Wierd Al (Is Strangely Relevant)

[York Minster]

I saw Wierd Al a couple days ago. My dad had bought tickets for him, myself, and my gf without really asking if we wanted to go first, and I wasn't overly excited. I grew up enjoying songs like Amish Paradise, but the thought of a full show of that seemed a bit much.

I was wrong. Wierd Al appears to beat not only the Pet Shop Boys, but Madonna, and any other pop icon at longetivity in appealing to each NEW generation. The audience was a mixture of ages from 8 to 80, literally. You get more pop deconstruction thrown at you in 2 hours than you could get anywhere else. Sure, his lyrics aren't always funny, but his band always is incredibly faithful to the original track, and Al is a true performer/entertainer; more than you can say for Neil and Chris. I have to imagine that most of the kids in the audience don't even remember Alanis Moresiette at this point, much less Devo. I have this feeling that the British don't like Wierd Al at all. IS that true?

If you don't like his stuff, I dare you to find this Devo parody no good:

[Patrick Bateman]

We like weirdalfan1980.

[weirdalfan1980]

I been to his shows twice and they were good, he can rock. Hes coming to UK for the first time in his career in December, 1 in a festival and1 in London.

[Hillbilly]

But you hadn't even bothered to spell Weird correctly...