The thing to keep in mind is not so much that Al wouldn't want to release an unused song but rather that it costs a lot of money to record and mix them, so there's not really a backlog of unreleased studio recordings. Al pretty much has his mind made up as far as what he wants to put on an album before he even steps into the studio so that he's not wasting either studio time or money.
We all just lucked out with the bonus of "You're Pitiful," but remember that it was recorded with the full intent of being on the album.
In the case of T-Pain it just sounds as if Al had sent feelers out to a number of artists following the fiasco with Atlantic and was just lucky enough to have T-Pain, Taylor Hicks (or whoever handles the song), and Chamillionaire all get back to him with respective permission. One parody idea had to be discarded in order for the album to fit a normal length (not to mention the inherent royalties for the parodies), so unfortunately T-Pain got the ax.
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Taylor Hicks should have instead. That song is laaaame.
Taylor Hicks should have instead. That song is laaaame.
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Well didn't he actually say that we were only hearing a snippet of it during the concerts? But then again, maybe what he *did* have finished wasn't funny enough to him to record the whole thing...weirdojace @ Jun 10 2007, 02:06 PM wrote: I think he just didn't do it for some silly reason like he couldn't think of anymore lyrics or something. Or maybe he figured the album had enough rap/R&B parodies already.
Actually though, my guess was that he figured the album was getting to be R&B intensive so he just didn't do it for that reason...I wonder if he read any of our posts before the album came out about us thinking it already had too many rap and R&B songs...hmm....
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He definitely hung out in the spoiler forum, that's for sure.
But by the time we knew what songs were being parodied, all the songs had been recorded anyway.
But by the time we knew what songs were being parodied, all the songs had been recorded anyway.
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Not a terribly informative set of questions this time around, but it's better than nothing. It's interesting that "I'm in Love with the Skipper" was considered for the album. I figured he probably wrote it just for the tour. I haven't heard the song yet, so I can't really say if I wish it had appeared on SOL.
Not a terribly informative set of questions this time around, but it's better than nothing. It's interesting that "I'm in Love with the Skipper" was considered for the album. I figured he probably wrote it just for the tour. I haven't heard the song yet, so I can't really say if I wish it had appeared on SOL.Oh by the way, I've cracked the code.
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There are some nice photos, and some pretty cool Fanart is up at weirdal.com. Thanks for the heads up, Terri!
My cookies didn't make the cut. Maybe Jon figures the ones there already are enough.
Ah, well. Kinda sad, though.
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My cookies didn't make the cut. Maybe Jon figures the ones there already are enough.
Ah, well. Kinda sad, though.
Congrats to all who got their Fanart in the Gallery this time out!
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"How's Problem Child doing?" - 7/12/11
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