If you like your Christmas tidings with a dollop of good humor, then this batch of holiday tunes is right up your alley. The lineup ranges from cute and innocuous (the Chipmunks, the Singing Dogs, and Spike Jones) to satirical (Stan Freberg and Allan Sherman) and just plain weird (Elmo and Patsy's "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" and Tom ...
Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection: The Greatest Novelty Records of All Time gathers two discs' worth of highlights from the five-volume Dr. Demento Presents series, as well as some of the good doctor's other favorite novelty singles. Anyone familiar with Demento's show will instantly recognize the Firm's "Star Trekkin'," Barnes & Barnes' ...
Like many of Weird Al's 1990s albums, Running With Scissors is something of a mixed bag, although devoted fans will definitely find enough of interest to add it to their collections. As usual, the highlights tend to be song parodies: "The Saga Begins" is a retelling of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace from Obi-Wan Kenobi's point of view set ...
Three years between Weird Al Yankovic albums has been the norm since the '90s, but a lot happened to the parody king between 2003's Poodle Hat and his 2006 release, Straight Outta Lynwood. First off, Poodle Hat stalled after one single. Then while on tour promoting the album, Yankovic's parents were both killed in their home from carbon monoxide ...
Trust Weird Al Yankovic to name an album "Even Worse" even as his recordings were getting better again. After a bit of a slump, he rebounded in 1988 by making fun of the same old guy again, Michael Jackson. Video played a big part in the success of "I'm Fat," based on "I'm Bad." In fact, one could say it was a whole new ball game for parody ...
As Weird Al Yankovic gets older, his albums get more reactionary, and Bad Hair Day is no exception. The first single, a parody of Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise" entitled "Amish Paradise," was a hit. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Following his exposure in the mid-'80s, Weird Al Yankovic's career stumbled with the poor-selling Polka Party in 1986 and his feature film UHF that tanked in 1989. Clearly, many people had grown tired of Yankovic's presence, just as they'd grown tired of the artists he was satirizing. Thus his chance for a comeback came in 1992, when Nirvana ...
"Weird Al" Yankovic makes his debut with this self-titled album, which can best be described as a silly collection of mid-'80s parodies. While a few original songs such as "Gotta Boogie" may attain a few laughs, the album's strong points are spoofs like "Ricky" and "I Love Rocky Road." Although not nearly as entertaining as some of his later ...
Following the genuinely inspired Off the Deep End, Alapalooza is a disappointing hodgepodge of weak originals and lame parodies, only slightly redeemed by the accurate satires of The Red Hot Chili Peppers ("The Bedrock Song") and Aerosmith ("Livin' in the Fridge"). ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
It's been said that artists will truly know they've entered pop culture when Weird Al Yankovic records a parody of their hit. But what does it mean when pop culture is ahead of Weird Al? Take his parody of the Backstreet Boys' "I Want It That Way," which Yankovic turns into "Ebay," but his satire is not far removed from the auction website's own ...
Sure, he can be corny, but when "Weird Al" Yankovic hits the target, he can also be one pointed satirist. Greatest Hits Volume II gathers such rib-ticklers as "Headline News" (Tanya Harding meets the Crash Test Dummies), "Jurassic Park" (to the tune of "MacArthur Park"), and "Smells Like Nirvana." ~ Roch Parisien, All Music Guide
With an album behind him, Weird Al Yankovic makes much of the improvements expected of new artists when they get a second crack at a release a year later. He premieres the concept of his own band, basically well-trimmed types that looked good in music videos. They also play very well as a unit, so whatever image augmentation was accomplished is ...
Dare to Be Stupid begins with what is perhaps Weird Al Yankovic's best parody ever, the brilliant and cutting "Like a Surgeon." Turning the tacky Madonna hit inside out and upside down, Yankovic comes up with a hilarious satire of the medical profession. Although the implications were probably missed by the none too bright Madonna, and may not ...
Radio Disney: Kid Jams collects 18 kid-friendly pop and rock tracks from artists like Hanson, Weird Al Yankovic, James Brown, and Donny Osmond. MC Hammer's "U Can't Touch This," Ray Parker, Jr.'s "Ghostbusters," Technotronic's "Pump Up the Jam," and the Backstreet Boys' "Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)" are among the contemporary pop hits on ...
This 1993 set from Weird Al Yankovic collects previously-released, food-themed parodies onto one disc. It's a hokey, hilarious, and often ingenious set, including the classics "Eat It," "Fat," and "I Love Rocky Road"." The album is perhaps a bit too filling, with also-rans like "The White Stuff" and "Addicted to Spuds" clogging up arteries here ...
Radio Disney: Kid Jams 2 collects kid-friendly pop and rock from Weird Al Yankovic, Queen, Sister Sledge, Aaron Carter, and Jason Raize. Christina Aguilera's "Reflection," Britney Spears' "Sodapop," Will Smith's "Just the Two of Us," and Lou Bega's "Disney Mambo #5 (A Little Bit Of...)" are some of the highlights from this enjoyable compilation. ~ ...
To some listeners, Christmas novelty singles like "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" are intolerable tripe; to others, they're joyous reminders of holiday hilarity. Either way, Christmas Comedy Classics is an imperfect collection of those novelty singles, lacking some obvious choices and including others. There are enough hits to make it ...
Although it is not "Weird Al" Yankovic's best release, Polka Party certainly has its moments. The album has many spoofs of popular '80s hits like James Brown's "Living In America," while original tunes such as "Christmas at Ground Zero" and "Good Enough for Now" are also very frown-lifting. Fans will be indeed pleased with Polka Party, which ...
Though 1989's Greatest Hits only covers the first half of "Weird Al" Yankovic's career, it nevertheless features nearly all of his best work, with classics such as "Eat It," "Fat," and "I Lost on Jeopardy" chief among its highlights. The collection takes a fairly even amount from each of Yankovic's early albums -- Weird Al Yankovic, In 3-D, Dare ...
Billboard Christmas Greatest Hits spotlights 40 tracks spanning the many different approaches to holiday music including such standards as Nat King Cole's "The Christmas Song," Bing Crosby/'s "White Christmas," and Elvis Presley's "White Christmas" alongside novelty items like Elmo & Patsy's "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer," the Chipmunks "The ...
Ever since his eponymous debut, Weird Al Yankovic proved to be one of the 20th century's most innovative and memorable musicians. True, he never had many radio singles, but, just as such a film as The Rocky Horror Picture Show didn't catch on initially yet eventually established itself as a cult hit, Yankovic had arguably made himself the most ...
The TV Album was another of Weird Al Yankovic's many compilation albums, collecting all of the songs he had written about television as well as all of his parodies of TV themes. Since his albums are usually loaded with subpar material, compilations suit the comedian very well -- quite simply, they have all killer and no filler. The TV Album was no ...
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