Ruben in Als Music Vids
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Ruben in Als Music Vids
by Timnis » Tue Jun 22, 2010 4:38 am
I have always wondered, whay isn't Ruben in any of the videos?
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Re: Ruben in Als Music Vids
by quantumerror » Tue Jun 22, 2010 4:50 am
He was in The Saga Begins, playing the piano like Darth Sidious!
He may have been in a couple others, but my best bet as to why he isn't in many is because he has been with the band the shortest amount of time of them all.
He may have been in a couple others, but my best bet as to why he isn't in many is because he has been with the band the shortest amount of time of them all.
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Re: Ruben in Als Music Vids
by Big Spoon » Tue Jun 22, 2010 4:55 am
... And he's primarily the touring key boardest.
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Re: Ruben in Als Music Vids
by NH Weird Al Fan » Tue Jun 22, 2010 5:05 am
He was also in Headline News.
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Re: Ruben in Als Music Vids
by TMBJon » Tue Jun 22, 2010 5:17 am
A few reasons:
1) The majority of Al's (non-animated) videos were filmed before Rubén joined the band (in the 80s, when music videos mattered).
2) Rubén is primarily a touring keyboardist. Therefore, if he's not available the day of the shoot, they would probably just go on without him as opposed to, say, Jim, for whom they might reschedule part of the video shoot.
3) Al and his record label would be able to save money by having to pay fewer band members to show up, especially a band member who does not play on the song. Other than The Saga Begins, can you even think of the last Weird Al single that Rubén plays on?
4) Rubén is just so freakin' ugly, Al didn't want to feature him prominently. This explains the Darth Sidious hood in The Saga Begins.
1) The majority of Al's (non-animated) videos were filmed before Rubén joined the band (in the 80s, when music videos mattered).
2) Rubén is primarily a touring keyboardist. Therefore, if he's not available the day of the shoot, they would probably just go on without him as opposed to, say, Jim, for whom they might reschedule part of the video shoot.
3) Al and his record label would be able to save money by having to pay fewer band members to show up, especially a band member who does not play on the song. Other than The Saga Begins, can you even think of the last Weird Al single that Rubén plays on?
4) Rubén is just so freakin' ugly, Al didn't want to feature him prominently. This explains the Darth Sidious hood in The Saga Begins.
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Re: Ruben in Als Music Vids
by weird user » Tue Jul 13, 2010 2:49 am
Ruuben is also in It's All About the Pentiums, though I think only in a few shots. None of them in particular show any real clear views of him.
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Re: Ruben in Als Music Vids
by airlineaaron27 » Fri Jul 16, 2010 7:16 am
Last edited by anthontherun on Fri Jul 16, 2010 7:27 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Let my lava flow all over you...are you pickin' up the subtle innuendo here??
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Re: Ruben in Als Music Vids
by FredHuggins » Fri Jul 16, 2010 11:12 am
This guy's on what, his ninth strike?
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Re: Ruben in Als Music Vids
by weird user » Sun Aug 29, 2010 3:11 pm
TMBJon wrote:4) Rubén is just so freakin' ugly, Al didn't want to feature him prominently. This explains the Darth Sidious hood in The Saga Begins.
I don't know if you were joking or if you know that as fact, but if Al really thought he was so ugly do you think he would have put Reuben in the cone bra?
Oh, and he was also in the Headline News video despite not playing keyboard on the actual track.
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Re: Ruben in Als Music Vids
by Mystik Tomato » Sun Aug 29, 2010 3:48 pm
weird user wrote:but if Al really thought he was so ugly do you think he would have put Reuben in the cone bra?
Well, yeah, actually.
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