# 27 Cheers! Weird Al has a new album coming out! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 9, 2003, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-cheers-weird-al-has-a-new-album-coming-out/167642 "2003-04-09T20:52:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-cheers-weird-al-has-a-new-album-coming-out/167642/21 "2003-04-10T14:30:42Z")
Shoot, last time Episode 1 hadn’t even come out before he had “The Saga Begins” done. I assume he got the script or treatment ahead of time from Lucas, judging by the “I bet he’s gonna marry her someday” line which was lifted from the novelization. I’m betting on a “Lady Marmalade” parody (yes it’s old, but was made new again. Heck, he spoofed “MacArthur Park” and “American Pie” too.) Maybe something from Britney Spears. And some kinda rap metal like Limp Bizket or Kid Rock. What else has been big in the past year or so? Lord of the Rings? I like to think I had a small part in Al’s coming to Nashville on tour in 2000. I wrote his website in 1999 and asked why he hadn’t played Nashville since around 83. He explained that the venue he played in (Zanies comedy club) was so small that they didn’t really enjoy it much. Then months later, a stop in Nashville was scheduled for Sept. 2000. I don’t know if I put the idea back in his head or it was a happy coincidence, but I’ll take the credit 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Short\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Short\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Short_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-cheers-weird-al-has-a-new-album-coming-out/167642/22 "2003-04-10T14:36:29Z")
I will certainly be checking that out if I get the chance. I’ve always like Weird Al, and I’m curious which songs he’s spoofing on this album. Bring it on. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-cheers-weird-al-has-a-new-album-coming-out/167642/23 "2003-04-10T15:26:07Z")
Wahooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!! (what else needs to be said?) ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-cheers-weird-al-has-a-new-album-coming-out/167642/24 "2003-04-10T15:54:49Z")
Is that poodle on Al’s head the same stuffed dog they used for “fluffy” in the “Jerry Springer” video? ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-cheers-weird-al-has-a-new-album-coming-out/167642/25 "2003-04-10T16:52:28Z")
I’m thinking Poodle Hat is a reference to Christina. Then again it may refer to nothing on the album and is just a great phrase. “Running with Scissors” and “Alapalooza” didn’t seem to refer to any part of those respecive albums either. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-cheers-weird-al-has-a-new-album-coming-out/167642/26 "2003-04-10T16:58:01Z")
While I’ve got the attention of Al fans, does anyone out there have any tapes of early ALTV episodes? The first couple of times were hilarious, doing a kinda Dr Demento of the video scene. Songs didn’t even have to be novelty, just weird. I’ve got the most recent one or two I think but I’d love to see the old ones again. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-cheers-weird-al-has-a-new-album-coming-out/167642/27 "2003-04-10T19:26:14Z")
I’m with **Weird\_Al\_Einstein** on this one – it’s four years too long since the last ALbum! Woo hoo! ---
**Author:** ![sciguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@sciguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciguy)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-cheers-weird-al-has-a-new-album-coming-out/167642/28 "2003-04-10T21:42:41Z")
Yay! \ Anyone feel like listing guesses about spoofs to be included, or is that too much of a hijack? Here’s my guesses anyway: - Lord of the Rings - Reality television (I’d say “I will Survive” has a high probability) - I’m divided on hoping for an Nsync/backstreet boys/Britney/Christina send-up. On the one hand it’d be funny, on the other it might give them too much credibility. Didn’t someone say once that a musician hadn’t really “made it” until they were parodied by Weird Al? ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-cheers-weird-al-has-a-new-album-coming-out/167642/29 "2003-04-10T22:28:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sciguy \* > \*\*Didn’t someone say once that a musician hadn’t really “made it” until they were parodied by Weird Al? \*\* Kurt Cobain. ---
**Author:** ![Fibber\_McGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a6a055/32.png) [@Fibber\_McGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibber_McGee)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-cheers-weird-al-has-a-new-album-coming-out/167642/30 "2003-04-10T22:41:43Z")
My guess is there’ll an Eminem parody of some sort on the album. Him and his music are ripe for parody and Al has never been one to shy away from obvious targets. ---
**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-cheers-weird-al-has-a-new-album-coming-out/167642/31 "2003-04-10T22:44:53Z")
After the SNL performance. Al asked them if he could parody their first hit, they asked him if it’d be about food. He told them it was about how no one can understand their songs. ---
**Author:** ![Wintermute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@Wintermute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wintermute)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-cheers-weird-al-has-a-new-album-coming-out/167642/32 "2003-04-10T22:49:10Z")
NEW WEIRD AL ALBUM?!! _Happy dance! Whoo! Whoo! Yeah, baby, it’s your birthday!_ I actually love the stuff he writes himself better than the parodies. I just think he’s amazingly talented. He’s covered, like, every style of music out there, and he’s done it well. ---
**Author:** ![Wintermute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@Wintermute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wintermute)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-cheers-weird-al-has-a-new-album-coming-out/167642/33 "2003-04-10T23:00:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fibber McGee \* > \*\*My guess is there’ll an Eminem parody of some sort on the album. Him and his music are ripe for parody and Al has never been one to shy away from obvious targets. \*\* I think Eminem would be a good choice, but I can think of two reasons why it might not happen: [list=1] [li]Emimem already sort of parodies himself with “Slim Shady”, although he hasn’t done him in a while.[/li][li]Now he has an Oscar, he may be too “serious” an artist to allow a parody. [/li][/list=1] But I’d sure love to see the video! ---
**Author:** ![sciguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@sciguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciguy)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-cheers-weird-al-has-a-new-album-coming-out/167642/34 "2003-04-11T01:28:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Blackeyes \* > \*\*After the SNL performance. > > Al asked them if he could parody their first hit, they asked him if it’d be about food. He told them it was about how no one can understand their songs. \*\* You know, that makes “Sounds like Nirvana” even more enjoyable! > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Wintermute \* > **I actually love the stuff he writes himself better than the parodies. I just think he’s amazingly talented. He’s covered, like, every style of music out there, and he’s done it well.** Me too! Of his originals, my favorite is a toss-up between “This is the Life” and “One more minute”, although “Albuquerque” is fun just for the pure insanity of it. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-cheers-weird-al-has-a-new-album-coming-out/167642/35 "2003-04-11T02:21:00Z")
“One More Minute” isn’t an original tune – it’s a parody of “The Great Pretender”. ---
**Author:** ![Zap\_Rowsdower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3da27b/32.png) [@Zap\_Rowsdower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zap_Rowsdower)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-cheers-weird-al-has-a-new-album-coming-out/167642/36 "2003-04-11T02:55:35Z")
I am so out of touch with current music, I would not know what song he was parodying. However I still enjoy his stuff, the rare times I hear it these days. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-cheers-weird-al-has-a-new-album-coming-out/167642/37 "2003-04-11T03:18:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tracer \* > \*\*“One More Minute” isn’t an original tune – it’s a parody of “The Great Pretender”. \*\* Sorry, but it’s an original. One of his style parodies. Even then, I think “Great Pretender” is really stretching it. Put them side by side, and you won’t hear much in ways of similarities. It’s just a parody of 50’s love songs. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-cheers-weird-al-has-a-new-album-coming-out/167642/38 "2003-04-11T04:10:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tracer \* > \*\*Is that poodle on Al’s head the same stuffed dog they used for “fluffy” in the “Jerry Springer” video? \*\* Nope, it’s Bela - Al’s actual pet poodle. I can’t believe I have to either travel, or wait until the end of AUGUST for Weird Al concert #14 :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-cheers-weird-al-has-a-new-album-coming-out/167642/39 "2003-04-11T04:54:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Max Carnage \* > \*\*While I’ve got the attention of Al fans, does anyone out there have any tapes of early ALTV episodes? The first couple of times were hilarious, doing a kinda Dr Demento of the video scene. Songs didn’t even have to be novelty, just weird. I’ve got the most recent one or two I think but I’d love to see the old ones again. \*\* I taped Al’s 1994 MuchMusic appearance, dubbed AlMusic of course, but I don’t remember if I got the whole two hours (it’s at the end of an old, ratty tape). Very funny stuff and, I assume, pretty much the same schtick he used on MTV. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-cheers-weird-al-has-a-new-album-coming-out/167642/40 "2003-04-11T06:52:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sciguy \* > Of his originals, my favorite is a toss-up between “This is the Life” and “One more minute”, although “Albuquerque” is fun just for the pure insanity of it. I’ll cast my vote for “Christmas At Ground Zero,” just for the sheer lunacy of juxtaposing the two events. But I thought “The Night Santa Went Crazy” crossed the line from funny to tasteless. Maybe I’m not demented enough… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-cheers-weird-al-has-a-new-album-coming-out/167642.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-cheers-weird-al-has-a-new-album-coming-out/167642.md?page=3)