At 12/9/06 04:14 PM, BatDan wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJnMtdcdawo

Is it just me, or does Weird Al's voice sound crappy only when he does live performances? I ask because the video I just saw of White and Nerdy (the one quoted) and Weird Al's performance of the same song on Letterman, Al's voice sucked. However, when I saw the official video of White n' Nerdy on the internet and when I listened to the song on the album, his voice sounded just fine.

At 12/9/06 06:11 PM, Castlevaniac wrote: Is it just me, or does Weird Al's voice sound crappy only when he does live performances? I ask because the video I just saw of White and Nerdy (the one quoted) and Weird Al's performance of the same song on Letterman, Al's voice sucked. However, when I saw the official video of White n' Nerdy on the internet and when I listened to the song on the album, his voice sounded just fine.

I really never knew he actuaclly sang all his songs until recently. I mean so many diiferent voices. Check the difference between The Saga Begins, Eat it and White and Nerdy, you wouldnt say its the same person...

At 12/9/06 06:11 PM, Castlevaniac wrote: Is it just me, or does Weird Al's voice sound crappy only when he does live performances? I ask because the video I just saw of White and Nerdy (the one quoted) and Weird Al's performance of the same song on Letterman, Al's voice sucked. However, when I saw the official video of White n' Nerdy on the internet and when I listened to the song on the album, his voice sounded just fine.

Artists always sound different when they're live to when they're recorded. In a controlled environment (recording studio), the tech boys and girls can clean up any imperfections in the artist's voice

At 12/10/06 03:19 AM, TheLebanese wrote: I really never knew he actuaclly sang all his songs until recently. I mean so many diiferent voices. Check the difference between The Saga Begins, Eat it and White and Nerdy, you wouldnt say its the same person...

There is that factor as well, but I think he was referring to the fact that he didn't sound like the recorded version of White and Nerdy

At 12/11/06 11:10 AM, ZeroAsALimit wrote: Bad Hair Day came through the post the other day.

Great Album. Try the track "Since You've Been Gone" He works really well in barbershop quartet

At 12/11/06 11:10 AM, ZeroAsALimit wrote:

At 12/9/06 06:11 PM, Castlevaniac wrote: Is it just me, or does Weird Al's voice sound crappy only when he does live performances?

Nope. He must have had a hoarse voice or somtething.

There was a live version of Germs on youtube, but I can't find it. His voice was on top that night.

For the first sentence: Yeah, that would explain it...
For the second sentence: I was only talking about him sounding ...off... currently. I saw Al on his Poodle Hat tour a few years ago, and he sounded great on it.
That reminds me of something. after the concert (the Poodle Hat one), I went out back to get autographs from Al and the band, but the mistake was that I got the autographs on a shirt. A wore the shirt a lot after seeing the concert, but sadly, the permanent marker wore off. Keep in mind that I was only 9 or 10 back then, so I didn't know any better. I should have kept an autograph book and gotten the signatures on that. :(

Al has a great range for his voice and can do well using it.

Lucky.. There was no autograph signing at the concert I went to. I would have loved to have done that. If I had gotten it on a T-shirt I would have never worn it for fear of the writing fading away.

At 12/12/06 10:41 AM, Outlaw88 wrote: Al has a great range for his voice and can do well using it.

Indeed he can and does

Lucky.. There was no autograph signing at the concert I went to. I would have loved to have done that. If I had gotten it on a T-shirt I would have never worn it for fear of the writing fading away.

Id get the T-Shirt framed for the presentation of the thing. They look so great when they're official tour ones which get signed.

I really want to get the same thing done whenever Alice Cooper's in town next. Don't know if Al is coming to the UK for a while :(

Letterman? I thought he was on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

Anyhooz, it's probably because he had the luxury of being able to do all that stuff in his own studio, tweaking it until it's juuuuuuust right. He didn't have all that on Leno's stage. Also, the dubs of his voice(s) overlap in a lot of places on the W&N CD and in the vid... his voice can't be in more than one place at the same time live on TV.

Still, he did a great job, considering he had the pressure of performing on national network TV. :-)

Oh, side note... my package finally arrived! Wheeeeeeeeeeeee!

Took three weeks for it to arrive, but it was well worth the wait. I especially like "I'll Sue Ya" and "Close But No Cigar."

At 12/9/06 04:14 PM, BatDan wrote: Weird Al recently did a live performance at the VH1 Big in 06 awards (White & Nerdy of course).

I'm surprised he actually got to perform. He was pretty active on stage for a man his age.

You can find the video on YouTube somewhere I'm sure.

Okay, I'll post it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJnMtdcdawo

Oh I watched that on the TV. I laughed at the dance off between the two groups. Has anyone seen the WoW Hardware Store video on youtube.?That was very clever/

At 12/14/06 05:01 PM, JimmyDimples wrote: Oh, side note... my package finally arrived! Wheeeeeeeeeeeee!

Yay! :D

Took three weeks for it to arrive, but it was well worth the wait. I especially like "I'll Sue Ya" and "Close But No Cigar."

Canadian Idiot and Weasel Stomping Day are also very enjoyable

At 12/14/06 05:01 PM, JimmyDimples wrote: Letterman? I thought he was on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

Whatever. And in response to Zeroasalimit's post, didi you know that I Remember Larry has a backmasked message near the end? I would provide a link, but the only place I know that has the sound file is down for some reason. In case anyone can get onto the site now, the site is called backmaskonline.com.

As long as I'm mentioning backmasks, for those who don't know, there is a backmasked message at the end of "Nature Trail to Hell" too.

At 12/15/06 12:17 PM, ZeroAsALimit wrote: My favourite song of the lot has to be 'I Remember Larry', although I have a soft spot for 'Cavity Search'. You're spot on about 'Since You've Been Gone'

Thanks, but loads of his tunes are the shit!

'Weasel Stomping Day' is the shit.

Indeed it is

I give up: there are no bad songs that he has done. :D

I'd say there are one or two which don't suit my taste, but that's about it

yeah there is a very very small amount of his song that I skip when listning to the CD's, but in the whole the one's I like outweight all that.

Well, I've had the chance to share the candy and treats in the package with my fellow teachers (thanks, Ma and Dad!), thrown on the White And Nerdy hoodie (took extra time to arrive... backorder!), and I finally sat down and listened to Strait Outta Lynwood. My personal sizing it up?

Well, a few days ago, two of my fellow Anglo teachers from Australia and I nestled in by the office widescreen and DVD player, and scoped out the videos on the DVD side of Straight Outta Lynwood. My personal opinions:

Don't Download This Song Admittedly, the novelty had worn off because I'd seen it on Al's Myspace site long before the disc arrived here in China. But on the next viewing, I still thought it was pretty darn good... and no web lagging! My friends thought it was absolutely the best vid out there, and Al's hyperbole humor was the best part.

I'll Sue Ya One teacher REALLY loved this because he was flustered with the lawsuit-happy "not my fault" culture of America. And Weird Al scored a bullseye with this one. Just as poignant and commentatively dead on as the RATM songs he emulates, and hey! No endorsement of communism to boot! :-D

Weasel Stomping Day Guilty pleasure. I definitely don't endorse cruelty to animals, but there are more than a few 46 chromosome'd "weasels" I'd like to celebrate the holiday with, IYKWIM ];-D}

Close But No Cigar Face it, I'm no John K./Ren and Stimpy fan, so the video was a turn-off. Music rocked, though. Fave audio on the whole CD.

Pancreas Okay, I know Weird Al had promised us one day a song dedicated to the pancreas. Still... Double You. Tea. Eff?! At least the B&W clips set the mood right.

Virus Alert Good sound, and very thorough, involving, gotta-rewind-to-see-it-all sorta thing. The homage to the 80s music, though, sounds kinda... erm... effette.

Anyways, that's my analysis of it. That and 18 Chinese yuan will get you a tall Starbucks coffee. ;-p

i might aswell join,weird Al owns i love that song awemish paradise(or however its spelled) and white and nerdy.

At 12/19/06 06:16 AM, JimmyDimples wrote: I'll Sue Ya One teacher REALLY loved this because he was flustered with the lawsuit-happy "not my fault" culture of America. And Weird Al scored a bullseye with this one. Just as poignant and commentatively dead on as the RATM songs he emulates, and hey! No endorsement of communism to boot! :-D

Always a good way to stay in with the teachers - show them something they love

Weasel Stomping Day Guilty pleasure. I definitely don't endorse cruelty to animals, but there are more than a few 46 chromosome'd "weasels" I'd like to celebrate the holiday with, IYKWIM ];-D}

Yeah, it's a great song and the videos I've seen around Newgrounds have been awesome... I'll check this one out sometime

Close But No Cigar Face it, I'm no John K./Ren and Stimpy fan, so the video was a turn-off. Music rocked, though. Fave audio on the whole CD.

Awesome music and a pretty decent song to sing along to.

Pancreas Okay, I know Weird Al had promised us one day a song dedicated to the pancreas. Still... Double You. Tea. Eff?! At least the B&W clips set the mood right.

I'll listen to it most of the time, but I just don't get it as a song.

Virus Alert Good sound, and very thorough, involving, gotta-rewind-to-see-it-all sorta thing. The homage to the 80s music, though, sounds kinda... erm... effette.

Pure genius. Al needs to do more like this.

I'd also love to see him do some videos of the parodies, aren't all of those his own works?

At 12/19/06 08:29 AM, Coop83 wrote: I'd also love to see him do some videos of the parodies, aren't all of those his own works?

This is correct. And White And Nerdy... well, that's at his MySpace site. And JibJab has Do I Creep You Out.

To be honest, I'm a little disappointed with the latest crop of parodies. Then again, I stopped giving a freep about current music back around the year 2000, so that may be a factor.

At 12/19/06 04:55 PM, JimmyDimples wrote: This is correct. And White And Nerdy... well, that's at his MySpace site. And JibJab has Do I Creep You Out.

I've seen those, they look great

To be honest, I'm a little disappointed with the latest crop of parodies. Then again, I stopped giving a freep about current music back around the year 2000, so that may be a factor.

I watch Rock Music mostly on Kerrang, so I was impressed with the parody of Green Day's American Idiot (Canadian Idiot). The others I've only heard snatches of, but they're great parodies

I didn't know about the backwards message.. Though truth be told I haven't heard that song in a while. Guess it's time to listen to that CD again.

At 12/20/06 12:18 PM, Outlaw88 wrote: Though truth be told I haven't heard that song in a while.

Talking of which, it's the time of year that I dug out my copy of The Night Santa Went Crazy. I feel like getting in a festive mood!

Oh, SNAP!

I forgot about sharing Chirstmas At Ground Zero with my buds at the office!

Good thing I have the Ultimate Video Collection on DVD here in China.

... well kinda it's Penultimate now, what with Straight Outta Lynwood out. But still...

Asi walk through the fourms where i harvest my pain i take a look at this thread and realise its not gay. thats just perfect for a fan like me! cause i hate stupid haters like the rest of thee

i wanna join

At 12/22/06 10:15 PM, Darkness-Platinum wrote: Asi walk through the fourms where i harvest my pain i take a look at this thread and realise its not gay. thats just perfect for a fan like me! cause i hate stupid haters like the rest of thee

i wanna join

At 430 ima makin posts MadCow makes sigs and rebaz Blows.
If ive been postin and sigin so long then even tom fulp thinks my mind is gone!

im a man of the plan im into dissin him ive got a beer in my hand and some vomit on my chin

If you can find it I highly suggest you find the Al TV episode that just aired to see him do a mock interview with K-Fed. Funny as hell and totally worth the search.

At 12/22/06 07:46 AM, ZeroAsALimit wrote: Of course, I'm listening to both. I remember the first time I heard those, how I giggled like a little school girl. :D

Everybody does ;)

At 12/22/06 11:10 PM, Outlaw88 wrote: If you can find it I highly suggest you find the Al TV episode that just aired to see him do a mock interview with K-Fed. Funny as hell and totally worth the search.

That's on my to-do list for later, along with getting blitzed on Cider while celebrating the winter solstice a few days late

At 12/22/06 11:10 PM, Outlaw88 wrote: If you can find it I highly suggest you find the Al TV episode that just aired to see him do a mock interview with K-Fed. Funny as hell and totally worth the search.

Oh yeah, that was awesome. The Jessica "Sampson" one was pretty good, too. I saw the episode when it first came on, but I was too lazy to post about it at the time.

Just bought Off The Deep End.

Smells Like Nirvana is way better on CD then it is on YouTube.

Trigger Happy is AWESOME!

I Can't Watch This is underrated... very.

Polka Your Eyes Out is probably one of the best polkas.

And so on and so forth...

I do want to hear "Bite Me" in which you leave the CD on for 10 minutes in a CD Player after the last song and you hear an annoying noise.

I guess you heard that James Brown had died... :-(

I don't think playing "Living With a Hernia" would be inappropriate, would it?

It's a shame that he passed away. Brown will be missed. The parody is like a tribute so it's ok to play it.

Merry Christmas, Weird Al club! I got the Weird Al's first album, but I haven't gotten a chance to listen to it yet. I will soon, though. :)

R.I.P. James Brown. I hear his last words were "I'm going away."