12/1/07

You can't deny the genius of "Yo, Ding Dong, man, Ding Dong, yo!!"

Be warned, Weird Al Yankovic is going to be in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. I don't endorse the notion, I'm just predicting it. He has been steadily churning out minor hits for nearly 3 decades . I've seen interviews with him over the years and he's always come off as sort of a peculiar dork. Even more than the people I hung with in High School. The truth is, he's probably pretty bright. He started Kindergarten at 4, skipped 2nd grade and was still valedictorian of his class. In a music career that lasted longer than Jimi Hendrix, Hank Williams, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin and Curt Cobain combined, he's had 6 platinum and 4 gold records, won 3 Grammys and never been to rehab. Every few years he comes out with something that makes me laugh. Like my new ringtone for example.


Check it out.

2 comments:

Geoff said...

Nice. I love it. Maybe he should be in the hall of fame. I am all for it.

gg said...

Al's awesome. Have you heard the song called "Bob" that is a parody of Bob Dylan and every line in the song is a palindrome. Genius.

Here be the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nej4xJe4Tdg

"I want rustlers, cut throats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperados, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswogglers, horse thieves, bull dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, ass-kickers, shit-kickers and Methodists. " -Hedley Lamarr