Word Crimes

[mellow weasel]

I'll give you $1,000 if "Word Crimes" is about Robin Thicke.

In highly hypothetical case it could refer to how everybody blame Thicke of rape (crime) propaganda in his lyrics (words). But that's so unlikely you'd need Improbability Drive to calculate the chances of that

[Bruce the Duck]

What about Confessions Part III? That doesn't mock the original song's concept?


There are plenty of Weird Al songs that indirectly and subtly comment on the original without overtly mocking it. For example, Eat It takes the same condescending tone as Beat It but instead of warning the listener about gang violence, it's about making sure you finish all of the food on your plate.

Just from looking at the tracklistings of the last two albums: Party In The CIA, Whatever You Like, White & Nerdy, Canadian Idiot, and Trapped In The Drive Thru all have that quality about them, in addition to the ones already mentioned (Confessions, Perform This Way).
I would be surprised if Robin Thicke wasn't satirized in the same way as the above parodies.

There's a huge difference between satirizing the tone or style of an artist, and directly mocking and making fun of an artist. Of course, Al will satirize the style of Robin Thicke's song. But the song won't directly make fun of him or the original song the way he has done only 3/4 times.

[LovelySortsOfDeath]

Just from looking at the tracklistings of the last two albums: Party In The CIA, Whatever You Like, White & Nerdy, Canadian Idiot, and Trapped In The Drive Thru all have that quality about them, in addition to the ones already mentioned (Confessions, Perform This Way).
I would be surprised if Robin Thicke wasn't satirized in the same way as the above parodies.

Yeah I'm thinking the same thing.

[Bruce the Duck]

Yeah I'm thinking the same thing.

Subtle imitation of the original artist's tone (which is done in just about every Al parody) is not the same thing as "skewering" the artist.

[amzo39]

The line between the two is kind of ... blurred though wouldn't you say

[Bruce the Duck]

Not at all. "Achy Breaky Song" "skewered" the original and the artist. "Fat", though it imitated the "mood" of the original, as all the parodies do, did not make fun of Michael Jackson specifically.

Oh, wait...you were making a lame pun right there, weren't you? Ah...carry on then.

[LovelySortsOfDeath]

The line between the two is kind of ... blurred though wouldn't you say

hahahaha. Thank you.

Yeah I mean I'd say Trapped in the Drive Thru skewered R. Kelly (or at least the song) quite a bit. I'm hoping this song is like that.

[amzo39]

That is not a pun, but I'll take it.

[mellow weasel]

Yeah I mean I'd say Trapped in the Drive Thru skewered R. Kelly (or at least the song) quite a bit. I'm hoping this song is like that.

You keep using that word. I dont think it means what you think it means.

skewer
transitive verb
: to push a skewer through (food)
: to criticize (someone or something) very harshly

There's nothing harsh in "Trapped in the Drive Thru". It may tease a little the length of "Trapped in the Closet", that's all.

[LovelySortsOfDeath]

Alright alright I'll stop using that word.

I just really really really want this song to make fun of Robin Thicke to the fullest Al could do.

Maybe one of those Al-TV interviews could do it better.

skewer