World of Weird Al Yankovic

You're welcome. I'm glad to help. Hope you'll stick around, because you'll like it here.

And I understand that changing clothes takes time, my point was that I could do without the "costumes" all together and enjoy another 45 minutes of music. But that's just me.

I see Al did come out and sign autographs after I left. I wish I could have stayed, but I litterally had a sick puppy at home and with the delay of the start of the concert, I felt I couldn't leave her any longer. (I've decided a vet visit is in store for Monday.)

Just want to make it official that the show was more than enjoyable. I loved the contrast to the previous two tours (RSW, PH and special OC Fair), which had many similarities. I'm glad Al really mixed it up this time. Especially liked, Radio, Radio, Cell Phones and Albuquerque. And I'm very please the IAATP was still in the mix.

Now, if I had the time I'd ask to be pointed to the "Debate Weasel Stomping Day" thread. That song just gives me a bad feeling.

Oh, and Hello to WeirdAlGurl, I think you were the one sitting in front of me.

And, finally..... Nice to see you again Shelly!

Carole

Okay, I can die now.

After 20 years of fandom, I have finally met Al!

Here's my review:

I got there WAY early just in case of any problems, of which there were none. Then, of course, we had to wait an extra 45 minutes because of the dang sun. But I won't complain about that, because everything else was pure bliss...plus it gave me an extra chance to go to the bathroom!

I was in the second row, center of the right hand side of the stage. Al was so close I could see the beads of sweat and even droplets of spit.

The opening few songs were great, and I was pleasantly surprised that he did WDTAHTM instead of "Bob." Probably one of the best performances of the night was WBUL. Sure, it's basically unchanged from the last tour, but his energy is so amazing in that song it just gets better each time. I am so glad he has made this a permananet replacement for OMM.

I got a huge kick out of "You're Pitiful." I had seen photos of the performance already, but I hadn't seen the one with the "Atlantic Records Sucks!" shirt. I want one of those!

The medley was...long, but fantastic! I loved the show clips they used during IILWTS. Brilliant! That would have made a great video. I also LOVED the Paris Hilton bit in "Headline News!" I had read about the Britney lyrics, and I didn't really find them all that funny, but the Paris lines were perfect and they captured what everyone else has been thinking.

"I'll Sue Ya" was hilarious, especially the way they used the lighting. Very cool.

Of course, you can't go wrong with any of the classics. SLN, "Fat," "Yoda," and TSB were all amazing as every. The great thing is that he doesn't need to change a single thing about those. BTW, my little brother who came to the show with me told me after the show that he thought the Santa costume during "Fat" was really dumb looking. He didn't realize it was supposed to be a ho.

I was utterly perplexed during "Amish Paradise," when he went into "Radio, Radio." I had never heard that song before, so I thought it must be some new original he had written for some reason. I was straining to hear some jokes, but after a while I noticed that everybody else was seemingly as confused as I was. Kevbo later explained the joke to me. Of course the irony of singing a song about a radio while dressed in Amish attire wasn't at all lost on me, but I thing I would have prefered to hear AP in full. BUT --- If he had to interrupt one of the classic hits, I'd rather it be AP than any of the others.

"Cell Phones" was absolutely brilliant. I loved seeing the sea of cell phones in the audience. What a great way to reuse that old joke. I'd really like to get a copy of that full song somehow...

And of course, "Albuquerque" was a wonderful encore. When I first found out that "Yoda" had lost its encore spot, I was bummed, but now that I've seen the full concert, I have to say it was the right choice. With the removal of "Wheel of Fish" and "Badgers" from the video clips, "Albuquerque" provides some great moments to shout along with Al. And it's epic nature is just perfect for the closing of the show.


Okay, so now for the really good part! After the show, a bunch of us went out by the buses, which were really easy to get to, to wait for the possibility of a meet and greet. We waited for a while, but they didn't kick us out, which we took as a good sign. At one point, Ruben came out, introduced his sister, and then got us chanting "We love the band!" before retreating to the bus.

After listening to Kevbo yammer on seemingly endlessly about how he was worried that he may not come out because of this and that, the security at Fraze informed us that Al would come out. However, he would only give ONE autograph per person and would not have time for posed pictures.

I had the distinct impression that it was the Fraze management that made the decision to keep it brief, since they all seemed to want to leave as soon as possible, and it was already midnight by the time he started signing autographs.

But that was good enough for me! After 20 years of being a loyal fan and never getting the opportunity to meet Al, I finally met my idol. I got him to sign my copy of "Peter and the Wolf." He seemed to be genuinely impressed and surprised to see a copy of that! I got my handshake and let him know how much his music has meant to me.

And now I can die happily.

Hello to everyone (I'm weirdalgurls mom) we went to the concert in kettering Oh. And i was never a Weird Al fan but i think he was awesome last night and i might be getting hooked because i came straight home and got more tickets to the Pigeon forge show so if anyone is going we will see you there.

That's wonderful! We were at the show last night, but I was so tired of sitting in the wheelchair that we headed back to our hotel. I was wondering - what time was it when Al came out to the bus?

I hope someone will post pictures. I was very annoyed that when I called Fraze they said no cameras, so we left ours at home.

It was nice to meet all the WOWAYers that we met - what a nice bunch! Thanks again Linda for the nametag!

Zelda27 - aka Jody in Michigan!

Congrats on the Al-hug, Autumn!!!

Bruce the Duck @ Jun 30 2007, 06:13 PM wrote: I got him to sign my copy of "Peter and the Wolf." He seemed to be genuinely impressed and surprised to see a copy of that! I got my handshake and let him know how much his music has meant to me.

And now I can die happily.

"Most excellent. Did Al sign it anywhere near "Bruce the Duck"?

I've got some really good pics of Al and TBITB, except for Jon, since he insists on doing his "Cymbal-head" impression every show!

I'll be posting them on photobucket as I can get the time. Watch for the link, or whatever. not sure how that site works. I already have some on my snapfish account, but I think I have to have emails to invite you to view them. I'm not too good at all this computer stuff. I know just a little to be dangerous!

A big "YOU'RE WELCOME!" to everyone who thanked me, and Bruce....did you ever find your nametag? I don't have my seat info handy, but I think I put it in the first group of seats you had, if you had 2 groups. I was rather scatter-brained and I picked up on the further-back seats. Sorry!

here are some pictures from this concert that I found on Flickr Weird Al in Dayton 2007