World of Weird Al Yankovic

I thought "Close to You" was funny, yet sweet at the same time. I remember watching the clip of the band doing "Wipeout" and groaning and laughing all at once! I nearly lost my breath I laughed so hard! I really needed that! *I had a rough year last year, and that clip was the funniest thing I saw during AlCon*

Thanks, Jon!



Patti

How about some surprising, never done live (as far as I can tell from the setlist) songs?



Your Horoscope For Today. Everything You Know Is Wrong. What's the matter, Al? Too fast and wordy even for you to do live?



Don't Wear Those Shoes. You could add that one to this year's setlist, Al. It is one of my favorites.

Your Horoscope for Today was the opening song at last summer's Orange County Fair concerts.

D'oh! I forgot that OC wasn't up on the setlist yet. And I also forgot to look at Elvis' OC Setlist. My mistake.



Sorry Al.

And on the very fast part halfway through "Horoscope," where he explains how horoscopes are scientifically proven, "But Let Me" is sung by the rest of the band while he takes a DEEP BREATH.

Everything you know is wrong... I can understand why he hasn't done that one.

And on the very fast part halfway through "Horoscope," where he explains how horoscopes are scientifically proven, "But Let Me" is sung by the rest of the band while he takes a DEEP BREATH.
Everything you know is wrong... I can understand why he hasn't done that one.

Well that puts to rest the theory that he somehow uses all those curls as a breathing device... Is this something you noticed by listening to RWS or by observing the live performance?

Just by watching the performance. Listening to RWS wouldn't help, because it is edited so that he sings two or three different parts of the section seperately, then edits them together so that it sounds like he sings it perfectly without a breath. We already know that he tends to sing the background vocals on his albums, you can tell the difference in the voices when listening to a live performance.

Here's all the info I have...

Sweet Home Alabama, Let Me Be Your Hog, School's Out, Whole Lotta Love, Purple Haze - 2004, teaser songs before one more minute
Last Train To Clarksville, Smoke On The Water - each of these played once in 2004 and on 10/17/2007 in Rio Rancho, NM
Rio Rancho, China Grove, Sweet Home Albuquerque, A Complicated Song Albuquerque version - 10/17/07 Rio Rancho, NM
Wipeout - 10/8/1999, 9/18/2004, 10/31/2000 (the first 2 performances of this song 10/8 and 9/18 were played in multiple keys, on 10/31/00 it was the fat jam and was played normally)
Hot Beets, Matter Of Crust, Won't Eat Another Hero - 5/16/1987
You Light Up My Life - 6/12/1981 and 9/5/1987
Take Me Down - 9/27/1997
Dueling Accordions, Orgy On My Own, More Than A Filling - 6/12/1981
Radio Radio - 2007 (aka the technical difficulty song)
Close To You 10/8/1999 and various 2007 shows, replaced cell phones on the 07 ones
Albuquerque (fake), Mr.Frump In The Iron Lung, Inna Gadda Da Vida - 10/8/1999 Albuquerque
Ricky - various 1983-1984 shows
Rocky Road Hoochie Koo - 1983
Love Me Two Times - 2004?
It's A Gas - 6/30/1985 Cedar Rapids, IA (played to stall time during a costume change)

That should be everything...

Oh gosh, I love the video of him singing Close To You. The first time I heard it, I cried. xD;

He sung Close To You at my concert.

I still crack up laughing when I hear it.