"Weird Al" Yankovic | The Essential "Weird Al" Yankovic (2CD)

2009 two CD career-spanning collection of tracks hand-picked by Weird Al himself. Yankovic is a true artistic genius in the classic sense of the word. No other artist can parody a song or a music video without being directly compared to the maestro. Throughout his career, Al has offered up an alternate reality of sorts to the history of pop music, lovingly re-casting hits of all genres into bizarre and hilarious songs and videos that themselves have become hits. Al's work became so synonymous with the hits they parodied that Michael Jackson gave Al access to the 'Bad' video set to make his classic 'Fat' video! This is to say nothing of Al's original songs which are as witty and endearing as his parody work. 40 tracks.

 

Tracklist

 

Disc 1

 

1 Another One Rides the Bus

2 Polkas on 45

3 Eat It

4 I Lost on Jeopardy

5 Yoda

6 One More Minute

7 Like a Surgeon

8 Dare to Be Stupid

9 Dog Eat Dog

10 Lasagna

11 Melanie

12 Fat

13 Uhf (Single Version)

14 The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota

15 Trigger Happy

16 Smells Like Nirvana

17 You Don't Love Me Anymore

18 Bedrock Anthem

19 Frank's 2000" TV

20 Jurassic Park

 

Disc 2

 

1 Since You've Been Gone

2 Amish Paradise (Parody of "Gangsta's Paradise" By Coolio)

3 Gump (Parody of "Lump" By the Presidents of the United States)

4 Everything You Know Is Wrong

5 The Night Santa Went Crazy

6 Your Horoscope for Today

7 It's All About the Pentiums (An Adaptation of "It's All About the Benjamins" By Puff Daddy)

8 The Saga Begins (Lyrical Adaption of "American Pie")

9 Albuquerque

10 Ebay (Parody of "I Want It That Way" By the Backstreet Boys)

11 Bob

12 Hardware Store

13 I'll Sue Ya

14 Canadian Idiot (Parody of "American Idiot" By Green Day)

15 Pancreas

16 Don't Download This Song

17 White & Nerdy (Parody of "Ridin'" By Chamillionaire Featuring Krayzie Bone)

18 Trapped in the Drive-Thru (Parody of "Trapped in the Closet" By R. Kelly

 

*Audio and/or tracklist may vary slightly from the CD version.

 

Label: SNYL

Catalog: 585432

Rel. Date: 10/26/2009

UPC: 886975854325

• Format: CD
• Genre: Comedy