RE: Three Tune Tuesday: The most 80s 80s Songs

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I think your choices are spot on. I remember how popular Danger Zone was but these days when I hear it I just want to turn it off. Eat It and other Weird Al songs always appeal to me but I enjoy his originals more than his parodies a lot of the time. He is actually a very gifted singer and songwriter but his originals never get as much attention. He also is clearly very intelligent as is exhibited in his lyrics. Word Crimes is one that I think is very smart and more entertaining than the song it is parodying

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My Wierd Al knowledge was limited to Michael Jackson and Madonna parody ("Like a Surgeon" 😄).

I learned he had written a song, "Foil", when I saw this from Foundring.

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I got a chance to see Weird Al a couple years ago as part of his "The Unfortunate Return of the Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour". The unique thing about this tour was that he only played his original songs. It was at least an hour and a half set and he played every original I can thing of including one of my personal favorites, Christmas at Ground Zero. As far as his parodies go, I think pretty much all of them are better than the originals...Amish Paradise, White and Nerdy, Tacky, Word Crimes, I lost on Jeopardy, Eat It...the list goes on.

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"You don't love me anymore" and "one more minute" were two of my favorite originals by him. I think I still know more of the lyrics to the latter and now I have a karaoke song to do!

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This was the setlist from the show i saw:

Fun Zone
First World Problems
Melanie
My Baby's in Love With Eddie Vedder
Drum Solo
When I Was Your Age
Drum Solo (Reprise)
I Remember Larry
UHF
One More Minute
CNR
Dare to Be Stupid (Lounge Version)
Velvet Elvis
Midnight Star
Skipper Dan
Buy Me a Condo
Christmas at Ground Zero
Good Old Days
Albuquerque

Encores included a cover of "She's Got Everything" by The Kinks and a medley of "Amish Paradise / Smells Like Nirvana / White & Nerdy / Word Crimes / Yoda".

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