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http://24hoursofhappy.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; :oo

What in the flying fish fingers?!

I hope Al's video is gonna top this. :Y
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Hoping it will imitate the beginning of the video up until 1:46. Sorta the "tacky" dancing in the video, kinda like Bart Baker's parody. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_DwMLUh1YQ
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The most obnoxious thing about Bart Baker's parodies is that he has absolutely no concept of meter or prosody. He's constantly mispronouncing words by placing stress on the wrong syllables in order to shoehorn his bad jokes into the lines. It really grates on my nerves. #wordcrimes
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The Sporkman wrote:The most obnoxious thing about Bart Baker's parodies is that he has absolutely no concept of meter or prosody. He's constantly mispronouncing words by placing stress on the wrong syllables in order to shoehorn his bad jokes into the lines. It really grates on my nerves. #wordcrimes
I think the thing that's most obnoxious about Bart Baker's parodies is that he has absolutely no concept for the parody lyrics themselves other than "let's just mindlessly snark all over the original song/artist through the whole video". That approach to comedy really gets old fast. Also, he's a terrible overactor and if he keeps mugging for the camera as hard as he does, his face is going to fall completely off one of these days.
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Killingsworth wrote:I think the thing that's most obnoxious about Bart Baker's parodies is that he has absolutely no concept for the parody lyrics themselves other than "let's just mindlessly snark all over the original song/artist through the whole video". That approach to comedy really gets old fast. Also, he's a terrible overactor and if he keeps mugging for the camera as hard as he does, his face is going to fall completely off one of these days.
You're right. The humor is awful, lowbrow, uninspired, one-note, and just plain not at all funny. But that's all still a matter of taste. Obviously some people think he's funny, or he wouldn't be as popular as he is. But his craftsmanship can be judged objectively, and he's terrible at writing parodies on a purely mechanical level. If you're writing a parody, you're writing to an exact meter. The stressed syllables in the new line have to match up with the stressed syllables in the original. Here's an example:

The first verse of "Royals" with the word stresses in ALL CAPS:
i've NEVer SEEN a DIamond IN the FLESH
i CUT my TEETH on WEDding RINGS in the MOVies
and I'M not PROUD of MY adDRESS,
in a TORN-up TOWN, no POSTcode ENvy
The first verse of Bart's parody with his misplaced stresses in ALL CAPS:
i LOOK like I took WAY too MUCH xanAX
i HAVE puBIC hair ON my HEAD. i'm so BORing,
but I act LIKE this ON purPOSE
so reBELLious TEENS can RElate TOO me
See the problem? Rather than writing to the meter, he's mispronouncing words to force them into the the meter. No one pronounces "XANax," "PUBic," "PURpose," or "reLATE" the way he does. It's completely unnatural.
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"Tacky" is my favorite track from the new album (probably because I enjoy the original song, overplayed as it is). This should have been the first track on the album!
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Spoiler:
Favorite lines: Resume in Comic Sans, and taking selfies with the deceased. Love it.
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Yankovic Farley wrote:
Spoiler:
Favorite lines: Resume in Comic Sans, and taking selfies with the deceased. Love it.
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I think that this song was a good place to knock out the obligatory Twitter/Instagram/Selfie jokes. This is the only leaked song I listened to. I'm gonna wait til Tuesday for the rest of the album, but this gets me pumped!!
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This was an awesome track. Happy is way too overplayed and Al parodied it wonderfully. I had said that my one concern was how repetitive it was, and Al sure enough was able to change up the lyrics more than enough. Will definitely need to hear it again to get all the jokes.
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LYRICS
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Tacky -- Parody of "Happy" by Pharrell Williams
It might seem crazy,
Wearing stripes and plaid,
I Instagram,
Every meal I've had,
All my,
Used liquer bottles are on display,
We can go to see a show,
But I'll make you pay
Chorus:
Because I'm Tacky,
Wear my belt with suspenders,
And sandals with my socks,
Because I'm Tacky,
Got some new glitter rubs,
And lovely pink sequined crocks,
Because I'm Tacky,
Never let you forget,
Some favor I did for you,
Because I'm Tacky,
If you're okay with that,
Then, you might just be tacky, too
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I meet some chick,
Ask her this and that,
Like are you pregnant girl,
Or just really Fat? *What?*
Well, now I'm dropping names,
There goes Cousin Lee,
That's what Kanye West,
Keeps telling me, Here's why
Chorus:
Because I'm Tacky,
Wear my Ed Hardy shirt,
With fluorescent orange pants,
Because I'm Tacky,
Got my new resume,
It's printed in ComicSans,
Because I'm Tacky,
Think it's fun flattening waiters,
With a bad Yelp review,
Because I'm Tacky,
If you think that's just fine,
Then, you're probably Tacky, too
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*Tacky* Bring me shame, Can't Nothing
*Tacky* Bring me shame, Can never no Why?
*Tacky* Bring me shame, Can't Nothing
*Tacky* Bring me shame, I said, Now
*Tacky* Bring me shame, Can't Nothing
*Tacky* Bring me shame, It's pointless to try
*Tacky* Bring me shame, Can't Nothing
*Tacky* Bring me shame, I said,
Chorus:
Because I'm Tacky,
43 Bumper Stickers,
And a Yono license plate,
Because I'm Tacky,
Bring along my coupon book,
Whenever I'm on a date,
Because I'm Tacky,
Practice my twerking moves,
In line at the DMV,
Because I'm Tacky,
Took the whole bowl of restaurant mints,
Hey!, It said they're free!
Because I'm Tacky,
I get drunk at the bank,
And take off my shirt, at least,
Because I'm Tacky,
I would live-tweet a funeral,
Take selfies with the deceased,
Because I'm Tacky,
If I'm being biased on,
I'm probably not telling you,
Because I'm Tacky,
If you don't think that's bad,
Guess what, then you're Tacky, too
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