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Read it here: https://apnews.com/article/weird-al-polkamania-sabrina-carpenter-michael-jackson-389628a124d4d07e4267b17a661e1936
Sharing my TGIF Weird Al song. Have a great weekend, folks: https://youtu.be/X8Ow1nlafOg?si=seHqnME7udqKSu12
spiderjohn36
perroni
Put him in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!
LtKernelPopcorn
intergalacticsocks
I'm a simple man. I see Weird Al, I upvote.
Pikkupanda
I may be a little biased but “The Saga Begins,” his version of “American Pie”, is to me his best and most clever.
“We took a bongo from the scene
And we went to Theed to see the Queen
We all wound up on Tatooine…”
Poetry.
Tarkeel
It's also one of the best summaries of the movie, so you don't have to watch it.
KyleButNotThatKyle
Fun fact. Sabrina Carpenter is the niece of Bart Simpson! (Nancy Cartwright)
Exdeath5000
First glance at the thumbnail I thought this was going to be a Weird Al death announcement. Wasn't ready for that
spiderjohn36
I hope Weird Al is with us for many, many more years.
IllegalDuckling
Dude's the kinda person to live beyond 90+, against his will
CrimeSceneShoe
Anyone else thought he had died?
OamZ
maybe you watched the movie but i dont think even 1% of the movie is real at all. I mean Pablo Escobar liking Weird Al seems kind of farfetch. I believed it alot more if was Antonio Villaraigosa.
TheHolyFatman
Why is Sabrina Carpenter?! I keep hearing about her.
MacDofGlasgow
I liked the Crash Test Dummies Parody. Amish Paradise is also great. The bit in the video with "Jebidiah feeds the chickens" and it's a guy chasing a chicken with a slice of pizza. Just cracked up laughing at the thought. I sincerely hope that never stops being funny to me.
NonWellKnownImgurian
I'll never not cry laughing at Party in the CIA
xtav
He who is tired of Weird Al is tired of life.
princesscindycat
I love and memorized White and Nerdy. He's brilliant.
bitemark
Also the side-by-side of his video and the original is just as good
friendsofsandwiches
man, his hair is going gray FAST.
mondeca
He looks like a musical wizard.
BastardMan1977
That because he IS a musical wizard
FlatPlutoSociety
At this rate, he may be fully gray by the time he's 90!
friendsofsandwiches
"I'll be playing this part till I'm old and gray!"
UsernameMayBeSubjectToChange
Well done, Al
DrasticBastard
That’s Weird Al and not Weird AI right‽
RaxianTheta
it is sad that almost no one got you joke. I am here for you Drastic Bastard, that was clever.
goflyblind
agburanar
I love the fact that the patron saint of shitposting avoids vulgarity. That's one of those little things about humans that amuses me.
DevineEscapes
Doesn't curse, and his lyrics are never mean spirited.
mithiwithi
At least not on purpose (he apologized for "spastic" in "Word Crimes" because he didn't realize it was a slur in some contexts).
emanymtonsisiht
"That really makes me want to literally
Smack a crowbar upside your stupid head" - Weird Al - Word Crimes
thorinc
I've lived Weird Al music for a long time, but the one that really really hooked me was White & Nerdy. As a nerdy computer programmer, I identify with almost every syllable of lyric in that song.
When the video came out with all of the nerdy easter eggs, I was ecstatic!
isavedlatin2x
So, do you like Kirk, or do you like Picard?
bigelb0wski
That’s a hard question…
BastardMan1977
He released a new polka song this morning, and one of the songs covered in it is WAP. Weird Al is a national treasure
CatEyebrows
100%
Sereh
They brought in the Alberquerque animator too. Full circle
Matty3D
*drip* *HEE-HAW* *meow*
OctopusStinkhorn
WAP = Weird Al Parody
emanymtonsisiht
Or Weird Al's Polka. Which would be appropriate for the song.
Jinxies
He is a treasure beyond any mere nation. He is a special treasure!
FallingStar7669
Wierd Al Polka
ZoBrightlance
NEW POLKA? GIVE UNTO ME!
BastardMan1977
https://youtu.be/y0ZoX4dBvwk?si=FW6fPU4msQMPtSU3 Enjoy!
Hergbleh
for anyone looking for a link to the song released this morning: https://youtu.be/y0ZoX4dBvwk
spiderjohn36
I'm 45, and I've been a fan since I heard "Dare to be Stupid". LOL I actually thought it was a Devo song when I first heard it (I'm also a diehard Devo fan).
DorkJedi
Way back before the earth cooled, when such things were found on archaic mystical things called 'radio', this college radio DJ kid sent a demo tape to Dr Demento that shook the world.... I was there. Up past my bedtime listening to the Doctor on an earpiece pugged in to a tiny transistor radio hidden under the bed.
Thrabalen
My first exposure to Al was on Friday Night Videos... they did a back to back with Beat It and Eat It. I was an instant and lifelong fan from that moment.
M1ntysandwich
Pretty fly for a rabbi or Amish paradise were the first I heard of him. That was a lifetime ago now
F4ndango
Love that album! 51 here and for me it was Eat It off In 3D. After that I had to get his first album which is mostly just him and his accordion! As someone above said, he is a national treasure.
Idontneedrealfacts
I have his tape of Peter and the Wolf. I fact I have a box with pretty much every tape he released, but Peter and the Wolf (starring Bruce the Duck) is probably the only rare one
spiderjohn36
In 3D is a great album too. I'm not sure if I bought it right before or right after Even Worse came out.
blairdavies350
That's because Devo, upon hearing the song, got irrationally angry and said (paraphrasing) "we spent years trying to get our sound just right and he fucking nails it first try"
You can google it, they were equally impressed and irate.
Thatsmykenku
Devo fans unite!
Heisanevilgenius
My first Weird Al album was Alapalooza and I listened to it over and over again.
WhiteKenny
And now I'm singing Dare To Be Stupid and seeing Transformers dancing to it.
spiderjohn36
That Dare to be Stupid had some great tracks: the title song, Like a Surgeon, I Want a New Duck, One More Minute, and Girls Just Wanna Have Lunch. Hell, I also loved his cover of the George of the Jungle theme song.
spiderjohn36
And fucking Yoda! https://youtu.be/-IUMCyAR6U0?si=bTAO8FuQlA7L0GQv
WhiteKenny
HE BELONGS IN A MUSEUM!
bourbonandbaddecisions
Not yet. He’s still alive.
WhiteKenny
So help me god, if you just jinxed it I will never forgive you!!!!
bourbonandbaddecisions
I won’t forgive myself. Crossed fingers. 🤞🏻
DukeDarkwood
WhiteKenny
Nice
MoonMoon89
Whew... with everyone that has been dropping lately, when I saw an article with his face on it, my heart leapt up into my throat...
AgentTasmania
He's only 64 and very healthy, we shouldn't need to worry.
MDGreg
Accidents happen
enkrypt3d
same here cut it out ppl!