Well, that was my ending point. My starting point was hearing Eat It in like 1984.Kory wrote: ↑15 Aug 2017, 3:45pmThat was my starting point too.Wolter wrote: ↑15 Aug 2017, 2:57pmI'm aware of his music after Off the Deep End, but I was Harder Core Than Thou by the next album, which I believe was Alapalooza.Kory wrote: ↑15 Aug 2017, 1:12pmI was with him up until Running with Scissors. now I have no idea what he's doing anymore.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑15 Aug 2017, 1:10pmI once told a music reviewer friend that Weird Al was a barometer for your relationship to popular music. The easier it is for you to identify what he's parodying, the more in tune you are to the mainstream. Hence, by the early 90s, I had a hard time discerning what was being played around with.
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Ah I see what you mean.Wolter wrote: ↑15 Aug 2017, 3:50pmWell, that was my ending point. My starting point was hearing Eat It in like 1984.Kory wrote: ↑15 Aug 2017, 3:45pmThat was my starting point too.Wolter wrote: ↑15 Aug 2017, 2:57pmI'm aware of his music after Off the Deep End, but I was Harder Core Than Thou by the next album, which I believe was Alapalooza.Kory wrote: ↑15 Aug 2017, 1:12pmI was with him up until Running with Scissors. now I have no idea what he's doing anymore.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑15 Aug 2017, 1:10pmI once told a music reviewer friend that Weird Al was a barometer for your relationship to popular music. The easier it is for you to identify what he's parodying, the more in tune you are to the mainstream. Hence, by the early 90s, I had a hard time discerning what was being played around with.
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Looking through his discography, it's kinda crazy how long Weird Al has been going at it, really.
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Not as long as Billy Squier, mind you.
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His first album came out when I was a small child.
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