terpsichore wrote:bwahahaa...my ex also has an extensive rap sheet of Word Crimes and would commit them on a regular basis...the awful thing is, he wants to be a professional writer! when we were together he would always send me things he wrote and want me to read them, and they were atrocious and i never knew quite what to say!
As a pathologically picky girl who turned down every interested guy so far I find that pointing out their grammar is the most effective way to make them go away without actually telling them "you know, I find you really boring, I'd rather watch some TV than chat with you" .
terpsichore wrote:this might be one of my favorite songs on MF. when Blurred Lines came out i felt a bit conflicted - i would dance to it in my car whenever it came on the radio because the beat was catchy, but at the same time i was always like "ugh, ew" because the lyrics were gross. Now? Al took everything that was awesome about the original AND made it so i can sing along without feeling like i need a shower afterward.
When "Blurred Lines" first came out last year, it annoyed me so much I was hoping Al would just relegate this to the polka rather than do a full length parody of it (even though I knew deep down there was a better chance the latter would happen and have since had to come to terms with that fact after the MF tracklist was revealed on iTunes) but I have to say Al did a wonderful job with this song and it's definitely another instance where Al parodying a lame, obvious hit target makes me appreciate the original just a bit more (in spite of the lyrics in this original)
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What does Al say in the background of the song after, "Gonna familiarize you with the nomenclature?" It sounds like "meow," but something tells me I'm mishearing it.
Big Spoon wrote:What does Al say in the background of the song after, "Gonna familiarize you with the nomenclature?" It sounds like "meow," but something tells me I'm mishearing it.
it totally is 'meow' ! :-) hehe. i love the meticulous attention to detail; he recreates the original song even including the random meow!
terpsichore wrote:this might be one of my favorite songs on MF. when Blurred Lines came out i felt a bit conflicted - i would dance to it in my car whenever it came on the radio because the beat was catchy, but at the same time i was always like "ugh, ew" because the lyrics were gross. Now? Al took everything that was awesome about the original AND made it so i can sing along without feeling like i need a shower afterward.
I was listening to "Word Crimes" in the car with my daughter when I pulled into a gas station.
She said, "Mom, turn that off!"
I asked, "Why? Because you don't want people to hear that we're listening to Weird Al?"
"No, I don't want them to think we're listening to 'Blurred Lines'!"
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arewethereyet wrote:
I was listening to "Word Crimes" in the car with my daughter when I pulled into a gas station.
She said, "Mom, turn that off!"
I asked, "Why? Because you don't want people to hear that we're listening to Weird Al?"
"No, I don't want them to think we're listening to 'Blurred Lines'!"
your daughter is a Weird Al fan too? well then, you are obviously a stellar parent!
haha i played it at my day job (in a physical therapy clinic)...my boss (who is sadly unfamiliar with Weird Al and thought it was the Robin Thicke song) was like "don't play that when patients are here!" i was like just listen, the lyrics are different than what you're thinking!
terpsichore wrote:haha i played it at my day job (in a physical therapy clinic)...my boss (who is sadly unfamiliar with Weird Al and thought it was the Robin Thicke song) was like "don't play that when patients are here!" i was like just listen, the lyrics are different than what you're thinking!
mellow weasel wrote:
And how he reacted when he realized his mistake?
he was just like 'oh ok'. he doesn't really 'get' anything comedy-related, and he was distracted because other co-workers were looking through a catalogue of sex toys.
when we were together he would always send me things he wrote and want me to read them, and they were atrocious and i never knew quite what to say!
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