I had heard of Al’s greatness as a live performer and had even watched a live concert DVD, but nothing could have prepared me for the incredible experience of actually being there and watching him sing this song as he meandered his way through the crowd. I’ll never forget seeing Weird Al live in concert. “You must’ve fallen from heaven that would explain how you messed up your face.” Thank you, Al, for making it hip to be geeky with this awesome song and so much more like it. It’s basically the rock anthem for all of us nerds who enjoy making outrageous jokes about random celebrities (Chuck Norris jokes, anyone?). Some of my personal favorites include, “Charles Nelson Reilly figured out cold fusion but he never ever told a soul” and “Every day he made the host of ‘Match Game’ give him a piggy back ride.” While such outrageous lines are a lot of fun, I would say that the song as a whole is even greater than the sum of its parts because it’s such a cool tune. “CNR” is a kick awesome rock pastiche of The White Stripes that has no shortage of hilarious lines. Nothing puts the weird in “Weird Al” quite like a song randomly praising the fictional exploits of a popular American actor/game show contestant. “Charles Nelson Reilly was a mighty man, the kind of man you’d never disrespect…” Somehow Al hit the nail perfectly on the head with this rocking parody, and for that, I salute him. It just seems to me that the original song’s melody was made to be paired with Flintstones-themed lyrics. When I found out the line was “Give it away, give it away, give it away now,” I was astonished by how clunky that sounded when compared with Al’s take on Fred Flintstone’s classic line. That’s exactly what he does in this 1993 parody of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers’ “Give It Away.” As is the case for me with most of Al’s music, I heard this version before I listened to the original tune, and when I found out it was a parody, I wondered what the lyrics “Yabba dabba yabba dabba dabba doo now” could have possibly been in the original song. One of the things that amaze me most about Weird Al is how he can sometimes write a parody of a song and make the lyrics sound even more natural than they do in the original version.
Frump in the Iron Lung” is a hidden gem worth listening to over and over again. Featured on his equally underrated self-titled debut album, “Mr. It’s a bite-sized sample of dark humor that will make even the most easily offended tap their toes along with its simple, happy melody. Only Weird Al could take the story of a dying man and turn it into this funny little novelty tune. Frump in the Iron Lung” is about as witty and irreverent as it gets. As we will see throughout this list, Al also has a ton of great original songs that feature some of the wittiest and most irreverent humor you’ll find. So many folks just think of Al as this guy that comes around every now and then with a silly spoof of a famous tune, but he is so much more than just his parodies. Featuring Al on vocals and accordion with a little bit of percussion in the background, this stripped down track represents what makes Al so underrated as a comic artist (if you can consider the legend that is Weird Al underrated, that is). We begin the list with one of the darkest and most obscure tracks Al ever recorded: “Mr. So now I’m just going to put out this outrageously long list in one horrendously long post. It only took about half a year before I got sick of that format.
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The time has come to reveal my definitive list of the top 52 Weird Al songs of all time! Originally, I had intended this to be a year long series on my Tumblr page, during which I would reveal one entry per week. “He who is tired of Weird Al is tired of life.” -Homer Simpson
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