9781155494852

Songs Written by Weird Al Yankovic

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ISBN13: 9781155494852

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (music and lyrics not included). Pages: 112. Not illustrated. Chapters: Albuquerque, Christmas at Ground Zero, You Don't Love Me Anymore, Dare to Be Stupid, Don't Download This Song, Craigslist, Uhf, One More Minute, the Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota, Spatula City, Close but No Cigar, the Night Santa Went Crazy, Weasel Stomping Day, Spy Hard, This Is the Life, When I Was Your Age, Your Horoscope for Today, Nature Trail to Hell, Callin' in Sick, Bob, Polkamon, Trigger Happy, W.a.y. Moby Polka, Harvey the Wonder Hamster, Talk Soup, I Remember Larry, Fun Zone, I'm So Sick of You, Midnight Star, I'll Sue Ya. Excerpt: from the album Running With Scissors "Albuquerque" is the last song of "Weird Al" Yankovic's Running with Scissors album. At 11 minutes and 22 seconds, it is the longest song Yankovic has ever released on any of his official studio albums. With the exception of the choruses and occasional bridges, the track is mostly a spoken word narration about Yankovic's made-up life in Albuquerque, New Mexico, after winning a first-class one-way airplane ticket to the city. The song appears to mimic "Dick's Automotive" by The Rugburns and may be one of his "style parodies." Throughout the lyrics, there are many cliches and strange happenings that mislead the listener, only for them to find that the path of the story has changed completely within seconds. The instruments are also used in a layered format, playing a repetitive rhythm while the subject is calm, and then dramatically increasing in volume when something serious is said or occurs. One may also note that the bridges often include rather strange guitar and drum playing which is often sporadic and/or off-beat. There is also an obvious joke involving the song in the album jacket to Running with Scissors. In the beginning, it looks like a standard title header for any ...


ISBN-13

9781155494852

ISBN-10

1155494857

Weight

0.40 Pounds

Dimensions

9.00 x 6.00 x 0.27 In

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$20.40

Format

Paperback

Pages

114 pages

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Published On

2010-05-01


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