Don't Download This Song

Post by **Bruce the Duck** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 3:26 am

nedseagoon @ Aug 21 2006, 08:23 PM wrote: You know, I was kind of surprised that the song wasn't more anti-filesharing. From the comments he's made about it, Al does seem to take a dim view of it personally, but in the song all the jokes were at the expense of the greedy rock stars and the hamfisted RIAA.

Al's a comedy artist specializing in satire. He can't do a song about anti-filesharing without also pointing out the ridiculousness of artists whining about their songs being downloaded. That's his job, to point out pretention where he sees it.

WEIRDALexis279 · Post by **WEIRDALexis279** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 3:27 am

Excellent song, I love it. He really tackled what's happening in pop culture very well...just like he always does.

I'm gonna go listen to it again....and again...and again...ect

Themagic#27 · Post by **Themagic#27** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 3:28 am

Aww... =( Well, at least when we passed it, it was with a happy occasion. ^^;

EDIT: It's really hard to reply to someone when the topic is goin' at fifteen replies a second!!!

Post by **Grom** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 3:29 am

Bruce the Duck @ Aug 22 2006, 11:26 AM wrote: Al's a comedy artist specializing in satire. He can't do a song about anti-filesharing without also pointing out the ridiculousness of artists whining about their songs being downloaded. That's his job, to point out pretention where he sees it.

And what an excellent job he did!

Post by **Bruce the Duck** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 3:29 am

You're correct Sonic, but you can expect a lot of newbies coming in now and posting without checking the rules.

One thing that would probably help the moderators is when you quote a spoiler like that, edit the spoiler in your quote yourself so the mods don't have to do it.

Insert Coin(s) to Continue · Tue Aug 22, 2006 3:30 am

This song is really great! It's not as good as other songs he's done. I still like Horoscope and Hardware Store better, but this is a very good Weird Al song.

Post by **bryce87** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 3:30 am

is anyone experiencing weirdal.com problems it won't load for me anymore

Bryce

Microfoot · Post by **Microfoot** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 3:31 am

WowMan9000 @ Aug 22 2006, 02:25 AM wrote: Okay I've listened to this about ten times now. Seriously, the only joke I can find in it is if Al wrote this as a "Wouldn't it be funny if a bunch of artists actually banded together to write a song like this?" but other than that, the lyrics just aren't funny.

I thought it was a good parody of both RIAA's extreme response to song downloading, and why it shouldn't matter to the artists.

Parody_Freak27 · Post by **Parody_Freak27** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 3:31 am

Bryce- It's probably having bandwith issues.

Ovitz · Post by **Ovitz** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 3:31 am

What has been mistaken for "Fatass?" I can't here it anywhere.