World of Weird Al Yankovic

I can pretty much do every song except for Hardware Store, I pretty much mumble my way through, then I say the only words I can say and make it sound like I'm a pro.

That's awesome! I've noticed that the more I practice his songs, the better my breathing gets. Like on Couch Potato, where he says, "Look there's James Lipton discussing the oeuvre of Mr. Rob Schneider and there's "Gilligan" and "SpongeBob", plus there's "MacGyver" and Jay Leno has got Madonna, hey there's Luke Perry on a
Special all Pig-Latin episode of "Drew Carey"

He says it with a breath in between, but I don't even have to take that second breath in between

the only song i memorizewd was amish paridise, but i for got most of it . so i have to listen to it and then work my way though the songs, . and i know this is a bit off topic but which song does he have those different shirts and the tuto, i heard about them and i was woundering.

That's You're Pitiful. And yeah, it's off topic, since we're talking about fast songs.

LTW, I love that you were able to improve your students reading skills and vocabulary with Al's songs. Al as a learning tool. I like it!

Bruce the Duck @ Jul 17 2007, 12:42 PM wrote: Yeah, that Hawaiin War Chant is one of my favorite bits in the Yoda Chant.

Incidentally, you can also hear Pumba and Timon sing that chant (with slightly different lyrics) in "The Lion King," when they try to distract the hyennas.

Thanks, Jeremy - I'd wondered where I'd heard that tune before!

I can sing JS just fine, and YHFT pretty well too. I despair of ever singing the list from HS in time, though I know it.

And I wish I could learn the 'new' Yoda Chant. (It's new to me, I didn't see any of the Poodle Hat shows.) That would polka. As it is, I know the chant from WAY Live, I just can't enunciate some of the words properly and it runs together.

- Laurel -

You're talking about the Hawaiian War Chant part being new to you, right, Laurel? Well, there is still a new addition to the chant for this tour, near the end. I love it!

Yeah, Patti, that's what I meant.

Gotta love the Yoda Chant, in all its forms!

- Laurel -

I know it's been mentioned in another thread (probably the Yoda thread) but there's a video on youtube of the evolution of the yoda chant. you just search Yoda Chant and it should be on the first page.

Timon & Pumba, I KNEW I had heard that somewhere before.

About the War Chant: Awesome, I didn't remember it from Poodle Hat until i just went and saw that awesome Chant Evolution video lol.

I love how his excitement on the last syllable and the crowd's ensuing applause grows with each tour. Al seems to be just like "Yep, cool little treat for you guys, okay we're done" in 1994 but now he seems much more excited, and knows that everyone seems to expect it and wait for it.

Oh, and to my credit, while he did do that chant during Poodle Hat, he DIDN'T say "Everybody!"