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Weird Al Yankovic’s Mandatory Fun Tour
I’ve seen Weird Al in concert twice before; and I think the Bad Hair tour was actually the first pop music concert I attended. Jethrien and I saw him at the Paramount in Huntington this past weekend.
The man puts on a fantastic show, complete with costume changes and assorted video clips from his guest appearances in shows and movies and the AL-TV shorts and interviews. New to me were the acoustic versions of several of the older songs (“Like A Surgeon,” most notably); he’s gotten to the point where he can parody himself.
Also of note was the encore, which was (as I’d seen previously) “The Saga Begins” and “Yoda”. The local 501st stormtrooper brigade joined him on stage for the former. And the bizarre Yoda chant has grown and gotten even more absurd. (Jethrien’s theory is that it’s what they do when they’re bored on the tour bus.)
Upon reflection, Weird Al has the strangest ongoing career in history—he’s not a “big star”, but everyone knows who he is, and he gets a #1 album even after 34 years in the business. The man is 55 and can still kick above his head, and he’s clearly still attracting new generations of fans.
The seats in the upper area of the Paramount had a lovely view, but were only slightly more comfortable than the seats at BAM. My hips were not happy with me the next day.
In an amusing coincidence, my friends Ryan and Ally were also at the show. We ran into them before we went in, and then met them outside and went to get cupcakes after the show. (My mom asked about their lives the next morning, but we had mostly discussed important things, like role-playing games and cooking.)
The man puts on a fantastic show, complete with costume changes and assorted video clips from his guest appearances in shows and movies and the AL-TV shorts and interviews. New to me were the acoustic versions of several of the older songs (“Like A Surgeon,” most notably); he’s gotten to the point where he can parody himself.
Also of note was the encore, which was (as I’d seen previously) “The Saga Begins” and “Yoda”. The local 501st stormtrooper brigade joined him on stage for the former. And the bizarre Yoda chant has grown and gotten even more absurd. (Jethrien’s theory is that it’s what they do when they’re bored on the tour bus.)
Upon reflection, Weird Al has the strangest ongoing career in history—he’s not a “big star”, but everyone knows who he is, and he gets a #1 album even after 34 years in the business. The man is 55 and can still kick above his head, and he’s clearly still attracting new generations of fans.
The seats in the upper area of the Paramount had a lovely view, but were only slightly more comfortable than the seats at BAM. My hips were not happy with me the next day.
In an amusing coincidence, my friends Ryan and Ally were also at the show. We ran into them before we went in, and then met them outside and went to get cupcakes after the show. (My mom asked about their lives the next morning, but we had mostly discussed important things, like role-playing games and cooking.)