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"Close But No Cigar" - "Weird Al" Yankovic

by Max on Sun 29 Jun 2008 01:29 PM PDT | Permanent Link

Just when I think Al couldn't possibly stylize any more of my favorite bands, he goes and does a rocking Cakerrific little number on Straight Outta Lynwood (2006). Al is the king! Al is the Al-mighty! Al is our one true Saviour! Even other song-a-dayers are feeling the power and the glory that is Al!

OK, let's see how many entries I've made from the given bands Al has style-parodied:

Number of B-52's songs I've posted: 2
Number of Devo songs I've posted: 2
Number of Talking Heads songs I've posted: 7
Number of Oingo Boingo songs I've posted: 7
Number of Police songs I've posted: 7
Number of They Might Be Giants songs I've posted: 0
Number of Frank Zappa songs I've posted: 9
Number of Cake songs I've posted: 2

Total: 36

That's slightly more than 10% of my entire catalog. And if I was more of a fan of TMBG, that would be even higher.

How could I possibly NOT be an Al fan?

Watch the video for "Close But No Cigar" on YouTube. John Kricfalusi (of Ren and Stimpy fame) made this.

This is part of a week-long series on the "style parodies" of "Weird Al" Yankovic.

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Re: "Close But No Cigar" - "Weird Al" Yankovic

by tuuur on Mon 30 Jun 2008 03:01 AM PDT | Profile | Permanent Link

Great song by Super Al... And I like the way all those cake-isms find their way into the song.

But the videoclip makes me think John K. thought the song was titled Gross But No Cigar.

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Some of my online cohorts at the Songfight community decided to create blogs to highlight songs they like. I am now doing it as well, because I am a total lemming.

Songfight is a weekly songwriting competition based on titles provided by the site's administrators. I post there under the handle "Albatross." Go check it out. It's a gas.

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