| re: Weird Al's "Stop Forwarding That Crap to Me" | |
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John_Galt 08:18 pm UTC 04/04/12 |
| In reply to: | re: Weird Al's "Stop Forwarding That Crap to Me" - CultOfByron 03:06 am UTC 04/04/12 |
| I'm not sure I'd go that far, but I enjoyed it. I liked the Specterish castanets, the drastic tempo changes, the song structure no one else could get away with, and the background vocals. I liked the big sound at the end, as well. Best line: "At the risk of seeming repetitive..." I think the only flaw is, as was said earlier, the arrangement and phrasing at the beginning could have been more Steinman -- as it stands, it sounded a little bit thematically similar to early Steinman, but a lot like a pop country-crossover song, too. Thanks for sharing the link! > 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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