World of Weird Al Yankovic

Scarlatti @ November 16, 2008 08:37 am wrote: I agree, an Al pic might have marketed better.

But maybe Al chose the cover because, as he did with the song title, he wanted to confuse people. Maybe this could lead to a new audience. I've seen people looking on iTunes and avoiding Al, cause they think the album cover means its not 'real' music. People could therefore be more willing to download WYL if the album cover suggests something other than comedy music. This could lead to a whole new bunch of Al fans who listen to WYL and think 'this ain't bad...Im gonna listen to more of this Al guy'

Well, thats what I think anyway.

That is a very true point, but it could have backfired on him as well. They could have got it thinking it was something else, especially since iTunes messed up and put it under Pop instead of comdey!

I was a little confused about the cover as well. It was not a typical Al cover and I had to double check to make sure that it WAS actually Al's song before purchase. The quality of the song is not deminished by the cover though. And yeah of course I'll go with having his face on the cover because...oh come on!

There was only one point in WYL that I felt the lyrics were a little forced and that was when he said "dump the flavor packet on it and eat it." Felt a bit wordy for the music...but still loved the song!

Hmm, I don't find that part wordy at all. Ah, well. It's a great song, despite the cover art.

If Al made this song in the 80s it would have been "You can watch whatever you like."

Just sayin'.

I think that's already been said in here.

Aw man.

*crawls under a rock with the worms*

XP Hey! I said that once!!!

He DOES say that in the song, but I'm definitely glad this wasn't another TV song.... I like CP SI and CT but this is better IMHO

WYL has an expat fan.

Possibly the first time Weird Al lyrics have been compared to the work of Thomas Friedman, except of course for his recent book "Hot, Flat, and Nerdy."

Fun song, but no music video to go with it? I can't wait for Al's new album! :-)

We'll probably get a video for one of the LAST songs to be done for this album (as in, potential lead single). Although the whole concept of lead single has to be looked at again if songs are released as they're done.