Sold-out Crowd And H2g2 Articles

[WAYFan]

I was wondering about two Al articles I found and really enjoyed. The first one links here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A539606

...and it's from the h2g2 site, which is the actual online Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It really imposes some of Al's finest works.

The second article is here:

http://www.mysanantonio.com/entertainme ... 8b8d0.html

...and I like how accurately it describes the concerts. Anyone else like these articles? Tell!

[KnottyEmily]

Those are both really great articles, nice find

[stupidsurgeon27]

Some reason my IE hates the second link. It keeps closing it down on me. *sigh*

But I definitely like the first one! That was a very nice article.

[Well, Well, Well]

Some reason my IE hates the second link. It keeps closing it down on me. *sigh*

Here's the second article, condensed:

Weird Al” Yankovic is silly, talented, clever, sometimes annoying and, yeah, weird. That's a given. But he's a pop culture icon, too. And his virtually sold-out concert at Laurie Auditorium on Friday was a reminder of that. Time and again — in video segments between those famous parody numbers — there was Yankovic on “The Simpsons” or being used as the punch line in gags on “Friends” and several other TV shows. His mocking “Al-TV” celebrity interviews, heavily edited bits that create the illusion that Yankovic is actually in the same room with the likes of Madonna, Justin Timberlake, Avril Lavigne and Kevin Federline, also added comic relief. But as much as he assails celebrity culture and the insipid nature of most hip-hop, rap and pop hits (often the music played by Yankovic's killer four-piece band is so spot-on that it's testament enough to how fine the line is between cool and crap), he's the butt of the jokes, too. And the frizzy haired star, promoting his biggest charting album, 2006's “Straight Outta Lynwood,” took it to the limit for some 2,400 fans. During “You're Pitiful,” Yankovic is willing to strip down to a frilly ballerina skirt and yellow SpongeBob SquarePants T-shirt for the James Blunt parody. Soon, dressed as a suave lady killer, he's jumped into the crowd and thrusting his crotch into the faces of unsuspecting fans (loving every minute of the attention, by the way) like a spastic stork on “Wanna B Ur Lovr.” And so on. During the evening, Yankovic will take on the personas of a disparate pop culture cast, including Eminem, Bob Denver (Gilligan from “Gilligan's Island”), Michael Jackson, Kurt Cobain and even a “Star Wars” Jedi. The famous accordion came out on numbers like “Ode to a Superhero” (to the tune of Billy Joel's “Piano Man”) and on the Kinks' “Lola” rewrite, the “Star Wars” send-up “Yoda.” It all works because it goes beyond simply being entertaining. Yankovic uses his amazingly pliable voice to keeps it real. And in this lip-sync era of live music, Yankovic (self-described Mr. “White & Nerdy” and the undisputed of music parody in the modern era), is not only “weird” but worth applauding, too.

[stupidsurgeon27]

Thanks very much for posting that, WWW, so I could read it.

[Stu Pidasso]

BRAIN FART! What song could Al dress up as Bob Denver(gilligan)? Maybe Isle Thing? Is that in the set list for this tour?

[Orthography Enthusiast]

BRAIN FART! What song could Al dress up as Bob Denver(gilligan)? Maybe Isle Thing? Is that in the set list for this tour?

It's a new concert-only.

[Narelle27]

Thanks WAYFan, nice articles. Good ones to print off & give out to the Al haters & people who don't think he's credible.

It's always great to read an article that isn't affraid to be pro-Al.