Polka Party Music Cd

Weird Al Yankovic - Polka Party

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Polka Party!      Artist : Weird Al Yankovic      List Price : $11.98 USD        Your Price : $9.99 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 1991-03-12      Studio : Volcano      Label : Volcano      Avg. Customer Rating : (39 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for Polka Party      Something's missing here...      Rating:      Aside from the classic parodies, this album is missing Al's trademark wackiness and energy on the originals. I am an big fan of Al, I've had the box set since I was 12 and most of his albums on cassette. As I've been updating my collection to CD I finally got around to buying a used copy of "Polka Party" here on Amazon and was disappointed. The parodies are some of the classics like "Addicted to Spuds" and "Living with a Hernia", etc. that have been part of "Best of" albums, but the original songs are not up to snuff. -"Don't Wear Those Shoes": is a weak version of "One More Minute" from Dare to Be Stupid, with a lot of "You can..." instead of "I'd rather...". -"One of Those Days": is a sad attempt at describing bad/wacky stuff happening as if it's normal everyday troubles, that was done much better in the song "Generic Blues" off of UHF. -"Good Enough For Now": is like "Since You've Been Gone" from Bad Hair Day, but instead of revealing the joke that he doesn't actually like the girl at the end, it starts from the beginning. The only exception to my critique of the original songs could be "Christmas At Ground Zero", but just as a personal preference I think "The Night Santa Went Crazy" from Bad Hair Day is a much better Christmas themed song. Overall I wouldn't recommend this album, even to fans of Al, b/c you can get the good songs on "Best of" albums anyway.     Customer Reviews for Polka Party Cd      It's hilarious and that's all.      Rating:      Though being the lowest selling album of Weird Al to date, this album has all the stuff that a Weird album should has - song parodies like Living With A Hernia, Addicted to Spuds and Toothless People; style parodies like Dog Eat Dog (which is definitely a style parody of Talking Head's Once In A Lifetime); and, most of all, the trademark polka medley. It's hilarious and creative, and what should we ask for more? Buy this album and you'll find it's worth that money.