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Depending on your kids, you can be extra cool NOW.
I have two adolescent boys, so for me it was easy.
Weird Al has a new CD out this week called "Poodle Hat."
If your kids don't even know it's out they will be amazed.
Notable is a Spiderman song called "Ode to a Superhero," done to Billy Joel's
"Piano Man."
Same music (as they do) so imagine the beginning of Piano Man, piano and
harmonica, and the first lines are:
Poor Peter Parker was pitiful,
Couldn't'a been any shyer
Mary Jane still wouldn't notice him
Even if his hair was on fire. . .
And there's one called "Bob."
No further explanation.
So I get it totally, and my kids are shruggin'.
It's a very Bob-Dylan voice, music, weird seemingly disjoint lyrics.
No, these ARE disjoint, but sometimes it kinda sounds like something
"profound" Bob Dylan would've written. And sung with feeling, and the suggestion of
"YOU know what I mean," it almost starts to make sense once in a while.
Here are some of the lyrics, and its easier to get if you see them written
than if you just hear them:
(Wait. Don't read this if you don't want a puzzle solved that you could
solve yourself more entertainingly if you know you're going to get the CD.)
scrolling
I, man, am regal--a German am I
Never odd or even, if I had a hi-fi;
Madam, I'm Adam, too hot to hoot;
No lemons, no melons, too bad I hid a boot.
Lisa Bonet ate no basil, Warsaw was raw;
Was it a car or a cat I saw?
[harmonica solo and three more cool verses]
There are others I didn't appreciate as much as the boys did, because they
know different music.
There are a couple of gross ones, but hey, his main fan base is adolescent
boys and so he ow water in my toilet" and "My love for you is like diarrhea, I
just can't hold it in").
Oh! And there's a polka medley too.
There's a song about e-bay (parody of the Backstreet Boys "I Want it That
Way").
Here's a review by someone besides me, with a good photo which is NOT in the
CD fold-out/liner notes/booklet, whatever it's called (though there are other
good photos in there):
http://www.azreporter.com/entertainment/tours/poodlehattour.html
I'm a big Weird Al fan, and have already had three other people say they want
to get a block of tickets for the concert to sit together as we did a couple
of years back AND I stalled two weeks before looking at the date because I was
really afraid it would be August 22 weekend, but HOORAY! It's August 15!!!
Here's who can't go to Kelly's conference now, because they need to see Weird
Al instead:
August 22 DETROIT, MI Meadowbrook Music Festival
August 24 ST. PAUL, MN Minnesota State Fair
I am SO glad he added Albuquerque. Honestly. My kids had already seen him.
I had been tempted once to stay another day in Sacramento to hear him at the
California state fair, but... it wasn't doable.
He's not only funny and a seriously great musician, he's also a
contortionist, and a heck of an athletic performer. Costume changes, jumping, dancing,
playing accordion upside down...
Enough gush. If you have a good excuse to buy this, or a birthday or
something coming for someone who would appreciate this, there it is.
Sandra
Sandra
I have two adolescent boys, so for me it was easy.
Weird Al has a new CD out this week called "Poodle Hat."
If your kids don't even know it's out they will be amazed.
Notable is a Spiderman song called "Ode to a Superhero," done to Billy Joel's
"Piano Man."
Same music (as they do) so imagine the beginning of Piano Man, piano and
harmonica, and the first lines are:
Poor Peter Parker was pitiful,
Couldn't'a been any shyer
Mary Jane still wouldn't notice him
Even if his hair was on fire. . .
And there's one called "Bob."
No further explanation.
So I get it totally, and my kids are shruggin'.
It's a very Bob-Dylan voice, music, weird seemingly disjoint lyrics.
No, these ARE disjoint, but sometimes it kinda sounds like something
"profound" Bob Dylan would've written. And sung with feeling, and the suggestion of
"YOU know what I mean," it almost starts to make sense once in a while.
Here are some of the lyrics, and its easier to get if you see them written
than if you just hear them:
(Wait. Don't read this if you don't want a puzzle solved that you could
solve yourself more entertainingly if you know you're going to get the CD.)
scrolling
I, man, am regal--a German am I
Never odd or even, if I had a hi-fi;
Madam, I'm Adam, too hot to hoot;
No lemons, no melons, too bad I hid a boot.
Lisa Bonet ate no basil, Warsaw was raw;
Was it a car or a cat I saw?
[harmonica solo and three more cool verses]
There are others I didn't appreciate as much as the boys did, because they
know different music.
There are a couple of gross ones, but hey, his main fan base is adolescent
boys and so he ow water in my toilet" and "My love for you is like diarrhea, I
just can't hold it in").
Oh! And there's a polka medley too.
There's a song about e-bay (parody of the Backstreet Boys "I Want it That
Way").
Here's a review by someone besides me, with a good photo which is NOT in the
CD fold-out/liner notes/booklet, whatever it's called (though there are other
good photos in there):
http://www.azreporter.com/entertainment/tours/poodlehattour.html
I'm a big Weird Al fan, and have already had three other people say they want
to get a block of tickets for the concert to sit together as we did a couple
of years back AND I stalled two weeks before looking at the date because I was
really afraid it would be August 22 weekend, but HOORAY! It's August 15!!!
Here's who can't go to Kelly's conference now, because they need to see Weird
Al instead:
August 22 DETROIT, MI Meadowbrook Music Festival
August 24 ST. PAUL, MN Minnesota State Fair
I am SO glad he added Albuquerque. Honestly. My kids had already seen him.
I had been tempted once to stay another day in Sacramento to hear him at the
California state fair, but... it wasn't doable.
He's not only funny and a seriously great musician, he's also a
contortionist, and a heck of an athletic performer. Costume changes, jumping, dancing,
playing accordion upside down...
Enough gush. If you have a good excuse to buy this, or a birthday or
something coming for someone who would appreciate this, there it is.
Sandra
Sandra
Kelli Traaseth
----- Original Message -----
From: <SandraDodd@...>
**And there's one called "Bob."
No further explanation.
So I get it totally, and my kids are shruggin'.
It's a very Bob-Dylan voice, music, weird seemingly disjoint lyrics.
No, these ARE disjoint, but sometimes it kinda sounds like something
"profound" Bob Dylan would've written. And sung with feeling, and the
suggestion of
"YOU know what I mean," it almost starts to make sense once in a while. **
Us Minnesotans "know what ya mean", being that ol' Bob is from Hibbing,
MN.
And, sure,,,,,Weird Al is here **the** weekend!
**August 24 ST. PAUL, MN Minnesota State Fair**
We'll only be about 1400 miles away from home that weekend. It's Ok, I'd
rather be at my first unschooling get together than the Weird Al concert.
Kelli~freezing her toes off this morning in Minnesota, I'm off to look for
my socks! <g>
P.S. Fun post Sandra!
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In a message dated 5/22/03 10:57:53 PM, SandraDodd@... writes:
<< There are a couple of gross ones, but hey, his main fan base is adolescent
boys and so he ow water in my toilet" and "My love for you is like diarrhea,
I
just can't hold it in"). >>
Damn glitches.
and so.... I forgot what I first wrote, but the obligatory love song has
lines like
"Your eyes are even bluer than the water in my toilet" and...
Off to the store now.
Must cook and sew today.
Sandra
<< There are a couple of gross ones, but hey, his main fan base is adolescent
boys and so he ow water in my toilet" and "My love for you is like diarrhea,
I
just can't hold it in"). >>
Damn glitches.
and so.... I forgot what I first wrote, but the obligatory love song has
lines like
"Your eyes are even bluer than the water in my toilet" and...
Off to the store now.
Must cook and sew today.
Sandra
[email protected]
**And there's one called "Bob."
No further explanation.
So I get it totally, and my kids are shruggin'.
It's a very Bob-Dylan voice, music, weird seemingly disjoint lyrics.
No, these ARE disjoint, but sometimes it kinda sounds like something
"profound" Bob Dylan would've written. And sung with feeling, and the
suggestion of
"YOU know what I mean," it almost starts to make sense once in a while.**
Bob (the word bob) is a palindrome. The lyrics are random palindromes all
stuck together, and damned if it didn't really sound like ol Bob at times... :)
Pat's birthday was the 12th. I waited and presented him with Poodle Hat the
day it came out. I've got the line "Why'd I have to get myself decapitated?"
running over and over in my head after this afternoons run to return a friend to
his home 45 minutes away. Oh, he also recommends watching the movie ten or
twenty times, so you can watch Al saying HOOLIGAN! over and over as in "Thank
you for buying my cd instead of downloading it like some HOOLIGAN!" <g>
He's in Chicago July 26th, and Rockford on Aug 23rd. Rockford is closer, but
I plan to not be here then so I guess we'll have to brave Navy Pier.
Deborah in IL
No further explanation.
So I get it totally, and my kids are shruggin'.
It's a very Bob-Dylan voice, music, weird seemingly disjoint lyrics.
No, these ARE disjoint, but sometimes it kinda sounds like something
"profound" Bob Dylan would've written. And sung with feeling, and the
suggestion of
"YOU know what I mean," it almost starts to make sense once in a while.**
Bob (the word bob) is a palindrome. The lyrics are random palindromes all
stuck together, and damned if it didn't really sound like ol Bob at times... :)
Pat's birthday was the 12th. I waited and presented him with Poodle Hat the
day it came out. I've got the line "Why'd I have to get myself decapitated?"
running over and over in my head after this afternoons run to return a friend to
his home 45 minutes away. Oh, he also recommends watching the movie ten or
twenty times, so you can watch Al saying HOOLIGAN! over and over as in "Thank
you for buying my cd instead of downloading it like some HOOLIGAN!" <g>
He's in Chicago July 26th, and Rockford on Aug 23rd. Rockford is closer, but
I plan to not be here then so I guess we'll have to brave Navy Pier.
Deborah in IL
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In a message dated 5/23/03 11:17:22 PM, dacunefare@... writes:
<< Oh, he also recommends watching the movie ten or
twenty times, so you can watch Al saying HOOLIGAN! over and over as in "Thank
you for buying my cd instead of downloading it like some HOOLIGAN!" <g> >>
MOVIE!?
I bet it won't run on a Mac. Those hooligans...
When Kirby gets back Monday, I'll ask him to show me the movie on his PC.
Sandra
<< Oh, he also recommends watching the movie ten or
twenty times, so you can watch Al saying HOOLIGAN! over and over as in "Thank
you for buying my cd instead of downloading it like some HOOLIGAN!" <g> >>
MOVIE!?
I bet it won't run on a Mac. Those hooligans...
When Kirby gets back Monday, I'll ask him to show me the movie on his PC.
Sandra
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In a message dated 5/24/2003 1:17:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
dacunefare@... writes:
~Kelly
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
dacunefare@... writes:
> He's in Chicago July 26th, and Rockford on Aug 23rd. Rockford is closer,And I'm so glad you're braving Navy Pier!
> but
> I plan to not be here then so I guess we'll have to brave Navy Pier.
>
~Kelly
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Paula Sjogerman
on 5/23/03 11:28 PM, dacunefare@... at dacunefare@... wrote:
Paula
> He's in Chicago July 26th, and Rockford on Aug 23rd. Rockford is closer, butI'm going to check this out, Deb, maybe we can go together.
> I plan to not be here then so I guess we'll have to brave Navy Pier.
Paula
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**MOVIE!?
I bet it won't run on a Mac. Those hooligans...**
It runs on our Macs just fine... :) (and it runs and it runs and it runs...)
Deborah
I bet it won't run on a Mac. Those hooligans...**
It runs on our Macs just fine... :) (and it runs and it runs and it runs...)
Deborah
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In a message dated 5/24/03 11:21:32 PM, dacunefare@... writes:
<< I bet it won't run on a Mac. Those hooligans...**
It runs on our Macs just fine... :) >>
I did get the movie to run but the photos and lyrics just give me the menu.
It recommended that I stop other programs and give all the memory to Quicktime
(or something). Then *I* recommended to me that I wait for Kirby.
Sandra
<< I bet it won't run on a Mac. Those hooligans...**
It runs on our Macs just fine... :) >>
I did get the movie to run but the photos and lyrics just give me the menu.
It recommended that I stop other programs and give all the memory to Quicktime
(or something). Then *I* recommended to me that I wait for Kirby.
Sandra