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Syd Lexia
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Valdronius
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Well, I guess we all now know Weird Al's stance on music downloading....
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Char Aznable
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Actually, we don't. The song blatantly detracts from music downloading, but he also pokes fun at the concept of rich music artists suing every penny out of regular people just for a few stolen songs.
On a side note, if you play the Poodle Hat extras on a PC, a message from Weird Al has him saying "Thanks for actually buying this CD instead of downloading it like some communist". I guess he hates both music downloading and money hungry lawyers.
Song was fucking hilarious, though.
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Syd Lexia
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Seeing as the song is available for download from the link and seeing as Weird Al plugs some of the biggest P2P programs, I'm pretty sure Weird Al doesn't really care if you download songs.
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Tebor
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Char Aznable wrote: |
On a side note, if you play the Poodle Hat extras on a PC, a message from Weird Al has him saying "Thanks for actually buying this CD instead of downloading it like some communist". |
Actually, he says "like some hooligan!". Minor correction, but I think the word choice affects the tone. There's a difference between Communists and hooligans, especially when you grow up during the red scare. Besides, usually the government associates music piracy with communism, Al's above all that.
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Char Aznable
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Oh. My Poodle Hat CD is pretty scratched, so I wasn't able to pop it in my computer and check. Damn my brother for scratching my CD's!
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Tebor
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Char Aznable wrote: |
Oh. My Poodle Hat CD is pretty scratched, so I wasn't able to pop it in my computer and check. Damn my brother for scratching my CD's! |
I don't even have mine anymore I've been looking for it for two weeks now...
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Char Aznable
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Oh, man. Do you have any idea where your brother is?
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FNJ
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in an interview with spin magazine he was quoted as saying "I like napster because I can download all of my favorite metallica songs for free."
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Gushoshin
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Don't get me wrong. I thing Weird Al is one of the coolest people ever. but i fucking hate it when people say "style parody" over and over and over again!!! (I'm so Sick of you reference?!)
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Black Zarak
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Tebor wrote: |
There's a difference between Communists and hooligans, especially when you grow up during the red scare. |
Not to my grandfather there isn't!
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Char Aznable
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Black Zarak wrote: |
Tebor wrote: |
There's a difference between Communists and hooligans, especially when you grow up during the red scare. |
Not to my grandfather there isn't! |
Fucking hilarious!
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Tebor
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Black Zarak wrote: |
Tebor wrote: |
There's a difference between Communists and hooligans, especially when you grow up during the red scare. |
Not to my grandfather there isn't! |
LOL! *shamed*
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Char Aznable
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The song's hilarious, but Blunt's record company's reaction is priceless.
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DarkMaze
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Okay, so "White and Nerdy" got pulled from YouTube yesterday due to legal threats. The funny-sad thing is that AOL was supposed to have a world premiere of the video online last night, but cancelled because it had been leaked and "OMG PEOPLE HAVE SEEN IT ALREADY!".
So Al decided to be a cool guy and upload the video to YouTube last night himself. And here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xEzGIuY7kw
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Syd Lexia
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Was that Seth Green in the background during the action figure part?
Favorite joke: the bootleg of the Star Wars Christmas Special
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Syd Lexia wrote: |
Was that Seth Green in the background during the action figure part? |
Yep. And apparently that's Donny Osmond as the Hilarious Dancing Guy.
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Tebor
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I heard the song last week, but this video was stupendous just on the visual references to nerd phenomenon.
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Char Aznable
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Man, Weird Al must be a really nice guy.
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Lady_Satine
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What's the song he's parodying in "White and Nerdy?"
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"Life is a waste of time. Time is a waste of life. Get wasted all the time, and you'll have the time of your life!" |
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Tebor
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lordsathien wrote: |
What's the song he's parodying in "White and Nerdy?" |
"Ridin'" by Chamillionaire.
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DarkMaze
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Hell yes -- go and buy "Straight Outta Lynwood" right now. It's brilliant.
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OctoMan
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Syd Lexia wrote: |
Was that Seth Green in the background during the action figure part?
Favorite joke: the bootleg of the Star Wars Christmas Special |
Hahaha... I like when they're outside shooting craps with D&D dice.
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Tebor
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The album is awesome. Especially when you talk about its intelligent satire for 30 minutes... then you just kind of feel white and nerdy.
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"If you will not tell me, I will hurt people!!!" -Nuclear Man
"Do you hear? The alpha and the omega. Death and rebirth. And as you die, so will I be reborn!" - Skeletor
8341 unread forum updates since I left (2/7/14)... Uh-oh. |
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