A Weird Al song called Bob

[thewayne]

and a music video -- the entire song is palindromes!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nej4xJe4Tdg&search=weird%20al%20yankovic


Wow. That's about all I can say about it.

Comments

[thedragonweaver.livejournal.com]

Heh. My favorite is the last one, "Go hang a salami, I'm a lasagna hog!"

It's named "Bob" for Dylan, of course. It really bothers me when people say that Weird Al is untalented because he "only plays with others' work." Um, no... aside from the fact that songs such as Genius In France (a particularly astute Frank Zappa tribute) are original, good parody takes a LOT of talent... and Al's band has the knack of replicating the original music, which is also talent, albeit of a different kind.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

Al is brilliant. It takes a lot of talent to surpress your own style and play just like someone else. I'm a huge Dire Straits fan, and when I listen to Beverly Hillbillies/Money for Nothing, it's almost identical to Mark Knopfler's original. And then to be able to make his twisted lyrics fit the song, that's a huge amount of talent! Not to mention that he's been doing this with a consistently high level of quality for longer than most of the bands/singers that he's parodying have been around!

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

(meant to mention that I've seen Al in concert twice!)

[deborak]

That was brilliant. Thanks for the link.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

Most excellent icon there, Debora! I was amazed, I've always liked palindromes, and to see this video was just stunning to me.