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Item 27: "Weird Al" Yankovic item

Entered by tpryan on Mon Sep 3 14:08:24 2001:

        An item for all things "Weird Al" Yankovic.  Hear in the 
summer of 2001, Al and the band are in a quiet time; not touring
as they have been the past two years.
        oldmusic has the previous incarnation of this item as #  57.
9 responses total.
#1 of 9 by tpryan on Mon Sep 3 14:18:27 2001:

        Rumor is that the next Al album will be out this spring.  

        My thought is that Al is waiting for that one big Pop 
Cultural event (like the first Star Wars film in fifteen(??) years to
come out); so that at least one song and video will be able 
to play on it.

#2 of 9 by eeyore on Mon Sep 3 17:36:09 2001:

That makes sense....he wants to make fun of things that people will remember
for a long time.  :)

#3 of 9 by dbratman on Tue Sep 4 16:40:56 2001:

I think somebody's in a time warp.  As I recall, the first Star Wars 
film in some 15 years did come out a year or two ago, and Weird Al 
already parodied it - quite brilliantly.

#4 of 9 by orinoco on Tue Sep 4 18:46:00 2001:

Right.  And he's looking for another cultural event of similar magnitude
before he puts out another album.  Makes sense to me.

#5 of 9 by carbyne on Wed Oct 31 15:54:04 2001:

Actually, he didn't parody it, so much as summarize it. The entire song "The
Saga Begins" is the entire plot summary of a 60+ minute movie condensed into
approximately 3 or 4 minutes. Still, it's clever!

#6 of 9 by tpryan on Wed Oct 31 19:22:12 2001:

        Hey, welcome to the item.  

        Can you think of any current songs that might be an 
Al target?  Hopefully in the near future.

#7 of 9 by bruin on Thu Nov 1 01:01:23 2001:

I'm waiting for "Weird Al" to parody any song recorded by Britney 
Spears, *NSYNC, and the Backstreet Boys.  After all, he has done a 
spoof of a New Kids On The Block song.

#8 of 9 by tpryan on Wed Feb 19 23:17:53 2003:

        New Weird Al album is apparently recorded.  Original tunes
as long ago as last May, parodies recently.  The report is of 
album photo work being done, which usually does not occur until
all tracks are recorded and selected.  No word on the parodies.
More at www.weirdal.com
        My own guess is that the new CD will be out on May 27th.
Just my guess.
        Oh, yeah, Al got lasik surgery back in 1998, now only 
has to wear glasses as a prop.  Before he was very out of focus
without them.
        Also he got married in February of 2001, had a baby
daughter, Nina, on February 11, 2003.  He's a new dad.

#9 of 9 by jaklumen on Fri Feb 21 04:33:25 2003:

Wonder how he likes it.  It was a wondrous experience for me.

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