The Weird Al thread
 

Coaster Matt threatened to do it but I beat him to it. :D

After seeing the new video I checked out Weird Al's site.

Turns out he can't release this spoof on his record but you can download it free!

I love Weird Al. The Polkarama song on his new album is hilarious!

OMG! The Lost Rhapsody is hilarious! I love Lost and Al!:snap:

The song "You're Pitiful" is a parody of "Your Beautiful". Weird Al always gets the artist's approval. Al got the approval for Your Pitiful and recorded it for his new album. Then the artist's record label said "no". :eek:

Now, Al doesn't have to have approval to put these out, but because he got a "no"', he left it off the album. But he wants to know when does a record label own the voice of their artists, and change their opinions for them? So, he decided that because he had the artist's approval already, and just to piss off the suits, instead of selling the song, he'd give it away on his myspace!:D

So, it off of "Strieght Outta Lynwood"? I still gotta get me that one! I have all his other CDs......

Yeah. I downloaded it off iTunes the day it came out. It's awesome!

Did you get the extras with that? Like the videos and such?

No. The weird thing is that it's not even on iTunes anymore. I didn't download the entire album, though. Just a few songs.

Wierd (no pun intended. Well, maybe...)

It doesn't come out until the 26th, so I think itunes did a boo-boo. I got this email:

Dear Close, Personal Friend Of Al...

In case you haven't heard the good news... the wait is almost over.

The new "Weird Al" Yankovic album, Straight Outta Lynwood, will be in stores on September 26!

Straight Outta Lynwood features 12 of Weird Al's latest and greatest songs, including parodies of hits by Chamillionaire, Green Day, Usher, R. Kelly and Taylor Hicks!

It's also a DualDisc release, with the DVD side containing Enhanced Stereo, 5.1 Surround and instrumental mixes of the entire album (with an on-screen lyrics option)!

And as if that weren't enough... it also includes also a mini-documentary on the making of the album... plus 6 BRAND NEW MUSIC VIDEOS!

Of course, you can join the huddled masses waiting for your local record store to open its doors on the morning of September 26... or if you'd rather save the time and the gas money, you can just pre-order the new album from WeirdAl.Com

And yes, I know I can't spell "Straight".....

If you've got some time to kill, check this out. It's a bit long but fun.

I've never seen nor heard this one before. It's very They Might Be Giants.

WA was on Kevin & Bean on KROQ radio this morning. He said it is sad because he always pays the artists when the parody is on an album. Now everyone is still getting the song and they get no moola. The record company wanted the artist (name anyone?) of Your Beautiful to become more of a household name on his own before being associated with the parody. He should fire their @$$es for losing him money. At least he is getting some attention for it, whatever his name is!