It's Weird Al time!

Woo hoo, I finally got round to changing my boring old blog music... to Weird Al Yankovic songs! If you don't know Weird Al, who is only one of the greatest singer/songwriter of parodies and funny songs ever, please come out from under your coconut shell and read this. Well, honestly not all of his songs are great. Some are pretty lame. And some are quite...em... scary (eg. he has a song about Santa Claus going crazy and killing all the elves and reindeer. And another one about visiting the dentist! *shudder*). But he's been doing parodies since before I was born, so he has come up with quite a few good songs within that time. Since I was abnormally free this week, I had the time to search and listen to most of his songs on Youtube, and got eight of my absolute favourites right here, so you all can enjoy a laugh... or two... or eight. Here's a rundown of the songs:

Song #1: You Don't Love Me Anymore

Description: A romantic ballad about a guy whose girlfriend does all sorts of things to try and kill him, causing the poor sod to suspect that she doesn't love him anymore. The video for this song is a parody of Extreme's video for 'More Than Words'. Weird Al's vid is a bit funnier after you watch Extreme's vid, but the only really hilarious parts of the former are the two times Weird Al picks up a guitar. The second time is pretty scary!

Best lyric (to me, anyway!):
"You slammed my face down on the barbeque grill. Now my scars are healing but my heart never will..."

Song #2: Bob

Description: An old school song done in the style of Bob Dylan. Every single line makes absolutely no sense, but there is something very special about the lyrics of this song. If you're especially free, try listening to the song and see if you can guess what it is. If you're really stumped, watching the video will probably help (don't read the video description though, coz' that gives it away. :)).

Best lyric (just coz' it makes the least sense):
I won't write the whole line coz' it would be too big a hint, but it says something about a moody baby dooming a yam!

Song #3: Your Horoscope for Today

Description: Thankfully, Weird Al did not end up becoming an astrologist, because his predictions would be most unusual, as evident in this song. The vid's not particularly great, but if you're curious, then go here.

Best lyric:
"Leo! Now is not a good time to photocopy your butt and staple it to your boss's face."

The entire bridge of this song is also a hilarious and incredibly long single sentence, which somehow Weird Al could sing in one big breath. :)

Song #4: Smells like Nirvana

Description: This is my FAVOURITE Weird Al parody, just coz' he took a perfectly serious hard-on rocking song like "Smells like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana and made a complete joke out of it. But considering the song is kind of noisy, only hard-core rock fans like myself would truly appreciate this parody, which makes fun of Kurt Cobain's inability to sing coherently. Honestly, after watching the original, I still can't hear most of the lyrics. :P But doesn't really matter, coz' this is one case where the original song, as great as it is, doesn't compare to the parody... both the song AND the video by Weird Al.

Best lyric: Can't choose one. The whole song cracks me up every time!

Song #5: Polkamon

Description: A very cute, upbeat and fun song in which Weird Al sings about 56 different types of Pokemon! I seriously cannot stop myself from tapping my feet or bobbing my head every time I hear this song coz' it's sooooooo fun! I don't think there's an official video for it though, but if you wanna know how the Pokemon Weird Al sings about in the song look like, do watch this, which is a pretty good fan vid for this song I found.

Best lyric: The lyrics don't matter in this song... only the music!!!

Song #6: Virus Alert

Description: A song that warns about an insidious computer virus that can do very nasty things to your computer... and pretty much everything else around you. Examples include changing your name to Reggie, causing the paint to peel off your walls, and... making you physically attracted to sheep?!?! Well, this is a Weird Al song, so don't expect much in terms of logic! And it has a pretty ok video to go with it.

Best lyrics (when Weird Al describes the best way to get rid of the virus):
"Turn off your computer and make sure it powers down. Drop it in a 43 foot hole in the ground. Bury it completely, rock and boulders should be fine. Then, burn all the clothes you may have worn anytime you were onliiiiine!"

Song #7: Close But No Cigar

Description: A very catchy song about his ex-girlfriends, Gillian, Janet and Julie, who were all so close to being the 'perfect' girlfriends... except for some rather minor imperfections that he deems perfectly unacceptable. A very 'miang' cat represents Weird Al in the video for this song.

Best lyric (when describing his last girlfriend, Julie):
"And did I mention she's a world famous billionaire bikini supermodel astrophysicist?"

Song #8: Ode to a Superhero

Description: A parody of the song "Pianoman" by Billy Joel, but instead gives a good rundown of the characters in Spiderman 1. If you watched the movie, this song would be pretty funny, coz' it makes fun of quite a few things in the show. The unofficial video can be found here.

Best lyric (about Norman Osborne a.k.a the Green Goblin):
"Yes, he's wearing that dumb Power Ranger's mask... but he's scarier without it on" (this is SO OOO true!)


And that's all the songs I put up here, but of course, there are quite a few more interesting Weird Al songs I would recommend if you are bored to tears and have a fast internet connection. Check out the vids for these songs:

1) "Fat", which is a parody of Michael Jackson's "Bad". The song itself isn't particularly funny, but the video is totally hilarious. BUT you absolutely MUST watch the original MJ's video first before watching Weird Al's video. Only then can you truly appreciate it. :)

2) "Bedrock Anthem", which parodies two Red Hot Chilli Pepper songs, "Under the Bridge" (intro only) and "Give It Away". The parody is about life as the Flintstones. Yabba dabba yabba dabba dabba do now!

3) "Alternative Polka" and "Angry White Boy Polka", which aren't parodies, but polka medleys of some popular rock songs. Only for those who like rock, of course, otherwise it's not as funny hearing Weird Al's completely warped versions of these songs.

Try not to suffer from Weird Al overdose now....