Fox News reviews Alpocalypse

[TMBJon]

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SKIP: "Weird Al" Yankovic, "Alpocalypse"
At first I thought the joke behind "Weird Al's" new album had something to do with the dog food Alpo. Silly me, it's AL-pocolypse — like the end of the world, with "Weird Al" thundering from the sky. HA! That's funny. Oh, Al, you're a card. There's something quaint about "Weird Al" cranking out his Lady Gaga parodies, mashing up Taylor Swift with TMZ, and talking about those crazy kids' tattoos. The guy's cute. Problem is, the world of parody has moved on. The Lonely Island and others cornered the market on smart pop culture commentary that feels born of the moment. Yankovic seems like the creepy dad trying to stay hip by sharing his Hoagy Carmichael collection with the kids.

[weirdojace]

Old people can't still make music and be cool!!!

[Wizzerkat]

Whatever.. BTW Al's not old-he's middle aged I never take anything Fox News does seriously anyway

[weird_el]

Another example of them misinforming their readers.

[crazygurl14]

Watch out Victoria Jackson might become Anit-Al if she was not already

[ludovica64]

I dont suppose we are allowed to say "what a smurfin' smurf!" on here are we?


Honey Badger don't care

[crazygurl14]

Ha Al saw this review too

he tweeted

Loved the Fox News album review: "How can he possibly be funny? He's OLD!"

[algonacchick]

Ok, so he's old and you should skip his new cd. Really?? First of all, he's not old, and second, the new cd is great! I told Al on twitter that I could relate after he tweeted that, crazygurl14.
I don't think it was as harsh a comment as what this person on Fox said about Al, but overheard at a gig - "Problem Child is old!" bahaha! Just means the band has been around for about 26 years. But, anyway, I agree with Louise about this so-called reviewer.

[oddaustin]

HA! That's funny. Oh, Fox, you're a card.

[anthontherun]

Not that I dislike The Lonely Island, but "smart pop culture commentary"? Really? The last sentence is what really baffles me--they acknowledge Al parodying modern artists like Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift prior to that, and then end by making it seem like he's releasing parodies of Duran Duran or the Carpenters in 2011.

(On that note though, Al could probably do some solid style parodies of either of those groups)