POODLE HAT REVIEWS!!!

Weird Alan · Post by **Weird Alan** » Sat Jun 07, 2003 2:13 am

What the heck...I have Off the Deep End as one of my fabvorite Al albums. If not THE favorite. It appears to me that people's taste for Al is incredibly varied. The idea that 'WBUL' is edgy still boggles me. Even my parents love this song x_x

Post by **scottidog** » Sat Jun 07, 2003 2:22 am

For some reason, the first album I bought doesn't have a special place in my heart. Probably because it wasn't a studio album. It was a cheezy compilation. Greatest Hits. Eh...

Understandable. Which studio album was first? And does it have a special place?

GH is still my favorite cover. I don't know how they fit all that Yankovic in such a small space...

Post by **weirdojace** » Sat Jun 07, 2003 3:21 am

For some reason, the first album I bought doesn't have a special place in my heart. Probably because it wasn't a studio album. It was a cheezy compilation. Greatest Hits. Eh...
Understandable. Which studio album was first? And does it have a special place?

GH is still my favorite cover. I don't know how they fit all that Yankovic in such a small space...

My first studio album was.....Alapalooza. It does have a special place.

But Bad Hair Day will always be more special. This was the first album I had ever even heard part of. My friend played Amish Paradise, Everything You Know is Wrong, The Alternative Polka, Since You've Been Gone, I'm So Sick of You, I Remember Larry, Phony Calls, and The Night Santa Went Crazy for me. I was immediately hooked. If it weren't for her, I wouldn't be a Weird Al fan today!

Unfortunately, that was the only album she actually owned at the time. Well, her brother had Even Worse, sho she had heard some of that, too. So BHD is the most special album to me.

Patty · Post by **Patty** » Sat Jun 07, 2003 6:34 am

You mentioned that In 3D is your favorite and it was the first one you bought. I wonder if that colors our impressions?

It's possible, but 3-D has a bit more history going for it. I was 11 when In 3-D came out, and it was incredibly fresh and different to everyone's ears. It was released at an exciting time in music history ... new sounds were everywhere, and "In 3-D" captured all of them in a slick, well-produced manner. For the albums that followed, In 3-D set the standard for what was genuinely good and what was derivative.

The best songs on "Dare to be Stupid" were better than the best songs on "In 3-D," but the album on the whole wasn't as good. There were a couple lazy songs (I Want a New Duck). I see "Running with Scissors" in the same light.

If I were trying to convert someone (my age) to the Church of Al, those would be the albums I'd recommend -- 3-D, Dare, Bad Hair, and Running.

The idea that 'WBUL' is edgy still boggles me. Even my parents love this song x_x

Maybe I'm just old. I worked in a record store during college (yes, I've quite a nice collection of Al promo gear from the early 90's), and I remember several mothers returning "Alapalooza" because they didn't think calling Barney Rubble a "little wiener" was appropriate for their children (parents returned Off the Deep End, too). With that in mind, I think the slightly adult humor in "WBUL" is pretty bold for Al ... I think his last few albums have all acknowledged that he has fans who've bought his records for 20 years now.

I don't think Poodle Hat is as strong as his last two albums, but it doesn't change my burning love for Al. Nor do I think it's possible for any musical artist to score a homerun with every release.

CatraDhtem · Post by **CatraDhtem** » Sun Jun 08, 2003 12:24 am

I remember several mothers returning "Alapalooza" because they didn't think calling Barney Rubble a "little wiener" was appropriate for their children

You know, I was quite surprised that Al, this respected children's artist, would sink so low as to use such PG humor. After the first listen, I angrily marched back to the store and demanded that they put the album right back next to all the Raffi and Animaniacs albums from which I picked it out.

Hey...wait a minute!! Since when did Al become a children's artist??

People. :sarcasm:

Post by **weird_el** » Sun Jun 08, 2003 12:29 am

Hey...wait a minute!! Since when did Al become a children's artist??

Probably in 1997 when he got a kid's TV show. There's also some regular airplay on Radio Disney that's bound to confuse people. As for those above mentioned "mothers" I'm grateful my parents (and most of the parents I know) aren't that rigid. I don't even wanna know people like this.

El

Sun Jun 08, 2003 12:49 am

As for those above mentioned "mothers" I'm grateful my parents (and most of the parents I know) aren't that rigid. I don't even wanna know people like this.

It sounds like Al's mother might have been a parent like that. It's not such a bad thing-- think of all the fun those kids have rebelling when they grow up. And when the overzealous censor is also a genuinely loving parent, the kids only have to rebel moderately.

Anybody care to join me in a chorus of "If I Could Make Love To A Bottle?"

sarah_yzma · Post by **sarah_yzma** » Sun Jun 08, 2003 2:16 am

my parent didn't even comment after my dad blared WBUL.....he even got the prince reference (I just left it at that, didn't wanna explain the whole thing) and my mom notices EVERYTHING! so even if she did notice it she didn't care about the 'innuendos'......they were trying to figure out the line about clothes in the dryer....... :biggrin:

Sarah

Post by **scottidog** » Sun Jun 08, 2003 2:42 am

they were trying to figure out the line about clothes in the dryer...

See? I'm not the only one who didn't get it. :dontgetit:

rboy27 · Post by **rboy27** » Sun Jun 08, 2003 2:43 am

they were trying to figure out the line about clothes in the dryer...
See? I'm not the only one who didn't get it. :dontgetit:

I thought I was the only one, so I didn't say anything :lookround: