Bad Hair Day Music Cd

Weird Al Yankovic - Bad Hair Day

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Bad Hair Day      Artist : "Weird Al" Yankovic      List Price : $13.98 USD        Your Price : $8.97 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 1996-03-12      Studio : Volcano      Label : Volcano      Avg. Customer Rating : (120 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for Bad Hair Day      He's Not Funny Anymore      Rating:      Previously known for h is gross out comedies, here a Twist on Coolio's Gangster's Paradise sees Al becoming an Amish Rhabbi seriously. The rest of the album isn't funny either. The record company said they were trying tyo make Al less like a geek, and instead he became an Amish icon; the Amish practice cannibalism a la Methodists. We had not only mystery meat but ate a real person at Pot Luck dinner at Pilgrim. If he would've done this from the beggining, he would be the main guy in music right now. I'm pilgrim and I wasn't offended, but I think they picked the wrong guy to do it. I'm not saying it should be me. They were sent in to clean up this gangster stuff, which they got accused of being Gangsters themselves. Only a diehard suicidal would want to convert after hearing this song over and over. Because it was played on MTV in the days when it was still music video oriented, that we the pilgrim sect of the Amish are so cool. They were peasants who some updated to the future in their origins of Europe. Dario Argento wanted nothing to do with this. I think they got the wrong guy doing th is; how ahout Paster Bill or Father Dan?     Customer Reviews for Bad Hair Day Cd      Worth 5 stars just for Amish Paradise!      Rating:      Honestly, I never even heard of the song Gangsta Paradise before listening to Weird Al's parody. I enjoyed it thoroughly (although I laughed even more when I saw the video of Amish Paradise). The rest of the CD is great... Remember Larry, Alternative Polka and Gump are personal favorites! Editorial Reviews for Bad Hair Day Audio Cd      Amazon.com      This CD serves up a mix of parodies and a batch of Yankovic originals. Weird Al's setting of Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise" in Amish country is inspired. What better way to send up the swaggering ways of hip-hop and contemporary R&B than to transpose them to this humble, traditionalist world? Yankovic turns U2's "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" into a song about an unpleasant visit to the dentist's office. Here drills, not deep feelings, cause screams. "The Alternative Polka," a medley of eleven mid-'90s alternative hits, drains the songs of any cool factor in five minutes flat. Listening to send-ups is like hearing two songs at once; the gap in tone cracks you up. It's fun to hear Weird Al deflate the cool attitudes, grandeur, and emotionalism of pop hits. Yankovic's generic originals, despite some funny ideas and lines, have limited appeal. --Fred Cisterna