You know what would be cool?

Cameron Stitch · Post by **Cameron Stitch** » Sat May 24, 2003 10:46 pm

Al should make long epic songs at the ends of AL-bums a tradition.

jerrymustbeslaughtered · Sat May 24, 2003 11:53 pm

Like the doors sort of?

sarley27 · Post by **sarley27** » Sun May 25, 2003 2:36 pm

Cool. The last two endings were awesome.

Post by **weirdojace** » Sun May 25, 2003 3:45 pm

No. Really, it would get old after a while.

jerrymustbeslaughtered · Sun May 25, 2003 4:57 pm

You listen to the doors albums and tell me that The End, When the Music's Over, Celebration of the Lizard, The Soft Parade, L.A. Woman, and Riders on the Storm get boring. You just have to do them right.

Post by **weirdojace** » Sun May 25, 2003 5:19 pm

Well, the only "long epic" song I really like is Genius in France. Albuquerque and Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota are okay.

CatraDhtem · Post by **CatraDhtem** » Sun May 25, 2003 11:32 pm

I don't think they should always be long songs, but I do like it when an album ends with a really good original. It brings the album to a unique close. Can you imagine if "In 3-D" ended with "Theme From Rocky XIII?" I guess it would have just pigeonholed Al even further into just being known as a parody artist.

Even for the two albums that end with a polka, it still seems a bit unoriginal.

I like the parody-original-parody-original-etc. format most of the albums use. It shows that Al doesn't feel the need to sandwich his more creative songs (the originals) between what he's better known for (the parodies).

Unless of course, it's an odd-numbered tracklist.

Post by **Bruce the Duck** » Mon May 26, 2003 12:26 am

Well, with the exception of the first, third, and (counts) eighth albums, the best original on each album is the last one.

Nature Trail To Hell

Christmas At Ground Zero

Good Old Days

Biggest Ball of Twine In Minnesota

You Don't Love Me Anymore

The Night Santa Went Crazy

Albuquerque

Genius In France (actually, I don't think this is the best original on the album, but it certainly belongs on this list!)

Jeremy

Jebediah · Post by **Jebediah** » Mon May 26, 2003 3:30 pm

Personally, I've always liked how Alapalooza and Dare to Be Stupid end with the polkas. I think a fast-paced, all-over-the-place song is a great way to end it. Only problem is, that throws off the flow for some reason, and each of these albums have only 4 parodies instead of the usual 5. Why, I'm not sure. But I do think that ending with a polka is a good idea as long as we can fine-tune the album format.

And I strongly disagree with the statement that every album ends with the best original. Maybe the most popular original, but even that has some exceptions ("UHF" is more popular than "Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota"). I'm glad that the albums don't end with parodies, but I still think a polka is the way to go.

World of Weird Al Yankovic

You know what would be cool?

You know what would be cool?

end with a polka!