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I do not follow American popular music, but enjoy Al a great deal (and have also seen him live). A consequence of this it that I have heard a great many songs
by bouvin 7y ago
I do not follow American popular music, but enjoy Al a great deal (and have also seen him live).
A consequence of this it that I have heard a great many songs for the first time after I have become habituated to ‘Weird’ Al’s (usually superior) version, which can be a little odd at times.
- mcv 7y agoSame here. My impression is that Ridin' Dirty didn't cross the Atlantic until White and Nerdy paved the way. Al and his band are incredibly talented musicians, they're funny, and they're real and honest and decent people. I hope they keep doing their thing for many decades to come.
- mwcampbell 7y agoI'm American, but didn't grow up with much mainstream pop music because I was raised in a religious environment. In my twenties, I discovered Weird Al, and like you, I'd very often hear his parody or polka version of a song before I heard the original. So sometimes, after hearing him zip through the chorus of a song in one of his polka medleys, I'd hear the original song and think, "That's a whole song?"