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For more than twenty years, "Weird Al" Yankovic has been making generations of seventh-graders extremely happy with his precisely crafted parodies of recent chart hits. (It's harder than it looks.) His twelfth album doesn't screw with the formula: Yankovic tackles Chamillionaire ("White & Nerdy"), Usher ("Confessions Part III") and Green Day ("Canadian Idiot"). The disc also includes six videos, original songs like "Weasel Stomping Day" and Yankovic's customary polka medley of recent hits (who knew Franz Ferdinand's "Take Me Out" would sound so good on accordion?). The highlight is Yankovic's take on something that would already seem way beyond parody: R. Kelly's "Trapped in the Closet." In almost eleven minutes of "Trapped in the Drive-Thru," Yankovic finds slow-motion comedy gold in a couple arguing over dinner ("I said, 'There's tuna, I know'/She said, 'That went bad a week ago' "). The moral: "Weird Al" is funniest when he's singing about food.
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Track List
- White & Nerdy (Parody of "Ridin'" by Chamillionaire featuring Krayzie Bone)
- Pancreas
- Canadian Idiot (Parody of "American Idiot" by Green Day)
- I'll Sue Ya
- Polkarama!
- Virus Alert
- Confessions Part III (Parody of "Confessions Part II" by Usher)
- Weasel Stomping Day
- Close But No Cigar
- Do I Creep You Out (Parody of "Do I Make You Proud" by Taylor Hicks)
- Trapped In The Drive-Thru (Parody of "Trapped In The Closet" by R. Kelly) (Main Version)
- Don't Download This Song
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Review 1 of 2
rockonrockhard writes:
This is definitley one of Al's greatest works. His hit single "White and Nerdy" has passed the ranks of those of "Eat It" and the original songs are great as well. It is definatley worth the buy.
Oct 6, 2006 18:44:04
Review 2 of 2
anglhrt770 writes:
GREAT! very funny..
Oct 4, 2006 11:23:13
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