For you Weird Al Fanatics

[theorgg]

I have finally disiphered most of the rare tunes that Napster has out for weird al(verified by weirdal.com and several CD sellers):

1. Belvedere Crusing: One of the first songs he wrote for the Dr. Demento show. Avaible on Napster. worth a listen, though I don't know exactly what he's talking about.

2. School Cafeteria: the B-side of the single "my balogna". Only relesed on record.

3. Showers: also preformed live on the Demento show. Only avaible via Napster that I know of..

4. It's still Billy Joel to Me: Relesed on a Dr. Demento record full of old and unrelesed material. Avaible as a studio recording and a live recording(havn't gotten the full live one yet, however). One of the best unrelesed songs from him I've heard. Not approoved by Billy Joel(think of "Smells Like Nervana).

5. Pac Man: The best unrelesed parody I've heard. Supposably a B-side of a demento record. Parodies a beetles tune, I believe "taxman". Definatly worth the download.

6. Toast: made from a radio-show recording where either Al or Carrot Top made up a song while on the air. Great song, but I'm not sure if it's al or not(bad recording).


Any ones that I missed?

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-The Orgg
(Insert humourous poem here)

 

[rkoelsch]

I have heard it a lot of times on Bob and Tom. But the name escapes me.

 

[ErinPuff]

Toast is not Al, but the rest are.

 

[theorgg]

How many versions of "showers" are there?

The one that I've got is a bit hard to hear the lyrics on. The accordian is really loud and vocals arn't too distinct.

 

[nanokill]

well a few very intersting song by weird al on napster are

1.yoda
2.what if god smoked cannabis
3.fat
4 gump
5.yoda sunscreen song


they are pretty funny and are all worth a listen

 

[krichaiushii]

I don't think Weird al sings "What if God smoked cannibis".

 

[ErinPuff]

Al didn't do "What if God Smoked Cannabis" or the Yoda sunscreen song, but he did do Yoda, Fat, and Gump.

 

[Spiderman]

"Smells like Nirvana" WAS approved by Nirvana. They just didn't want him to make a parody of their song about food... at least from what I remember of the Weird Al: Behind the Artist on VH1.

 

[ErinPuff]

It was. All of Al's released parodies were approved by the artist, with the exception of Amish Paradise (but Al thought it was). What Orgg means is that it's a song making fun of the original artist.

 

[Chaos Turtle]

Technically, it's often not the artist which approves the songs ("grants permission" would me more appropriate) but the copyright holder, who is often the record company that published the song.

This was the problem with "Amish Paradise."

Most of the time, the artist doesn't make a stink over having a song parodied. In fact, there is little that can be done about it, as parody is a protected art form and legal so long as the owner of the material parodied is given due credit.
Rappers, however, seem to be notoriously moody when they think they are being put down. This seems ironic, given their tendency to sample others' work, and had to be forced by law to start giving credit. (note: this is a generalization and does not apply to all rap artists, or only to rap artists, so save your time and don't bother flaming me)