World of Weird Al Yankovic

TMBJon wrote:Would you be willing to share the tracklisting then?

It's only three tracks, but the first one is 17 minutes long. It's 17 minutes of Al attempting to play a medley of "every single song ever recorded on his accordion!" These include (among several other tunes I don't recognize in accordion format) "Also Sprach Zarathustra" from 2001: A Space Odyssey, "Wipe Out" by the Surfaris, "Stairway to Heaven," by Led Zeppelin, "The Star Spangled Banner," "Pomp and Circumstance" (that song played at graduations), Beethoven's Fifth Symphony ("duh duh duh duh"), "Do You Feel Like I Do?", "Entrance of the Gladiators" (that stereotypical circus theme), "Lobachevsky" by Tom Lehrer (unless Lehrer "plagiarized" the tune from another song), The William Tell Overture (the "Lone Ranger" portion, not the "sunrise" portion), the Star Wars theme, "Yesterday" by The Beatles, "Mary Had a Little Lamb," "California Girls" by the Beach Boys, "Hail to the Chief," "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh" by Allan Sherman/"Dance of the Hours," "Jingle Bells," The Mexican Hat Dance, "Dixie," the Dragnet theme, that song that plays at baseball games, "This Land is Your Land" by Woody Guthrie, "Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple, "On Top of Old Smokey," "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" by Judy Garland, an "Hey Jude" by The Beatles, and "Powerhouse" (nowhere near as good as They Might Be Giants' accordion version on "Rhythm Section Want Ad," sorry Al).


Track two is yet another version of "Mr. Frump" and track three is an improvised blues song about getting the munchies and going to Campus Donuts (which I actually remember from my childhood in SLO. It closed around approximately 1997).

JohnnyLurg wrote:Track two is yet another version of "Mr. Frump" and track three is an improvised blues song about getting the munchies and going to Campus Donuts (which I actually remember from my childhood in SLO. It closed around approximately 1997).

If Joel Miller himself is sending this to you, than it's most likely the live recording of "Mr. Frump" that was played during Al's Biography special where they talked about his college/coffehouse/Dr. Demento early period. He owns the recording, so he most likely authorized that clip to be played at that one special.

Killingsworth wrote:

JohnnyLurg wrote:Track two is yet another version of "Mr. Frump" and track three is an improvised blues song about getting the munchies and going to Campus Donuts (which I actually remember from my childhood in SLO. It closed around approximately 1997).

If Joel Miller himself is sending this to you, than it's most likely the live recording of "Mr. Frump" that was played during Al's Biography special where they talked about his college/coffehouse/Dr. Demento early period. He owns the recording, so he most likely authorized that clip to be played at that one special.

In the version he sent to me, Al introduced the song by saying that it makes people want to commit suicide. I don't know if that helps, as I doubt that line would be included in a biography special.

JohnnyLurg wrote:In the version he sent to me, Al introduced the song by saying that it makes people want to commit suicide. I don't know if that helps, as I doubt that line would be included in a biography special.

All his Biography special played was the first verse followed by a huge audience reaction/laugh at the "this is what I hear him say" part. I wouldn't know if that line was included or not.

Killingsworth wrote:

JohnnyLurg wrote:In the version he sent to me, Al introduced the song by saying that it makes people want to commit suicide. I don't know if that helps, as I doubt that line would be included in a biography special.

All his Biography special played was the first verse followed by a huge audience reaction/laugh at the "this is what I hear him say" part. I wouldn't know if that line was included or not.

Yeah, and there have been plenty of other suicide references in Weird Al songs, including his infamous song "I Think I'm Gonna Kill Myself" -- oh wait, that was Elton John.

Last week I purchased something I Never thought would be sold. The Original Dr. Demento Show Playlist from March 14, 1976 on KMET-FM (the first show Al's song Belvedere Cruisin' was broadcast!) The last time this was displayed in public was at The Weird Al Experience way back in '02. Now that's a One of a Kind piece of Demented History. I haven't decided if i'm going to frame and display it, or if I should lock it away in a safe!

Put it in a frame in the safe

But make sure the locked safe IS on display.

Killingsworth wrote:

JohnnyLurg wrote:Track two is yet another version of "Mr. Frump" and track three is an improvised blues song about getting the munchies and going to Campus Donuts (which I actually remember from my childhood in SLO. It closed around approximately 1997).

If Joel Miller himself is sending this to you, than it's most likely the live recording of "Mr. Frump" that was played during Al's Biography special where they talked about his college/coffehouse/Dr. Demento early period. He owns the recording, so he most likely authorized that clip to be played at that one special.

I can confirm that the recording IS in fact the version of Mr. Frump played during Al's Biography special. (There are 2 versions of it, but the one I'm referring to is on the 17 minute track)

My parents just got me "The Authorized Al" for my birthday!