World of Weird Al Yankovic

Muppetboy09 wrote:As for no parodies, you would think he feels obligated to perform certain ones, maybe just Amish Paradise, Yoda, The Saga Begins, and maybe White and Nerdy.

Yeah, this is what I'm thinking. I love the idea of a concert with more originals/obscure songs for the hardcore fans, but every concert is going to be someone's first Weird Al concert, and I'd imagine because of that Al would feel a strong obligation to play stuff like Amish Paradise, White & Nerdy, and Eat It in some form or another. Putting them all in a medley is a possible compromise, though (which I think would work well for everything except maybe the Star Wars songs).

Anyway, what original songs do y'all want to see performed? Some personal hopes for me are Good Old Days, UHF, The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota, Frank's 2000" TV (absolutely loved seeing it in 2010), Your Horoscope for Today, Truck Drivin' Song (How long has it been since Al's done something in his deep bass voice live?), Genius in France, and Don't Download This Song.

My hope is that this tour wouldn't have the same setlist from night to night, and Al and the band would have a big pool of parodies, originals and deep cuts to rotate thru.

I'd say it would probably be a 1.5 hour show. Especially since it wouldn't be a running around show like he does now.

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To be honest I wouldn't want it to be all acoustic/unplugged and such, I love the rockin' stuff way too much. Also there has to be polka. Polka or riot!

Oh yes, I'd love a mix of acoustic and rock.
But I'll tell you.....I'd love to see him perform GERMS!

Also - He could do something like what They Might Be Giants did on their most recent tour: no opening band, and then two full sets of TMBG with a 20 minute break in between. That way, Al could get some rest and water for a few minutes and come back to rock the second half.

Yeah an intermission would make for a very decent performance. I'd say an opening polka is necessary, would definitely prefer to hear heavy versions of the songs that need it. A full version of Eat It with the solo would be pretty wild, I don't know though.

chickadee wrote:Oh yes, I'd love a mix of acoustic and rock.
But I'll tell you.....I'd love to see him perform GERMS!

Yes. As a Yankochick I second this. It is quite possibly the sexiest thing I've ever seen him do.

Also I would love Airline Amy. I just love its music.

1. New Polka
2. Lame Claim To Fame
3. old original
costume change - black dress shirt
4. First World Problems
5. Canadian Idiot
put on red jacket
6. One More Minute (audience song)
costume change - hazmat suit/large white suit
7. Dare To Be Stupid/Dog Eat Dog
costume change - wacky outfit/silver suit
8. Perform This Way/It's All About The Pentiums
costume change - white dress shirt
(acoustic part)
9. You Don't Love Me Anymore
10. Good Old Days
11. 126 (sundace promo song)
12. CNR
13. Medley:
1. Eat it
2. I Lost On Jeopardy
3. Addicted To Spuds
4. Living With A Hernia
5. I Love Rocky Road
6. Another One Rides The Bus
7. Fat
(acoustic part ends)

costume change - tacky suit
14. Tacky (audience song)
costume change - amish outfit
15. Amish Paradise
costume change - White & Nerdy outfit
16. White & Nerdy
costume change - stripy suit
17. Word Crimes
costume change - Kurt Cobain outfit
18. Smells Like Nirvana
costume change - surgeon outfit
19. Like A Surgeon
costume change - jedi robes
encore
20. Cell Phones
21. The Saga Begins
22. Yoda

^For a second I thought this was the Summer 2016 set list. My heart skipped a beat when I read "new polka".