One More Minute, Tune?
William Ian Gasarch
SEEMS to be based on a known medley, but I can't quite place it
and am coming to the conclusion that it is actually a ``new'' medley
(Well, wheather anything is ``new'' can be debated, especially
after hearing the words to GILLIGANS ISLAND to the tune of
STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN)
SO, is ONE MORE MINUTE a satire of an old song, or just written
in the same Style.
As an example, the RUTLES music is all beatles-STYLE, but all new
tunes, where, of course ``Eat it' and `Still Billy Joel
to me' are based on tunes. ``The biggest ball of twine in
Minesoda'' I am pretty sure is a style thing.
Enough babbling, I have asked a solid question about
ONE MORE MINUTE and want an answer. Post to the net.
Any other thoughts on Style vs. tune are welcome as well,
especially since this net has been a bit dormant lately.
bill
Ben Scott
>The song ``One More Minute'' by Weird AL (which I find GREAT)
>SEEMS to be based on a known medley, but I can't quite place it
No, it's just a different type of parody he does of someone's style rathern
than an actual song - the classic "Dog Eat Dog" is another example (subtitled
"Canine Cannibalism" or so I heard him say in an interview).
>tunes, where, of course ``Eat it' and `Still Billy Joel
>to me' are based on tunes. ``The biggest ball of twine in
>Minesoda'' I am pretty sure is a style thing.
I have never heard "Still Billy Joel to Me" and I'd like to know where I can
get it. I have all the published albums and the original version of "My
Bologna" as published on the Dr. D collection, and I have his "Compleat Al",
and the book, and I'd have UHF but it costs too @#$%& much, but I haven't seen
this.
"Biggest Ball of Twine..." is a completely original song, so far as I know.
He does these from time to time... (they're more than 40% of his total,
actually!). I have noticed that he likes to experiment a lot - he's done
Christmas Music (no, wait, "Christmas at Ground Zero" was done to the tune
of "I Yust Go Nuts at Christmas" by Yogi Yorgessen), country-western (the
hilarious "Good enough for now"!), rap (Twister) (or whatever style that was
supposed to be), etc. - a very wide range. Now how about a classical
Hungarian rhapsody, or maybe some 12th century monotonic chants? (hey, don't
laugh, Monty Python did it... remember "Die Jesu Domine... <THUD> Dona eis
Requiem... <THUD>"??)
Better still, when is "UHF II" coming out? (OK, OK, I know...)
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James Jones
>in the same Style.
I think it's a stylistic parody rather than a parody of a specific song.
The canonical example of the style would, I'd say, be "The Great Pretender."
(Stan Freberg, of course, did a specific parody of that, poking particular
fun at the distinctive piano part, i.e. endless eighth notes beating out the
chords.)
James Jones
Deborah Hwang
> In article <24...@mimsy.umd.edu> gas...@brillig.umd.edu (William Ian
Gasarch) writes:
> >...to me' are based on tunes. ``The biggest ball of twine in
> >Minesoda'' I am pretty sure is a style thing.
>
>
> "Biggest Ball of Twine..." is a completely original song, so far as I know.
> He does these from time to time... (they're more than 40% of his total,
I've always thought that the chorus of "Biggest Ball of Twine..." was very
similar (but not the same) as Gordon Lightfoot's "Wreck of the Edmund
Fitzgerald", but the verses aren't in the same style. I rather admire Weird
Al's talent as both a parodist (I just about died watching the "Like a
Surgeon" video) and as a style swiper. One of my favorite Weird Al "originals"
is "That Boy Can Dance" (or something) which appeared as the B-side of
the "Eat
It" single.
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Rowdy Roddy
>I've always thought that the chorus of "Biggest Ball of Twine..." was very
>similar (but not the same) as Gordon Lightfoot's "Wreck of the Edmund
>Fitzgerald", but the verses aren't in the same style.
There is a song by Harry Chapin (I cant remember the title) that sounds
alot like Biggest Ball of Twine.....The parts about reaching the state line
about 6:49 is almost exactly like a part of Chapin's song....
If I remember the title I will post it.....
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Tim Rueger
>There is a song by Harry Chapin (I cant remember the title) that sounds
>alot like Biggest Ball of Twine.....The parts about reaching the state line
>about 6:49 is almost exactly like a part of Chapin's song....
>If I remember the title I will post it.....
I can tell ya - it's "30,000 Pounds of Bananas". (BTW - they reached
the state line at 6:39.)
-Tim
Robert allen Jung
>In article <24...@mimsy.umd.edu> gas...@brillig.umd.edu (William Ian Gasarch) writes:
>>The song ``One More Minute'' by Weird AL (which I find GREAT)
>>SEEMS to be based on a known medley, but I can't quite place it
>
>No, it's just a different type of parody he does of someone's style rathern
>than an actual song - the classic "Dog Eat Dog" is another example (subtitled
>"Canine Cannibalism" or so I heard him say in an interview).
Hey, can we start a r.m.dementia thread I wanted for a while? The Catonical
List of Weird Al Parodies. Map the parodies to the originals, either tunes or
"general style" will do. For instance, I could start with:
Al Song Real world
======= ==========
I Love Rocky Road I Love Rock 'n Roll (Billy Joel)
Eat It Beat It (Michael Jackson)
Dare to be Stupid DEVO(?)
Girls Just Wanna Have Girls Just Wanna Have
Lunch Fun (Cindi Lauper)
Isle Thing Wild Thing (Tone Loc?)
Anybody interested in finishing this? I know about 60% of the parodies, but
there are some I cannot place ("King of Suede", "Dog Eat Dog", to name two).
>I have never heard "Still Billy Joel to Me" and I'd like to know where I can
>get it. I have all the published albums and the original version of "My
>Bologna" as published on the Dr. D collection, and I have his "Compleat Al",
>and the book, and I'd have UHF but it costs too @#$%& much, but I haven't seen
>this.
It's hard to find ANYWHERE. I have all the Al-albums, and even Al's
"School Cafeteria", but I have never heard "Still Billy Joel" anywhere. I
think it's in litagation limbo.
>"Biggest Ball of Twine..." is a completely original song, so far as I know.
>He does these from time to time... (they're more than 40% of his total,
>actually!). I have noticed that he likes to experiment a lot
I'm glad. I like a lot of Al's stuff, whether it's a parody or an original,
but I like some of the originals more than I like the parodies. When the
novelty of taking off an established song wears off, it's original works like
"Stuck In a Closet With Vanna White", "Happy Birthday", "Slime Creatures
From Outer Space", "Good Enough for Now", and "That Boy Can Dance" that
_still_ give me a thrill.
> - he's done
>Christmas Music (no, wait, "Christmas at Ground Zero" was done to the tune
>of "I Yust Go Nuts at Christmas" by Yogi Yorgessen), country-western (the
>hilarious "Good enough for now"!), rap (Twister) (or whatever style that was
>supposed to be), etc. - a very wide range.
Yeah -- ain't it great? You might want to add parodies of ballads ("The
Biggest Ball of Twine"), blues ("Buckingham Blues" and "Generic Blues"), and
polka (c'mon, you're kidding, right?). The best Al-rap, BTW, IMO, has to be
"Isle Thing"...
>Better still, when is "UHF II" coming out? (OK, OK, I know...)
The Los Angeles/live Dr. Demento Show of 6/10/1990 mentioned that Al is
"now working on his next album", so I'd give it a few months. Yeah!
--R.J.
B-)
P.S. And as for me, I find that I like more songs per album as the album
is more "recent". Almost everything on "Even Worse" and "UHF (and
other stuff)" is a winner with me, whereas I rank more of the tunes on
the earlier albums as "it's okay, but not great" material...
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Mitch Pockrandt
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>List of Weird Al Parodies. Map the parodies to the originals, either tunes or
>"general style" will do. For instance, I could start with:
>
> Al Song Real world
> ======= ==========
> I Love Rocky Road I Love Rock 'n Roll (Billy Joel)
JOAN JETT
> Eat It Beat It (Michael Jackson)
> Dare to be Stupid DEVO(?)
^definitely! Both video
& audio styles.
> Girls Just Wanna Have Girls Just Wanna Have
> Lunch Fun (Cindi Lauper)
> Isle Thing Wild Thing (Tone Loc?)
^^^^^^^^^
Could be The Troggs. Did
Isle Thing come out before
Tone Loc's cover of this?
>
> Anybody interested in finishing this? I know about 60% of the parodies, but
>there are some I cannot place ("King of Suede", "Dog Eat Dog", to name two).
>
>[..more schtuff deleted..]
Let's see what I can dredge out of my memory...
My Bologna My Sharona (? The Knack ??)
Ricky Micky - Toni Basil
Stop Draggin My Car Around Stop Draggin My Heart Around
- Stevie Nicks
Another One Rides The Bus Another One Bites The Dust
- Queen
The Brady Bunch The Safety Dance
- Men Without Hats
Buy Me A Condo [general reggae with yuppies :-)]
I Lost On Jeopardy (Our Love's In) Jeopardy
- Greg Kihn
King Of Suede King of Pain - The Police
(or was it just Sting?)
Theme from Rocky XIII Eye of the Tiger - Survivor
(Rye & the Kaiser) (Theme from Rocky 4 or 3?)
Like A Surgeon Like A Virgin - Maddonna
I Want A New Duck I Want A New Drug
- Huey Lewis & The News
Yoda Lola - The Kinks
Fat Bad - Michael Jackson
Six Words Long Got My Mind Set On You
- George Harrison
I Think I'm A Clone Now I Think We're Alone Now
(I have heard this by at
least three bands in the
last 15 years, and I don't
recall any of the names.)
Lasagna La Bamba - ?
Alimony Mony, Mony - ?
Any more anybody can think of?
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Steve Portigal
>
> Al Song Real world
> ======= ==========
> I Love Rocky Road I Love Rock 'n Roll (Billy Joel)
> Eat It Beat It (Michael Jackson)
> Dare to be Stupid DEVO(?)
> Girls Just Wanna Have Girls Just Wanna Have
> Lunch Fun (Cindi Lauper)
> Isle Thing Wild Thing (Tone Loc?)
Yoda Lola (Kinks)
Another one rides the bus Another one bites the dust (Queen)
Like a Surgeon Like a Virgin (Madonna)
Fat Bad (Michael Jackson)
King of Suede King of Pain (Police)
Theme from Rocky XXIII (?) Eye of the tiger (Survivor)
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Chris Stassen
are probably style parodies that I didn't recognize. Additions and
corrections welcome.
[1] "Weird Al" Yankovic
Ricky - Parody: Mickey (Toni Basil)
Gotta Boogie - Original
I Love Rocky Road - Parody: I Love Rock 'n' Roll (Joan Jett)
Buckingham Blues - Style: Blues
Happy Birthday - Original
Stop Draggin' My Car Around - Parody: Stop Draggin' My Heart Around
(Tom Petty & Stevie Nicks)
My Bologna - Parody: My Sharona (The Knack)
The Check's In The Mail - Original
Another One Rides The Bus - Parody: Another One Bites The Dust (Queen)
I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead - Original
Such A Groovy Guy - Original
Mr. Frump In The Iron Lung - Original
[2] "Weird Al" Yankovic In 3-D
Eat It - Parody: Beat It (Michael Jackson)
Midnight Star - Original
The Brady Bunch - Parody: The Safety Dance (Men Without Hats)
Buy Me A Condo - Style: Reggae
I Lost On Jeopardy - Parody: [Our Love's In] Jeopardy (Greg Kihn)
Polkas On 45 - Bunch of popular song bits done in polka style
Mr. Popeil - Style: B-52's
King Of Suede - Parody: King Of Pain (The Police)
That Boy Could Dance - Original
Theme From Rocky XIII - Parody: Eye Of The Tiger (Survivor)
Nature Trail To Hell - Original
[3] Dare To Be Stupid
Like A Surgeon - Parody: Like A Virgin (Madonna)
Dare To Be Stupid - Style: DEVO
I Want A New Duck - Parody: I Want A New Drug (Huey Lewis)
One More Minute - Original
Yoda - Parody: Lola (The Kinks)
George Of The Jungle - "Serious" cover of the cartoon theme song
Slime Creatures From Outer Space - Original
Girls Just Want To Have Lunch - Parody: Girls Just Want To Have Fun
(Cyndi Lauper)
This Is The Life - Original
Cable TV - Original
Hooked On Polkas - Bunch of popular song bits done in polka style
[4] Polka Party
Living With A Hernia - Parody: Living In America (James Brown)
Dog Eat Dog - Style: Talking Heads
Addicted To Spuds - Parody: Addicted To Love (Robert Palmer)
One Of Those Days - Original
Polka Party! - Bunch of popular song bits done in polka style
Here's Johnny - Parody: Who's Johnny (?)
Don't Wear Those Shoes - Original
Toothless People - Parody: Ruthless People (?)
Good Enough For Now - Style: Country
Christmas At Ground Zero - Style: Christmas Music
[5] Even Worse
Fat - Parody: Bad (Michael Jackson)
Stuck In A Closet With Vanna White - Original
(This Song's Just) Six Words Long - Parody: [I've Got My Mind] Set On
You (George Harrison)
You Make Me - Original (Style - DEVO?)
I Think I'm A Clone Now - Parody: I Think We're Alone Now (Tiffany)
Lasagna - Parody: La Bamba (Los Lobos)
Melanie - Original
Alimony - Parody: Mony, Mony (Billy Idol)
Velvet Elvis - Original
Twister - Style: Rap
Good Old Days - Original (Style - James Taylor?)
[6] Peter and the Wolf (w/ Wendy Carlos)
Peter And The Wolf - Parody: Peter And The Wolf (Prokofiev)
Carnival Of The Animals - Parody: Carnival Of The Animals (Saint-Siens)
[7] UHF
Money For Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies - Words from The Beverly
Hillbillies Theme (?) to the tune of Money For Nothing
(Dire Straits)
Gandhi II - Original (fake movie advertisement)
Attack Of The Radioactive Hamsters From A Planet Near Mars - Original
Isle Thing - Parody: Wild Thing (Tone Loc)
The Hot Rocks Polka - Bunch of Rolling Stones song bits done in polka style
UHF - Original
Let Me Be Your Hog - Original
She Drives Like Crazy - Parody: She Drives Me Crazy (Fine Young Cannibals)
Generic Blues - Style: Blues
Spatula City - Original (fake commercial)
Fun Zone - Original
Spam - Parody: Stand (REM)
The Biggest Ball Of Twine In Minnesota - Style: Harry Chapin
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Well, I'm not a Weird Al fan, but I'm always glad to correct people:
Someone who looked a lot like pock...@cs.umn.edu (Mitch Pockrandt) said:
>
>> Isle Thing Wild Thing (Tone Loc?)
> ^^^^^^^^^
> Could be The Troggs. Did
> Isle Thing come out before
> Tone Loc's cover of this?
I haven't heard "Isle Thing", but anyone who's heard Tone-Loc's "Wild
Thing" will recognize that it's NOT a cover of the Troggs' classic.
In fact it bears only a vague similarity, if that.
Sorry I deleted this person's name, but in reference to:
>> Anybody interested in finishing this? I know about 60% of the parodies, but
>>there are some I cannot place ("King of Suede", "Dog Eat Dog", to name two).
"Dog Eat Dog", according to a reliable source, is not a parody of any
specific song, just a general Talking Heads-style song.
> King Of Suede King of Pain - The Police
> (or was it just Sting?)
It was the Police. On "Synchronicity".
> I Think I'm A Clone Now I Think We're Alone Now
> (I have heard this by at
> least three bands in the
> last 15 years, and I don't
> recall any of the names.)
It's a popular cover, but the original version was by Tommy James and
the Shondells (who also did the original "Mony Mony", as well as "Crimson
and Clover" which was covered by Joan Jett -- why hasn't Al parodied
that one?)
> Lasagna La Bamba - ?
La Bamba is an old folk song, but the rock version was originally done
by Richie Valens, later covered by Los Lobos among others.
> Alimony Mony, Mony - ?
Tommy James again, but the version I hear most often is Billy Idol's cover.
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>
> Al Song Real world
> ======= ==========
> I Love Rocky Road I Love Rock 'n Roll (Billy Joel)
> Eat It Beat It (Michael Jackson)
> Dare to be Stupid DEVO(?)
> Girls Just Wanna Have Girls Just Wanna Have
> Lunch Fun (Cindi Lauper)
> Isle Thing Wild Thing (Tone Loc?)
>
Fat Bad (Michael Jackson)
Like A Surgeon Like A Virgin (Madonna)
Stop Draggin My Car Stop Draggin My Heart
Around Around (Tom Petty & Stevie Nicks)
Livin with a Hernia Livin In America (James Brown)
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> ======= ==========
> I Love Rocky Road I Love Rock 'n Roll (Billy Joel)
I live Rock n' Roll is by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
>there are some I cannot place ("King of Suede", "Dog Eat Dog", to name two).
King of Suede is a parody of King of Pain by the Police.
Todd G Vaarwerk
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>
>> I Think I'm A Clone Now I Think We're Alone Now
>> (I have heard this by at
>> least three bands in the
>> last 15 years, and I don't
>> recall any of the names.)
>It's a popular cover, but the original version was by Tommy James and
>the Shondells (who also did the original "Mony Mony", as well as "Crimson
>and Clover" which was covered by Joan Jett -- why hasn't Al parodied
>that one?)
I think .. Specifically for that Album, the version parodied (If a specific
version CAN be parodied) was Tiffany's version (done in 1988 [or so])
Anyone know how Dr. D can be heard in Buffalo, NY nowadays ?? ..
Just wondering ..
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