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On the sonography, it lists "Wreck the Bot (2009)"

Anybody know what this is?

Also. . . what's "Lady of La Rosa (1987)"
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Interrobang wrote:On the sonography, it lists "Wreck the Bot (2009)"
Wreck-Gar sang that during his second appearance on "Transformers Animated."
Also. . . what's "Lady of La Rosa (1987)"
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The guys played this with John Paragon in concert. Our own Richard Green told me about this and said that Jon showed a clip of it at the first ALCON, but I personally don't remember that.
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Thanks for the help!
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I'm pretty sure Bermuda showed the clip of John Paragon as Ramon Azteca at Dementia 2001, not ALCON '98.
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Not to talk about bootlegs, but don't some people have recordings of Bermuda's presentation at Dementia 2001? If so, that would mean that a recording exists in the hands of collectors.
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Sorry for the double post, but. . .

Dare I ask what "The Demand for Cutlery (2010)" is?

Also, unplugged versions have been added for You Don't Love Me Anymore, Good Old Days, and CNR, all listed under 2010. Where'd these come from?
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The unplugged songs come from the NPR Tiny Desk Concert that Al did. No idea about the cutlery
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I think The Demand For Cutlery might be on The Timewaster Podcast's "Robin Cooper meets Al Yankovic". I found it on iTunes, but can't get the podcast to play anymore, nor can I get the site I found it from to load, (which was here) so I can't be sure.

If anyone can get the podcast to work, let me know.
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Orthography Enthusiast wrote:The unplugged songs come from the NPR Tiny Desk Concert that Al did. No idea about the cutlery
I guess I should have figured that. Thanks for letting me know!
MarioMaster2008 wrote:I think The Demand For Cutlery might be on The Timewaster Podcast's "Robin Cooper meets Al Yankovic". I found it on iTunes, but can't get the podcast to play anymore, nor can I get the site I found it from to load, (which was here) so I can't be sure.

If anyone can get the podcast to work, let me know.
I got it to work. That's definitely where it comes from. Thank you!



I just want more more more, don't I? Here are a few others from the sonography I want to know about (okay, much more than a few):


Billboard (2009)
Cars (2005)
The Chicken Dance (1999)
Come on Get Happy (1988)
The Crazy Jay Show Promo (2001)
Cruisin' Down Higuera (1979)
Deck The Halls (1979)
Desert Island Discs (1990)
Do They Know It's Christmas? (2009)
E! Radio Sound Byte (1994)
Ella (1999)
Fly (2005)
Gas Line Blues (1979)
Gimme Some Lovin' (2009)
Give A Little Bit (1979)
Guest D.J. Show #116 (1984)
Hello (2007)
Hey Food (1979)
Hey, I'm Oprah! (2003)
Hocus Pocus (1979)
Hot Hot Hot (2005)
I Melt With You (2006)
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (Notebook Paper Version) (1997)
Incidental Music (1979)
Jockey Full Of Bourbon (1997)
KMET IDs (1976)
KMET IDs (1977)
Leprosy (2003)
Lola (1994)
Mind Games (1999)
The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia (2006)
O Come All Ye Faithful (1980)
Pennsylvania Polka (2008)
Phony Calls (AlMusic Version) (1996)
Pizza Burnin' (1994)
Pretty Fly For A Rabbi (Beatnik GrooveGrams Mix)
Punk Blues (1979)
Question Reading Music (2009)
Ridin' (2006)
Rock And Roll Hoochie Coo (1986)
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (2003)
School's Out (2004)
Schmaltz (1979)
Silent Night (1980)
Snapped on by Weird Al (2009)
Song For The Dumped (2001)
Spy Hard (Theme From The Motion Picture Spy Hard) (Exclusive Instrumental Mix) (1996)
Stairway To Gilligan (1979)
Talk Soup (E! Version) (1993)
Think! (A Cappella Version) (2009)
Think! (Accordion Version) (2005)
UHF Score (1989)
V.I.P. Music Sting (2001)
Without You (2009)
Yesterday All My Stubble Seemed So Far Away (2003)
You Never Gave Me A Tune Up (1979)


Sorry for the huge amount. Most of these look like obscure things sung at interviews or other things, but a few seem to be early songs I can find nothing or nearly nothing about.
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Deck The Halls (1979)
O Come All Ye Faithful (1980)
Silent Night (1980)
I believe these are pretty much straight covers on the accordion, performed live on the air, back when Dr. Demento Show was doing live radio shows.
Interrobang wrote:The Chicken Dance (1999)
Al hosted a chicken dance in Cincinnati. I think they do it every year as some kind of festival. At the time it was a world record for the most people dancing to The Chicken Dance" but it's since been broken.
Do They Know It's Christmas? (2009)
From the Comedy Death-Ray Christmas album.
Phony Calls (AlMusic Version) (1996)
I believe this was a shortened version of the song played over the "Waterfalls" video on Al Music.
Pretty Fly For A Rabbi (Beatnik GrooveGrams Mix)
This was a remix of the song that was on the Beatnik GrooveGrams website for some contest or promotion they were running.
Rock And Roll Hoochie Coo (1986)
From an interview on Howard Stern. Rick Derringer happened to be a guest on the same show, right after Al, so Al was invited to hang around for his interview as well because of their past connection. Rick performed the song live on air, and everyone in the studio, including Al, was adding background noises, claps and stuff.
Snapped on by Weird Al (2009)
From the Halloween II soundtrack.
Song For The Dumped (2001)
Al did vocals for the song at a Ben Folds concert. There's actually a topic for it on here, but not much to it.
Spy Hard (Theme From The Motion Picture Spy Hard) (Exclusive Instrumental Mix) (1996)
From Steve Jay's promo CD. Pretty much almost the same thing as the Instrumental Mix, but not quite.
UHF Score (1989)
Pretty much all the little musical stuff you hear in the movie that John Du Prez didn't do.
V.I.P. Music Sting (2001)
A little theme song he wrote for the Pamela Anderson's detective agency, or whatever they were, when he was on "V.I.P."

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