# Best song on Weird Al Yankovic's UHF (And Other Stuff) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 2, 2010, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-on-weird-al-yankovics-uhf-and-other-stuff/555846 "2010-10-02T16:34:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-on-weird-al-yankovics-uhf-and-other-stuff/555846/1 "2010-10-02T16:34:04Z")
Al’s worst selling album of new material. And not really a surprise, since the album itself got no promotion at all (they were focused on promoting the film itself, which still managed to be a flop), and it was usually cataloged in the soundtrack section of Sam Goody, rather than in the comedy section, so many people didn’t even know it existed. This album had all of the music from UHF which Al wrote (he didn’t compose the score, except for Fun Zone, the clubhouse theme song), a couple of non-music skits from the film (which I’m leaving off this poll since they aren’t songs)…but it also had about a half hour of Other Stuff, parodies and originals that were typical Weird Al album material. This album would be one of a number of bad decisions Al made at this point in his career, resulting in that hilarious King of the Hill exchange (Al Yankovic blew his brains out in the late 80s when people stopped buying his records). I personally think he should have held onto the non-film song/parodies and released a real album in 1990 that wasn’t connected to UHF. He even could have carried over Beverly Hillbillies and UHF the song to it. I’m gonna have a tough time picking between Generic Blues and Twine, both amazing originals which have probably been overlooked by most of his casual fans, and also had incredible live performances. A bit of trivia: - The Beverly Hillbillies covers have been around since before Al even had a band. It was originally sung to Miss You by the Rolling Stones, and then to Let’s Go Crazy by Prince. They finally got approval from the Dire Straights to do Money For Nothing, but under the conditions that the original song stay in the title, and that Mark Knoffler play the guitar part for Al’s version. - This was the first album with a rap parody - This was the last album to get released on vinyl - This was the only album with an instrumental track - This album had the shortest song and at its time, the longest song ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-on-weird-al-yankovics-uhf-and-other-stuff/555846/2 "2010-10-03T17:24:54Z")
…and it looks like the fad is over. One album away from his best one too ☹ ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-on-weird-al-yankovics-uhf-and-other-stuff/555846/3 "2010-10-03T20:20:57Z")
No question, on the Generic Blues. Money for Nothing was the famous one, but Generic Blues is a damn good blues song, all on its own. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-on-weird-al-yankovics-uhf-and-other-stuff/555846/4 "2010-10-03T21:21:21Z")
> [@fusoya](#): > > …and it looks like the fad is over. One album away from his best one too ☹ Don’t be discouraged! As your OP noted, this one was an unjustly neglected, low-selling album. Plus, it’s the weekend. But there’s some good stuff on this album! “Beverly Hillbillies” is brilliant; the “UHF” title song isn’t particularly funny but works just fine as a movie theme; and “Spam” is Al’s best song about processed lunch meat. But I had to give the nod to “Biggest Ball of Twine.” ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-on-weird-al-yankovics-uhf-and-other-stuff/555846/5 "2010-10-03T21:22:30Z")
I like the way Let Me Be Your Hog just ends so abrupty. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-on-weird-al-yankovics-uhf-and-other-stuff/555846/6 "2010-10-03T22:18:12Z")
Al performed Hog on the tour this summer - [he spends more time trying to explain the purpose of the song than he actually does performing it.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNkXXJXc1bo) Good point, I missed all of the dopers who only log in from work. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-on-weird-al-yankovics-uhf-and-other-stuff/555846/7 "2010-10-03T22:42:35Z")
It’s actually really tough to choose between UHF and Beverly Hillbillies. Both are excellently done songs, even if UHF isn’t that funny of a song. The music video for UHF is better than the video for Beverly Hillbillies mainly due to the rapid-fire artist parodies. But as the songs by themselves go, Beverly Hillbillies takes it. It’s one of those parodies that manages to outdo the already-excellent original, which is pretty funny considering a couple of the Dire Straits guys were in on the parody recording. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-on-weird-al-yankovics-uhf-and-other-stuff/555846/8 "2010-10-04T00:53:59Z")
Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota. Not even close. A total blowout. Quite possibly his best song. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-on-weird-al-yankovics-uhf-and-other-stuff/555846/9 "2010-10-04T02:13:11Z")
I too like the Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-on-weird-al-yankovics-uhf-and-other-stuff/555846/10 "2010-10-04T04:25:30Z")
Tough call, but Generic Blues got my vote. The lyrics are some of my all-time Al favorites (“My brothers and sisters all hated me, 'cause I was an only child…”) And heck, when I was listening to a Tom Morello guitar solo this afternoon, I was reminded of the solo in GB and Al’s, “Okay, now make it shut up.” If I could vote for more than one, it’d be a 3-way tie with GB, Biggest Ball of Twine, and Let Me Be Your Hog. (BABYBABYBABYBABYBABABABABABABABABABA–zzzppp!) ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-on-weird-al-yankovics-uhf-and-other-stuff/555846/11 "2010-10-04T14:18:04Z")
Ball of Twine comes second to the sublime Generic Blues. ---
**Author:** ![FalconFinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@FalconFinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FalconFinder)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-on-weird-al-yankovics-uhf-and-other-stuff/555846/12 "2010-10-04T16:57:01Z")
Let Me Be Your Hog had me crying I was laughing so hard when I first heard it (got the album before I ever saw the movie). Otherwise, She Drives Like Crazy is one of my all time favorites. I still like pretty much everything on the album, though. ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-on-weird-al-yankovics-uhf-and-other-stuff/555846/13 "2010-10-04T18:55:13Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > Ball of Twine comes second to the sublime Generic Blues. Absolutely concur on both counts. “I ain’t got no money, I’m just walkin’ down the road. Said I ain’t got no money, honey, I’m just walkin’ down this lonely ol’ road. I wish I could get me some money, But I forgot my automated teller code.” 😃 Slays me every time. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-on-weird-al-yankovics-uhf-and-other-stuff/555846/14 "2010-10-04T19:13:26Z")
_Generic Blues_, hands down. It was my all-time favorite Weird Al song, until _Genius In France_ came out. Close second on this album: _Spam_. It always makes me picture Chris Elliott riding his bike. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-on-weird-al-yankovics-uhf-and-other-stuff/555846/15 "2010-10-04T20:28:44Z")
> [@fusoya](#): > > Al performed Hog on the tour this summer - [he spends more time trying to explain the purpose of the song than he actually does performing it.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNkXXJXc1bo) Thanks for the link!