World of Weird Al Yankovic

Ricky-7/10 I like it, but I don't LOVE it.

Gotta Boogie-3/10 Al's Worst work. That's all I have to say. Very immature song.

I Love Rocky Road-9/10 One of Al's greatest all-time pieces

Buckingham Blues- 8/10 Pretty cool song.

Happy Birthday-7/10 A nice song to play on your birthday

Stop Draggin My Car Around-10/10 Great Al song. I love it. Very Funny.

My Bologna-9/10 Very cool song. I like the album version better than the concert.

The Check's In the Mail-7/10 Okay Song. Not Great polka work.

Another One Rides The Bus-10/10 So great. This Got me into Al. song.

I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead-8/10 Pretty Good. I like it.

Such A Groovy Guy-8/10 Okay song. I kinda like it.

Mr. Frump in the Iron Lung-6/10 I didn't really like this song. A little creepy.

Overall Album-8/10

weird_el @ Dec 29 2004, 07:39 AM wrote: And this would be the reason I think this is one of Al's worst songs. It just feeds into the "Al is for the immature" myth because in this song, he is.

I laugh every time I hear the punch line. If that makes me immature, so be it.

scottidog @ Jan 1 2005, 11:52 AM wrote: I laugh every time I hear the punch line. If that makes me immature, so be it.

Same here.

Manda @ Jan 1 2005, 10:54 AM wrote: I don't think he was very young. But I don't know when he wrote it.  Honestly I think he knew what he was doing when he did write it.

Well, I believe he was in his early 20s when he wrote it. And of course he knew what he was doing. (yes, I do think early 20s is very young)

Julie

Oh ok sorry! I just thought 25 or whatever he was. Was a little old to be writing about boogers.

Eh, nonsense! You're never too old to write a silly song about boogers.



btw, the song was recorded in January, 1981. So Al was 21 at the time, since he hadn't had his birthday yet that year. 21 is very young in my book, too.

Ok I'm wrong! I just thought he was in his mid twenties not early twenties. So I guess I called myself old.

scottidog @ Jan 1 2005, 02:52 PM wrote: I laugh every time I hear the punch line. If that makes me immature, so be it.

Boogers are funny.

~Allison

Well, we all know how Al has been (and is) influenced by other performers. There's really no need to "Blame It On The Boogie" (1). He's just unafraid to try new things, and basically has the "Fearless Boogie (2). At least we can all be thankful that he isn't plagued with the "Dirty Boogie" (3), or worse yet the "Jungle Boogie" (4) (which is normally cause by being bitten by the "Tube Snake Boogie" (5)). I can imagine him as a child, with his "Backyard Boogie" (6), trying to stay on the straight and narrow, so he wouldn't end up with the "Gangsta Boogie" (7) or a "Bad Boy Boogie" (8.. Nope, he just kept his "Boot Scootin' Boogie" (9) to himself, and never participated in any of those "Jump Shout Boogies" (10). And on that you can place a pretty sizeable bet down with your "Casino Boogie" (11) and come up a winner!

Oh, "I Gotta Boogie" (12)!

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(1) The Jackson Five
(2) ZZ Top
(3) Brian Seltzer
(4) Kool and The Gang
(5) ZZ Top
(6) Mack 10
(7) Foxy Brown
(8. AC/DC
(9) Brooks & Dunn
(10) Barry Manilow
(11) Rolling Stones
(12) "Weird Al" Yankovic

I'm glad you did that, Akrovak!