World of Weird Al Yankovic

Is it my disc, or is there some problems with the piano opening to this song? Everytime I listen (instrumental and actual song) I heard static right before the piano opening. And I don't know why...

iisryan27 @ Oct 1 2006, 03:29 PM wrote: You know, Al obviously wasn't singing the song through his own character (he was quite rude in the song, and he didn't act how one would normally expect him to act in real life). I think that the song isn't neccisarilly limited to California.

You're right I think that Al in this song is more the writer of the short story than the character in it (he's certainly not chowing down cheeseburgers) but The Ivy is definitely a Los-Angeles-specific reference. It isn't a chain.

weirdalfan95 @ Oct 1 2006, 02:51 PM wrote: Is it my disc, or is there some problems with the piano opening to this song? Everytime I listen (instrumental and actual song) I heard static right before the piano opening. And I don't know why...

That's intentional. It's to give it a sort of "aged" feel. I believe there is a term for the effect. It makes it sound as if it is being played on a record player and it sometimes makes songs sound a little more "crisp".

Ah, ok. Thanks Ryan!

weirdalfan95 @ Oct 1 2006, 04:54 PM wrote: Ah, ok. Thanks Ryan!

If you've ever heard The Offspring's "When You're In Prison," you can hear a very obvious example of this crackly-aged goodness... (If you haven't, don't listen to the song. Please don't.)

Why, what sort of "crackly-aged" goodness do ya mean? Like screaming of a screamer? Those scare me.

Crackly? (checks song) No.. um,
I recorded it off the LP (those tracks sound better IMHO)
and in editing the segments, I faded in the note. No crackly for me.
Although I do include the sound of the needle hitting the record for the start of W&N.


Huh.. Ah well, guess I'll re-record it to get the simulated sound of the song being played on a record player..

Details details.

I'm sure if Al wanted anything super-sized, he could get it...anywhere. He's "Weird Al."

weirdalfan95 @ Oct 1 2006, 07:09 PM wrote: Why, what sort of "crackly-aged" goodness do ya mean? Like screaming of a screamer? Those scare me.

No, it's just a little bit of crackle...and it's SUPPOSED to be there, it's a sound effect...I assume it's a take from when everything was on vinyl(?)...I am really showing my (youngish) age here...

~*Cat*~

Suoer-sized is definitely being used as a general term, and not as a McDonald's reference. Why? Because they don't serve curly fries at McDonald's *or onion rings, either, as was mentioned at the end of "Grapefruit Diet".* He had also mentioned a quarter pounder, which would be more of a McDonald's nod.