Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2003 7:27 am
Or resemble a certain 80 year old southern gentleman in a white suit?
Or -- even worse -- a chihuahua?? :nervous:
Dr. Dad
Or -- even worse -- a chihuahua?? :nervous:
Dr. Dad
Back to least favorite songs . . . I noticed there was a 'worst song' thread I had missed, and it's on the top 10 most viewed topics-but the last post was many months ago, so I guess it's okay I made this new topic- and there is a difference between least favorite and worst.
It's interesting how some people's least favorite songs are among my favorites, like 'When I was your age'. I also like young, dumb and ugly + stuck in a closet with vanna white.
some songs that seem overrated in my opinion, or are good songs I just don't like much, are Like a Surgeon (I know it was one of his biggest hits, but I just can't stand the beat and Al's high pitched voice), Ricky, and Addicted to Spuds. I believe these were all on his first greatest hits CD, and that Yoda and X-mas at ground zero (yes, I like that song) should have replaced two of those. But he did put them on GHII, so that's allright.
As for other songs I don't like- alot of the songs off his first two albums weren't great, but then again he was just getting started and refining his craft. Some people think weird al 'used to be better', but I believe he keeps on getting better with time.
Surprisingly, I didn't really like Running with Scissors that much the first time I heard it. Maybe because it seemed like a new direction for Al, and I was still getting used to his new look without glasses and moustache. (I think he looks pretty cool in a goutee). My baby's in love with eddie vedder I didn't like at first- I mean eddie is kind of old news now- but it grew on me, as did the rest of the songs on the album, and now I think it's one of his best.
Off the deep end is still one of my favorite albums, because it has so many of my favorite songs. but as I said I don't like airline amy, and The white stuff I liked at first and then got tired of. Taco grande I thought was great when I first heard it, then I got kind of tired of it.
Polka Party has alot of lame songs, but it's still a good album, just the only one I don't own yet. (I have all the songs on a tape copy from the library, but I do plan on buying it eventually)
what else was I going to say. . . oh yea: I actually like 'Girls just wanna have lunch.' I know weird al doesn't like it because he was forced to do it, but he still wrote and performed it, and I think it is hilarious. But after listening again I can kind of hear some resentment in Al's voice when he was singing it- it's like he's intentionly trying to make it sound bad. I thought he was just mocking Cindy Lauper, but maybe he was just trying to get back at the people who made him do it by singing bad. But that just makes it more funny to me.
I have kind of a love/hate relationship with 'Achy Breaky Song.' I hate the original almost as much al says he does in the song, so I like the fact that he's making fun of it, but I hate the song itself. But if I was at some country ho-down and they played 'Achy breaky heart', I would demand they play weird al's parody, and it would become my favorite song- at least for the moment.
However, I don't like Nirvana and smells like teen spirit very much, but Smells like Nirvana is one of my favorite songs. Partly because it is such good satire, and also he turns a somewhat depressing song into a happy one.
That could be another topic- are there songs where you don't like the original but like the parody, or don't like the parody because you don't like the original or like both or like the original song more than the parody. :oha: