Top 5 Weird Al songs that aren’t parodies

Staple a jelly doughnut to your ear, set your spleen to channel 27 and ask your favourite albino squirrel to a dance. Lex Friedman joins Mark to discuss their top-5 songs by “Weird” Al Yankovic that aren’t parodies.

Lex is, among many things (musician, improviser, podcaster, game developer and consultant), a turbo Yankovic fan, and it’s quite possible that even Al himself might struggle to come up with a better list.

• (00:00) - Stay weird, Al
• (00:40) - Introduction
• (01:04) - Getting into Weird Al
• (05:52) - Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
• (08:02) - Lex’s pick: Word Crimes
• (11:06) - Mark’s pick: Everything You Know is Wrong
• (14:26) - Lex’s pick: Trapped in the Drive-Thru
• (18:16) - Mark’s pick: Albuquerque
• (21:41) - Lex’s pick: Hardware Store
• (24:04) - Mark’s pick: Christmas at Ground Zero
• (26:49) - Lex’s pick: Skipper Dan
• (28:33) - Mark’s pick: Your Horoscope for Today
• (31:04) - Lex’s pick: Frank's 2000" TV
• (32:49) - Mark’s pick: The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota
• (35:54) - Midamble
• (38:08) - Building the final list
• (39:23) - Honourable mentions
• (43:44) - The music of Liam & Lex
• (46:28) - More of Lex Friedman

Find Lex online on his website, play one of his many word games, hang out with him on Mastodon, or buy one or all of Liam & Lex’s albums.