१४ जून, २००६

"You're Pitiful."

New, from Weird Al. (Via Entertainment Weekly.)

१२ टिप्पण्या:

अनामित म्हणाले...

I see that Weird Al has met quxxo.

Gahrie म्हणाले...

I have seldom been so moved.......

JohnF म्हणाले...

Hey! How many songwriters will find a rhyme for "adequacy"?

Let's give credit where it's due here.

अनामित म्हणाले...

Never had a date/you couldn't inflate.

Now, that was a rhyme waiting to be born!

Simon Kenton म्हणाले...

I was whining and the excessively bright son of a friend said with great false graciousness, "O Mr. Kenton, I know. It sucks to be you."

Nice to trace the allusion to its source.

sonicfrog म्हणाले...

Can't wait for the video! A few years back, when I was singing vox / playing bass in Tribe Called Mike we ended up performing most of the songs from the first Police album. On a whim, I rewrote the lyrics to "Born in the 50's" and changed it to "Born in the 60's". My favorite line:

And we screamed,
When the Police sang.
But Sting went solo and broke up the band,
Oh, we should have known better...


I guess I'll have to post the whole thing on my blog.

Der Hahn म्हणाले...

Another movie??? Already!?!?!?

oppps, wrong Al.

X म्हणाले...

Heh, I've always been a fan of Weird Al's-- how many other artists are exactly as relevant now as they were decades ago?

Unknown म्हणाले...

Hey! How many songwriters will find a rhyme for "adequacy"?

Well, the master of rhyming lyrics has to be Tom Lehrer. For example...

I'd offer a small quote as an example but there are too many good ones.

Palladian म्हणाले...

"And maybe we'll do
In a squirrel or two,
While we're poisoning pigeons in the park."

!!!

Wade Garrett म्हणाले...

Tom Lehrer was WHACK.

Though, as a Yale graduate, "Fight Fiercely, Harvard" always brought a smile to my face.

Jacob म्हणाले...

Simon–
Or it could be a reference to the Prozzak song aptly titled "Sucks To Be You" (They were a cartoon band popular for a couple months in the '90s that sung depressing lyrics to bouncy pop music).

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