You aren't wrong in anything you have said about this topic.Originally Posted by tableplay
I agree. Foil was pretty funny but what would have helped me enjoy it more was if I knew who Lorde is and had heard her song before. These obscure artists should be thanking Al for getting them exposure.Originally Posted by monet
Personally, I seek out the original to get more context of what Weird Al is doing.
I'll listen to maybe half of the song or more if I can stomach it.
Sometimes I just can't stomach more than a minute or so.
But I get enough context.
A very extreme example is R Kelly and his 33 chapters of Trapped in the Closet.
Now before R Kelly went to jail I really never heard of him or his music.
I was too busy focusing on all the Free Money the Casino was giving me all day and all night.
And that type of music isn't something that I enjoy or seek out.
But I was listening to a Joe Rogan Podcast a few years ago and they played some of this Trapped in the Closet.
So I got the context right away as the entire song has the same melody throughout and I think it lasts for 90 or 133 minutes.
I really can't figure it out.
I think it is 33 chapters.
Anyways I probably listened to maybe 5 minutes of it entirely which gave me context to enjoy what Weird Al did with his Trapped in the Drive Thru song.
Which is actually pretty Fucking Funny when you realize what he is doing and how spot on he is doing it.
And Weird Al only did 10 minutes which is going pretty Fucking Hard for a parody that is impossible to parody a 2 hour, 33 chapter serial song.
But like I say... after a couple of minutes you get the point.
I prefer Weird Al's version as I find it more relatable and I didn't listen to enough of the original R Kelly Storyline.
Weird Al said that R Kelly's version was so over the top that he decided to go the other way and sing about something very common and mundane.
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