Al Songs You've Used

Post by **mewrio** » Sat Aug 09, 2003 6:50 am

You know, like used... in public... other than for the sole purpose of listening... PM me if you don't undertand.

I used the chorus of "Fat" in a PowerPoint Presentation on Obesity.

Mods, if there is already a thread like this, please PM me and fell free to close this topic. But I did use the search function.

Post by **scottidog** » Sat Aug 09, 2003 7:12 am

I don't remember a thread like this. There was one for if you've performed Al songs live, but this is different.

I'm interested in the discussion, even though I don't have anything to contribute to it...

Oh, wait, I did find a power point lesson online that used Eat It as the basis of it. It was a nutrition lesson. I wonder if I can find it again?

TGIFugate · Post by **TGIFugate** » Sat Aug 09, 2003 7:49 am

My parents own a small local computer store and for televison and radio commercials we had It's All About The Pentiums playing. I'm sure we could get in some trouble for using it without Al's permission but it made for a good small town commerical! :lookround:

Post by **scottidog** » Sat Aug 09, 2003 7:52 am

You'd probably get in more trouble from Puffy.

<---- Pentiums Smiley.

aintafraidofy3k · Post by **aintafraidofy3k** » Sat Aug 09, 2003 7:02 pm

There was one for if you've performed Al songs live, ...

Where?

Post by **scottidog** » Sat Aug 09, 2003 7:07 pm

Y3K... try this thread.

Post by **autrefois** » Fri Oct 17, 2003 2:52 am

I think this is close enough to on topic to be posted here, instead of me creating a new topic that probably wouldn't go very far.

A couple weeks ago, I reused an exercise in class that I had almost forgotten about. I teach French, and in one of the lessons of our textbook, students have to learn the verbs "courir" (which means "to run") and "rire" (which means "to laugh").

So I made a handout and used a picture of Weird Al and the cover of "Running with Scissors." Students had to fill in the appropriate verbs. Only the first two sentences had to do with Weird Al (I've translated them here):

1) I like to listen to the music of Weird Al. It's very funny, so I laugh.

2) On the cover of a CD, Weird Al runs with scissors. That's dangerous!

It sounds lame I guess, but a few students laughed in both of my sections. I asked if anyone likes Weird Al, and it turns out that in each section there were 3 or 4 students who liked Weird Al (I suspect there's more, but they're probably just didn't want to admit it!).

Also, I mentioned in another thread that I played "Christmas at Ground Zero" for my students in France, and they REALLY liked it. I was surprised! Of course with 9-11 now, I guess I won't be doing that again. Not to mention that since Al came out with "Genius in France," I'm not sure if they'd even allow his music into the country!!

Post by **kidcid** » Fri Oct 17, 2003 8:47 pm

Kevin and I have created our own "Weird Al" Karaoke (CDG Format). We call ourselves Demented Karaoke. It's only for personal use (We don't share on the internet, or sell our discs) but we have a nice little collection built up.

Post by **anthontherun** » Fri Oct 17, 2003 11:13 pm

Even though it had nothing to do with it, last year in science we used "Albuquerque" (the beginning and donut parts) in our video on tornadoes. :lookround:

doggans · Post by **doggans** » Sat Oct 18, 2003 12:40 am

Not yet, but...we will be using Al's music in some of our short comedy films coming up. (Not for sale, of course)