Is it weird that this song, while mostly satirical, is actually pretty helpful in helping you to remember proper grammar? Like, the song gets stuck in your head, so then you remember all the tips he gives.
@@annedonovan9005 I have seen Schoolhouse Rock, actually. “Conjunction Junction” is one of the only songs I remember from it, but that’s only because I haven’t watched it in years.
I know how everyone's talking about the lyrics, but my favorite part is the visuals! All of the little details, like the sentence diagrams, the way the lyrics fit the style of the background, and the text messages at the bottom are like ASMR for my nerdy brain!
@@jaysonsetera341 Hi Jayson. ASMR stands for Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response. If you search here at TH-cam for ASMR videos, you will find many clips of quiet and interesting and soothing sounds.
As an English major, this song teaches so much if you actually pay attention to the lyrics. Been a Weird Al fan since ‘91 and I don’t plan on stopping.👍🏼
I like how the song gets drastically more extreme the further it gets to the end, Al goes from actual advice to calling you a blithering moron and threatens to jam a crowbar into your cranium. Pure gold.
@@PanzerShrek94 The use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning, incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result, the incongruity between a situation developed in a drama and the accompanying words or actions that is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play and the pretense of ignorance and of willingness to learn from another assumed in order to make the other's false conceptions conspicuous by adroit questionin. Now. That's. _Irony!_
@@mattwo7 Actually, "Ironic" (the song) is meta in the sense that it is ironic that a song titled "Ironic" would contain no actual examples of irony in the lyrics.
if someones meaning is clear then certain things he complains about dont matter. like the fact that im not capitalizing or punctuating properly. there are lots of things in the english language that dont add any extra meaning when you analyze with context. its a waste of time and mind we should all get over
@@JasonDoege-js8ioIf you don’t though, it makes you come across as someone who doesn’t care. It’s important to know for life. Professional emails or job applications, writing, especially if you’re an author, etc. If it’s a text or something, then no it doesn’t matter, but in everyday life when talking with people through text, it’s important to use that stuff, especially basic stuff like capitalization, or else it comes off as someone being lazy who doesn’t care, which will put people off
@@JasonDoege-js8io Well then how did you establish that in the first place? Either way, it’s just more professional. Again, in casual conversation with people you’re friends with it’s fine but when it comes to strangers or professional settings, that’s completely different
I loved the fact that he brought up ‘I could care less’ when it is actually ‘I couldn’t care less.’ I don’t think I have heard this phrase used correctly more than twice. I’m 49 and I constantly explain to people how to properly use the phrase.
The funny thing, is that when one points out someone else's incorrect use of the expression, they will reply with some inane claptrap the effect of which is that they _do indeed care_ to some degree, and when you point this out their heads explode in anger lol.
I'm an English-as-a-second-language teacher and translator, and this made me laugh until I cried for 5 minutes, it's pure gold for teachers and linguists 🔥
@@imissjokesonpurpose Less and Fewer / Doing Good and Doing Well are often confused. And "Could Care Less" is an Americanism that needs to disappear, but it's all over the TV and Movies so people might think it's correct English and then make inferences from there about other cases and get their message entirely wrong.
@@adamfoxton6341How is it helpful when it doesn't even teach you how and when you're supposed to use the things? The only time it does that is for it's and its.
@@adamfoxton6341 and then Americans go to England and find they're struggling. it's surprising how much the language changes between countries with the same parent language.
I unironically prefer this version over the original, and I'm not just talking about the changing of the hella creepy lyrics, I genuinely think that this sounds better musically
I just turned on Blurred Lines. I tried to sing along. I sang the lyrics to this song. It has effectively replaced Blurred Lines in my brain. ...Thank you, Yankovic. You have done me a service that can never be truly repayed.
While in the same breath giving a rhyming callback to the original song's line: "You're the hottest b**** in this place" becomes "YOU would NOT use IT'S in this CASE." What a genius!
Riley Lynch PURPLEPOOPPANTS It's from Home Star Runner, an online cartoon that stopped production a few years back, and more specifically from one of its Strong Bad Emails segments.
I was listening to the original but it made me feel cheap so i decided to go to Weird Al. All the beat, none of the moral compromise. Love you, Al Yankovic.
I like how, at 0:04, when the dictionary pages are flipping through the "A"s, there's a picture of Al holding his signature instrument when you reach "Accordion"
The fact that one of the lyrics is "Just now you said you literally couldn't get out of bed" implies that, from a story point of view, this entire song is sung from Al's POV and he was so annoyed by someone's grammatical oversight in one particular moment that, on the fly, he just improvised an entire song about bad grammar.
I heard Blurred Lines the other day in a store and was totally confused at the lyrics not matching up with the Weird Al version. I had renewed hatred for the original and a greater appreciation for Weird Al's talents.
This happened to me as well! Ha ha, I heard the original after a couple years of just listening to this one and was so confused! :P Just like you, I had renewed appreciation for this version and found the original very dull and lacking, lol!
This was the work of a genius. Wow. Everything was perfect. The vocals, the chorus, the graphics, the video, the idea, the lyrics, the humour, the parody, the irony. Just wow.
Right?? I would never have noticed the doodle of Trogdor if I didn't know to look for him! Then again, of course Weird Al would know the Homestar Runner cartoons...
@Jake Roku I am about to inflict my favorite cartoon on you. At 1:38 right when he says “NOTES”, there’s a reference to this drawing tutorial, done by a mildly villainous character who can make an entertaining video series just by checking his email: th-cam.com/video/90X5NJleYJQ/w-d-xo.html
I am now 50 years old. Fifty. Five zero. Puke. When I was growing up there were a few things kids my age loved; MAD magazine, anything Eddie Murphy, and the next weird Al spoof were pretty much unilaterally loved in the 1980's. Whether you're my age or not, it must be recognized that Weird Al is a supremely talented, creative and funny man. And one other thing that in my opinion gets overlooked, and that is underrated. You may say that he's had hit records and awards and adulation, and I agree, he has achieved those things. But even so, in my view this man's brilliance and talent are underappreciated, and part of the reason why is that the craft is of greater personal importance to him than any need of self-promotion. Year after year, decade after decade, and now generation after generation, Al Yankovic has been making us laugh. But on a serious note, digging in and discovering who this man is would surprise the uninitiated. He's a brilliant talent to be sure, but beyond that, he's intelligent (which is different), interesting, genuine and sensitive man whose love of family and heritage is greater than dollars or records dipped in nonferrous metals. If you're reading this Weird Sir, thank you for 40+ years of laughs - never meant to insult but rather meant to remind us all not to take ourselves too seriously. We love you and look forward to more decades of fun to come!
well said man. Born in 80, saw UHF around 8 or 9 and whatever vids he had on MuchMusic. Mystified he still pulls off some of the best stuff 40 years later.
At first I equated him with the rock singers he parodies, but after I saw his take on Peter and the Wolf, I realized he's up there toward Peter Schickele and Tom Lehrer.
i'm honestly amazed at how this manages to not be condescending in an annoying grammar-nazi kind of way, it just comes off with the energy of a tired english teacher projecting into a song and i love it
I've heard winning a Grammy is the official way to know you have made it in the music industry. But I would say that getting a parody from Weird AL would be the biggest honor. I could die happy.
@@billyjoejimbob75 But it rhymes with fantastic and sarcastic. He left that part out for overseas audiences when he found out it had a different meaning there. Unfortunately it will probably start being considered offensive here as well after the big brouhaha over Beyonce's lyrics.
Fun fact, at 0:26, the name of the HR (homeroom) teacher is Mrs. Krabappel. She was Bart's teacher on The Simpsons for a number of years before Marcia Wallace, the actress who provided her voice, passed away. Al of course made a couple of appearances on the show as himself over the years.
If he did that, his job would never be done, especially since there are many people who think purposefully misspelling or misusing words in their comments on videos like this is just hi-larious.
What you said: Lyrically this is is one of Al’s best pieces of work You meant to say: Lyrically this is one of Al’s best pieces of work. The list of mistakes you made: There's a repeated word. You forgot the period. Eight out of ten, take the time to check your grammar next time.
To me it seems like Weird Al is singin it more "precise" than Robin Thicke. Weird Al is more "on the beat" and in tune while Robin Thicke is slightly off key and sloppy with his timing.
Andrei Tache I wish we could make figuratively catch on instead of "literally." I wish I had a dime for every time I heard somebody use it in a sentence that doesn't make sense. "I *literally* died."
Dan Hill The definition of words change over time. “Literally” can be “used for emphasis or to express strong feeling while not being literally true”, making their statement technically not wrong
I've listened to this song since it came out but I only just now caught the fact that Weird Al slipped in 'cunning linguist' as an actual lyric. It fits so well with the rest of the song that the word it's really alluding to went way over my head. 10/10
@@SWLinPHX some days I am only 12 in my head, and I caught the _cunning linguist_ the first time I heard this song... I laughed so hard I made *snorky* noises! Your _master debater_ comment gave me the same giggle-fit!😂
I love how there are small but amazing details in all of his music videos. At 3:07 for example, when he says “that was sarcastic,” the little voice says “aww, sike!”
@@zoetercy9208 I genuinely love his art, it's nothing about modern pop song tropes, and takes its own unique spin on it... I'm genuinely sick of this new trend of music just being about relationships... that's why quirky songs like these I ABSOLUTLEY love
Even discounting the joke, linguistics is a very cool field, especially how it ties into large language models like ChatGPT. Glad it made you happy bro, it made me smile too x)
For all of Weird Al's works, I consider this song his best so far. You can't be an idiot and put something like this together. It is not just funny, it is intelligent.
@@bextomoose Actually, this would be a proper time to use literally, since you did indeed hear him say "Hehe-at's a contraction" (WEE WOO) Grammar police! You're under arrest for your word crimes!
I come back over, and over, and over again. This is one of the most amazing artistic displays I have ever seen. All packed into 3:45. Don't let the humor distract you from this brilliance within. This is art at it's finest. He packed a lot in there in a short time, but the volume of truth lying just below the surface is too many to count. Who want's to anyway?
Yes, it's not grammatically correct, but it's not meant to be... www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-ico1.htm "There’s a close link between the stress pattern of I could care less and the kind that appears in certain sarcastic or self-deprecatory phrases that are associated with the Yiddish heritage and (especially) New York Jewish speech. Perhaps the best known is I should be so lucky!, in which the real sense is often “I have no hope of being so lucky”, a closely similar stress pattern with the same sarcastic inversion of meaning. There’s no evidence to suggest that I could care less came directly from Yiddish, but the similarity is suggestive. There are other American expressions that have a similar sarcastic inversion of apparent sense, such as Tell me about it!, which usually means “Don’t tell me about it, because I know all about it already”. These may come from similar sources."
I hate it that "I couldn't care less" has become so clichéd that its sarcasm is lost on you, Weird Al, and everyone who "liked" your comment. I mean, if we must take our idioms literally, doesn't "I couldn't care less" also mean that "you do care, at least a little"? And honestly, is there really a lower limit to your concern and have you actually ever reached it? The even more sarcastic "I could care less" probably originated as an attempt to rejuvenate a tired idiom.
Lane Denson This just seems like an excuse that people who use the phrase came up with to justify their use of it. Like when Alanis Morrisette was made fun of for her song "Ironic", which contained no irony in it. She made the (obvious) excuse that the song was ironic because the title was called "Ironic" and there was no irony in the song itself.
Jason Smith No. "I couldn't care less" means exactly what it says. "I don't care so it's actually impossible for me to care any less." This video should clear things up: Dear America... | David Mitchell's SoapBox
That's some wild-ass ninja shit, that you even noticed that!! Are you actually WEIRD AL.... in hiding?? (I mean that as a compliment. Please don't beat me, if I'm wrong.)
Your social studies teacher should make you watch "The Day After" and your science teacher should make you watch every episode of "3,2,1...Contact" and "Mythbusters".
My English teacher showed this to our 8th grade class 8 years ago and he dissected every few lines of this video, absolutely loved it and the fact that I still remember makes me think this is was a great way to get teenagers' attention.
Gandalf Bengalston the original tune was made by the creators of 'blurred lines'. if you hate blurred lines and love this song, lyrics clearly mean too much to you.
delta2625 Well if you listen to Marvin Gayes' Got to Get It Up, the beats sound too close. Granted I'm not much of a Robert Thicke fan, but he can produce some good music.
When it comes to "Weird Al" (quotes are actually officially part of the name) the vast majority of his parodies are better than the original. Also, in light of the song being about grammar, I seriously hope you meant "This parody is better" as opposed to "Parodies are better." I have seen the 's used as an attempt to make words plural before, but that's not how it works.
I was today years old when I paid just enough attention to the visuals, rather than the lyrics, to spot the chalk animation of rain on a wedding day during the Irony section. My 1996 nostalgia sees what you did there.
The fact that weird al can parody a song with lyrics that match the rhythm and beat, rhyme perfectly, and stay on topic is so amazing. That's why I'm a fan.
I bought Alapalooza over 20 years ago, and I expanded to every song you ever produced... I miss your genius. That's just a Fact. Frank's 2000" blew me away... There's not a day that goes by, that I don't have it running through my head...
The totality of his work is so magnificent that it really is almost impossible to pick a favorite, but these lyrics are truly something to behold. And the video is simply perfect. Cannot even see this song as a parody, because it’s just such a relief to hear someone giving a voice to the concept of education as something respectable and valuable!
+EMROXRealm Just tell him "your 'grammer' is errant, such a weird name for a tyrant. Shut the fuck up and open a dictionary and solve this stupid 'mystery'... ... OF ( UP ) yours!!"
+StygianTraveler141 Here's a better response: So if I had a fuck to give, and this I swear is true I'd take that fuck I had to give, and give that fuck to you But since I lack a fuck to give, and can't give you your due You'll have to just go fuck yourself, and get a fucking clue.
I was reading one of Weird Al's children's books, When I Grow Up, to my niece, and was surprised to see that the main character wanted to be a Master Debater, when he grew up.
The worst one that I know is, "I wasn't doing nothing." But, I feel like 'I could care less,' is much more common, instead of "I couldn't care less." I had a friend whose grandpa would always say, 'I weren't doing nothing,' and I had to cringe every time.
@@Sanxies I would still have plenty of work because if I didn't have to spend as much time fixing simple grammatical errors, I would have more time to help them with things such as readability, dynamic phrasing, better detail, alternative ways of wording things, etc. There's more to editing than fixing grammatical mistakes.
@@enfieldjohn101 I'm amazed at how many people don't use spell check. It doesn't catch everything but it would eliminate most of it. There are also grammar checkers that will clean up most problems as well. I once was pretty good at writing but after decades of working maintenance, where documentation is almost in another language, I got sloppy. I wrote a letter to my Governor and when I looked at it I could see it was BAD. No spelling errors but all kinds of other problems. I spent the rest of the day going through Google for a remedial writing class before it was fit to mail.
@@ninline2000 I'm glad you took the time to edit your letter until it was well written. It is a good thing to do, especially when you wish to be persuasive. A well written letter suggests to the reader that you know what you are talking about and care enough about the issue to really give a letter about it a lot of thought.
Another observation; at 3:20 there's a reference to the TV show "Lost," which was on the American network ABC; in the lower right-hand corner, it says, "Learn your ABC's, doofus." However, the fact that an apostrophe was used here to indicate a plural shows that someone involved with making the video is an actual doofus.
The PRINCE line is a bit of a dig there. Though not legally required to, Weird Al always asked permission from the various artists before making a parody of their songs. The only one to say no to him was Prince.
That's not true. Coolio never gave Al the rights to parody Gangster's Paradise to begin with, But something happened behind the scenes, and and was soon allowed to parody it.
@@meggytari9888 I think it was Coolio who later admitted how stupid he felt for saying no and how arrogant you have to be to deny someone to write a funny song.
@@meggytari9888 He's always "allowed" to parody. It's not up to the original artist. Weird Al just asks them as a courtesy. But he can legally parody whatever he wants.
..and Paul McCartney... and Jimmy Page (even though they were fans they refused Al's request for parodies of songs they did). Prince wasn't the only one, just probably the only well known fact about refusals to Al.
The errors that most get under my skin are "loser" (not the winner) being misspelled as "looser" (less tight) and "lose" (opposite of win) spelled as "loose" (not tight); as well as "you're" (contraction for "you are") being misspelled as "your" (possessive pronoun).
***** Somehow people don't see it for what it is ... they do not make the connection that "you're" is simply the contracted form of "you are". I was an English major, and hey, I occasionally make the "it's" and "its" error while typing ... however, I usually catch myself and correct it. There is a vast difference between making an honest mistake and just plain not knowing any better. I find that many people under a certain age today have more issues with spelling, grammar, and syntax than those of previous generations. I don't know which is to blame ... laziness, ambivalence, or a lapse in today's education system.
Angel Deville I'm thinking maybe all of the above. The one that drives me crazy is 'literally' I think it may be the single most incorrectly used word (next to 'like') in the English language.
Nakaelena Speaking of the word "like" and being driven crazy; I like so like totally like agree with you. It is like so annoying, like to say like the least. Hahaha!! Sorry about that; I just couldn't resist throwing is a little humor mixed with mockery. I also have a problem with the rampant lack of punctuation {if any for that matter} that I see online. People seemingly do not know what it is, or they do not know how to use it properly.
Angel Deville The only way I can cope with being part of the online world, I took up drinking. Lots and lots of drinking. I'd be locked up in a padded room by now if I had not taken up drinking. ;)
I come back to watch this every now and then and am always in love with the graphics. The animation and entire motif is just great.
you'll like the shop vac video this guy did
SAME
And IS always in love, grammer
Seriously, Al raises the bar almost every time.
Jarret Heather did an amazing job!
Found my new theme song!
hahaha
I NEED THIS MUSIC TO LIVE IN HAPPY!!!!
Annie S I need *theres music to live in happy
Yeah XD But I was talking about this song in particular
Hey there Jack!
(if any of you other fellas like "Word Crimes", then go watch jacksfilms's YGS series. You won't regret it)
Is it weird that this song, while mostly satirical, is actually pretty helpful in helping you to remember proper grammar? Like, the song gets stuck in your head, so then you remember all the tips he gives.
@@annedonovan9005 I have seen Schoolhouse Rock, actually. “Conjunction Junction” is one of the only songs I remember from it, but that’s only because I haven’t watched it in years.
@@creativeusername7366 Same.
@@annedonovan9005 Damn you - I got that song out of my head two decades ago, and now it's back. :-P
@@creativeusername7366 "I'm just a bill, just a lonely old bill, sitting here on capitol hill."
Unpack your adjectives.
I know how everyone's talking about the lyrics, but my favorite part is the visuals! All of the little details, like the sentence diagrams, the way the lyrics fit the style of the background, and the text messages at the bottom are like ASMR for my nerdy brain!
What’s asmr
@@jaysonsetera341 Hi Jayson. ASMR stands for Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response. If you search here at TH-cam for ASMR videos, you will find many clips of quiet and interesting and soothing sounds.
@@jaysonsetera341 A made up sexual fetish for people who get their rocks off listening to whispers and paper crinkling.
He really is white and nerdy.
@@jaysonsetera341”relaxation” to someone within the usage of voice.
As an English major, this song teaches so much if you actually pay attention to the lyrics.
Been a Weird Al fan since ‘91 and I don’t plan on stopping.👍🏼
Yeah, stuff you should have learnt by grade 6 or 7 at most.
Are you teaching overseas? If not, do it :D
@@billp4 You'd be surprised at how much people forget
I'm a former English teacher and I like singing this one in my garden when my illiterate neighbours do something to piss me off, which is frequently.
@@marshwetland3808 That sucks - I got in trouble yesterday by my wife for drinking too many beers with my neighbour lol
I love how Weird Al doesn't repeat lyrics where the original repeats, uses all the lyrical space to make the parody even better. This man is a legend.
If a Song does that it’s not a song, it’s a shit
@@AnthonyGotterminated ???
@@mitchthefrog if a song repeats lyrics it’s a shit
@@AnthonyGotterminated so any song with a chorus.
Got it.
Comedic songs works better with fresh jokes
He always has a way to make his parodies better than the originals
The bar's not set too high for this one
because he has an IQ of 180
Blue Dragon Yeah, he’s “weird” in that respect.
Wait what's the original?
@@soggycatgirl yes.
Has anyone else noticed that the online commenter at 0:30 is George Newman, which was Weird Al's character in the movie "UHF"?
Very subtle
Just like how Al referenced Dare To Be Stupid and Transformers The Movie when he played Wreck-Gar in Transformers Animated.
YESSSSSS!!!!!!
You should try to get Al on ERB!
Dee'sNutz
They already did something with Al. Watch Isaac Newton vs Bill Nye.
What More Could I Ask.. Epic Rap Battles Of History
(Favorite Rappers / Directors) And
"Werid Al" Yankovic (Favorite Singer / Favorite Parody Artist)
Sub Zero vs Jack Frost
Is this a Weird Al vs I see?
I like how the song gets drastically more extreme the further it gets to the end, Al goes from actual advice to calling you a blithering moron and threatens to jam a crowbar into your cranium. Pure gold.
Or how he literally tells you to not have children.
Yeah he does that. Party in the CIA is another example. Just gets more over-the-top as you go.
🤣🤣🤣
Can't forget Foil, which goes from a commercial for aluminium foil to tinfoil hat stuff pretty quick
@@kaigao4842 and ends with a literal lizard person
“Irony is not coincidence.”
Yeah that might just be the most underrated line in Weird Al history. Brutal.
The real irony is that "Ironic" is about _cosmic_ irony and not even Alanis Morissette herself knows this.
He was just providing some advice from one Al to another.
Yeah i really hate when people misuse the word.Especially i always see it in Cinemasins.he's always saying Irony to everything.
@@PanzerShrek94 The use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning, incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result, the incongruity between a situation developed in a drama and the accompanying words or actions that is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play and the pretense of ignorance and of willingness to learn from another assumed in order to make the other's false conceptions conspicuous by adroit questionin.
Now. That's. _Irony!_
@@mattwo7 Actually, "Ironic" (the song) is meta in the sense that it is ironic that a song titled "Ironic" would contain no actual examples of irony in the lyrics.
My mother was an English professor and I played this for her. She loved and wished it had been released when she was till teaching.
My mother is an English Teacher and legitimately showed this to her class of 11th graders after I revealed this god-tier artist to her.
Lol, my college professor used this video for an assignment today.
I’m an English teacher, too. I show it to my middle schoolers every year. They think it’s hysterical.
@@angelat.8997 omg same exact case here! I showed it to them yesterday! ❤️
OMG OMG OMG
@@angelat.8997 I assume the line about "cunning linguist" goes right over their heads?
"Irony is not coincidence"
I never noticed until recently how common that problem is.
Did you also catch the illustration of the wedding couple in the rain? A direct jab at Alanis Morissette's song _Ironic?_
@@viddork 2:43
Many people still think that irony is a coincidence. lol
viddork Yes! There’s an Irish comedian (whose name I forget) who does a great bit about that song.
Irene Max If it is the same comedian I saw, then his name is Ed Byrne.
As a teacher, I show this to my high school students on the first and last day.
If they laugh and don't look confused, I call that success :)
if someones meaning is clear then certain things he complains about dont matter. like the fact that im not capitalizing or punctuating properly. there are lots of things in the english language that dont add any extra meaning when you analyze with context. its a waste of time and mind we should all get over
@@JasonDoege-js8ioJason Doege does not have a big dictionary.
@@JasonDoege-js8ioIf you don’t though, it makes you come across as someone who doesn’t care. It’s important to know for life. Professional emails or job applications, writing, especially if you’re an author, etc. If it’s a text or something, then no it doesn’t matter, but in everyday life when talking with people through text, it’s important to use that stuff, especially basic stuff like capitalization, or else it comes off as someone being lazy who doesn’t care, which will put people off
@@RedHeart-gt9xr well what if youre clearly not a lazy person to the people you chat with?
@@JasonDoege-js8io Well then how did you establish that in the first place? Either way, it’s just more professional.
Again, in casual conversation with people you’re friends with it’s fine but when it comes to strangers or professional settings, that’s completely different
This was so visually stimulating. Props to the person who made the video!
It's you
Apparently we watch similar videos.
Dude. I kept on seeing you in the comments of channels I watch that I finally checked out your channel. I gotta say, you're one of my favorites now!
Dyatronic haha thank you!
TheThirdPew in the wild! :O
I loved the fact that he brought up ‘I could care less’ when it is actually ‘I couldn’t care less.’ I don’t think I have heard this phrase used correctly more than twice. I’m 49 and I constantly explain to people how to properly use the phrase.
I've always said I couldn't care less and people constantly tell me I'm saying it wrong
@@newbienoob5938 this makes me irrationally sad. I mean what could their logic be?
The funny thing, is that when one points out someone else's incorrect use of the expression, they will reply with some inane claptrap the effect of which is that they _do indeed care_ to some degree, and when you point this out their heads explode in anger lol.
I've never heard anyone say "I could care less". Not where I'm from at least.
@@robwalker4653 I think it’s somewhat of an American thing (assuming you aren’t American)
Even lyrics aside, this still sounds better than blurred lines.
It does by a lot.
Blurred lines sucked lol
But, we can all agree, the greatest version of Blurred Lines is the one by M*tthew M*rrison.
@@Stella-iW123 is that why we hate him
Yes
My mom is a high school English teacher and I showed her this video. She laughed hysterically.
I scream with laughter, ESOL tutor here
Literally!
I'm an English-as-a-second-language teacher and translator, and this made me laugh until I cried for 5 minutes, it's pure gold for teachers and linguists 🔥
@@allydeath- Especially the _cunning linguists!_ 🤔😹
Let's take a moment to appreciate the amazing graphic art/typography in this video.
@Maximilian Somethin' oh yeah yeah
Yep
Amazing. Al is an underrated genius.
Jarrett Heather did some serious work putting that together. The amount of time spent creating each frame was massive.
Check out the one fir Shop Vac by Jonathan Coulton. Same person who did this one made it.
As a non native English speaker, this is actually really helpful.
You've gotta be joking
@@imissjokesonpurpose Less and Fewer / Doing Good and Doing Well are often confused. And "Could Care Less" is an Americanism that needs to disappear, but it's all over the TV and Movies so people might think it's correct English and then make inferences from there about other cases and get their message entirely wrong.
@@adamfoxton6341How is it helpful when it doesn't even teach you how and when you're supposed to use the things? The only time it does that is for it's and its.
I would like to apologize on behalf of the English language.
@@adamfoxton6341 and then Americans go to England and find they're struggling. it's surprising how much the language changes between countries with the same parent language.
I unironically prefer this version over the original, and I'm not just talking about the changing of the hella creepy lyrics, I genuinely think that this sounds better musically
I totally agree. The production is sharp and amazing.
Wait, what's the original song?
I didn't know this was a parody.
@@nowhereman7884 blurred lines
"Hella"? Now there's a word crime.
@@terri6854 "that peepl mock u onliiiiiiiiiiiine"
Weird Al can elevate even crappy songs and turn them into a masterpiece.
The secret is that the instrumental is the best part of the song, and is not attached to the lyrics at all.
I just turned on Blurred Lines.
I tried to sing along.
I sang the lyrics to this song. It has effectively replaced Blurred Lines in my brain.
...Thank you, Yankovic. You have done me a service that can never be truly repayed.
*repaid
+Sanja K extremely underrated comment.
Amish Paradise.
i now do the same thing for his parody of "american pie" by don maclean!
I do that with every song he's parodied.. LOL
I love how he casually gives you the detailed definition of a contraction in the middle of the song.
I just realised that he's giving a *detailed* explanation of the use of *contraction*.. Now that's irony!
@@SkyCloudsStudiosirony is not coincidence.
While in the same breath giving a rhyming callback to the original song's line: "You're the hottest b**** in this place" becomes "YOU would NOT use IT'S in this CASE." What a genius!
Fantastic parody from the king, #WeirdAl ! I hate those #WordCrimes ! I love #Trogdor at 1:38 though...
Woah, I didn't even notice. :O
Wow. Nice catch!
That made this video even better for me!! Thanks for pointing it out!
TheKingOfTown what is it
Riley Lynch PURPLEPOOPPANTS It's from Home Star Runner, an online cartoon that stopped production a few years back, and more specifically from one of its Strong Bad Emails segments.
I was listening to the original but it made me feel cheap so i decided to go to Weird Al.
All the beat, none of the moral compromise.
Love you, Al Yankovic.
I like how, at 0:04, when the dictionary pages are flipping through the "A"s, there's a picture of Al holding his signature instrument when you reach "Accordion"
This is an amazing music video.
And it pauses for a short moment.
and it's accordingly
This is my favorite Weird Al song because it allows me to listen to Blurred Lines without having to listen to the lyrics of Blurred Lines
It’s Triv LOL YES
the lyrics are very creepy 😖
That is Weird Al in a nutshell.
yes!!
I can’t believe I used to like Blurred Lines the beat is catchy but the lyrics make me uncomfortable
Never has an ad for Grammarly been more fitting.
HHAHAAHHAHA
*sponsored by audible*
this made spit out some coffee, and burst out laughing
I love this comment
He literally says never to use a spell checker
@@ggsapthis is the guy the song is directed to
The fact that one of the lyrics is "Just now you said you literally couldn't get out of bed" implies that, from a story point of view, this entire song is sung from Al's POV and he was so annoyed by someone's grammatical oversight in one particular moment that, on the fly, he just improvised an entire song about bad grammar.
I can relate to the annoyance, I just can't write songs. So I'm basically Weird Al, is what I'm saying.
@@adsteelThat's pretty weird.Kinda like Yankovic
I heard Blurred Lines the other day in a store and was totally confused at the lyrics not matching up with the Weird Al version. I had renewed hatred for the original and a greater appreciation for Weird Al's talents.
This happened to me as well! Ha ha, I heard the original after a couple years of just listening to this one and was so confused! :P Just like you, I had renewed appreciation for this version and found the original very dull and lacking, lol!
I just made it 100 likes
Wait till you see the unrated original video (Not Al's).
I heard this version first I heard blurred lines on nye
But I thought I heard foil not royal
This was the work of a genius. Wow. Everything was perfect. The vocals, the chorus, the graphics, the video, the idea, the lyrics, the humour, the parody, the irony. Just wow.
Weird Al is great :)
It truly was
Possibly their best video/song, Educational and amusing in the best possible way.
", and the irony"
Did you know Al was MENSA?
The one thing I love about Weird Al is that he takes crappy songs and turns them into really funny and good songs
The original is good too
@@christopherwood1632 lol
@@christopherwood1632 it's garbage.
No it’s not
yah yeet one of nirvanas worst songs
"Or your name is Prince" just cracks me up EVERY time.
Had to slip that in after years of Prince denying him the chance to parody one of his songs.
I thought it was "Prius."
same here
Prince is the only motherfucker allowed to write words using numbers. He's earned it.
Honestly for years of listening to this song I thought he said "Chris"
Whoever did the animation for this deserves a Grammy.
Or better yet, a Grammary
Not with the ableist slur in it
Isn’t it whomever? Or was that an intentional joke?
@@PharyngealMediaDamn.
@@tomepsilon I think Alien Wario is British, cuz spastic is something different there
This is perfection
Hell ya it is!
This is perfection.*
***** No set, having a comma there is wrong.
Meer Omar No, Set, haveing a comma there is wrong.*
No, Set, having a comma there is wrong.**
This animation is so clean, and every frame has so many details you miss even a few watches in! Great video and a really catchy song to boot!
Right?? I would never have noticed the doodle of Trogdor if I didn't know to look for him! Then again, of course Weird Al would know the Homestar Runner cartoons...
@@ThisFreakingDuck Who? Can you give a time-stamp please?
@Jake Roku I am about to inflict my favorite cartoon on you. At 1:38 right when he says “NOTES”, there’s a reference to this drawing tutorial, done by a mildly villainous character who can make an entertaining video series just by checking his email: th-cam.com/video/90X5NJleYJQ/w-d-xo.html
@@jakeroku6494 @1:38
@@ThisFreakingDuck holy cow! I haven’t thought of Trogdor in almost two decades. Nice catch
Your little doodle of "rain on a wedding day" when describing irony hasn't gone unnoticed 😂
OK, went unnoticed by me until you said something. Thanks. LMAO'd!!!
You forgot your period.
I had missed it lmao! Thanks for pointing out!
Was very glad they included that! The song's grammatical errors have gone unnoticed for too long!!
timestamp?
I am now 50 years old. Fifty. Five zero. Puke. When I was growing up there were a few things kids my age loved; MAD magazine, anything Eddie Murphy, and the next weird Al spoof were pretty much unilaterally loved in the 1980's. Whether you're my age or not, it must be recognized that Weird Al is a supremely talented, creative and funny man. And one other thing that in my opinion gets overlooked, and that is underrated. You may say that he's had hit records and awards and adulation, and I agree, he has achieved those things. But even so, in my view this man's brilliance and talent are underappreciated, and part of the reason why is that the craft is of greater personal importance to him than any need of self-promotion. Year after year, decade after decade, and now generation after generation, Al Yankovic has been making us laugh. But on a serious note, digging in and discovering who this man is would surprise the uninitiated. He's a brilliant talent to be sure, but beyond that, he's intelligent (which is different), interesting, genuine and sensitive man whose love of family and heritage is greater than dollars or records dipped in nonferrous metals. If you're reading this Weird Sir, thank you for 40+ years of laughs - never meant to insult but rather meant to remind us all not to take ourselves too seriously. We love you and look forward to more decades of fun to come!
well said man. Born in 80, saw UHF around 8 or 9 and whatever vids he had on MuchMusic. Mystified he still pulls off some of the best stuff 40 years later.
My dad is almost 50, and he likes Weird Al. Haven’t asked much about what he was entertained by in childhood, but hey.
that's awesome!
that was a legit old man rant.
Epic.
This man is a comedic Genius.
I mean, it is Weird "Al" Yankovic.
Exactly
Big dictionary energy.
At first I equated him with the rock singers he parodies, but after I saw his take on Peter and the Wolf, I realized he's up there toward Peter Schickele and Tom Lehrer.
@@TnseWlms Just no accordion. uhhh, wait. Yup, there IT is... lol
i'm honestly amazed at how this manages to not be condescending in an annoying grammar-nazi kind of way, it just comes off with the energy of a tired english teacher projecting into a song and i love it
It was very effective in putting me in my place. I'm known to be bad for that. (I'm a Toastmaster.)
*Violence*
"get out of the gene pool" is kind of nazi esque
*you forgot the period*
You also forgot to capitalize the "i" in "I'm".
"Get out of the gene pool" is one of the best insults I've ever heard.
Darwin Awards
i've screencapped that part of the video and i'm ready to use it on Facebook.
Another fan of Jojo's and Weird Al? Cool!
Eugenics
@@madnessofmen
"Hooked on eugenics"?
I've heard winning a Grammy is the official way to know you have made it in the music industry. But I would say that getting a parody from Weird AL would be the biggest honor. I could die happy.
Lady Gaga said that she knew she had actually achieved success when she got the phone call from Weird Al.
its the same as knowing you've made it as a celeb when south park makes fun of you
Yes. agreed.
Robin Thicke is undeserving of having a Weird Al parody though
@@davidnissim589Exactly
This should have won SO MANY AWRDS. It is not only so technically well done as a video, it is brilliant lyrics. Wow.
He's going to have to change it now because he said the word spastic.
*This should've won so many awards! It is not only an amazing video, it also has brilliant lyrics!
@@billyjoejimbob75 But it rhymes with fantastic and sarcastic. He left that part out for overseas audiences when he found out it had a different meaning there. Unfortunately it will probably start being considered offensive here as well after the big brouhaha over Beyonce's lyrics.
@@Primalxbeast It just fits!
And Hopefully, Weird Al just Ignores those PC A-holes and
leaves it in there now!
Awards*. Go back to preschool.
Is it weird that this actually feels more professional and actually has a better beat? Like seriously this one is better in every sense of the word.
Yes
Al's parodies are often better than the originals. I've listened to him for about 40 years. The man is a genius.
@@susansee7370 I didn't even know this was a parody I thought this was just an original song
What is this a parody of?
@@anitamoffitt997 Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke.
Fun fact, at 0:26, the name of the HR (homeroom) teacher is Mrs. Krabappel. She was Bart's teacher on The Simpsons for a number of years before Marcia Wallace, the actress who provided her voice, passed away. Al of course made a couple of appearances on the show as himself over the years.
Can we all make an effort to replace the original with this version in our collective consciousness? This one is better in every way.
It most certainly is. Far less objectionable content-wise, and somehow better executed and produced.
There's an original version?
LoL
@@chadbizeau5997 "Blurred Lines," and it's a cringey, misogynistic mess of a song. And the video is even worse somehow.
I don't know the original.
@@wallfishz Check the response above yours.
This is probably the only music video that can actually teach someone something
Almost all of Sabaton's music is reasonably educational
Alphabet song: Am I a joke to you?
The Elements by Tom Lehrer is educational, also the Nations of the World by Yakko Warner.
Yakko’s World, Wakko’s America, Dot’s First Ladies, 19th Century Yakko’s World and every Horrible Histories song would like to speak to you
Um School House Rocks been doing this since the 70s
The visuals are amazing. And the detail on the care-o-metre is IMPECCABLE
Dear God when you mentioned "Care-O-Metre" I got instant flashbacks of that 80's Care Bears Movie and its sequel
It seems like they could’ve cared less.
Al’s the kind of person to carry a dictionary for this exact reason
And I am 100% here for it
I really hope alyankovicVEVO is policing these comments for #wordcrimes.
Hush you! Make another Street Fighter series!
RaceSpot HD Yes because a company wanting money is wrong, they should live out of air, perhaps?
If he did that, his job would never be done, especially since there are many people who think purposefully misspelling or misusing words in their comments on videos like this is just hi-larious.
Race spot HD go away kid you obviously don't know how a business works then. Thank god you don't run a business it run right into the ground.
Eric Stacy thank god the rich dont go hungry evey day.
Lyrically this is is one of Al’s best pieces of work
I think, It's All about the Pentiums, is one of Al's lyrical masterpieces, as well.
foil>
What you said: Lyrically this is is one of Al’s best pieces of work
You meant to say: Lyrically this is one of Al’s best pieces of work.
The list of mistakes you made:
There's a repeated word.
You forgot the period.
Eight out of ten, take the time to check your grammar next time.
I know that i'm a little late, but his name is "Weird Al" including the quotation marks.
Anyone else notice that this song is produced better than the original? The music has more definition and is more crisp.
There are worse things about the original than it not being "crisp"
To me it seems like Weird Al is singin it more "precise" than Robin Thicke. Weird Al is more "on the beat" and in tune while Robin Thicke is slightly off key and sloppy with his timing.
My understanding is that Weird Al is known for having one of the best long running bands in the industry.
It is also not as rape-y.
I've noticed that with "Handy" as well (vs. "Fancy"). Weird Al and his production team 100% know what they're doing.
The level of detail in the animation is insane. At 2:45 you can see the faint erased skull still visible after being smudged.
This is significantly better than the actual song.
What is the actual song?
@@Tiggster-qr8mw blurred lines
agreed
Yup
Is that figurative or literal?
That “everybody shut up” really dignified the song
It's my fave part of the song.
69 likes
nice
" Hey Hey hey,
Hey hey hey,
Go away "
Is my favourite part.
@@nothing11558
"Hey Hey hey,
Hey hey hey,
Go away"
Describes my life
Yep.
I _figuratively_ can't believe how great this song is!
;)
Andrei Tache I wish we could make figuratively catch on instead of "literally." I wish I had a dime for every time I heard somebody use it in a sentence that doesn't make sense. "I *literally* died."
I literally can't believe how correct this sentence is.
Dan Hill The definition of words change over time. “Literally” can be “used for emphasis or to express strong feeling while not being literally true”, making their statement technically not wrong
edcellwarrior but that does unfortunately also make the word an autoantonym. :-\
@@jaromtoy7128 I literally can't believe Barack is commenting on a random video
This is my favorite Wierd Al song. I've been a big Wierd Al fan since the early 80's. Thank you.
I've listened to this song since it came out but I only just now caught the fact that Weird Al slipped in 'cunning linguist' as an actual lyric. It fits so well with the rest of the song that the word it's really alluding to went way over my head. 10/10
Oh, he slipped in a *few* things.
Although the fact that he has a big dictionary may be TMI. ;-)
(Did you check out his diplomas on the wall?)
@@crystalstanley4960 Have you heard him argue? He's a master debater too.
@@SWLinPHX did you say masterbater?
@@SWLinPHX some days I am only 12 in my head, and I caught the _cunning linguist_ the first time I heard this song... I laughed so hard I made *snorky* noises!
Your _master debater_ comment gave me the same giggle-fit!😂
Damn…just now see it
I love how there are small but amazing details in all of his music videos. At 3:07 for example, when he says “that was sarcastic,” the little voice says “aww, sike!”
The bottom right corner of 3:21 reads "Learn your ABC's, doofus." with the logo of ABC7
@@pvzmariosonica8fan I just caught that one too. There's so much to unpack in this video.
At 3:00 you can hear flies buzzing around the trash can.
at the Notes page, you can see a little drawing of Trogdor.
Wut?
the fact that Weird Al makes songs better then the ORIGINAL shows how much of a better writer then others he is
The fact that Weird Al's original songs are so funny and amazing shows that he's a better musician than almost everybody.
@@zoetercy9208 I genuinely love his art, it's nothing about modern pop song tropes, and takes its own unique spin on it... I'm genuinely sick of this new trend of music just being about relationships... that's why quirky songs like these I ABSOLUTLEY love
Erm…it’s actually “ better than “ not “ better then “ ( okay, I get my coat ) 😁
@@wideawakerealist2141 what
@@cheesesalsa someone talked about bad spelling, then couldn’t spell her/ himself the word appropriate for the context of the comment
Having been educated as a linguist, this video makes my heart smile.
But are you a cunning linguist?
@@lucyfer7994 Better ask his wife/girlfriend that instead of him.
Even discounting the joke, linguistics is a very cool field, especially how it ties into large language models like ChatGPT. Glad it made you happy bro, it made me smile too x)
The video was raised as a linguist???
For all of Weird Al's works, I consider this song his best so far. You can't be an idiot and put something like this together. It is not just funny, it is intelligent.
Al graduated as the valedictorian of his class and went to college to be an architect when he was only 16 years old.
Al really IS a genius, you know....really.
His best? Eh. Definitely a good one though!
His song "Bob" ranks right up there on the cleverness scale, too.
This and the song Bob are as intelligent as you can get.
I actually got my English teacher to play this in class and it was amazing
Hadley Garcia lol, I showed it to my English teacher after she was complaining to the class about our bad grammar. She loved it😂😂
Hahaha
same
Would love to do this in my English class in college.
I just love Al's little giggle as he says "what's a contraction?"
1:32
I -litterally- figuratively heard solely "Hehe-at's a contraction?"
@@bextomoose Actually, this would be a proper time to use literally, since you did indeed hear him say "Hehe-at's a contraction"
(WEE WOO) Grammar police! You're under arrest for your word crimes!
@@stickmanonastick6089 But officer, I said "solely" however I can also hear "what's a contraction"!
@@bextomoose Ah, well I suppose I can let you off the hook this time, but be careful with how you use absolutes...
@@stickmanonastick6089 “Only a Sith deals in absolutes.” …Which in itself is an absolute, so I guess is a bit revealing…
I come back over, and over, and over again. This is one of the most amazing artistic displays I have ever seen. All packed into 3:45. Don't let the humor distract you from this brilliance within. This is art at it's finest. He packed a lot in there in a short time, but the volume of truth lying just below the surface is too many to count. Who want's to anyway?
This is the one of the most brilliant songs ever written. Not just one of the most brilliant Weird Al songs...one of the most brilliant songs EVER.
i agree, i was thinking only a genius could write this.
Agreed. The sheer amount of work and the number of points raised, all carefully and cleverly constructed. Brilliant. Brilliant. Brilliant.
I agree!!
It's only brilliant to anyone who didn't pass the second grade.
@@salazam the grammar is incredibly basic, but the song is brilliant in its construction
"Like I could care less.
That means you do care.
At least a little"
I love that part. I hate it when people say "I could care less".
***** Yeah, well, I couldn't care about your reply.
Yes, it's not grammatically correct, but it's not meant to be...
www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-ico1.htm
"There’s a close link between the stress pattern of I could care less and the kind that appears in certain sarcastic or self-deprecatory phrases that are associated with the Yiddish heritage and (especially) New York Jewish speech. Perhaps the best known is I should be so lucky!, in which the real sense is often “I have no hope of being so lucky”, a closely similar stress pattern with the same sarcastic inversion of meaning. There’s no evidence to suggest that I could care less came directly from Yiddish, but the similarity is suggestive. There are other American expressions that have a similar sarcastic inversion of apparent sense, such as Tell me about it!, which usually means “Don’t tell me about it, because I know all about it already”. These may come from similar sources."
I hate it that "I couldn't care less" has become so clichéd that its sarcasm is lost on you, Weird Al, and everyone who "liked" your comment. I mean, if we must take our idioms literally, doesn't "I couldn't care less" also mean that "you do care, at least a little"? And honestly, is there really a lower limit to your concern and have you actually ever reached it? The even more sarcastic "I could care less" probably originated as an attempt to rejuvenate a tired idiom.
Lane Denson This just seems like an excuse that people who use the phrase came up with to justify their use of it.
Like when Alanis Morrisette was made fun of for her song "Ironic", which contained no irony in it. She made the (obvious) excuse that the song was ironic because the title was called "Ironic" and there was no irony in the song itself.
Jason Smith No. "I couldn't care less" means exactly what it says. "I don't care so it's actually impossible for me to care any less."
This video should clear things up:
Dear America... | David Mitchell's SoapBox
:03 I love the picture of Al next to the definition for accordion.
That's some wild-ass ninja shit, that you even noticed that!! Are you actually WEIRD AL.... in hiding?? (I mean that as a compliment. Please don't beat me, if I'm wrong.)
Nope, I'm just his stalker :P
Wait, where? I didn't notice it
3 second mark, you need to pause the video.
Timestamp Nazi
One of my favorite Weird Al songs. “Cunning linguist” is the greatest lyric in any song.
might also be the spiciest lyric in any weird al song
@@puremadness definitely! Yet, he still managed to keep it clean!
A linguist would lecture him on linguistic descriptivism v prescribivism and why he's wrong.
With a "big dictionary".
My English teacher made us watch this. It's still the best video a teacher has showed me since elementary school
I actually showed my teacher this
Llama lover - Your teacher is great.
same! :D
Your social studies teacher should make you watch "The Day After" and your science teacher should make you watch every episode of "3,2,1...Contact" and "Mythbusters".
XD Nice job ,Steve Jarvis!
My English teacher showed this to our 8th grade class 8 years ago and he dissected every few lines of this video, absolutely loved it and the fact that I still remember makes me think this is was a great way to get teenagers' attention.
Look at you use plural possession! 😍
I learned about Weird Al when my middle school social studies teacher showed us Amish Paradise before our lesson on them lol
And it's better than the original song by a mile!
I know that this is an old comment, but I'm actually thinking of sending this to my 8th grade English teacher! Weird Al will never be irrelevant!
You know your song is bad, when its parody beats it in every single thing....
Props to Weird Al.
That doesn't even necessarily mean the song is bad. Weird Al is just THAT good.
No, blurred lines is still trash.
Gandalf Bengalston
I mean in general.
Gandalf Bengalston the original tune was made by the creators of 'blurred lines'. if you hate blurred lines and love this song, lyrics clearly mean too much to you.
delta2625 Well if you listen to Marvin Gayes' Got to Get It Up, the beats sound too close. Granted I'm not much of a Robert Thicke fan, but he can produce some good music.
Still love this after all these years.
weird al single handedly brought back school house rock lessons
Yes.
Al deserved the Grammy for this song alone.
TheTsar1918 || True
TheTsar1918 Grammy for grammar
Damn I wanted to make that Joke
I know right!
Pause at 3:35
Parody’s better than original
When it comes to "Weird Al" (quotes are actually officially part of the name) the vast majority of his parodies are better than the original. Also, in light of the song being about grammar, I seriously hope you meant "This parody is better" as opposed to "Parodies are better." I have seen the 's used as an attempt to make words plural before, but that's not how it works.
@@richard3365 I did mean “this parody is better”.
I agree. The original was nothing special, but this is far better.
mainly because this version isn't about r*pe
is this a parody of something? what's the original then?
I was today years old when I paid just enough attention to the visuals, rather than the lyrics, to spot the chalk animation of rain on a wedding day during the Irony section. My 1996 nostalgia sees what you did there.
Anyone enjoy this version more than the original?
Dohyden2 of course best parody ever
What's the original?
Muhajir blurred lines by robin thicke
Robin thiccc
WHAT ORIGINAL?!
The fact that weird al can parody a song with lyrics that match the rhythm and beat, rhyme perfectly, and stay on topic is so amazing. That's why I'm a fan.
Me too.
That's why he's the king of parody. ^.^
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand what song is this a parody of again?
Robin Thicke "Blurred Lines"
Thaaaankkk yooou! I knew I recognize it. However, I'm 30 and completely uninterested in today's Top 40. lol
I bought Alapalooza over 20 years ago, and I expanded to every song you ever produced... I miss your genius. That's just a Fact. Frank's 2000" blew me away... There's not a day that goes by, that I don't have it running through my head...
I love how this man has stayed relevant for 30+ years.
IHCTerra but those parodies still have to be good you know?
N DelaPaz Even when the songs he's parodied have fallen into obscurity.
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Joshua Fogg in to, not into
Odd, to me he is still a new guy.
This may be the most cleverly brilliant and brilliantly clever use of lyrics in any song ever.
The totality of his work is so magnificent that it really is almost impossible to pick a favorite, but these lyrics are truly something to behold. And the video is simply perfect. Cannot even see this song as a parody, because it’s just such a relief to hear someone giving a voice to the concept of education as something respectable and valuable!
Hes on a whole other level and praiseworthy
I think you would really appreciate the channel acapellascience. th-cam.com/video/f8FAJXPBdOg/w-d-xo.html
Yes, I agree with you! Weird Al is awesome!! Such an talented man. He could make a parody of any artist's song!!
*behold and*
Weird Al and Schaffer the Darklord did good with their songs about grammar and spelling.
My English teacher showed us this and I had a mini freak out bc I love Al so much
Lol mine did too
+Sam “Wesker” Cox I'M SORRY, LOL I NOTICED THAT, but I was too lazy to edit it 😭😂
My freaking English teacher has this on her part of our school's website! XD
+Demonic Cupcake lol
+reneanduray Sammee
I once got into an argument with someone who told me grammar was spelled 'grammer/'
He then went on to say it was the European version of grammar.
European? Did he mean British? (He'd still be wrong though.) Because I can assure you, english is not the only language we speak.
+EMROXRealm Just tell him "your 'grammer' is errant, such a weird name for a tyrant. Shut the fuck up and open a dictionary and solve this stupid 'mystery'...
... OF ( UP ) yours!!"
+StygianTraveler141 Here's a better response:
So if I had a fuck to give, and this I swear is true
I'd take that fuck I had to give, and give that fuck to you
But since I lack a fuck to give, and can't give you your due
You'll have to just go fuck yourself, and get a fucking clue.
The Man Who Speaks In Hands Cool. But we Weirdos ( Weird Al fans ) don't curse ( unless we have to )
StygianTraveler141 ... Bullshit. You even swore at your previous comment.
I can't say i ever expected Weird Al to make a "cunning linguist" joke yet here we are.
I was reading one of Weird Al's children's books, When I Grow Up, to my niece, and was surprised to see that the main character wanted to be a Master Debater, when he grew up.
I can say I've heard this song at least 6 times and JUST got the joke. Then went to the comments to see if anyone else caught it!
And he has a big dictionary. DICtionary😂😂😂😂
Honestly, same
Best southern underground hip hop group ever
I once corrected someone who said “I could care less” on an online game. They then replied, “I couldn’t care less.”
At least they learned.
Hahaha 😂
haha
The worst one that I know is, "I wasn't doing nothing."
But, I feel like 'I could care less,' is much more common, instead of "I couldn't care less."
I had a friend whose grandpa would always say, 'I weren't doing nothing,' and I had to cringe every time.
it was league wasn't it
I too like the new online game
I'm a professional editor. This song is my new favorite. I should ask all of my clients to listen to this song.
Yes you should
Then you will lose your clients, because they do not need you anymore. No clients means no job, now doesn't it?
@@Sanxies I would still have plenty of work because if I didn't have to spend as much time fixing simple grammatical errors, I would have more time to help them with things such as readability, dynamic phrasing, better detail, alternative ways of wording things, etc. There's more to editing than fixing grammatical mistakes.
@@enfieldjohn101 I'm amazed at how many people don't use spell check. It doesn't catch everything but it would eliminate most of it. There are also grammar checkers that will clean up most problems as well. I once was pretty good at writing but after decades of working maintenance, where documentation is almost in another language, I got sloppy. I wrote a letter to my Governor and when I looked at it I could see it was BAD. No spelling errors but all kinds of other problems. I spent the rest of the day going through Google for a remedial writing class before it was fit to mail.
@@ninline2000 I'm glad you took the time to edit your letter until it was well written. It is a good thing to do, especially when you wish to be persuasive. A well written letter suggests to the reader that you know what you are talking about and care enough about the issue to really give a letter about it a lot of thought.
The talent that this man possesses is absolutely amazing.
Another observation; at 3:20 there's a reference to the TV show "Lost," which was on the American network ABC; in the lower right-hand corner, it says, "Learn your ABC's, doofus." However, the fact that an apostrophe was used here to indicate a plural shows that someone involved with making the video is an actual doofus.
Lost was one of ABC's shows, hence learn your ABC's!
@@maxeliiethe point is that you wouldn't put an apostrophe here. It's "Learn your ABCs"
Any English teacher that doesn't start their school year with this song is not living their best life.
Their
@@cehlers41 that was auto fill, didn't notice, thank you.
Actually, the proper pronoun in this case is "his". You're being politically, not grammatically, correct.
@@kevinschaffer9840 woah really? Can you explain why "his" is correct?
Any English teacher being an English teacher is not living their best life.
Looks at the ABC logo at 3:21. Their attention to detail is crazy!
thx so much!
I've seen this video a million times and never saw that. Thanks!
I'm just impressed you didn't say, *"they're* attention to detail." X^D
Learn your ABCs doofus...
may I know what's happening with it? don't really get it 😂😅
I can't lie Weird Al Yankovic Is a low key good Rapper.. Dude has bars..
That reminded me of garcello mod
He played Sir Isaac Newton on epic rap battles of History. Check it out if you haven't!
The guy nails every genre he parodies.
Chamillionaire gave him some props.
Check out White and Nerdy (Parody of Ridin' Dirty)
Watched this many times & just picked up on "you should hire some cunning linguist!" Pure genius.
The PRINCE line is a bit of a dig there. Though not legally required to, Weird Al always asked permission from the various artists before making a parody of their songs. The only one to say no to him was Prince.
That's not true. Coolio never gave Al the rights to parody Gangster's Paradise to begin with, But something happened behind the scenes, and and was soon allowed to parody it.
@@meggytari9888 I think it was Coolio who later admitted how stupid he felt for saying no and how arrogant you have to be to deny someone to write a funny song.
@@meggytari9888 He's always "allowed" to parody. It's not up to the original artist. Weird Al just asks them as a courtesy. But he can legally parody whatever he wants.
..and Paul McCartney... and Jimmy Page (even though they were fans they refused Al's request for parodies of songs they did). Prince wasn't the only one, just probably the only well known fact about refusals to Al.
No it's not. One of Prince's songs is called 777-9311
As a future English teacher, I can guarantee this will be a part of my curriculum. Thank you, Weird Al.
Can you be my English teacher?
Gina DellaSalla of course.
Exactly what I was thinking! Will use when I graduate with my Middle Childhood degree next year!
Hey I'm from 6 years in the future and I hope it went well
Except in the UK where the word "spastic" is incredibly offensive.
The errors that most get under my skin are "loser" (not the winner) being misspelled as "looser" (less tight) and "lose" (opposite of win) spelled as "loose" (not tight); as well as "you're" (contraction for "you are") being misspelled as "your" (possessive pronoun).
'Your' is quite possibly the most abused word in English grammar. Is it that hard to distinguish 'you're' and 'your'?
***** Somehow people don't see it for what it is ... they do not make the connection that "you're" is simply the contracted form of "you are". I was an English major, and hey, I occasionally make the "it's" and "its" error while typing ... however, I usually catch myself and correct it. There is a vast difference between making an honest mistake and just plain not knowing any better. I find that many people under a certain age today have more issues with spelling, grammar, and syntax than those of previous generations. I don't know which is to blame ... laziness, ambivalence, or a lapse in today's education system.
Angel Deville
I'm thinking maybe all of the above. The one that drives me crazy is 'literally' I think it may be the single most incorrectly used word (next to 'like') in the English language.
Nakaelena Speaking of the word "like" and being driven crazy; I like so like totally like agree with you. It is like so annoying, like to say like the least. Hahaha!! Sorry about that; I just couldn't resist throwing is a little humor mixed with mockery. I also have a problem with the rampant lack of punctuation {if any for that matter} that I see online. People seemingly do not know what it is, or they do not know how to use it properly.
Angel Deville The only way I can cope with being part of the online world, I took up drinking. Lots and lots of drinking.
I'd be locked up in a padded room by now if I had not taken up drinking. ;)
for whats its worth, this song always reminded me of the differences between less and fewer, doing good and doing well, and when to use whom.
Do you know what it didn’t remind you to do? It didn’t remind you to capitalize.