NOW That's What I Call Polka!
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 4:58 pm
This thread is not necessarily for speculating on the songs in the polka. There is already a thread in polls and games for that. This is for discussing the polka as a whole. There are several posts in the overall speculation thread. Maybe they can be moved?
Bermuda has said that this is the best polka medley Al's ever done, specifically he said it flowed better than the others. My question for us to speculate on is what do you think it is that makes the song flow so well? I have three possible ideas.
1. There's some overarching theme tying it together either like The Alternative Polka or the Hot Rocks Polka. Having all the songs from a particular artist (won't go into possibilities for that as it's been done to death) could certainly help make it "flow". I think this is the least likely possibility however for reasons that others have already stated, mostly because of the three year gap between albums.
2. Another option is just that the songs he chose or the way he arranged it just gapped to work better than on other albums. This is more likely than a themed polka, but I think there's another possibility.
3. Perhaps Al used one particular song to "frame" the polka in the same way he used "Poker Face" to frame the last one. I think it worked really well to begin and end on the same song last time. It might even go back to the same song repeatedly almost like it was the chorus of the song overall. There are plenty of examples where Al tries something, it works, and then he uses that idea again on the very next album. Examples include dual parodies (Bedrock, Plumbing), starting polkas with original arrangements (PYEO, BP, TAP), classic rock movie songs (TSB,OTASH). So I could see Al repeating the Polka Face method this time around. Possible songs to use for this might include Harlem Shake (this would really make it flow since it's mostly instrumental), Gangnam Style (there's no way Al could ignore the biggest hit on YouTube of time), or Happy (this is the one I'm rooting for).
So which of these do you guys feel is most likely the reason the polka flows so well? Or do you have another idea that you think might be the case?
Bermuda has said that this is the best polka medley Al's ever done, specifically he said it flowed better than the others. My question for us to speculate on is what do you think it is that makes the song flow so well? I have three possible ideas.
1. There's some overarching theme tying it together either like The Alternative Polka or the Hot Rocks Polka. Having all the songs from a particular artist (won't go into possibilities for that as it's been done to death) could certainly help make it "flow". I think this is the least likely possibility however for reasons that others have already stated, mostly because of the three year gap between albums.
2. Another option is just that the songs he chose or the way he arranged it just gapped to work better than on other albums. This is more likely than a themed polka, but I think there's another possibility.
3. Perhaps Al used one particular song to "frame" the polka in the same way he used "Poker Face" to frame the last one. I think it worked really well to begin and end on the same song last time. It might even go back to the same song repeatedly almost like it was the chorus of the song overall. There are plenty of examples where Al tries something, it works, and then he uses that idea again on the very next album. Examples include dual parodies (Bedrock, Plumbing), starting polkas with original arrangements (PYEO, BP, TAP), classic rock movie songs (TSB,OTASH). So I could see Al repeating the Polka Face method this time around. Possible songs to use for this might include Harlem Shake (this would really make it flow since it's mostly instrumental), Gangnam Style (there's no way Al could ignore the biggest hit on YouTube of time), or Happy (this is the one I'm rooting for).
So which of these do you guys feel is most likely the reason the polka flows so well? Or do you have another idea that you think might be the case?