Weird Al!
So I went to the Weird Al concert on Wednesday, and it was AMAZING. Apparently I haven’t been paying enough attention, because he has a couple of really good new songs that came out late last year that I still hadn’t heard until the show. But they were nice surprises!
Highlights of the show for me:
* “Polka Face”. As always, his pop-polka medleys make me indescribably, inexplicably happy.
* “Smells Like Nirvana”. This is one of my all-time favorites, and I’m so happy he still plays it live. (And that Nicole bought me a t-shirt with Al dressed like Kurt Cobain :D )
* “Skipper Dan”. If you’re reading this, you probably, like me, did time at one of Orlando’s theme parks. (For me it was 9 years at Universal.) And if you did… you need to watch this.
* “You’re Pitiful”. I’m not wild about the song itself, but when he performs it live he starts taking his clothes off.
* “Let Me Be Your Hog”. Yeah, I love UHF way too much, so I was tickled at him performing this.
* “Wanna B Ur Lovr”. I think me & Nicole might have both needed some alone time after this one. She also noted that we have to buy front-row tickets next time he comes. I’m inclined to agree.
* “I’m In Luv Wit Da Skipper”. This song made me wonder if Weird Al wears slash goggles like we do…
* “Craigslist”. Yeah… Weird Al as Jim Morrison… Weird Al as intoxicated, staring-into-space, about-to-pass-out-over-the-microphone Jim Morrison… in leather pants… yeah.
* …and the Star Wars encore with “The Saga Begins” and “Yoda”. This time, in addition to Jedi guitarists and a Sith keyboardist, he had a Darth Vader, a Boba Fett, and at least a dozen Stormtroopers all jamming out with him.