World of Weird Al Yankovic

weirdojace @ August 23, 2009 01:42 pm wrote: 5. Craigslist - Not funny and utterly boring. It kind of screams "Oh look, see, I can imitate this music style! Isn't this so cool?!" which is great and all, but again, it's lyrically terrible. It's songs like these that make me feel like maybe Al is starting to run out of good ideas.

That's funny because I think this is lyrically the best of the four originals.

Craigslist is funny.

Ignoring your obnoxious attempt at humor through sarcasm, yes I realize that the nonsensical lunacy of CNR is the "point" of the song. And my point is that a string of random nonsense is NOT FUNNY.

Good sir, you have made my offensivity bone hurt.

Random nonsense FOUNDED our fair country, sir, and indeed, our unfair species alongst withst itst. Our tax laws are random nonsense. Our school systems are random nonsense. Our religious texts are random nonsense. Our social norms are random nonsense. Every movie on TV is random nonsense. And more and more, people are turning to random nonsense to solve all their problems.

So when you besmirch the good name of random nonsense, sir, you have not only blown up America, you have literally sent missiles into outer space to destroy the cosmos. AND ON THE COSMOS' BIRTHDAY NO LESS! ALBATROSS GODAMMIT!

All I can say is good duck, Mr. Luck. Good duck surviving reality without a taste for absurdity of the canceled sore madrid dermatologist and a shooby dooby doo wop arrrrgh.

But don't bother listening to me. Go have opinions instead of fun.

I SAID GOOD DUCK!

TMBJon @ August 23, 2009 03:48 pm wrote: That's funny because I think this is lyrically the best of the four originals.

Yeah, "do you want my styrofoam peanuts" repeated into ad nauseam is lyrical brilliance...

My main problem with the song is that it just bores me to death. I found nothing in it amusing, not even a smirk.

Yeah, "do you want my styrofoam peanuts" repeated into ad nauseam is lyrical brilliance...

My main problem with the song is that it just bores me to death. I found nothing in it amusing, not even a smirk.

You hate The Doors, don't you?

It's okay, you can admit it. Some of my best friends hate The Doors. But if you don't at least LIKE The Doors, I don't see how you could like "Craigslist."

But that's not the song's fault.

I don't listen to them at all so I wouldn't really know if I like them or not.

Trust me when I say that Al NAILED the style. If you don't like "Craigslist" you wouldn't like The Doors at all. There's your problem.

Oh I know he nailed the style. I've heard enough of The Doors to realize that. The style doesn't have anything to do with why I don't like Craigslist, it's that I just didn't find it to be a good song.

weirdojace @ August 23, 2009 02:33 pm wrote: Yeah, "do you want my styrofoam peanuts" repeated into ad nauseam is lyrical brilliance...

It is because of the intonations that I like that particular portion of the song. It's extremely suggestive, right down to how he pronounces the word "peanuts." It's sung the way Morrison would sing it.

To me this is the type of song, like Ringtone, Bob, Genius in France, I'll Sue Ya, where the joke is the style parody. The actual lyrics are not why you're supposed to be laughing. That being said, I think Al really nailed the creepiness of Craigslist the site within the lyrics of the song. Especially in the arrogance of the narrator for each of the ads.

1. Shipper Dan
2. Craigslist
3. CNR
4. Whatever You Like
5. Ringtone.

As Ringtone is a Queen style parody, maybe Al could've altered his voice a bit more, like he did for Craigslist, to help it come across more. I like it, but it's easily my nuber 5. Skipper Dan also made number 1 with ease. The other 3 could all trade places depending on m mood.