It's a good Steinsong parody for anyone who has a passing familiarity with Steinsongs and not the obsessive attention to detail that characterises Steinfans :p I like it, it's fun. Weird Al has a surprisingly versatile voice - particularly liked his Star Wars parody (circa 1999)
Filed alongside Couldn't Have Said It Better, Did I Say That, and Date With Destiny
> I can hear "Read em and weap" and "Bad for good". Sounds
> like a Steinsong not produced by Jim.
>
> > I haven't heard this before, and I read the thing and
> > listened and I'm like "What? This isn't Jim, what's
> > everyone talking about?" and closed it after 3 minutes.
> >
> > Then it started bugging me. After listening to the whole
> > thing, I can kinda see why it's been labelled a Jim
> > parody. The length I'm sure has a lot to do with it *grin*
> > And pretty background vocals. And the tempo difference
> > right after I closed it.
> >
> > Moral of the story: I get bored way too quickly. But Jim's
> > stuff has never induced a desire to close out a tab until
> > the song's done and I've listened to it 5 or 6 times. So I
> > can tell it's not authentic apparently.
> >
> > A
> >
> > > I'm sure many of you have heard this already, but I
> > > figured I'd post it anyway in case some of you haven't. On
> > > his album Alpocalypse "Weird Al" Yankovic did a
> > > style-parody of Jim Steinman's music called "Stop
> > > Forwarding That Crap to Me." It's a pretty funny song, and
> > > it does a great job recreating the Steinman sound.
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