# 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:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-cheers-weird-al-has-a-new-album-coming-out/167642/41 "2003-04-11T07:56:50Z")
IIRC, Al says he wrote the entire “Saga Begins” song based only on internet spoilers and had no official peek at the script to the film. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-cheers-weird-al-has-a-new-album-coming-out/167642/42 "2003-04-11T18:37:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sciguy \* > \*\*\* I’m divided on hoping for an Nsync/backstreet boys/Britney/Christina send-up. \*\* Well, he did put some Backstreet boys in Polka Power on RWS, but it took him like a decade to do New Kids on the Block. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-cheers-weird-al-has-a-new-album-coming-out/167642/43 "2003-05-08T08:26:35Z")
just an update on this album Here’s the tracklist SPOILER: > [@](#): > > 1. “Couch Potato,” parody of Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” > 2. “Hardware Store” > 3. “Trash Day,” parody of Nelly’s “Hot in Herre” > 4. Party at the Leper Colony > 5. “Angry White Boy Polka,” parody of Papa Roach’s “Last Resort,” System of a Down’s “Chop Suey,” the Vine’s “Get Free,” the Hives’ “Hate to Say I Told You So,” the White Stripes’ “Fell In Love With a Girl,” the Strokes’ “Last Nite,” Disturbed’s “Down With the Sickness,” Rage Against the Machine’s “Renegades of Funk,” Limp Bizkit’s “My Way,” Staind’s “Outside,” Kid Rock’s “Bawitdaba,” P.O.D.'s “Youth of the Nation” and Eminem’s “The Real Slim Shady” > 6. “Wanna B Ur Lovr” > 7. “A Complicated Song,” parody of Avril Lavigne’s “Complicated” > 8. “Why Does This Always Happen to Me” (style parody of Ben Folds) > 9. “Ode to a Superhero,” parody of Billy Joel’s “Piano Man” > 10. “Bob” (style parody of Bob Dylan) > 11. “E-Bay,” parody of the Backstreet Boys’ “I Want It That Way” > 12. “Genius in France” (tribute to Frank Zappa) I’m really looking forward to the polka, but most of the parodies sound like letdowns…hoping for some great originals! ---
**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:** [May 8, 2003, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-cheers-weird-al-has-a-new-album-coming-out/167642/44 "2003-05-08T12:55:13Z")
I just heard a soundbite from Al on the radio this morning that Eminem wouldn’t give Al permission to do a video parody of “Lose Yourself.” Figures he’d be forfeiting his masterful integrity" or some such rot. Al said it was going to be great to. Since it’s the first song on the album, it would have been the first single too. Who releases singles without videos these days??? What’s he going to show when he pirates the MTV airwaves? ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-cheers-weird-al-has-a-new-album-coming-out/167642/45 "2003-05-08T14:36:23Z")
Dude, that Polka kicks ass. ---
**Author:** ![c\_goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@c\_goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c_goat)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-cheers-weird-al-has-a-new-album-coming-out/167642/46 "2003-05-08T14:44:33Z")
I don’t know, Al tends to make great parodies of songs that I hate, and I can’t help but like Al’s version. That means I’ll probably like “Trash Day”, since I really really hate “Hot in Herre”. It worked in the past with “The White Stuff”, “Taco Grande” and “Achy Breaky Song”, to name a few. Although the fiancee’s going to be upset about the Billy Joel parody. Long Island girls love Billy. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-cheers-weird-al-has-a-new-album-coming-out/167642/47 "2003-05-08T15:07:36Z")
I am so completely out of touch that I only recognize one song on the Polka Medley. Blame it on XM. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-cheers-weird-al-has-a-new-album-coming-out/167642.md?page=2)