Any More Polka Medleys?

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Any More Polka Medleys?

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Now that Al isn't coming out with anymore albums and is only doing singles, do you think he will still make a polka medley from time to time, or do you think the polka medleys are done for? :accordion:
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I have read where Al has said he doubts there will be anymore polka medleys because of the work(permission and stuff) that goes into them. I hope that doesn't turn out to be the case, though!
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Wizzerkat wrote:I have read where Al has said he doubts there will be anymore polka medleys because of the work(permission and stuff) that goes into them. I hope that doesn't turn out to be the case, though!
Me too! I really enjoy the polkas
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He has said that he may never record another polka but he will try to keep polka as a part of his live shows in the future no matter what.

Could this mean he may continue arranging polka medleys of recent top 40 hits but only playing them on stage rather than recording and releasing them? Could Al keep arranging new polkas that exist as mere concert only songs? Could AL have several polka in the future that only exist as Polka Face did circa 2010?

If Al does miss polka that much it would be a great way for him to continue assembling them and presenting them to his hardcore fans without the hassle of all that paperwork that comes with recording them.
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They should just perform old polka's and a random one every show, sure that would mean a hell of a lot more backtrack rehearsing but that would be so killer!! One night you get Polka Power and then the next Polka Face or The Hot Rocks Polka, that would be quite awesome not knowing what they were about to pull out.
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Better yet, mash all the polkas up! So you get a little REM followed by Kanye West into Devo.

On second thought, nah.
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mrmeadows wrote:Better yet, mash all the polkas up!
That was literally my idea for that woway apprentice setlist we made, I called it metapolka, but then we decided to go with a different polka.
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What I've been wondering is why Al can't just use a digital release service, like RouteNote or TuneCore for albums?
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claykid12345 wrote:What I've been wondering is why Al can't just use a digital release service, like RouteNote or TuneCore for albums?
I'm sure he could. And he may well do so now that he's going indie. But the reason he's not doing traditional albums anymore is not that he can't, but that he doesn't want to wait for 12 songs to collect before he releases anything, so that his parodies can be more timely.


Also, I think it's very likely he will keep doing new polkas for the live shows.
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here is a polka I made up just for this:

Uptown Funk
No
Sorry
Hello
Hotline Bling
Same Old Love
Stitches
Ex's & Oh's
Out Of Style
My House
Downtown
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