Weird al
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Topic: Weird al
Posted By: dr p
Subject: Weird al
Date Posted: 12 Jul 2025 at 4:34pm
| Played near Buffalo last night. Great show.played over 2 hours and figuring most of the band is in their 70s and it was over 90 degrees and humid. I was impressed played all the hits and was clearly having fun. The audience was certainly a unique crowd. But i have no room to judge |
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Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 12 Jul 2025 at 8:17pm
Did I hear a request? https://youtu.be/lOfZLb33uCg?si=Q7n5fmHFkCvZXBMh" rel="nofollow - https://youtu.be/lOfZLb33uCg?si=Q7n5fmHFkCvZXBMh ------------- Source: Babylon Bee. Sponsored by BRAWNDO, its got what you need! |
Posted By: DaveKamp
Date Posted: 15 Jul 2025 at 10:42pm
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Al has an extremely talented bunch backing him up on his shows. From a musical perspective, they're top-notch- they all play multiple instruments at virtuoso level, and to affect a realistic parody, they learn all the fine nuances, and know how to set up their instruments and equipment to make the myriad of sounds and textures that the original songs held. And they change outfits. And the MAKE UP CREW is FANTASTIC... not only do they make those costume changes in the blink of an eye... THEY put on outfits, come out on stage, and add to the show. On Smells Like Nirvana, those cheerleaders (like the ones in the Nirvana video (Smells Like Team Spirit) are the make-up crew, and yes, one of the girls intentionally grows big hairy armpits, because that's what Al had them do in the video. When Al blasts out from backstage with the accordion, yes- he's playing that million-mile-an-hour accordion part. The knee-slide rarely falls short of the front edge of the stage, and in many cases, he overshoots a little. My wife and I were front-row and caught him, and it was a good thing- the front stage lip at the Adler Theater is about 5ft above the walkway, he would've taken quite a header getting launched over the lip. He is an incredible entertainer, extremely intelligent, and when not in stage-face, he's a genuine down-to-earth nice guy. ------------- Ten Amendments, Ten Commandments, and one Golden Rule solve most every problem. Citrus hand-cleaner with Pumice does the rest. |
Posted By: dr p
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2025 at 6:25pm
| Why am i not surprised that,perhaps, the most educated person who participates in this website would be in the front row to see a performer who specializes in using fart noises as percussion. |
Posted By: D19allisowner
Date Posted: 19 Jul 2025 at 9:07pm
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That is my favorite video of his! ------------- If you choose not to decide you still have made a choice. |
Posted By: DaveKamp
Date Posted: 20 Jul 2025 at 1:19am
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Okay, so thats actually a sound made by squeezing hands together... one who does it is referred to as a 'manualist'...and it's been a instrumental music technique used for centuries... it is often found in back-porch bluegrass (the type where washboards and a broomstick-bass are found. Like anything... it takes some serious effort to master. Here's a clip 'ya gotta see to believe: https://youtu.be/VSmD9hrbrF00" rel="nofollow - https://youtu.be/VSmD9hrbrF00 John Twomey is, in all right, a virtuoso with his hands: https://youtu.be/FagE33aekLY But just so 'ya know, my WIFE bought the tickets to THAT Wierd Al show. She heard about it the day it was announced, she called me to ask if I wanted to go... so she called down to the box office. They advised that they were almost sold out, so She requested 'best available'. We got Row ZZ. When we arrived, we THOUGHT that'd be the farthest back. Turns out, it was in the added extra seating in FRONT of the normal theater seats... so we were in front of the actual 'front row'.
------------- Ten Amendments, Ten Commandments, and one Golden Rule solve most every problem. Citrus hand-cleaner with Pumice does the rest. |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 20 Jul 2025 at 4:40am
Ah, yes, when late night comedy was made by giants, standing on their own. Today we have midgets standing on giants shoulders spouting political crap, no wonder they get cancelled... ------------- Source: Babylon Bee. Sponsored by BRAWNDO, its got what you need! |
Posted By: DaveKamp
Date Posted: 25 Jul 2025 at 10:10pm
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Yep. Unlike today's 'late night hosts', Wierd Al is actually entertaining... Here he is with a parody of the music video "Firestarter" by Prodigy... https://www.youtube.com/shorts/K0f6lnPu3Rw" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/K0f6lnPu3Rw And now, the latest episode of "Real, or Cake?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPAlmXHMktA&list=RDcPAlmXHMktA&start_radio=1" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPAlmXHMktA&list=RDcPAlmXHMktA&start_radio=1 ------------- Ten Amendments, Ten Commandments, and one Golden Rule solve most every problem. Citrus hand-cleaner with Pumice does the rest. |