January 3, 2008
Thursday YouTubein’ — “Weird Al” Yankovic
Not much to say about this week’s installment except that I’m always up for some humor, and I suspect Al Yankovic and I would get along famously. 🙂
“White and Nerdy” (a parody of Chamillionaire’s “Ridin’;” from Straight Outta Lynwood, 2006):
“Bob” (an original song in the style of Bob Dylan’s “Subterranean Homesick Blues;” all the lines are palindromes; from Poodle Hat, 2003):
“Amish Paradise” (a parody of Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise;” from Bad Hair Day, 1996):
“Like A Surgeon” (a parody of Madonna’s “Like A Virgin;” from Wikipedia: “Notable because Madonna herself gave the idea for the title of the song, when asked in an interview what sort of parody Yankovic would make of ‘Like a Virgin’;” from Dare to Be Stupid, 1985):
I am the Lizard Queen! 
pavlov112 said,
January 3, 2008 at 9:20 pm
Love them all. Love Weird Al. Full stop.
Either last year or the year before, the BC band played an excellent arrangement of “Ridin'” at the Beanpot. I mean it was really, really good, to the point where I actually complimented my friend in the band and admitted that they had most definitely won the best band contest. I was far from the only person in my group of BU partisans, however, that suggested that they were playing Al’s song instead. 🙂
Marshwiggle said,
January 4, 2008 at 5:44 am
Weird Al- definitely a great way to be amused 🙂
Beth said,
January 9, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Pete and I saw him in concert this fall and it was one of the best concerts I’ve ever seen. He came out for “White and Nerdy” riding a Segway.
Vixen said,
January 10, 2008 at 8:57 pm
White and Nerdy is one of my favorite Weird Al songs.