Thread by @shamblanderson, Thanks to everyone for the heartwarming response to my @alyankovic profile. Here [...]

Sam Anderson

shamblanderson

Thanks to everyone for the heartwarming response to my @alyankovic profile. Here is a bonus thread of Weird Al content.

Non-weirdos have been asking me what Weird Al they should listen to. There are infinite possible answers, but I& #39;ll give a handful of my faves

1) this all-palindromes parody of Bob Dylan ("May a moody baby doom a yam?" etc) is a brilliant writing exercise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUQDzj6R3p4">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

2) Weird Al& #39;s polka medleys (roughly one every album) are perfect little works of art: superhits compressed & rearranged for accordion / tuba / clarinet, w tight multi-part harmonies and beer hall guys shouting "hey!" over lyrics about sex & partying: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqKaVDo9cjs">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

3) On that note, "The Hamilton Polka," which is a masterpiece and at least 10 times better than it needed to be and made @Lin_Manuel cry when he 1st heard it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v0c6smpHSk">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

4) "The Saga Begins," which retells the whole plot of a "Star Wars" prequel to the tune of "American Pie": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEcjgJSqSRU">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

5) The ridiculously elaborate Beach Boys parody "Pancreas"

( one of my very favorite W.A.Y. moments is ~2 min in: "My pancreas attracts every other pancreas in the universe..." )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqDBB0no6dQ">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

6) The ridiculous "Rambo" scene from "UHF": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ui9TwNrNEw">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

I could do 100 more so I& #39;ll stop there for now.

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