I went to Columbine (just graduated) and while I did not actually go through "THE SHOOTING", I know a lot of people who did. The ones who liked Al still loved the song Trigger Happy. One even tried to put the song on a CD that each student was supposed to make for our new library. The Administration understandably didn't let the CD go in.After columbine, Trigger Happy.
Most risque/controversial song?
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I voted for Trigger Happy as most controversial song. Now most controversial doesn't mean bad; I mentioned elsewhere on this board how Al said it is an anti-gun song. It's pretty obvious that Al is being sarcastic, I hope none of you really believe that Al thinks shooting people is a good idea. Why does this always happen to me is in kind of the same vein as trigger happy. I think it was an indirect way of commenting on september 11. Obviously Al couldn't mention 9/11 in a funny song, but he could sing about an earthquake in Peru that killed thousands of people, because who cares about people dying in Peru? People dying in Peru is HILARIOUS! (By the way, I'm being sarcastic).
The song is about someone who cares more about missing The Simpsons or being late to work than about other people dying. I think the whole 9/11 tragedy put things in perspective for a lot of people, at least temporarily. We realized what was really important, that sometimes we are too self centered and worry about petty things. Your personal problems seem much less when you think of the many people that lost their lives.
So obviously, in WDTAHTM, Al is telling us what we SHOULDN'T be like.
I believe the most controverial Weird Al song is Good Old Days. I would have voted for it if it was a choice but I felt more like voting for Trigger Happy than "other." In it he talks about torturing rats with a hacksaw, setting fire to Mr. Fender's grocery store and then bashing in his head, and shaving off his girlfriends hair, tying her to a chair and leaving her in the desert. It almost sounds like an Eminem song!
The song is about someone who cares more about missing The Simpsons or being late to work than about other people dying. I think the whole 9/11 tragedy put things in perspective for a lot of people, at least temporarily. We realized what was really important, that sometimes we are too self centered and worry about petty things. Your personal problems seem much less when you think of the many people that lost their lives.
So obviously, in WDTAHTM, Al is telling us what we SHOULDN'T be like.
I believe the most controverial Weird Al song is Good Old Days. I would have voted for it if it was a choice but I felt more like voting for Trigger Happy than "other." In it he talks about torturing rats with a hacksaw, setting fire to Mr. Fender's grocery store and then bashing in his head, and shaving off his girlfriends hair, tying her to a chair and leaving her in the desert. It almost sounds like an Eminem song!
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I believe the most controverial Weird Al song is Good Old Days. I would have voted for it if it was a choice but I felt more like voting for Trigger Happy than "other." In it he talks about torturing rats with a hacksaw, setting fire to Mr. Fender's grocery store and then bashing in his head, and shaving off his girlfriends hair, tying her to a chair and leaving her in the desert. It almost sounds like an Eminem song!
Ah, what a combination.... the musicianship of James Taylor and the lyrical sensibility of Marshall Mathers.
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Phillipemoz, I feel much the same way you do about the subliminal (or not-so-subliminal) meaning(s) behind Why Does This Always Happen To Me? It's also one of my favorite songs off POODLE HAT. I not only "get" the lyrics (as do you) but the music moves along beautifully and it is truly gorgeous to the ears (is that even possible?!). Ben Folds' piano playing is marvelous ~ that keyboard joy on top of everything else WDTAHTM? brings to the proverbial musicAL table makes me beam when I listen to it.
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"I wanna (blank) you like an animal. I wanna feel you from the inside?"y is that contrvertial?
Oh, I dunno. I can't imagine why that might have raised an eyebrow or two. :dontgetit:
I think thats pushing it. Thats only two lines. I would hardly call it "controvertial" Besides Al didnt even write those lines.