World of Weird Al Yankovic

TMBJon wrote:Let's all agree to stop feeding this troll. Maybe he will go away.

No one could possibly be so stupid to actually believe all of the things he posts, so he's gotta just be smurfin' with us.

If any of you actually think Killingsworth is a troll, you've never seen a real Internet troll before in your lives. Sometimes he's right and sometimes he's wrong. Can we all stop persecuting him for a change?

I have to agree that Casey is not a troll. I disagree with him a lot--in fact, most of the time--but he's not a troll. Calling him stupid is completely unnecessary. We need to stop this behavior if we want to increase activity here. Belittling and demeaning those we disagree with can't be helping the culture on WOWAY. Disagreements are obviously fine, but I would hope we can do so in a mature and civil manner.

I'm not belittling Casey because I disagree with him. In fact, I specifically said he was not stupid in my post.

um I was asking questions? At this point, nobody really knows anything about Album 14 for certain except Al and the guys. That's why this is speculation? I just wanted to know why Killingsworth knew it was a parody smh stop this nonsense

I only counted two of these instances and I just fixed both of them. You're welcome.

I never said I "knew" it was a parody, just like Jon "didn't"* call me stupid.

I said I inferred. We don't know for sure, least of all myself, but Jeremy did say Al told him personally that all six originals were done so he most likely isn't working on them anymore.

*I'm fairly certain Jon was just joking with his "feeding the troll" comment...but I do realize every joke has some kernel of truth to it and only so much humor can be conveyed through text (especially from someone whom you barely have talked to and have never met irl)

Also, thanks to CharlesNelson and Kevbo for sticking up for me. It's nice to finally see that for a change.

I definitely agree that Lisa Popeil's contribution is almost certainly part of a parody. Considering how long ago the six originals were recorded, I can't imagine why Al would wait this long to bring in anyone for backing vocals on an original (especially when you consider that Al's track record generally involves getting the songs mixed and mastered ASAP so that, once the lead parody is recorded, there can be a quicker turnaround time before the album is released). The only way I could see Lisa's vocals being part of an original (and please don't think I'm genuinely speculating this, because I'm not) is if there were suddenly going to be an additional original track on the album.

I'm leaning towards this will be a parody with Lisa. I'm speculating that it's a duet parody. Eminem and Rihanna have "Monster" song and there are a few other duet songs that are male and female that I could name that might be possible songs.

Has Lisa ever been featured in such a prominent way as you all are speculating, as a lead vocalist?
I would think she is just doing backup vocals, just as she has for many of Al's songs throughout his career. This could be for nearly any song, and I'm not sure how much we can realistically infer based on the fact that a female backing vocal is on the song. Still, it's fun to speculate I suppose.

A few dead links (that probably can't be re-posted), but the timeline is a lot better, Casey! I definitely have an easier time understanding the chronology of what's gone down so far.