Our epic jaunt BACK through the complete discography hits another important early parody, in this case Al’s exuberant tribute to ice cream and the androgynous badassery of Joan Jett.
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Our big look BACK at Al’s entire discography hits another big one in the very first parody on Al’s very first full-length album.
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Our deep dive BACK into the complete discography of “Weird Al” Yankovic explores an early polio-themed ditty of Al’s that could very well have been his swan song as a recording artist if his career had began and ended with his raw, self-titled debut.
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In an unsurprising but deeply satisfying development, my five year old son Declan is turning into a “Weird Al” Yankovic super-fan.
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Our big journey BACK through “Weird Al” Yankovic’s life’s work hits a fascinating first in the punky Tonio K. tribute “Happy Birthday”, a minor little number with a shockingly large number of distinctions, including Al recording no less than three different versions over a period of decades.
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Our epic look BACK at “Weird Al” Yankovic’s entire catalog explores one of Al’s sillier earlier compositions.
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Our DEEP dive back into the work of “Weird Al:” Yankovic continues with an affectionate look at one of Al’s most important early songs: the Queen parody “Another One Rides the Bus.” Now with author’s commentary and a header image that does not suck.
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When you can make your book better with each successive edit, why ever stop?
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Our loving look back at the entirety of Al’s recording career continues with the only song from this column that DIDN’T make it into the Weird Accordion to Al: the “My Bologna” b-side “School Cafeteria”
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There were times I feared I would never be able to say this but THE WEIRD ACCORDION TO AL BOOK IS FINISHED, IT’S AMAZING AND YOU CAN BUY IT NOW ON AMAZON NOW AND HAVE IT TOMORROW!
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