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Music : Straight Outta Lynwood
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Straight Outta Lynwood by: Weird Al Yankovic List Price: $19.98 CD-Charts Price: $14.99 You Save: $4.99 (25%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD Brand: YANKOVIC,WEIRD AL EAN: 0828768995129 Format: DualDisc Label: Volcano Manufacturer: Volcano Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Volcano Release Date: September 26, 2006 Studio: Volcano Sales Rank: 1566 MPN: 828768995129 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Album Description: "Weird Al" continues to reward his countless fans around the globe with yet another collection of insanely incisive musical comedy. As a special bonus, Straight Outta Lynwood will be available on DualDisc. which will include all original animations of all Al's original tracks! All-star animations include Academy Award nominee Bill Plympton, John Kricfalusi (Ren and Stimpy), Seth Green and Matt Senreich (Robot Chicken/Adult Swim, Family Guy). Also featured are Karaoke versions of the entire album including a scrolling lyric sheet for each track. As if that wasn't enough the Dual Disc also contains a behind-the-scenes featurette. All of this in a 5.1 Dolby mix of the entire album! Amazon.com: All hail the return of novelty music's reigning king! Straight Outta Lynwood easily bests 2003's Poodle Hat and shows that Yankovic does know what he does best. Part of the secret to Weird Al's success is that he's never been very weird at all, and very rarely are his satires in any way "biting"--or even satires, really. The 11-minute parody of R. Kelly's "Trapped in the Closet" is funny at least for the first listen, but it's hard to ridicule something so largely ridiculous in the first place (plus Jimmy Kimmel totally got the jump on him). The best thing Mr. Yankovic has always done is to take some decent pop tune, change a word or phrase, invent an entirely new premise for the tune, and make an inspired video to go along with it. He does that several times here; Green Day's "American Idiot" becomes the hockey-obsessed "Canadian Idiot," and "White & Nerdy" is a truly inspired take on Chamillionaire's "Ridin'." That song is breakneck-paced and so funny it's a disservice to quote from it at all. "Polkarama!" is a return to W.A.'s novelty roots: a handful of mildly dated hit songs (50 Cent to Modest Mouse!) delivered in straight-ahead, sped-up polka style. It's toe-tapping and sweet. Hopefully we'll not have to wait three years for another Weird Al record. --Mike McGonigal Customer Reviews
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 Rating: - Please Stop Calling Him "Weird Al" YankoVICH!!I've been a Weird Al fan since his self-titled debut album. I haven't loved all of his albums, but I thought his last two were brilliant. This one, in my humble opinion, doesn't reach the level of "Poodle Hat" and is further from the mark of "Running With Scissors", which I consider to be his best album. Still, he solidifies his status as the parody king and as always, his original songs, while funny, are still really good compositions. And the "style" parodies are always enjoyable; "Pancreas" is a great take on Brian Wilson, "I'll Sue Ya" is Rage Against The Machine with a sense of humor and I believe "Virus Alert" is done in the style of Sparks. Anyway, let me explain what keeps me from giving this album a five star rating. ... Read More: Rating: - Weird Al continues to impress and amuseOn one hand, this album follows the same pattern as Al's entire discography. On the other, there is nothing wrong with that! This album's hit "White and Nerdy" has already achieved widespread popularity, especially since the world of nerd rap isn't exactly bursting with material (yet: check out MC Frontalot). The other parodies are pretty good too. Unfortunately, he's a little slow on the uptake: waiting until 2005 to parody "American Idiot" seems rather lazy. However, his attack on the music industry with the ironic "Don't Download This Song" (provided for free download on his website) is just in time. That song, plus 5 other originals based on other artists' styles and the obligatory polka medley round out the ... Read More: Rating: - Odd bag of weasel pancreasesThere are a couple songs that may take some time to win you over (I'm thinking of "Pancreas" and "Weasel Stomping Day" in particular) but even so, this is a fairly solid album from the paragon of parody. It's not the instant classic that some of his other albums were (such as "Even Worse" or "Off the Deep End") but it does eventually work its way under your skin. You'll find yourself humming sections of "Trapped In The Drive-Thru" while you're waiting "at the pay window, ... or whatever you call it." The videos on the second disc are quite odd. Al is attempting to encourage independent creativity by having a number of different people make their own version of music video based on his songs. Some play out better than others, but they ... Read More: Rating: - Weird Al Rocks OnThis latest CD shows Weird Al still can make you laugh. Although Weasel Stomping Day is just a bit sick - more along the lines of Dr. Demento, many other songs are pretty family friendly. Rating:  - Hit and missWeird Al has struck again. Though he has some good songs on here, the album is all over the place, some good, some not so good, and some just awful and beg for the >> button to be pushed. It is harder and harder to enjoy Weird Al's parodies when you do not even know the original song he is paroding. Not his fault, but since music has sucked from the early 90's on, the parodies are less funny now as when he was destroying Michael Jackson and Madonna back in the 80's. I realize Weird Al has to stay current to make a living, but I sispect he misses the days when he could take a song like 'Eat it' and be a sensation. The funny thing for me about listening to Weird Al these days is that I do not know his parodies from original songs. 1. White ... Read More: |
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