Top 5 Weird Al songs that aren’t parodies
Staple a jelly doughnut to your ear, set your spleen to channel 27 and ask your favourite albino squirrel to a dance. Lex Friedman joins Mark to discuss their top-5 songs by “Weird” Al Yankovic that aren’t parodies.
Lex is, among many things (musician, improviser, podcaster, game developer and consultant), a turbo Yankovic fan, and it’s quite possible that even Al himself might struggle to come up with a better list.
- (00:00) - Stay weird, Al
- (00:40) - Introduction
- (01:04) - Getting into Weird Al
- (05:52) - Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
- (08:02) - Lex’s pick: Word Crimes
- (11:06) - Mark’s pick: Everything You Know is Wrong
- (14:26) - Lex’s pick: Trapped in the Drive-Thru
- (18:16) - Mark’s pick: Albuquerque
- (21:41) - Lex’s pick: Hardware Store
- (24:04) - Mark’s pick: Christmas at Ground Zero
- (26:49) - Lex’s pick: Skipper Dan
- (28:33) - Mark’s pick: Your Horoscope for Today
- (31:04) - Lex’s pick: Frank's 2000" TV
- (32:49) - Mark’s pick: The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota
- (37:27) - Midamble
- (39:40) - Building the final list
- (40:55) - Honourable mentions
- (45:17) - The music of Liam & Lex
- (48:00) - More of Lex Friedman
Find Lex online on his website, play one of his many word games, hang out with him on Mastodon, or buy one or all of Liam & Lex’s albums.
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Mark Steadman
My mum thinks I’m an internet thought leader. I haven’t had the heart to tell her I just have a microphone and some good intentions.
