Favorite Weird Al Yankovic Song

[sjard]

Tossup between Everything You Know is Wrong and Trapped in a Closet with Vanna White.

Happy Birthday would be a close second.

And I'm an old fart, I first encountered Weird Al with his live performance of Another One Rides the Bus on the Dr. Demento Show in 1980 when I was a kid.

And I found Dr. Demento because I heard he played some of the stuff I heard from my parents and grandparents. My parents listened to stuff like Guitarzan and The Streak by Ray Stevens, my grandparents listened to stuff like I'm My Own Grandpa by Homer and Jethro.

 

[busterkeatonrules]

The answer can only be...

Spoiler: HARDWARE STORE!

Honorable mention:

Spoiler: The greatest love song ever. No, really.

 

[FPLOON]

His cover of Pinkie Pie's Smile song... Then again, there hasn't been a song of his I didn't like, let alone love, so this decision is tricky nonetheless...

Other than that, since some of us are posting videos, I guess I'll do that too!

Spoiler: Super Duper Party Pony!

Spoiler: Code MENT

Spoiler: The Goof Off

 

[shadoe14]

I am going to have to hop on the "All of them" bandwagon as there are so many great ones. I just can't bring myself to choose just a few.
That being said, some of my favorites that haven't been mentioned yet are...


Truly some of the worlds greatest love songs.

Spoiler: If that isn't Love & Do I Creep you Out

The most accurate representation of Astrology that I could find.

Spoiler: That's your Horoscope for today

The most meaningful song I have ever heard.

Spoiler: (This Song's Just) Six Words Long

and the best description of your standard stereotypical neckbeard.

Spoiler: Inactive

 

[COMaestro]

Almost all of Weird Al's songs are comedy gold, so it's impossible to choose a favorite. I may be able to do a favorite song per album though. Some of the earlier albums I am ashamed to admit I have not heard all of the songs, but here we go:

"Weird Al" Yankovic - "Another One Rides the Bus"
"Weird Al" Yankovic in 3D - "Eat It"
Dare to be Stupid - "Dare to be Stupid"
Polka Party! - "Addicted to Spuds"
Even Worse - "(This Song's Just) Six Words Long" -really hard to choose a favorite from this album
Skipping Peter and the Wolf as I have never heard it.
UHF - "She Drives Like Crazy"
Off the Deep End - "Trigger Happy"
Alapalooza - "Livin' in the Fridge"
Bad Hair Day - "I Remember Larry"
Running with Scissors - "The Saga Begins"
Poodle Hat - "Hardware Store"/"eBay" tie
Straight Outta Lynwood - "Virus Alert"
Alpocalypse - "Party in the CIA"
Mandatory Fun - "Word Crimes" with "My Own Eyes" and "First World Problems" tying for 2nd place.

Damn. Now I'm going to have to binge listen to all my Weird Al albums.

 

[Drathnoxis]

WHAAAA?? I was just thinking about making this thread myself last night!

My favourites are the same as a lot of the ones already listed, and it's pretty boring to just list them, so I'll limit myself to 3 that haven't already been posted:

Spoiler: Trapped in the Drive Through

Gotta love those ridiculously long songs, but I can't actually decide which song is sillier, Weird Al's parody or the original.

Spoiler: A Complicated Song

Can't really think of much to say about it, other than I think it's just really funny.

Spoiler: Polkamon

I used to rewind my Pokemon: 2000 tape over and over just to listen to this song.


Of course, about half the "Weird Al" songs I listened to as a kid weren't actually by Weird Al. It's amazing how many songs were misattributed to him.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

White and Nerdy was my Highschool album.

However... This is my favorite:


PC MASTER RACE! \m/>.<\m/

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

SNIP

The fact I was beaten to this makes me glad I'm a member of these forums.

I would have to say Dare to Be Stupid is my second favorite.

 

[Worgen]

Well, all the other Weird Al songs I like have been listed so Ill link Pinkie and Weird Al singing together.
Captia: cutting edge
How appropriate.

 

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

"germs" because I saw him do it live and he straight up nailed Trent Reznor's stage presence as well as style-ripped NIN perfectly. But then everything he did on stage that night was pure gold, and this was during that era before we knew the Star Wars Prequels were shit... when we could hear him sing "My my this here Anakin guy..." and not want to strangle the shit out of George Lucas. At least thats how I felt. Sure EP1 was bad, but we had two more that hadn't been released or even filmed. There was hope.
I got off topic, sorry. Anything Weird Al does is perfectly awesome because he may style rip or straight up parody a band or song, he does it with such talent and grace that people should feel honored he chose to use their music... I'm lookin' at you Coolio.

 

[Artina89]

I love these two:

White and Nerdy


and his appearance on Epic Rap battles of history was brilliant

 

[Remus]

This song is entirely too catchy and should be played at every sporting event, period.

 

[lazyslothboy]

How could we have a weird al thread and not have this show up?

 

[My name is JACK]

I've always been a fan of "one of those days" and "one more minute with you".

 

[Ambient_Malice]

Eat It and Fat are brilliant songs, but in terms of sheer "snap", nothing touches White and Nerdy. That song is a sonic masterpiece.

 

[bdeamon]

Trapped in the Drive-Thru holds a special place in my heart. Also the comments in its youtube page are great. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHnTocdD7sk

 

[FreeRunner]

Amish Paradise and White and Nerdy, the first 2 posts lol.