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The tracklist of Weird Al's upcoming album has apparently been revealed. This is cited as the source, but I'm not sure how the person who reported it to Wikipedia knew the additional information, like what will be in the polka medley. I'm hoping the inclusion of the Franz Ferdinand song in "Polkarama" is accurate, though. I actually saw this tracklist yesterday, and came to the conclusion that it was probably fake. For whatever reason, the contents of Al's albums seem to kept under pretty tight wraps until a short while before the actual release dates, and I've seen fans come up with false tracklists for past upcoming albums. Really, some of these look like someone trying desperately to come up with Al-esque song titles. But then, Al has released some good songs with not-so-great titles, and vice versa. I do think the order might be wrong, though, possibly due to the enhanced nature of the CD. The last Al album to have two parodies in a row was Even Worse, and that was before CD became the primary medium for music. Incidentally, I'm assuming that the Taylor Hicks parody is a last-minute replacement for the axed "You're Pitiful."
Okay, I did another Google search, and came up with this, which includes descriptions of every song on the album. I'm going to assume it's valid, but I guess we'll find out for sure soon enough.
Speaking of Al, I still haven't picked up the DVD for The Weird Al Show, but the Amazon comments make it sound like a good package. I especially appreciate the review from "R. Richards" (which is currently the top non-spotlighted review, but might not be anymore when you read this), since I had some of the same complaints about the show that he/she did, and apparently Al himself did as well. While the show was funny more often than not, I didn't particularly like the portrayal of Al as a naive, thoughtless guy who always had to learn some lesson. Sure, the personality Al generally puts forth when he's "on" (e.g., on AL-TV and other promotional material) is goofy and childish, but also intelligent and sarcastic; and I don't really recall these latter traits coming across so much on the kids' show.
Okay, I did another Google search, and came up with this, which includes descriptions of every song on the album. I'm going to assume it's valid, but I guess we'll find out for sure soon enough.
Speaking of Al, I still haven't picked up the DVD for The Weird Al Show, but the Amazon comments make it sound like a good package. I especially appreciate the review from "R. Richards" (which is currently the top non-spotlighted review, but might not be anymore when you read this), since I had some of the same complaints about the show that he/she did, and apparently Al himself did as well. While the show was funny more often than not, I didn't particularly like the portrayal of Al as a naive, thoughtless guy who always had to learn some lesson. Sure, the personality Al generally puts forth when he's "on" (e.g., on AL-TV and other promotional material) is goofy and childish, but also intelligent and sarcastic; and I don't really recall these latter traits coming across so much on the kids' show.
