The song does a very good job of playing with and then rewarding expectations. The "conspiracy theory" angle was speculated here, but the change of direction in the second verse was still momentarily jarring and confusing. By the time the song reached the "I'm protected 'cause I made this hat" line, though, I was just grinning with anticipation for the chorus. It's a real "Aha! I see where this going; it's all coming together now" kind of moment.
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I too was confused at the beginning of the second verse at first. And when he said "Illuminati," I thought he was making a pun about the word "aluminum" (Aluminati) until he got to the stuff about the moon landing. Even though I speculated on my own about conspiracy theories when we first got the track list, Al managed to completely throw me off guard. Still think there should have been a third verse, though.
mellow weasel wrote:Isn't it redundant to use spoiler boxes all over a topic that already says
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in its title? Now all page is white, so there's nothing for spoiler-avoiders to read anyway
Elvis - one of the administrators of the board - says we are to continue using spoilers in any posts that include details about the songs on the album until Tuesday.
It seems that this might not be the favorite parody on the album, I personally enjoy it quite abit. One thing I don't say enough is I especially love Al's vocal work on this one.
It seems that this might not be the favorite parody on the album, I personally enjoy it quite abit. One thing I don't say enough is I especially love Al's vocal work on this one.
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Same here, and I'm disappointed that he took out the breakdown.
Let me be your stripper.
Lansing MI: 7/11/07
Jackson MI: 9/23/07
Chesaning MI: 7/17/08
Enjoyed it very much, great vocal work and very, very true to the original. Didn't like how it abruptly ended and removed the bridge completely. Rank it 5th for the parodies not because I didn't like it, but because I felt the other 4 were stronger.
Oh...
Oh...
Oh-oh...
Congrats on your fancy hat;
But foil can do more than that.
Oh...
Oh...
Oh-oh...
It produces more than meals:
Need to multiply binomials?
Calculate it with FOIL (FOIL)
First, outer, inner, and last
Learned it in a high school math class
It lets you solve some problems fast
For a high schooler (schooler)
A plus B times X plus Y
Is simply AX (AY, BX, BY)
FOIL to quickly multiply
It doesn't matter if I do things for a reason, or on a W-H-I-M... Just stand back and enjoy the show, cuz baby, I perform this way!
Teh Dingo wrote:Despite speculation that he was going to do exactly what he ended up doing, I fully admit I fell for it and
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rolled my eyes at another food song....needless to say, I almost choked on what I was drinking when "Oh by the way" hit
That was exact reaction I had. I missed half the second chorus because I was laughing from it. I even read the damn spoiler saying what was going to happen.
