Weird Al Yankovic Appreciation Thread

Post your favorite Weird Al song...why ? Because AL Frickin ROCKS !

The Night Santa Went Crazy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb-Mce9VpmY

Down in the workshop all the elves were making toys
For the good Gentile girls and the good Gentile boys
When the boss busted in, nearly scared 'em half to death
Had a rifle in his hands and cheap whiskey on his breath
From his beard to his boots he was covered with ammo
Like a big fat drunk disgruntled Yuletide Rambo
And he smiled as he said with a twinkle in his eye
"Merry Christmas to all - now you're all gonna die!"

The night Santa went crazy
The night Saint Nick went insane
Realized he'd been getting the wrong deal
Somethin' finally must've snapped in his brain

Well, the workshop is gone now, he decided to bomb it
Everywhere you'll find pieces of Cupid and Comet
And he tied up his helpers, and he held the elves hostage
And he ground up poor Rudolph into reindeer sausage
He got Dancer and Prancer with an old German Luger
And he slashed up Dasher just like Freddy Krueger
And he picked up a flamethrower and he barbecued Blitzen
And he took a big bite and said "It tastes just like chicken!"

The night Santa went crazy
The night Kris Kringle went nuts
Now, ya can't hardly walk around the North Pole
Without steppin' in reindeer guts

There's the National Guard and the FBI
There's a van from the Eyewitness News
In a helicopter circlin' 'round in the sky
And the bullets are flying the body count's rising
And everyone’s dying to know -"Oh Santa, why?"
My, my, my, my, my, my - you used to be such a jolly guy.

Yes Virginia, now Santa's doing time
In a Federal prison for his infamous crime
Hey little friend now, don't you cry no more tears
He'll be out on good behaviour in seven hundred more years.

(Alternate verse used in concert)
Yes Virginia, now Santa Claus is dead
A guy from the SWAT team blew a hole through his head
Yes, little friend, that's his brains on the floor
Guess you won't have the fat guy to kick around anymore.

But now Vixen's in therapy and Donner's still nervous
And the elves all got jobs working for the postal service
And they say Mrs. Claus she's on the phone every night
With a lawyer negotiating the movie rights.
(They talk about)

The night Santa went crazy
The night Saint Nicholas flipped
Broke his back for some milk and cookies
Sounds to me like he was tired of getting gypped

Wo, The night Santa went crazy
The night Saint Nick went insane
Realized he'd been gettin' the wrong deal
Somethin' finally must've snapped in his brain
Wo, Somethin' finally must've snapped in his brain
Tell ya, somethin' finally must've snapped in his brain.

 

I don't appreciate wierd al.

 

Thats because you need to listen to WEIRD Al not Wierd Al !

 

lol

 

Do movies count?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wBFoJ6Fi8c

 

EVERYTHING Weird Al counts my friend...

UHF is a classic !

 

My favorite! (White & Nerdy) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xEzGIuY7kw&feature=related

 

BADGERS... BADGERS... WE DONT NEED NO STINKING BADGERS !!!

 

Read the lyrics to this classic and tell me Weird Al doesnt ROCK !


Oh some times I think back to when I was younger
Life was so much simpler then
Dad would be up at dawn
He'd be watering the lawn
Or maybe going fishing again

Oh and mom would be fixing up
something in the kitchen
Fresh biscuits or hot apple pie
And I'd spend all day long in the basement
Torturing rats with a hack-saw
And pulling the wings off of flies

Those were the good old days
Those were the good old days
The years go by but the memory stays
And those were the good old days

I can still remember good old Mr. Fender
Who ran the corner grocery store
Oh, he'd strolled down the aisle
with a big friendly smile
And he'd say "Howdy" when you walked in the door

Always treated me nice, gave me kindly advice
I don't know why I set fire to his place
Oh I'll never forget the day I bashed in his head
Well you should've seen the look on his face

Let me tell ya now

Those were the good old days
Those were the good old days
The years go by but the memory stays
And those were the good old days

Do you remember sweet Michelle
She was my high school romance
She was fun to talk to and nice to smell
So I took her to the homecoming dance

Then I tied her to a chair and I
shaved off all her hair
And I left her in the desert all alone
Well sometimes in my dreams
I can still hear the screams
Oh I wonder if she ever made it home

I tell ya

Those were the good old days
Those were the good old days
The years go by but the memory stays
And those were the good old days

Let me tell ya buddy

Those were the good old days
Those were the good old days
The years go by but the memory stays
And those were the good old days

 

White & Nerdy is brilliant !

I should point out that I am listening to 7 hours and 27 minutes of Weird Al right now... At least thats what my itunes mix says !

 

King of Suede, sung to the tune of King of Pain

 

Eat it
Yoda
I Lost on Jeopardy

played out of a radio shack or TI cassette player that doubled as a computer data tape drive

 

I've written a whole mess of song parodies on F-Chat, so, it's fair to say I appreciate Weird Al and, for that matter...

Cheech and Chong as... The Bloaters performing Bloat On
Lyrics
http://www.top40db.net/Lyrics/?SongID=77452&By=Genre&Match=Comedy
Tune
http://www.imeem.com/popmusic/music/S6ofOjN6/cheech_and_chong_featuring_the_bloaters_bloat_on_featuring/

Something orange... Some-thing orrrrraaaaaaannnnnnngggge...

 

Best song EVER!

 

I have my Weird Al "Off The Deep End" cassette somewhere around my parents.

A few songs from it that always enjoy:
-Trigger Happy
-When I Was Your Age
-Taco Grande

 

I remember the Transformers movie cartoon and this was part of the soundtrack, Dare to be Stupid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nIlFsERnmk

 

what about wired al?


shocked to see a thread about him. in the 90's you'd trip over him at the dennys on sunset blvd. ahh the good old days of dr demento and Weird Al...

 

I grew up listening to the Dr. Demento show on the radio. You can listen to them again here: www.drdemento.com

I have no idea what my childhood would have been like without a song about roly poly fish heads.

 

Spatula City!!

 

I remember watching a documentary on him a few years ago. I believe they said he is a genius that graduated valedictorian from his HS when he was 16 and received a full scholarship or something to Harvard.

I still remember the Amish song. Was it Amish in Paradise?

 

dude, don't get me started, I'll stand up here in Variety and sing "shaving cream" or "dead dog rover" I have the first 3 cassettes of the best of series he did with Rhino Records back in the 80's

"Red snapper... that's a nice fish!"
"Who wants a drink from the firehose!!!"

I got my brother a Spatula for xmas one year, we laughed so hard we were in tears!

 

I believe the Valedictorian thing is correct. He did graduate a couple years early from HS. Though ive never heard the scholarship to Harvard thing.

Its Amish Paradise

Its great that we have some Al fans on FChat. Ive noticed that many people I meet that dont appreciate Al have lost that child-like part of them that I cherish.

 

Graduate

Cal Poly
San Luis obispo, CA

(A real school.)

Edwardo

 

Growing old is manditory, growing up is optional! Live long, but live young!

 

I wanna say that documentary/biography was on A&E. Maybe the show is called Biography?

We're all closet fans.

Haven't listened to any of his stuff since Amish Paradise. But as I kid I loved Weird Al. I remember staying at my cousins and they had a VHS of a bunch of his music videos.