The TV Album Music Cd

Weird Al Yankovic - The TV Album

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The TV Album      Artist : "Weird Al" Yankovic      List Price : $11.98 USD        Your Price : $11.98 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 1995-11-07      Studio : Volcano      Label : Volcano      Avg. Customer Rating : (11 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for The TV Album      Another great "Wierd Al" comp with a common theme      Rating:      A couple years after his food compilation, "Wierd Al" Yankovic tries a new compilation with another common theme: TV. Like the food album, the songs are well picked, but there could be an update. There are no great TV-related songs missing from the albums this covers, which range from the debut to 1993's Alapalooza. 1. Bedrock Anthem (Parody of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Give It Away" and "Under The Bridge" from album Alapalooza)-5 2. I Can't Watch This (Parody of MC Hammer's "U Can't Touch This" from album Off The Deep End)-4 3. Frank's 2000" TV (Original from album Alapalooza)-5 4. Money For Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies (Parody of Dire Straits' "Money For Nothing" from album UHF)-5 5. Ricky (Parody of "Mickey" by Toni Basil from album "Weird Al" Yankovic)-4.5 6. Talk Soup (Original from album Alapalooza)-5 7. Here's Johnny (Parody of "Who's Johnny" by El DeBarge from album Polka Party!)-3.5 8. The Brady Bunch (Parody of the Men Without Hats' "Safety Dance" from album In 3-D)-5 9. Cable TV (Original from album Dare To Be Stupid)-4.5 10. I Lost On Jeopardy (Parody of "Jeopardy" by Greg Kihn from album In 3-D)-5 11. UHF (Original from album UHF)-5 Overall, a series of ridiculous TV songs that work perfectly for a compilation. Here are a few that could be added on in an update of the comp: 1. Syndicated, Inc. (Parody of Soul Asylum's "Misery" from album Bad Hair Day) 2. The Weird Al Show Theme (Original from album "Running With Scissors") 3. Jerry Springer (Parody of Barenaked Ladie's "One Week" from album Running With Scissors) 4. Couch Potato (Parody of Eminem's "Lose Yourself" from album "Poodle Hat")     Customer Reviews for The TV Album Cd      You ever notice "Weird Al" writes a lot of songs about TV?      Rating:      If the choice is between a "Weird Al" Yankovic collection such as "The TV Album" or a regular album, then I would almost always affirm my preference for the former. This is especially true since "The TV Album" brings together some of the best satirical songs from the less than stellar early Yankovic albums from the 1980s. Consequently, with this album you pick up "Ricky," which channels "I Love Lucy" by way of Toni Basil's "Micky," the on-point "I Lost on Jeopardy," and the brilliant song "The Brady Bunch," which even manages to work in the lyrics from the show's theme song into a version of "The Safety Dance." "Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies" and "UHF" are the other most recognizable tracks. "The TV Album" is a set below "The Food Album," but then most psychological critics have already established the central importance of food in the work of "Weird Al" Yankovic (the message behind television's medium if you want to invoke Marshall McLuhan). For those who like their "Weird Al" served up from a thematic perspective this saves you the trouble from putting it together yourself.