I seriously prefer this song over the original "blurred lines". It's not even close. For Wierd Al, if you are already familiar with the Star Wars series, you *must* react to Wierd Al, "The Saga Begins". But *_do not_* watch it unless you have seen episodes 1-3. Other Wierd Al greats include Amish Paradise, Eat It, Fat, I Lost on Jeopardy. But there's a host to choose from.
"Don't watch it unless you've watched episodes 1-3" because if you haven't, you should be catching up with the most culturally impactful film franchise of all time, as you're a solid 2 decades behind the rest of us.
@@DavidWagle Al does it as a courtesy to the original artist. There was one time where the artist gave permission but the record company said no, thinking it would make him a one hit wonder
@@Trifler500 Parodies are exempt from licensing, but you 100% have to license covers. If you upload a cover on youtube, it will get taken down if you haven't purchased a license.
Please go down this rabbit hole. Weird Al has a huge catalog. My advice is to view the original video before reacting Al so you can catch the sight gags and puns. Like what you do!
Weird Al still respects Prince's wishes. Reportedly his estate reached out to Weird Al to parody one or more Prince songs and Weird Al declined as Prince did not give permission.
This is my favorite Weird Al song; love me some clever wordplay. I'm a grammar nerd, and one of those people from a certain generation who cringes when things are spelled or pronounced poorly. I have to constantly resist the urge to correct it. If you have a genuine learning disability that's one thing, but so much of it is just laziness.
Laziness like how you probably say piano instead of pianoforte, bus instead of omnibus, or fort instead of fortress? A lot of things that Grammer nerds call laziness or improper English are actually just natural parts of language development. We're constantly going through new vowel shifts somewhere in the country, and we're constantly adding new words, redefining old words, and even adding meaning and connotation to words that are otherwise consistent. Language is a living, growing, fluid thing that is never stagnant and always changing. Some things are just wrong, but not because of the "rules" so much as because they cause confusion in communication, which is, of course, the opposite of what language is supposed to do.
@@jaredwonnacott9732 I agree with you about language constantly changing, and mostly I don't have a problem with that. Maybe laziness isn't really the word I should have used. Willful ignorance maybe. Not caring about the difference between there, their, and they're. Awe instead of awww. (Or vice versa) Expecially, pacific, could of, etc. The most recent one I've been seeing is weary instead of wary.
Once, within a week, I encountered three homonyms in DIFFERENT PUBLICATIONS used incorrectly. Palate, palette, and pallet were all used in a book and two magazines and not one used the correct version for what they were trying to say 😂. Technically, they were all spelled correctly, they just each used the wrong word. What are the odds?
@@CFWhitman Spell check will make you look bad if you don`t check the spell checks work. If you just let spell check do its thing, it will look like you graduated from Microsoft Word elementary school.
A couple of things to watch for on a second watch: 1) at the very start when the pages of a dictionary are flipping you can see a picture of Weird Al next to the word accordion. 2) the slyly inserted naughty remark about the 'smart' linguist. There are more of course. It definitely rewards several rewatches.
Weird Al is always hilarious! This is my favorite because I work as an editor/proofreader for one of America's biggest publishing houses, Houghton, Mifflin, Harcourt, and even some of our biggest writers do not know basic punctuation or how to transition from one paragraph to another. But they have talent with figurative language, imagery, and plot, and that's what makes them great!
He is a wordsmith! Thanks to editors and proofreaders like you my books look like i know something about punctuation 😅 I mean, i know story, but i will be the first to admit that i am not the best in that department 😃
There are so many videos from Weird Al that you should watch. I really think you should react to "Fat" , which is a parody of "Bad" by Michael Jackson. You really have to watch Michael Jackson's video first so that you compare the two videos. More Weird Al please !
Same with "Eat It." It's a shot-for-shot remake of the video for "Beat It." Al used the same soundstage/set and most (if not all) of the same background actors/dancers. Michael LOVED Weird Al.
Sticking with the theme of the song, I feel the need to point out that "DONT Be A MORAN!" was not a "typo." It was a handmade sign, which makes the errors simple misspellings. Typos are mistakes made by, well, typing.
IIRC, that image was digitally altered (beyond just making the words appear one at a time), although the misspelling was the same - the actual sign read “GO HOME! MORANS”.
I understand your pain. I’ve read so many books where I find typos everywhere. Makes me think I should have become an editor. It’s not like I could do any worse. 😂
The magic of Weird Al is how he and his band have successfully kept up with musical styles for 40+ years. And for an artist who mostly deals in parody as well. There's something magical going on there.
So sad they block the videoes for so long 😢 Really am looking forward to request more of Weird Al, my childhood hero 😂 You are really in for a treat! Great reaction (again 😉). More to come!
I actually love Al's original stuff (or "style parodies") more than the straight parodies. The guys from Devo have actually said that "Dare to Be Stupid" is the best Devo song they never wrote. 🤣
I'm a copyeditor and I understand the struggle of missing mistakes if you've been looking at the same doc for too long. Also, loved the Sir Pterry shout out!
This has me thinking of so many misused sayings & phrases (like 'I could care less') that make me grimace a little inside. 'All the sudden' is one. 'For all intensive purposes' is another. Most are innocent mis-hearings, though, and some even sort of add meaning; I generally lean toward tact and don't call them out.
Kinda funny- Blurrd lines was done and gone so quick (I think it was gone well before the parody came out), and the parody still slaps years later. A whole song about grammatical things that have bugged the shit outta me since I was in high school.
I have a friend I used to share a house with that had degrees in english and if you borrowed a book from him you'd find all his corrections neatly written in it. Not all his fault as he did work as a proof reader for a while (paying his way through some of the university courses) and did it mostly automatically lol. Weird Al is a true one of a kind.
i like to make the joke, in comment sections with grammarnazis; "i have a superpower; i can understand the meaning of things based on context, rather than getting confused by simple spelling errors." with how often people pretend to not understand someone's point, based on obvious fat fingering of a keyboard, it almost really seems like a super power. lol
In my work, typos are the bane of my existence. But as you say, they're also inevitable. I wasn't familiar with this song, but it was fun. And whoever put the video together deserves mucho kudos. Very well done.
As an individual who has loved to read since I was a kid I find Weird Al's grammatical humor...humorous. I have however had to restart many of my mental issues since when I was 24 I was in a car accident and I received a brain injury. I look at this as if I was given a restart and I had to relearn many things that I learned when I was a kid. Just to make a point it is always an excellent practice to wear your seatbelts while driving.
A little trivia - he's had the same core band for 38 years - which says a lot about loyalty and friendship. He is so erudite - some of my favourites of his are "I Lost on Jeopardy", "Fat", "Eat It" & "Like a Surgeon". I have to admit that the grammar, syntax & spelling errors in newspapers now make my teeth grind. Hire proof-readers dammit!
Any document I write for someone else to read I have at least two other people proof read it for typos after I have checked it 6 times on the computer and again printed on paper. I also listen to their advice on grammar and word usage. I don't always follow it, but I listen.
I am always surprised by the lack of good grammar and misuse of words in published works now. And, the number of times Microsoft Word or Grammarly were incorrect when trying to correct me could make a long list.
A few random typos in a document tens of thousands of words long is understandable. Multiple typos in an online comment less than two dozen words is an entirely different matter!
The stray bullet to Prince (he also did it in "Amsih Paradise") is because Weird Al never could get a permission from His Royal Badness to make a parody of one of his songs.
I would like to recommend "Stop Forwarding That Crap to Me" as the next Weird Al song. This song is a hilarious one about people sending e-mails that are a pain for us who utilized it but ruined by them sending craps.
One of Al's best lines: "You slammed my face down on the barbecue grill/ Now, my scars are all healing, but my heart never will." (You Don't Love Me Anymore)
@@ioeee7563 My favorite Weird Al lyrics are all from "One More Minute". I am stranded in the gas station of love and I have to use the self service pump
As a writer myself, I was laughing WAY too hard when I first heard this song. I felt totally called out. And you're right, I published my first book, ordered copies, had sales going on Amazon, and then a friend of mine (she bought my first signed copy, in fact) pointed out that there was an error on the very last page. Like, are you kidding me??? I had to go back in, fix the error, re-upload the paperback and ebook in KDP... what a headache!
I feel you! Had the same thing happen to me. And even after fixing it, amazon kept using the old file. Many emails and phone calls later it was fixed. Headache indeed 😅
@@legionaireb I like the Synonyms of obscure : ambiguous arcane cryptic dark deep Delphic double-edged elliptical elliptic enigmatic enigmatical equivocal fuliginous inscrutable murky mysterious mystic nebulous occult opaque
What??!! You haven't seen "Eat It" yet?! Oh, you simply must! I'd recommend that you watch (or re-watch) Michael Jackson's original, "Beat It" first, though, as doing so will increase your enjoyment of "Eat It" if the original is fairly fresh in your mind.
Weird Al has so many fun songs to choose from. Try Like a Surgeon and Living With a Hernia. If you want to overload your brain, try listening to Hardware Store.
Funny thing about the dangling participle thing. That is something from Latin not English. Also, we must remember that English is still a living language, still subject to growth and change. There is no THE dictionary for common usage. Definitions are an attempt to capture the meaning and understanding of words at that time.
As a retired English teacher, I found this song very funny. 😂 Just for the record, I never correct people online, in texts, or when speaking casually. I see and hear the errors, but I never point it out. 👌
@@kelqueen9998 lol (I did have a warning posted outside my classroom that said, "Caution: Your grammar may be corrected at any time.") However, socially or in a relaxed setting, I can let it go.
@@staciemoisa4884 Well, I do because much of the errors are due to laziness. Also, I'll point it out in a mocking way. It's not hard to use an apostrophe, like in can't. I really hate when they use were, and mean we're. Total laziness.
@@SaeedReacts. They're generally very good, though given they rely on personal and historical references to the people or characters involved they're mostly good if you know something about the people.
Type-o is also a Word Crime. It stands for typing overstrike where you type an incorrect letter, backspace and type another correct letter over the top. We would get points deducted in typing tests for doing this. Yes I'm old(er). lol
@@ChozoSR388 Or maybe it was meant to be funny? As something that happened before white-out corrections and way before the computer delete key. I got a kick out of the way it is also similar to 'Type O' as in the blood type!
@@Hwyla-qp5lv Except that 'typo' pre-dates the typewriter, by a good 400 years, going back to the invention of the printing press in the mid-15th century.
I remember a college professor showing us this video as an example of proofreading our college papers and things to use words and phrases to their proper conexts.
😳 .. Saeed , I would have never guessed that you are a criminal. I have described you as a cunning linguist, but it turns out that you are a word criminal. I will still follow you and watch your reactions for they are quite entertaining.
@@SaeedReacts. Weird Al's reference about a "cunning linguist" is a tease for the word "cunnil....". I can't write that, but you can ask your wife or sisters! 😂🤣😂
This reminded me of a conversation I had with my mother (an English teacher) 40 odd years ago. She had asked me to get her something. I don’t remember what, but I do remember the pained expression on her face when I said. "Where's it at?" "You realize at is unnecessary." I considered replying that since I had slurred the words into "wheresit" I would feel like I was falling off the end of the question if I didn't stop it with an at. I went with a submissive "Yes, Mom" instead. Terry Pratchett!! I love Terry Pratchett and "Guards! Guards!" is one of my favorites.
Aah the good old Yes, Mom . Very familiar with that one 😅 Guards Guards is an awesome book. I am collecting the hardcover editions of the Discworld books. They look so good!
The mention of Prince comes from never getting permission to parody and of his songs. There also is a "hidden" easter egg with a play on words Cunning Linguist is a semi-homophone of, well you can look it up.
When checking my writing, I have been told to have the auto reader read the writing back to me, so I can hear the problems, rather than just looking for them with my eyes. I don’t ever do it. But I was told it’s a good idea. 😂
Its definitely a great idea. And it works great to an extent. In Dutch we have a ton of verb conjugations that end with "DT" . So that never gets picked up by the narration.
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Ì met Al here at a convention and my son worked with him for the weekend. He is nicest, most soft spoken person you could imagine.
Thats amazing!
I seriously prefer this song over the original "blurred lines". It's not even close.
For Wierd Al, if you are already familiar with the Star Wars series, you *must* react to Wierd Al, "The Saga Begins". But *_do not_* watch it unless you have seen episodes 1-3.
Other Wierd Al greats include Amish Paradise, Eat It, Fat, I Lost on Jeopardy. But there's a host to choose from.
You'd better hope Al doesn't read your post and find out how you're spelling "weird." He'll be singin' about you next LOL
@@bake7148 i before e except after c. But then English has all these weird exceptions. No wonder we can't get it right all the time.
@@chrisgorman1652 I know. That's why many Americans can't understand that English is just about the hardest language to learn.
"Don't watch it unless you've watched episodes 1-3" because if you haven't, you should be catching up with the most culturally impactful film franchise of all time, as you're a solid 2 decades behind the rest of us.
@@matthewteague623 me too!
That dude has been in the zone for almost 50 years. It's amazing.
As a fan of Terry Pratchett, I generally follow Lu-Tze's advice on rules: they exist so you THINK before breaking them.
Yes! Thanks for reminding of that ! 😃
Weird Al never plagiarizes anything... He licenses all songs for which he makes parodies and pays royalties to original song owners...
Marvin Gaye's family accused the authors of 'Blurd Lines' copying the feel and sound of "Got to Give It Up".
Which, oddly, he doesn't even have to do. Parody is an exception to copyright. It does not require a license.
@@DavidWagle He also doesn't have to because he sings it himself, so it's technically a cover. :)
@@DavidWagle Al does it as a courtesy to the original artist. There was one time where the artist gave permission but the record company said no, thinking it would make him a one hit wonder
@@Trifler500 Parodies are exempt from licensing, but you 100% have to license covers. If you upload a cover on youtube, it will get taken down if you haven't purchased a license.
Word Crimes is one of my very favorite Weird Al songs of recent years. Latter day Al masterpiece.
“Weird Al has a big dictionary” I’ve seen this video loads of times but I’ve never noticed that last line 😂
😄😄😄😄
Please go down this rabbit hole. Weird Al has a huge catalog. My advice is to view the original video before reacting Al so you can catch the sight gags and puns. Like what you do!
I also reacted to You Dont Love me Anymore, but its currently blocked.
@@SaeedReacts. You may need to blur the original video to get your reaction through the TH-cam copyright block. Not all songs require it, but some do.
Always liked the dig at Prince, one of the few artists who wouldn't let Weird Al paradoy one of his songs.
Weird Al still respects Prince's wishes. Reportedly his estate reached out to Weird Al to parody one or more Prince songs and Weird Al declined as Prince did not give permission.
If you've seen his "biopic" he even beats Prince out for a Grammy. Just joking, of course.
;~) 'paradoy'?
@@childcrone par·o·dy
noun
an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.
@@steveaustin2686 My reply was to the OP. 😉
This is my favorite Weird Al song; love me some clever wordplay. I'm a grammar nerd, and one of those people from a certain generation who cringes when things are spelled or pronounced poorly. I have to constantly resist the urge to correct it. If you have a genuine learning disability that's one thing, but so much of it is just laziness.
This is also my favourite Weird Al song. It's perfect.
Laziness like how you probably say piano instead of pianoforte, bus instead of omnibus, or fort instead of fortress?
A lot of things that Grammer nerds call laziness or improper English are actually just natural parts of language development. We're constantly going through new vowel shifts somewhere in the country, and we're constantly adding new words, redefining old words, and even adding meaning and connotation to words that are otherwise consistent. Language is a living, growing, fluid thing that is never stagnant and always changing.
Some things are just wrong, but not because of the "rules" so much as because they cause confusion in communication, which is, of course, the opposite of what language is supposed to do.
@@jaredwonnacott9732 I agree with you about language constantly changing, and mostly I don't have a problem with that.
Maybe laziness isn't really the word I should have used. Willful ignorance maybe. Not caring about the difference between there, their, and they're. Awe instead of awww. (Or vice versa) Expecially, pacific, could of, etc. The most recent one I've been seeing is weary instead of wary.
I feel you! IMO, anyone who put an S on anyway loses intelligence points. It makes my teeth hurt, not sure why.
Once, within a week, I encountered three homonyms in DIFFERENT PUBLICATIONS used incorrectly. Palate, palette, and pallet were all used in a book and two magazines and not one used the correct version for what they were trying to say 😂. Technically, they were all spelled correctly, they just each used the wrong word. What are the odds?
Interesting, because they're not really overly common words to find. (As opposed to say, their, there, they're.)
Ever since the invention of spell check, the odds are a lot higher than they used to be.
@@CFWhitman Spell check will make you look bad if you don`t check the spell checks work. If you just let spell check do its thing, it will look like you graduated from Microsoft Word elementary school.
@@rustknuckleirongut8107 Yes, that was my point.
@@CFWhitman It reduced to a point a problem big enough to warrant a zip code. I just expanded a smidge.
A couple of things to watch for on a second watch: 1) at the very start when the pages of a dictionary are flipping you can see a picture of Weird Al next to the word accordion. 2) the slyly inserted naughty remark about the 'smart' linguist. There are more of course. It definitely rewards several rewatches.
Definitely need to watch/listen again with this in mind 😄
@@SaeedReacts. And at the end Al has a big dictionary. 🤣
@@SaeedReacts. "Cunning linguist" 😂 (see if your mind goes in the correct, albeit dirty) direction at hearing those words.
Weird Al is always hilarious! This is my favorite because I work as an editor/proofreader for one of America's biggest publishing houses, Houghton, Mifflin, Harcourt, and even some of our biggest writers do not know basic punctuation or how to transition from one paragraph to another. But they have talent with figurative language, imagery, and plot, and that's what makes them great!
He is a wordsmith!
Thanks to editors and proofreaders like you my books look like i know something about punctuation 😅
I mean, i know story, but i will be the first to admit that i am not the best in that department 😃
@@SaeedReacts. You are welcome! Hey, I wouldn't have a job without you! Thanks!
Al has been doing this since the 80s. The man FINISHED architecture school, then said "Nah, I'm gonna write funny songs for a living."
He also graduated from high school at age 16, as class valedictorian.
@@randallpetersen9164 wow. Did not know that. That's insane.
I've seen quite a few reactions to this song but seeing an writer reacting to it took it to another level!
There are so many videos from Weird Al that you should watch. I really think you should react to "Fat" , which is a parody of "Bad" by Michael Jackson. You really have to watch Michael Jackson's video first so that you compare the two videos. More Weird Al please !
Michael even told Al to record in his studio!
Same with "Eat It." It's a shot-for-shot remake of the video for "Beat It." Al used the same soundstage/set and most (if not all) of the same background actors/dancers. Michael LOVED Weird Al.
Weird Al is a truly intelligent comedian. His parodies have often helped drive sales for the originals.
That is amazing! Definitely want to explore more of his music.
Sticking with the theme of the song, I feel the need to point out that "DONT Be A MORAN!" was not a "typo." It was a handmade sign, which makes the errors simple misspellings. Typos are mistakes made by, well, typing.
@@adamellis6785 And it's a meme of someone who (unironically) had a sign like that...
IIRC, that image was digitally altered (beyond just making the words appear one at a time), although the misspelling was the same - the actual sign read “GO HOME! MORANS”.
I understand your pain. I’ve read so many books where I find typos everywhere. Makes me think I should have become an editor. It’s not like I could do any worse. 😂
I was at a famous a Hollywood cemetery and a headstone said, “you left us to soon.” I realized they’d hit the work place.
Freelance editing gig incoming 😃
@@jeanine6328 I think you mean the headstone read that. They can't talk.
Sorry, but I couldn't help myself. Seemed appropriate for the topic. 😂
The magic of Weird Al is how he and his band have successfully kept up with musical styles for 40+ years. And for an artist who mostly deals in parody as well. There's something magical going on there.
It's really impressive to see them go through so many different genres in live shows.
So sad they block the videoes for so long 😢 Really am looking forward to request more of Weird Al, my childhood hero 😂
You are really in for a treat! Great reaction (again 😉). More to come!
Some labels go faster or some not at all. Thats only on youtube though, but we have to adhere to the rules 😄
Really enjoyed this one a lot. Hilarious!
My favorite line "You should hire some cunning linguist" XD
Love Weird Al!!! All his songs & videos are fantastic!!!
This is my favorite Weird Al song; it just speaks to my book obsessed soul.
Try to make sense of the lyrics in his song "Bob". Once you find it, you'll love it.
Definitely interested! Thanks for watching and the recommendation.
'Bob' is a masterpiece. Knowing the video's stylistic predecessor (Bob Dylan's Subterranean Homesick Blues) just makes it that much more impressive.
"Bob" is genius on *so* many levels.
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Weird Al is a genius!
Watch 'BOB'! 😳🤔🧠🧠🧠🤣🤣🤣
I actually love Al's original stuff (or "style parodies") more than the straight parodies. The guys from Devo have actually said that "Dare to Be Stupid" is the best Devo song they never wrote. 🤣
Some human error can't be avoided; it's going to sneak in all the time. But every writer should do their best.
100% agree!
Smells Like Nirvana (with the official video).
absolutely HAVE to watch the original video! Also Tacky!
Thanks for the recommendation.
Don't forget Hardware Store!
@@mialiahh9228he did hardware store 😊
@@mialiahh9228 he's already done Hardware Store
I'm a copyeditor and I understand the struggle of missing mistakes if you've been looking at the same doc for too long.
Also, loved the Sir Pterry shout out!
Definitely need some fresh eyes at times.
Amazing author! Love the Discworld books.
This has me thinking of so many misused sayings & phrases (like 'I could care less') that make me grimace a little inside. 'All the sudden' is one. 'For all intensive purposes' is another. Most are innocent mis-hearings, though, and some even sort of add meaning; I generally lean toward tact and don't call them out.
Weird Al's video Tacky is a lot of fun. Let's see how many of the guests you recognize.
My favorite part of Weird Al's "Tacky" is that it's done with one camera through all those rooms, stairs (plus an elevator) with zero editing!
When people misuse literal and figurative it drives me crazy! (Figuratively)
Kinda funny- Blurrd lines was done and gone so quick (I think it was gone well before the parody came out), and the parody still slaps years later. A whole song about grammatical things that have bugged the shit outta me since I was in high school.
I have a friend I used to share a house with that had degrees in english and if you borrowed a book from him you'd find all his corrections neatly written in it. Not all his fault as he did work as a proof reader for a while (paying his way through some of the university courses) and did it mostly automatically lol. Weird Al is a true one of a kind.
I really like this song the best.
i like to make the joke, in comment sections with grammarnazis; "i have a superpower; i can understand the meaning of things based on context, rather than getting confused by simple spelling errors."
with how often people pretend to not understand someone's point, based on obvious fat fingering of a keyboard, it almost really seems like a super power. lol
That is good one! And so true!
In my work, typos are the bane of my existence. But as you say, they're also inevitable. I wasn't familiar with this song, but it was fun. And whoever put the video together deserves mucho kudos. Very well done.
Bane of my existence! Indeed, thats how it feels 😄
As an individual who has loved to read since I was a kid I find Weird Al's grammatical humor...humorous. I have however had to restart many of my mental issues since when I was 24 I was in a car accident and I received a brain injury. I look at this as if I was given a restart and I had to relearn many things that I learned when I was a kid.
Just to make a point it is always an excellent practice to wear your seatbelts while driving.
Since you’re unfamiliar with his work, I can highly recommend his “Palindrome Song”.
Thanks for the recommendation!
A little trivia - he's had the same core band for 38 years - which says a lot about loyalty and friendship. He is so erudite - some of my favourites of his are "I Lost on Jeopardy", "Fat", "Eat It" & "Like a Surgeon". I have to admit that the grammar, syntax & spelling errors in newspapers now make my teeth grind. Hire proof-readers dammit!
I always get a chuckle from, "I read your blog post. It was Fantastic. (That was sarcastic)."
my favorite situation online is when someone feels it necessary to attack grammar, then proceeds to make their own grammar mistakes in the attack
Haha, seen that so many times 🤣
That is a good one 😄
The music video did the same on purpose at some parts to demonstrate that same comedically ironic issue.
Any document I write for someone else to read I have at least two other people proof read it for typos after I have checked it 6 times on the computer and again printed on paper. I also listen to their advice on grammar and word usage. I don't always follow it, but I listen.
I do the same with novels. Still typo's will slip in. Nightmares!
I am always surprised by the lack of good grammar and misuse of words in published works now. And, the number of times Microsoft Word or Grammarly were incorrect when trying to correct me could make a long list.
1:10 - yeeaah, it's the date r-pe drug song
0:38 - If that's your take, you'll love Al's pastiche song First World Problems.
Interesting title! Thanks for the recommendation!
A few random typos in a document tens of thousands of words long is understandable. Multiple typos in an online comment less than two dozen words is an entirely different matter!
Good point.
The stray bullet to Prince (he also did it in "Amsih Paradise") is because Weird Al never could get a permission from His Royal Badness to make a parody of one of his songs.
Even word criminals should appreciate, Bob, Weird Al’s artistic nod to Bob Dylan’s Subterranean Homesick Blues video (1965).
I love the dancing letters and punctuation.
Weird Al really is a master of parody.
I would like to recommend "Stop Forwarding That Crap to Me" as the next Weird Al song. This song is a hilarious one about people sending e-mails that are a pain for us who utilized it but ruined by them sending craps.
Now that sounds hilarious!
The best proofreading technique I've discovered is the read it backwards.
That is a great technique!
One of Al's best lines: "You slammed my face down on the barbecue grill/ Now, my scars are all healing, but my heart never will." (You Don't Love Me Anymore)
@@ioeee7563 My favorite Weird Al lyrics are all from "One More Minute".
I am stranded in the gas station of love and I have to use the self service pump
Thanks for the video. I enjoyed it.
Thanks so much for watching!
AI will not be complete until it can say "your welcome" unironically
Al is a national treasure. Check out the song Hardware Store to hear him do some awesome rapping. Thanks for the reactions.
That song was my first reaction. Some great lyricism! Thanks for watching.
As a writer myself, I was laughing WAY too hard when I first heard this song. I felt totally called out. And you're right, I published my first book, ordered copies, had sales going on Amazon, and then a friend of mine (she bought my first signed copy, in fact) pointed out that there was an error on the very last page. Like, are you kidding me??? I had to go back in, fix the error, re-upload the paperback and ebook in KDP... what a headache!
I feel you! Had the same thing happen to me.
And even after fixing it, amazon kept using the old file. Many emails and phone calls later it was fixed. Headache indeed 😅
Just realized he threw shade at Alanis Morrisette.
😯
Isn't it ironic?
At the 4 second mark of the song video, there's a picture of Al holding his signature instrument, under the dictionary entry for "accordion."
I think this was the best reaction I've seen of this song, like being specifically chosen for self-improvement 😅
It was pretty confronting 😅
Thanks for watching!
He did a mashup of songs from the musical Hamilton that is fabulous.
Weird Al made a movie years ago called “UHF”
@@mizztab3677 UHF is very underrated
A more obscure one is I perform this way. Parody of Lady Gaga I was born this way. Crazy video
A friend from my teen years , Holly Beaven is the madonna impersonator in that video !
~ She's lived in L.A. for a few decades now ...
@@deepbluehue3other than the dance, the scenes with her are my faves
Thanks for the recommendation.
If by 'obscure' you mean the lead song on his next-to-last album...
@@legionaireb I like the Synonyms of obscure :
ambiguous
arcane
cryptic
dark
deep
Delphic
double-edged
elliptical
elliptic
enigmatic
enigmatical
equivocal
fuliginous
inscrutable
murky
mysterious
mystic
nebulous
occult
opaque
"everybody shut up" is my favorite lyric in a song of all time. lol.
Ah, this and "White & Nerdy& are like my theme songs. 💙
I know that one! Or at least the chorus 😃
@@SaeedReacts. You should watch the video, it's epic! And wait until you see VoicePlay's latest! Who says wishes don't come true!😊💙
White And Nerdy is great!!
What??!! You haven't seen "Eat It" yet?! Oh, you simply must! I'd recommend that you watch (or re-watch) Michael Jackson's original, "Beat It" first, though, as doing so will increase your enjoyment of "Eat It" if the original is fairly fresh in your mind.
Must check it out :) I am already smiling without even knowing what it's about.
If you like this kind of wordplay, you'd probably like his "Hardware Store" too!
I reacted to it!
Always smile when I am listening to Weird Al 😂😂😂
Impossible not too 😄
Weird Al has so many fun songs to choose from. Try Like a Surgeon and Living With a Hernia. If you want to overload your brain, try listening to Hardware Store.
Hardware Store was my first reaction. Will add the others to my list. Thanks
This plays like a modern School of Rock video
When I see typos I blame the publishing company not the writer.
When he said "...to help you distinguish... what is proper English," you can hear him shout "split infinitive!" in the background. xD
Fun fact: Weird Al has personally done the proofreading for two books that were written about him (as a kind of favor to the author).
Awesome!
Funny thing about the dangling participle thing. That is something from Latin not English. Also, we must remember that English is still a living language, still subject to growth and change. There is no THE dictionary for common usage. Definitions are an attempt to capture the meaning and understanding of words at that time.
As a retired English teacher, I found this song very funny. 😂 Just for the record, I never correct people online, in texts, or when speaking casually. I see and hear the errors, but I never point it out. 👌
Oof, you have a strong will! 😂
Your welcome to correct me ! ( ;
Its hilarious 🤣
Even though it hit home 😅
@@kelqueen9998 lol (I did have a warning posted outside my classroom that said, "Caution: Your grammar may be corrected at any time.") However, socially or in a relaxed setting, I can let it go.
@@staciemoisa4884 Well, I do because much of the errors are due to laziness. Also, I'll point it out in a mocking way. It's not hard to use an apostrophe, like in can't. I really hate when they use were, and mean we're. Total laziness.
I actually first heard this song in my middle school English class, and this song is what got me into Weird Al
Because I could care MORE about the algorithm , I'm going to comment on your video , my man ...
Thanks, my friend! Means a lot!
I enjoyed this reaction so much. You should take a look at Tacky by Weird Al another excellent wordsmith song
Thanks so much! Had a lot of fun. Great song. Thanks for the recommendation.
Weird Al also starred in a song be Epic Rap Battles of History, playing Newton against Bill Nye. Beautiful stuff.
I have seen those pass by on my feed, but havent checked them out yet.
@@SaeedReacts. They're generally very good, though given they rely on personal and historical references to the people or characters involved they're mostly good if you know something about the people.
Type-o is also a Word Crime. It stands for typing overstrike where you type an incorrect letter, backspace and type another correct letter over the top. We would get points deducted in typing tests for doing this. Yes I'm old(er). lol
Thanks for letting me know about that. Learned something new 😄
Actually, it's a 'typo', which is an abbreviated form of 'typographical error'
@@ChozoSR388 Or maybe it was meant to be funny? As something that happened before white-out corrections and way before the computer delete key. I got a kick out of the way it is also similar to 'Type O' as in the blood type!
@@Hwyla-qp5lv Except that 'typo' pre-dates the typewriter, by a good 400 years, going back to the invention of the printing press in the mid-15th century.
I'm starting to think Weird Al should be the head of the Department of Education.
They'd probably say he's overqualified.
Terry Pratchett? Discworld? Rincewind? Good Omens? (Such a great show!)💙
Love the Discworld books.
Have only seen the first season of Good Omens as of now.
@@SaeedReacts. The second is great too! Spoiler:
Lots of Doctor Who bits!💙
@@SaeedReacts. Oh, did you know TV movies have been made of several DiscWorld books? "The Colour of Magic" has Tim Curry and Sean Astin in it.💙
Many English teachers used this in classes
“Amish Paradise” which is based of of “Gangsta’s Paradise” is very good
I knew you would like this one. You'll also like "Chimes of Freedom" by Bob Dylan.
That one is on my list!
“Literally” is my pet peeve. 😂
I have found typos in books. And they think removing spelling classes from the schools is going to help?
You need to see him perform “Germs”! Al is a brilliant performer!
6:33 Bad Weird Al. Leave that Oxford comma in there. Society is crumbling enough as it is. No cookie for you, Weird Al. For shame.
Yes! Otherwise you can wind up with things like, "...supper tonight is bread, salad and mac and cheese."
As a former English teacher to adults here in Germany, I just love this song!
That's how you prove you have a first addition a lot of times is by the typo in it
Great point.
Sleepless nights over typo's 😅
The rest of us: hahaha
Bro: Triggered AF
lol
It lives rent free in my head
I remember a college professor showing us this video as an example of proofreading our college papers and things to use words and phrases to their proper conexts.
There,Their, and They're. Brake and Break.
Those drive me nuts and I was an C- student in English class 35 years ago in highschool.
@@sidneyvandykeii3169 Stake and steak.
😳 .. Saeed , I would have never guessed that you are a criminal. I have described you as a cunning linguist, but it turns out that you are a word criminal.
I will still follow you and watch your reactions for they are quite entertaining.
I plead guilty. I am a ward crimanil.
@@SaeedReacts. lol lol lol lol lol 👮
@@SaeedReacts.I am 1 to
@@SaeedReacts. Weird Al's reference about a "cunning linguist" is a tease for the word
"cunnil....". I can't write that, but you can ask your wife or sisters! 😂🤣😂
This reminded me of a conversation I had with my mother (an English teacher) 40 odd years ago. She had asked me to get her something. I don’t remember what, but I do remember the pained expression on her face when I said. "Where's it at?" "You realize at is unnecessary." I considered replying that since I had slurred the words into "wheresit" I would feel like I was falling off the end of the question if I didn't stop it with an at. I went with a submissive "Yes, Mom" instead.
Terry Pratchett!! I love Terry Pratchett and "Guards! Guards!" is one of my favorites.
Aah the good old Yes, Mom . Very familiar with that one 😅
Guards Guards is an awesome book. I am collecting the hardcover editions of the Discworld books. They look so good!
The mention of Prince comes from never getting permission to parody and of his songs.
There also is a "hidden" easter egg with a play on words Cunning Linguist is a semi-homophone of, well you can look it up.
When checking my writing, I have been told to have the auto reader read the writing back to me, so I can hear the problems, rather than just looking for them with my eyes. I don’t ever do it. But I was told it’s a good idea. 😂
Its definitely a great idea. And it works great to an extent.
In Dutch we have a ton of verb conjugations that end with "DT" . So that never gets picked up by the narration.
Every Weird Al song is a masterpiece. But the most underrated, I think, is "Hardware Store".
That was my first Weird Al reaction. I have a few more, but they are currently blocked.