Let this be a lesson to all you kids: Weird Al deep cuts are always worth your time. The Weird Al Star Wars connection is one of the more random things in his repertoire. Like anyone who has enough material to dedicate an entire suite of the live show to the Star Wars songs is a pretty legitimate psychopath. His best was 'Yoda,' an impossibly catchy turn on The Kinks' 'Lola,' which is a song your mom and dad probably love. Is it sad that Coolio will mostly be remembered as the guy who got really mad at Weird Al Yankovic for parodying his song?
Hardware stores, lasagna, eBay, you know the deal. But in perhaps his most biting and satirical song ever, Weird Al made fun of Nirvana by simply writing a song with unintelligible lyrics.
It was a perfect takedown. Weird Al Yankovic, popping a wheelie on the zeitgeist til the day he dies! People were ready to forget about Weird Al by Gleefully sending up the mean-mugging Chamillionaire anthem 'Ridin,' Yankovic delivers the greatest rapping performance of his career, propelling the single all the way to 9 on the Billboard Hot This is the silliest star-making song of all time.
I love this song so much I dedicated a significant portion of my elementary school years to memorizing every word of it. It comes at the tail end of 'Running With Scissors' and clocks in at nearly 12 minutes. Al sing-speaks a stream-of-consciousness screed that goes everywhere from forced-fed sourkraut, to a woman named Zelda, to a donut shop that specializes in rabid weasels.
Albuquerque, the city, is involved, sorta - I'm not really sure. In Albuquerque. The small, parody-heavy track-listing may disappoint die-hard Yankovic fans; indeed, some of his original work from In 3-D is better than a few of the parodies that wound up on the collection, and it seems that by Yankovic deserved to have at least a dozen songs on his greatest hits album.
Regardless, Greatest Hits is still the most consistent and concise album in his catalog, and a great introduction to his very special brand of musical humor. AllMusic relies heavily on JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to use the site fully. Blues Classical Country. Electronic Folk International. Jazz Latin New Age. Aggressive Bittersweet Druggy. Energetic Happy Hypnotic. Romantic Sad Sentimental. Sexy Trippy All Moods. Drinking Hanging Out In Love. Introspection Late Night Partying.
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