Straight Outta Lynwood

Post by **TMBJon** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 11:25 pm

Trapped In The Drive Thru is most definitely a food song.
As far as Ryan's comment, I thought he did change his voice a little for W&N.

crazygurl14 · Post by **crazygurl14** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 11:27 pm

o wow i somehow never thought of that. Well then theres no t.v songs

FreedomandLaughs · Post by **FreedomandLaughs** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 11:32 pm

There's some amazing feats on this album. In terms of arrangement, Pancreas is just astonishing.

SmileyGirl87 · Post by **SmileyGirl87** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 12:15 am

FreedomandLaughs @ Oct 11 2006, 04:32 PM wrote: There's some amazing feats on this album. In terms of arrangement, Pancreas is just astonishing.

Yeah, check Al flipping through the binder on the behind-the-scenes documentary for proof of that...read more like a novel.... B)

A...musical novel.

~*Cat*~

crazygurl14 · Post by **crazygurl14** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 10:42 pm

well i think that binder was for every song but still there were a lot of pages but theres probably one for every instrument and then the vocals

SmileyGirl87 · Post by **SmileyGirl87** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 2:15 am

crazygurl14 @ Oct 13 2006, 03:42 PM wrote: well i think that binder was for every song but still there were a lot of pages but theres probably one for every instrument and then the vocals

There was certainly a fair number of pages dedicated to Pancreas though, that's for sure...

~*Cat*~

Post by **Big Spoon** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 6:41 pm

Alright! I just found out that the house my family is renting for the next few months has 5.1 surround sound! I was asking a lot of my friends and family members if they had it in their house, and was upset that i couldn't find anyone who had it, but know I'll have it for he next 6 - 8 months! This polkas!

SmileyGirl87 · Post by **SmileyGirl87** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 9:39 pm

Barney Slayer @ Oct 15 2006, 11:41 AM wrote: Alright! I just found out that the house my family is renting for the next few months has 5.1 surround sound! I was asking a lot of my friends and family members if they had it in their house, and was upset that i couldn't find anyone who had it, but know I'll have it for he next 6 - 8 months! This polkas!

Enjoy the 5.1 BarneySlayer! You'll have to let us know how it sounds!

(Well, other than amazingly glorious)

~*Cat*~

MarsBar · Post by **MarsBar** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 10:22 pm

Ok, I have finally found the strangest SOL review. Not mean, just strange. CI, WSD, and DDTS are the highlights? TitDT is the final track? The Atlantic Records conflict was staged? Spike Jones? Wow. It's nice that their site says that SOL is the third best selling album this week, though.

MSN Music Review wrote:
Three years between Weird Al Yankovic albums has been the norm since the '90s, but a lot happened to the parody king between 2003's Poodle Hat and his 2006 release, Straight Outta Lynwood. First off, Poodle Hat stalled after one single. Then while on tour promoting the album, Yankovic's parents were both killed in their home from carbon monoxide poisoning. Al handled the issue quickly and honestly with his fans, promising to carry on before disappearing for a couple years to cope. Then he came back with the pretty good "You're Pitiful" -- a riff on James Blunt's "You're Beautiful" -- and as the track wormed its way around the Internet, Blunt's label, Atlantic, recanted their permission for the parody after they had already granted it. The latter event is something Al's been through before and it always drums up some hype, but his quick and snide reference to Atlantic Records in the "White & Nerdy" video seemed genuinely ticked and wiped away some suspicion the whole thing was staged. "White & Nerdy" -- a suburban take on Chamillionaire's big hit "Ridin'" -- is the hilarious reason to celebrate his return, and the album it lands on is inspired. The original, non-parody material is usually where the man stumbles, but here the ridiculous "Weasel Stomping Day" and clever "Don't Download This Song" offer something that isn't filler. "White & Nerdy" -- where the terminally uncool singer boasts he's a "whiz at Minesweeper" and "fluent in JavaScript as well as Klingon" -- is up there with his best, and "Canadian Idiot" -- a hockey-loving, toque-wearing rip on Green Day's "American Idiot" -- is great, making this effort already one highlight better than Poodle Hat. The latest installment in his series of polka parody melodies -- this time it's "Polkarama!" -- is a brilliant roll through the recent hits of Modest Mouse, 50 Cent, Rihanna, and many more with a short tribute to the legendary Spike Jones stuck at the end, a thrilling moment for novelty fanatics. Topping it off is the 11-minute "Trapped in the Drive-Thru," which turns R. Kelly's epic "Trapped in the Closet" into an excruciating -- but funny -- wait for that greasy bag that will most likely contain the wrong order. This handful of prime Yankovic overshadows the only mildly humorous Usher and Taylor Hicks parodies and the couple original tunes that really drag, but Yankovic's fans don't expect perfection until the next "best-of" rolls around. Lynwood's highs are higher than usual, with Yankovic trying harder and landing more shots. Turns out novelty music's silliest hitmaker is a survivor. ~ David Jeffries, All Music Guide

Post by **Miss Janine** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 10:32 pm

Two problems:

Al did NOT "disappear". At least I don't think he did...

And we do not expect perfection, true. We know Al will give it to us anyway.