# "Weird Al" gives Pharrell the "Tacky" treatment **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 14, 2014, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-gives-pharrell-the-tacky-treatment/693107 "2014-07-14T21:40:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-gives-pharrell-the-tacky-treatment/693107/21 "2014-07-15T17:33:36Z")
Oh. My. Lord. I don’t know when I’ve been so pleased by a Weird Al parody. I disliked the original with the heat of a thousand suns, because dangit, I was being manipulated by that chorus. Thanks for making me glad the original existed again, Al. (Yes, I avoided using “happy” in this post.) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-gives-pharrell-the-tacky-treatment/693107/22 "2014-07-15T17:35:38Z")
Word Crimes is a lot better than the first one. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-gives-pharrell-the-tacky-treatment/693107/23 "2014-07-15T17:38:22Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Word Crimes is a lot better than the first one. You mean better than Blurred Lines, or better than Tacky? ---
**Author:** ![Absinthe\_Anecdote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@Absinthe\_Anecdote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absinthe_Anecdote)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-gives-pharrell-the-tacky-treatment/693107/24 "2014-07-15T17:39:36Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > That’ll come in handy at my divorce hearing later this month. I double-dog dare ya! ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-gives-pharrell-the-tacky-treatment/693107/25 "2014-07-15T18:02:53Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > You mean better than Blurred Lines, or better than Tacky? Both. 😃 Anyone else catch the “you should hire / some cunning linguist” line? ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-gives-pharrell-the-tacky-treatment/693107/26 "2014-07-15T19:15:03Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > The video isn’t working for me ☹ > > Does anybody have a link a copy on YouTube or something? Try [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsWo8apgLys). And [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc) for “Word Crimes.” ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-gives-pharrell-the-tacky-treatment/693107/27 "2014-07-15T19:20:27Z")
Oh wow, those are fantastic! Great to see Al’s still got it! ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-gives-pharrell-the-tacky-treatment/693107/28 "2014-07-15T19:54:30Z")
“That really makes me want to literally smack a crowbar upside your stupid head.” Brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-gives-pharrell-the-tacky-treatment/693107/29 "2014-07-15T20:02:35Z")
If the rest of the album is half as good, he’s got another winner. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-gives-pharrell-the-tacky-treatment/693107/30 "2014-07-15T20:14:25Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Try [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsWo8apgLys). > > And [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc) for “Word Crimes.” Thanks! Those were awesome 🆒 I loved “Word Crimes,” even if I don’t know the song it’s based on. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-gives-pharrell-the-tacky-treatment/693107/31 "2014-07-15T20:32:51Z")
The album is _Mandatory Fun_. If you know the songs being parodied, it’s great. May be his best album of the last ten years. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-gives-pharrell-the-tacky-treatment/693107/32 "2014-07-15T20:54:27Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > I loved “Word Crimes,” even if I don’t know the song it’s based on. The Robin Thicke song [Blurred Lines](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qODrhss9ALc) ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-gives-pharrell-the-tacky-treatment/693107/33 "2014-07-15T21:46:08Z")
I look forward to the video for “Handy” - that is if it’s one of the eight. It should be. I had not heard of Iggy Azalea or her song “Fancy” that’s parodied on the album. **Sample lyrics:** > [@](#): > > I’m so handy, everyone says so > I’ll grout your bathroom, resurface your patio ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-gives-pharrell-the-tacky-treatment/693107/34 "2014-07-15T21:50:41Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > …(this board is - I think - the only place where I don’t have to justify my uneasy crush on Schaal)… Just embrace it, brother, she does something for me too. Can’t really figure it out either, but what the hey. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-gives-pharrell-the-tacky-treatment/693107/35 "2014-07-15T22:02:32Z")
looks like he is adding a new video to his website everyday. Can’t wait for the video of _ **Inactive** _. It’s a take on the song Radioactive by Imagine Dragons. Should be a fun video. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-gives-pharrell-the-tacky-treatment/693107/36 "2014-07-15T22:08:56Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > Just embrace it, brother, she does something for me too. Can’t really figure it out either, but what the hey. Quick aside - see her first appearance on [NMTB](http://youtu.be/n_E66rHBXFA). It doesn’t top Richard Ayoade’s ep but still funny. As for Tacky - hilarious! Any idea who’s in the background when Schaal’s in the elevator? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-gives-pharrell-the-tacky-treatment/693107/37 "2014-07-15T22:11:09Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > You mean better than Blurred Lines, or better than Tacky? Better than Tacky. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-gives-pharrell-the-tacky-treatment/693107/38 "2014-07-16T00:06:57Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Better than Tacky. Agreed. "Wierd Al has a big dictionary. " ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-gives-pharrell-the-tacky-treatment/693107/39 "2014-07-16T00:27:46Z")
Word Crimes is brilliant! ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-gives-pharrell-the-tacky-treatment/693107/40 "2014-07-16T01:03:48Z")
Word Crimes should be this board’s answer to all the new posters who come here writing in l337 or text speak. It can be our version of Rick Rolling, or Obligatory [XKCD][Simpsons][Whatever]. Example: [QUOTE=Newbie] lol. u guys r funny. its kewl that your all so smrt, u no? [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Cranky SDMB Old Timer] [Obligatory Weird Al](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc&feature=kp) [/QUOTE] \*That was definitely the most complex post I’ve ever made, BTW [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-gives-pharrell-the-tacky-treatment/693107.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-gives-pharrell-the-tacky-treatment/693107.md?page=3)