interested in the rock and roll conversation. 00:48:00.699 --> 00:48:04.719 And the way Weird Al has always been about nerd 00:48:04.719 --> 00:48:07.889 culture, but this is probably the... anthem of 00:48:07.889 --> 00:48:09.630 it although i mean obviously you can be other 00:48:09.630 --> 00:48:12.909 races and nerdy as well it just weird all happens 00:48:12.909 --> 00:48:15.389 to be white that's what it is but the thing about 00:48:15.389 --> 00:48:19.889 nerd culture and the way gen z and even the younger 00:48:19.889 --> 00:48:25.190 millennials really embraced it as a means of 00:48:25.190 --> 00:48:29.590 saying whatever you're into that's awesome and 00:48:29.590 --> 00:48:31.150 that's kind of what the rock and roll spirit 00:48:31.150 --> 00:48:35.579 is about is just embracing what you love Obviously, 00:48:35.719 --> 00:48:38.420 within certain parameters, you don't harm anybody. 00:48:38.480 --> 00:48:40.719 Keep your mind on and focused on what's important 00:48:40.719 --> 00:48:44.199 in life. Don't forget those things. But it's 00:48:44.199 --> 00:48:47.179 about living your best life, having that attitude. 00:48:47.579 --> 00:48:50.960 And the way Weird Al just embraces it with the 00:48:50.960 --> 00:48:53.780 lyrics and also showing off his amazing talent, 00:48:54.039 --> 00:48:57.460 his rapping talent is on full display there. 00:48:57.639 --> 00:49:01.360 And also in the video, the video, the best part 00:49:01.360 --> 00:49:04.219 for me is just Donny Osmond dancing. Oh, my God. 00:49:04.219 --> 00:49:07.510 Yeah. I don't know what made him think to ask 00:49:07.510 --> 00:49:11.289 Donny Osmond, but it just works. And the way 00:49:11.289 --> 00:49:15.849 Donny just does the dancing so shamelessly and 00:49:15.849 --> 00:49:19.789 gracefully at the same time, it just, it is so 00:49:19.789 --> 00:49:24.730 hilarious. That song, oh, my goodness. You just 00:49:24.730 --> 00:49:28.269 made my day with that one. Thank you very much. 00:49:28.269 --> 00:49:31.840 And as great as the original video is, There 00:49:31.840 --> 00:49:34.880 is a second music video for this song that features 00:49:34.880 --> 00:49:37.980 nothing but Donny Osmond outtakes. And it is 00:49:37.980 --> 00:49:41.119 so freaking hysterically brilliant. I'm going 00:49:41.119 --> 00:49:44.539 to embed it over on the episode page at myweeklymixtape 00:49:44.539 --> 00:49:47.219 .com so you could go and watch this because it 00:49:47.219 --> 00:49:50.519 will literally make you laugh to tears. It is 00:49:50.519 --> 00:49:54.980 as funny as the original video, just for three 00:49:54.980 --> 00:49:57.820 straight minutes of Donny Osmond just dancing 00:49:57.820 --> 00:50:01.239 like a jackass behind Weird Al. Unbelievably 00:50:01.239 --> 00:50:06.840 funny. It is. Okay. Oh, so I have two songs left, 00:50:06.920 --> 00:50:09.940 correct? Mm -hmm. Oh, this is going to be tough 00:50:09.940 --> 00:50:13.219 because Alapalooza is the one album we haven't 00:50:13.219 --> 00:50:15.780 gotten to yet, and I've been keeping a tally. 00:50:15.960 --> 00:50:19.639 At the same time, I have two songs I want to 00:50:19.639 --> 00:50:22.920 go with, and neither of them are from Alapalooza. 00:50:23.780 --> 00:50:27.679 Oh, where do I go? All right. Well, this is one 00:50:27.679 --> 00:50:30.880 I absolutely said had to be. on there. I was 00:50:30.880 --> 00:50:34.820 kind of hoping to go earlier, but coming out 00:50:34.820 --> 00:50:37.320 of White and Nerdy, and this is going to get 00:50:37.320 --> 00:50:41.300 back to Weird Al's band behind him, too. I am 00:50:41.300 --> 00:50:44.460 going back to Off the Deep End, and I am going 00:50:44.460 --> 00:50:47.539 with Trigger Happy, if you can believe that. 00:50:47.900 --> 00:50:53.579 So here's why. So, growing up, I'm a couple years 00:50:53.579 --> 00:50:56.900 younger than you, Brian, but... Listening to 00:50:56.900 --> 00:50:59.820 the Old East Station with my mom, running errands 00:50:59.820 --> 00:51:03.280 with her about town, and also the resurgence 00:51:03.280 --> 00:51:06.340 of popularity that Kokomo gave the Beach Boys, 00:51:06.579 --> 00:51:11.179 I was already pretty familiar with the Beach 00:51:11.179 --> 00:51:15.440 Boys pre -Pet Sounds songs by the time Off the 00:51:15.440 --> 00:51:19.119 Deep End came out. Little Deuce Coop, Surfing 00:51:19.119 --> 00:51:22.380 USA, Dance Dancing. I get around. I knew those 00:51:22.380 --> 00:51:26.989 songs. So this song... I immediately got that 00:51:26.989 --> 00:51:28.730 it was kind of, at first I was thinking like, 00:51:28.769 --> 00:51:32.070 what, is he parodying a Beach Boys Deeper song? 00:51:32.329 --> 00:51:34.469 But I didn't quite understand what style parody 00:51:34.469 --> 00:51:38.010 was at the time. But the more I listen to the 00:51:38.010 --> 00:51:42.289 song and being as familiar as I am with the Beach 00:51:42.289 --> 00:51:46.409 Boys, I just appreciate the meticulous detail 00:51:46.409 --> 00:51:50.789 of Al and the incredible talent of his band. 00:51:50.869 --> 00:51:53.989 The more I listen to this song, you've got the 00:51:53.989 --> 00:51:57.039 guitar licks. You've got the drum fills. You 00:51:57.039 --> 00:52:00.260 have the way the kick bass is just soloing over 00:52:00.260 --> 00:52:04.519 or under Weird Al's vocals. Even the degree to 00:52:04.519 --> 00:52:07.000 which Weird Al even tries to sound like Mike 00:52:07.000 --> 00:52:09.860 Love, who sings lead on most of those Beach Boys 00:52:09.860 --> 00:52:13.119 songs that are kind of the endless summer, eternally 00:52:13.119 --> 00:52:18.599 young tracks. Everything about this is just so 00:52:18.599 --> 00:52:22.980 crafted to mimic the style. And this song really 00:52:22.980 --> 00:52:26.699 speaks about it. the most. You just want to talk 00:52:26.699 --> 00:52:29.960 about incredible talent. It absolutely needs 00:52:29.960 --> 00:52:33.280 to be there. First of all, the Beach Boys for 00:52:33.280 --> 00:52:35.320 the longest time were considered America's band. 00:52:35.840 --> 00:52:39.519 So the way he just captures it in such absolute 00:52:39.519 --> 00:52:41.920 detail that I can just appreciate more and more. 00:52:42.360 --> 00:52:46.159 And he can kind of talk about gun humor without 00:52:46.159 --> 00:52:49.679 offending the NRI people or the anti -gun people. 00:52:49.880 --> 00:52:52.719 It's being funny without being offensive. And 00:52:52.719 --> 00:52:55.940 it's such a hard line. to walk. Like I said, 00:52:56.119 --> 00:52:58.000 you know, sometimes he goes for low hanging fruit, 00:52:58.099 --> 00:53:00.539 but he doesn't go blue, which is sometimes even 00:53:00.539 --> 00:53:02.659 easier than going with the low hanging fruit. 00:53:02.719 --> 00:53:06.840 And I really respect him for that. I just think 00:53:06.840 --> 00:53:10.119 it's a hilarious song to boot. I got to have 00:53:10.119 --> 00:53:13.480 trigger happy. I will say this. The point that 00:53:13.480 --> 00:53:15.360 I want to touch on this song is what you had 00:53:15.360 --> 00:53:19.739 said towards the end. He took a very hot topic 00:53:19.739 --> 00:53:23.679 back in the nineties, especially now. And found 00:53:23.679 --> 00:53:27.480 a way to find the humor without punching down, 00:53:27.780 --> 00:53:32.800 keeping it as broad as possible and making it 00:53:32.800 --> 00:53:36.639 funny. I would say this might be one of his most 00:53:36.639 --> 00:53:40.219 quote unquote air quotes here, controversial 00:53:40.219 --> 00:53:42.280 songs based on the fact that he's never played 00:53:42.280 --> 00:53:44.980 it live. But the attention to detail that this 00:53:44.980 --> 00:53:48.079 song has musically should not be understated. 00:53:48.119 --> 00:53:51.019 And again, this is him touching a sensitive subject. 00:53:51.719 --> 00:53:55.900 In a way that hopefully across the board is seen 00:53:55.900 --> 00:53:58.599 for what it is. Commentary. Meant to be funny. 00:53:58.960 --> 00:54:02.059 Meant to be satire. To me, I think he pulls it 00:54:02.059 --> 00:54:06.519 off. Yeah, absolutely. Coming out of that, we've 00:54:06.519 --> 00:54:10.880 only got two songs left. And I have another favorite. 00:54:10.920 --> 00:54:13.159 And I feel bad because we're going back to an 00:54:13.159 --> 00:54:17.239 album for a fourth time. But it is probably my 00:54:17.239 --> 00:54:20.809 favorite Weird Al album. It's also one of my 00:54:20.809 --> 00:54:24.409 favorite Weird Al parodies. I know Darth Vader's 00:54:24.409 --> 00:54:26.210 really got you annoyed, but remember, if you 00:54:26.210 --> 00:54:29.949 kill him, then you'll be unemployed. Yoda, the 00:54:29.949 --> 00:54:33.530 song parody of Lola by the Kinks. He always plays 00:54:33.530 --> 00:54:36.929 it second to last at his shows. It's just one 00:54:36.929 --> 00:54:39.730 of those songs that, to me, is timeless in its 00:54:39.730 --> 00:54:42.809 sense of humor growing up with Star Wars. This 00:54:42.809 --> 00:54:46.750 was a song that made me laugh and spoke to my... 00:54:47.130 --> 00:54:49.909 eight -year -old Star Wars fandom in a sense 00:54:49.909 --> 00:54:53.429 of humor that truly resonated with me. And it's 00:54:53.429 --> 00:54:56.570 a song that to me is timeless because Star Wars 00:54:56.570 --> 00:54:58.610 is still in pop culture now. And the song is 00:54:58.610 --> 00:55:01.289 still funny to kids that go see him live now. 00:55:01.690 --> 00:55:04.690 So you want to make a case for why Weird Al should 00:55:04.690 --> 00:55:06.429 be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Here's 00:55:06.429 --> 00:55:09.590 a song that I see adults and kids singing along 00:55:09.590 --> 00:55:12.670 to at his shows now. And that's Yoda. Yes. And 00:55:12.670 --> 00:55:16.429 I will admit too. The Saga Begins was one of 00:55:16.429 --> 00:55:19.730 the three songs I was juggling to use as a starter 00:55:19.730 --> 00:55:23.989 because talk about the idea of things that last. 00:55:24.110 --> 00:55:28.949 The Star Wars canon and even the fandom canons, 00:55:28.949 --> 00:55:32.389 geez, the oxymoron there, it's lasted and it's 00:55:32.389 --> 00:55:37.469 based on a classic song. So yeah, Yoda. I mean, 00:55:37.489 --> 00:55:41.170 that is a great song and it's about things that 00:55:41.170 --> 00:55:44.440 people can still relate to. Between the generations. 00:55:44.500 --> 00:55:48.780 So, yes, absolutely. And now, Philip, you have 00:55:48.780 --> 00:55:53.260 the honor or misfortune, depending on how you 00:55:53.260 --> 00:55:55.820 want to look at it, of closing out our evening 00:55:55.820 --> 00:56:01.780 tonight. Oh, yes, yes, yes. Boy, there is one 00:56:01.780 --> 00:56:07.300 song I really wanted to include, but I don't 00:56:07.300 --> 00:56:10.800 know if it works. I kind of also thought about 00:56:10.800 --> 00:56:15.130 going. to the closing track from uh the carnival 00:56:15.130 --> 00:56:18.230 of the animals from the peter the wolf especially 00:56:18.230 --> 00:56:22.070 because he kind of insults the people like now 00:56:22.070 --> 00:56:25.690 go find something better to do but i don't think 00:56:25.690 --> 00:56:30.369 i'll do that um do i want to include alapalooza 00:56:30.369 --> 00:56:35.789 or do i want to go with another song you know 00:56:35.789 --> 00:56:38.760 what For those about to rock, we salute you. 00:56:39.340 --> 00:56:43.719 Alapalooza's Young, Dumb, and Ugly. Wow! Posing 00:56:43.719 --> 00:56:46.380 it out with the, I mean, it's an ACDC -style 00:56:46.380 --> 00:56:50.019 parody, obviously, but also, you know, ACDC, 00:56:50.099 --> 00:56:52.679 obviously, very beloved by the hall and by rock 00:56:52.679 --> 00:56:56.159 lovers, but it gives that element of fidelity, 00:56:56.239 --> 00:57:00.900 even if it is the second song on the album. I 00:57:00.900 --> 00:57:03.619 just see it kind of as a way to bring the house 00:57:03.619 --> 00:57:06.739 down and bring it to a close. And like I said, 00:57:06.780 --> 00:57:10.480 who doesn't love ACDC? So yeah, let's close it 00:57:10.480 --> 00:57:12.920 out with young, dumb and ugly. And let's get 00:57:12.920 --> 00:57:16.119 every one of his studio albums represented here. 00:57:16.980 --> 00:57:19.340 Fantastic. And I know there's probably going 00:57:19.340 --> 00:57:22.239 to be, I can already hear it right now. How did 00:57:22.239 --> 00:57:24.079 you leave off this? How did you leave off this? 00:57:24.139 --> 00:57:27.539 Thankfully, Weird Al has enough songs to easily 00:57:27.539 --> 00:57:29.519 do a volume two, three and four. So I'm not even 00:57:29.519 --> 00:57:32.679 worried about that. But what a fantastic pick 00:57:32.679 --> 00:57:35.920 from Alapalooza. Because to me. ala palusa is 00:57:35.920 --> 00:57:39.559 one of his more underrated albums obviously you 00:57:39.559 --> 00:57:43.960 had bedrock anthem an achy breaky song but there 00:57:43.960 --> 00:57:47.280 wasn't a litany of tracks from this one that 00:57:47.280 --> 00:57:51.059 continue to get played throughout the years except 00:57:51.059 --> 00:57:53.179 for harvey the wonder hamster that got brought 00:57:53.179 --> 00:57:55.280 out on his strings attached to her which i think 00:57:55.280 --> 00:57:59.159 was yes absolutely brilliant But I love the pick 00:57:59.159 --> 00:58:01.239 because to me, this is a deep cut and it's a 00:58:01.239 --> 00:58:03.800 style parody of one of my favorite bands on the 00:58:03.800 --> 00:58:07.360 planet. So bravo. Well, thank you. I had a lot 00:58:07.360 --> 00:58:10.079 of great followers. You're right. People are 00:58:10.079 --> 00:58:11.579 going to be like, how'd you leave off this one? 00:58:11.639 --> 00:58:14.099 I noticed that we didn't bring any of the food 00:58:14.099 --> 00:58:16.579 songs to this. And I'm actually kind of glad 00:58:16.579 --> 00:58:19.719 about that because people who don't like Weird 00:58:19.719 --> 00:58:23.469 Al, who say, oh, he's not worth enshrining. One 00:58:23.469 --> 00:58:24.829 of the things they always say when they talk 00:58:24.829 --> 00:58:26.309 about, oh, he's just the guy who does the food 00:58:26.309 --> 00:58:28.530 songs. Like that's all they know about him. And 00:58:28.530 --> 00:58:31.590 they don't open their ears and minds to anything 00:58:31.590 --> 00:58:35.150 else of the man's brilliance. So that's why I 00:58:35.150 --> 00:58:37.309 kind of wanted to stay away from food songs. 00:58:37.389 --> 00:58:39.849 That's why I didn't go with eat it. I wouldn't 00:58:39.849 --> 00:58:41.690 have been mad if you did. Don't get me wrong. 00:58:42.110 --> 00:58:44.789 But I definitely wanted to keep the conversation 00:58:44.789 --> 00:58:48.369 away from the food songs. Say, hey, the guy is 00:58:48.369 --> 00:58:51.170 a lot more than this. Are there good food songs 00:58:51.170 --> 00:58:56.440 of his? Obviously. But I wanted to really address 00:58:56.440 --> 00:59:01.940 the man's whole gestalt, if you will. And since 00:59:01.940 --> 00:59:04.900 Albuquerque was already taken, young, dumb, and 00:59:04.900 --> 00:59:07.719 ugly. And I will say, too, it really does capture 00:59:07.719 --> 00:59:10.260 that rock and roll spirit of just being young, 00:59:10.340 --> 00:59:12.760 dumb, and ugly. You know, the misfits, the people 00:59:12.760 --> 00:59:16.019 who don't fit in. I will say I also thought about 00:59:16.019 --> 00:59:19.489 Smells Like Nirvana because... The idea of we're 00:59:19.489 --> 00:59:21.730 so loud and incoherent, boy, this really ought 00:59:21.730 --> 00:59:24.829 to bug your parents. How is that not the definition 00:59:24.829 --> 00:59:28.170 of rock and roll? I also had a hard time leaving 00:59:28.170 --> 00:59:30.809 off Everything You Know Is Wrong. That song is 00:59:30.809 --> 00:59:34.150 just brilliant on so many levels. I don't even 00:59:34.150 --> 00:59:38.409 have time to get in. But I'm happy with the pick. 00:59:38.489 --> 00:59:42.269 I think it makes the statement that we all feel 00:59:42.269 --> 00:59:44.309 good as being made even if we weren't sure if 00:59:44.309 --> 00:59:46.480 we were going to be the ones to make it. Well, 00:59:46.519 --> 00:59:48.900 I will challenge only one thing you said there 00:59:48.900 --> 00:59:52.199 that we didn't mention food songs without going 00:59:52.199 --> 00:59:56.099 into details. I think Albuquerque covers the 00:59:56.099 --> 01:00:00.360 food topic. Yes, it does. Quite well. It's good 01:00:00.360 --> 01:00:02.920 for you. That's all I'll say. Okay. Fair enough. 01:00:04.039 --> 01:00:06.360 And that, Mixtapers, concludes Side B of our 01:00:06.360 --> 01:00:09.179 ultimate Weird Al Yankovic mixtape, which consists 01:00:09.179 --> 01:00:12.539 of Midnight Star from N3D, Good Enough for Now 01:00:12.539 --> 01:00:15.280 from Polka Party, One More Minute from Dare to 01:00:15.280 --> 01:00:18.119 Be Stupid, I'm So Sick of You from Bad Hair Day, 01:00:18.380 --> 01:00:21.639 Generic Blues from UHF, I'll Be Mellow When I'm 01:00:21.639 --> 01:00:24.440 Dead from Weird Al Yankovic, White and Nerdy 01:00:24.440 --> 01:00:26.880 from Straight Outta Linwood, Trigger Happy from 01:00:26.880 --> 01:00:29.650 Off the Deep End, Yoda from Dare to be Stupid, 01:00:29.789 --> 01:00:33.409 and Young, Dumb, and Ugly from Alapalooza. Head 01:00:33.409 --> 01:00:36.230 over to myweeklymixtape .com to hear all the 01:00:36.230 --> 01:00:38.739 songs we've discussed in this mix. through the 01:00:38.739 --> 01:00:42.139 playlist embedded on the episode page. Now, Philip, 01:00:42.280 --> 01:00:44.719 I know you're a huge fan of the Rock and Roll 01:00:44.719 --> 01:00:47.159 Hall of Fame, and you also have a blog that's 01:00:47.159 --> 01:00:50.000 dedicated to it. So why don't you let listeners 01:00:50.000 --> 01:00:51.920 know where they could read up on that if they 01:00:51.920 --> 01:00:54.219 want to read more about the ongoings at the Rock 01:00:54.219 --> 01:00:56.539 Hall, because I think it's truly a fantastic 01:00:56.539 --> 01:00:59.659 place for commentary on the Rock Hall. Well, 01:00:59.699 --> 01:01:01.699 thank you very much. I have to admit, I haven't 01:01:01.699 --> 01:01:04.739 been as active because my job keeps me very busy, 01:01:04.760 --> 01:01:07.630 but also. because my laptop broke and it's easier 01:01:07.630 --> 01:01:11.010 to write on a laptop than on a phone. But if 01:01:11.010 --> 01:01:13.349 you're looking for it, it's called rockhallmonitors 01:01:13.349 --> 01:01:17.030 .blogger or blogspot, whichever you prefer, .com. 01:01:17.690 --> 01:01:19.949 Rockhallmonitors, all one word, no special characters, 01:01:20.210 --> 01:01:22.409 anything like that. I'm trying to get back on 01:01:22.409 --> 01:01:25.309 it. I've done a couple fanfic playlists from 01:01:25.309 --> 01:01:27.849 your previous podcast, Playlist Wars. I hope 01:01:27.849 --> 01:01:30.289 you've enjoyed those posts as well. By all means. 01:01:30.610 --> 01:01:33.710 Yeah, I was hoping to weigh in on the current 01:01:33.710 --> 01:01:36.119 ceremony, but I haven't had a chance to. watch 01:01:36.119 --> 01:01:39.559 it undistracted yet so hopefully that's on the 01:01:39.559 --> 01:01:42.920 list of things to do in the near future but it's 01:01:42.920 --> 01:01:46.019 a fun little venue for me to talk about how i 01:01:46.019 --> 01:01:47.380 feel about things about the rock and roll hall 01:01:47.380 --> 01:01:49.820 of fame and some members of the community have 01:01:49.820 --> 01:01:52.260 found it useful as well and i feel very humbled 01:01:52.260 --> 01:01:54.739 by that but yeah if you want to check it out 01:01:54.739 --> 01:01:58.099 that's where it is well philip This is an absolute 01:01:58.099 --> 01:02:00.960 pleasure. First off, thank you so much for being 01:02:00.960 --> 01:02:03.619 a Patreon mixtaper and supporting the show the 01:02:03.619 --> 01:02:06.300 way you do. 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