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Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2002 8:01 am
by Orthography Enthusiast
The weakest ones to me are the ones Al had least to do with (George of the Jungle).
As for unpleasant, I just hit the skip button on "I'm So Sick of You" and resolve never to let myself wind up on the wrong side of anybody with a real gift for words.
I'm not too crazy about "I Was Only Kidding" either. I mean, isn't a comic song supposed to have some exaggeration or something like that in it? :dontgetit:
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2002 12:08 pm
by Grom
I can't stand Spam (no pun intended) or Mr Popeil.
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2002 5:02 pm
by scottidog
QUOTE As for unpleasant, I just hit the skip button on \"I'm So Sick of You\" and resolve never to let myself wind up on the wrong side of anybody with a real gift for words.
Hmmm. So Sick Of You is one of my faves. It is a perfect compliment to OMM. And Bermuda does a great job drumming in that song. Not that he doesn't always. But it is a strong drum driven song. Go Jon!
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2002 5:02 pm
by scottidog
D'oh!
Double post.
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2002 5:55 am
by Orthography Enthusiast
QUOTE
Hmmm. So Sick Of You is one of my faves. It is a perfect compliment to OMM. And Bermuda does a great job drumming in that song.
Well, maybe eventually I'll get to the point of actually being able to notice the music. A whole song's-worth of insult humor just doesn't suit my personal taste. And the trouble, of course, is that insult humor written by Al, like all the other kinds he writes, is vivid and memorable. Vivid and memorable is what I'm trying to avoid here.
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2002 5:38 am
by scottidog
Ah, but the insults are said with such looooove. In the same vein as OMM, You Don't Love Me Anymore, and Melanie. True, it's sick and twisted, but it is love (in a Weird kind of WAY.)
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2002 11:52 pm
by anthontherun
"Truck Drivin' Song"...I always thought that the repetitive mentioning of Al being in women's accessories and clothes got old after about a minute.
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2002 6:26 pm
by scottidog
Because all his songs are autobiographical. He drives truck while cross-dressing in his spare time.
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2002 9:01 am
by Orthography Enthusiast
Because all his songs are autobiographical. He drives truck while cross-dressing in his spare time.
Huh? I thought only Albuquerque was a strictly factual autobiographical song! Except for Slime Creatures From Outer Space, of course!
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2002 5:27 pm
by scottidog
Which reminded me of a quote from the Ask Al Archives:
Why did you write Waffle King? There must be a story behind that.
Boy, you'd think so, wouldn't you? But there isn't. I just wanted to write a song about a guy who becomes incredibly famous for doing something kinda stupid, and then starts taking himself way too seriously. And NO, it's not autobiographical!
Boy, he cracks me up!
