World of Weird Al Yankovic

Ok I like the performance. It was a good Elvis routine. The way for anyone to like me here is to agree. So I agree the performance was great.

Elvis...

hehe, Al said it was him doing Beck doing Prince, kinda. hehe!

Patti

sees some Beck in there, which is cool, cause I like him.

like_im_27again @ Apr 1 2004, 10:15 PM wrote:

scottidog @ Apr 1 2004, 09:36 AM wrote: I haven't seen this show, but Al does crank up the Wackiness Factor when he appears professionally in public.  If you doubt that, just check out the red/green carpet photos of him at wireimage.com.  I guess that's one of the reasons it took me so long to become a fan.  I adore him now, and can tolerate the ocassional "Weird Al" attack, but if that's all I knew of him, I wouldn't be looking to see him in a live show anytime soon.

Ditto.
He might feel the wackiness in public is expected of him, and it probably is expected by his younger fans.
Vikki

I've suspected at a couple of those recent, extremely wacky red/green photo ops (question: do red/green photo ops get shown on the Red Green Show?) that Al might have been trying to keep the cameras on himself-- so the photographers wouldn't pester Suzanne.

Manda @ Apr 1 2004, 05:13 PM wrote: Ok I like the performance. It was a good Elvis routine. The way for anyone to like me here is to agree. So I agree the performance was great.

Um, Manda you did see my edited version right? So you're not mad at me?

And actually for EVERYONE to like you that's what you'd have to do. But who cares if some people don't accept your opinions? I personally don't care if someone hates me. That's THEIR opinion.

Oh does Beck do Elvis too?

I wasnt talking about you Driew. And no I'm not mad at anyone. I just dont understand the performance I guess. I'll watch it agian.

It's not supposed to be like Elvis. Although the gyrating could give that impression. It's more like Prince or Beck, like I said. Being like Elvis. That's OMM's job.

I was referring to the gyrating. I dont mind a little of it, I admitt. But on this performance he did too much.

I think EVERYONE does at least a little Elvis. He kind of set the rules for Pop As We Know It.

For the record, I do not ever want to see Al naked. That would be... inappropriate.

I love the WBUL routine because he's taking that bump-and-grind onstage sexiness to a whole new ridiculous place. The exaggerated movements, the grimaces, the loopy 70's ladykiller white suit he wears in concert-- he's putting an absurd spotlight both on the sexy-singer schtick *cough*prince*cough* and on the immaturity and crassitude of going "fishing" for women with pickup lines. Is crassitude a word? If it isn't, it should be. Anyway, I think WBUL is a very family-values-friendly song at its heart.