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MrBertstown 
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Joined: April 07 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 26 |
 Topic: If Weird Al did a Prog Polka...Posted: January 06 2008 at 20:23 |
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What songs should be featured?
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Thank God for Kids who love Obscure Things.
Lee Hazelwood (1929-2007) |
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moreitsythanyou
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VIP Member Joined: April 23 2006 Location: NYC Status: Offline Points: 11682 |
Posted: January 06 2008 at 20:39 |
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Wow I love the topic idea.
The problem is that those songs are all in pretty much the same key, not as common with prog. Anyway, I'll just take a stab in the dark and see something interesting. Of course, it would be of the more popular prog songs. Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Jethro Tull - Cross Eyed Mary Yes - Roundabout <jazzy breakdown> Gentle Giant - Knots Dream Theater - Octavarium (trapped inside this...part) Porcupine Tree - Blackest Eyes <short accordion interlude> Rush - 2112 (temples of syrinx) Sigur Ros - Gong Marillion - He Knows You Know Frank Zappa - Camarillo Brillo Radiohead - Paranoid Android (from riff before "rain down" to end) Edited by moreitsythanyou - January 06 2008 at 21:00 |
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Dim
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Joined: April 17 2007 Location: Austin TX Status: Offline Points: 6890 |
Posted: January 06 2008 at 20:42 |
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^Add a sigur ros part after the Rush, and you're spot on!
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King Crimson776
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Joined: October 12 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2779 |
Posted: January 06 2008 at 20:45 |
He might have already used Radiohead in his alternative polka. Otherwise, those are great choices, I can picture them working well. Too lazy to come up with my own list. Sigur Ros, lawl. |
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moreitsythanyou
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Posted: January 06 2008 at 21:01 |
Great idea. The whole thing sounds really cool in my head. |
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<font color=white>butts, lol[/COLOR] |
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sheeves
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Joined: October 30 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 101 |
Posted: January 06 2008 at 21:54 |
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Well, there definitely needs to be a song where one line is repeated and He Knows YOu Know is a great choice
Here's my List Pictures of a City - King Crimson Close to the Edge the i get up/down part- Yes He Knows You Know - Marillion Pigs- Pink Floyd Cogs in Cogs - Gentle Giant Aqualung - Jethro Tull Killers - Van Der Graaf Closing Section of the Musical Box - Genesis |
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ClassicRocker
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Joined: March 02 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 894 |
Posted: January 06 2008 at 22:01 |
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I'm too lazy to make my own full list as well, but somewhere in that polka, he should include Supertramp's "Bloody Well Right", and I'd like to see what Weird Al could do to "Willow Farm" from "Supper's Ready"!
Alternatively, I could also imagine him taking his own material and "making it prog". "Albuquerque" could become the next "Prog Epic" with some retooling! |
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King Crimson776
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Joined: October 12 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2779 |
Posted: January 06 2008 at 22:05 |
Psh, it already is. |
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ebag7125
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Posted: January 06 2008 at 22:41 |
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don't forget "trapped in the drive-thru"
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Ivan_Melgar_M
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Posted: January 06 2008 at 23:20 |
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Two of my worst nightmares, Weird Al and Polka
Just imaigining makes me sick.
 Iván
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King Crimson776
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Posted: January 07 2008 at 01:08 |
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^^ Weird Al has done alot of Polkas with lyrics from different songs in them. That's why this idea was brought up.
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sean
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Joined: April 02 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1155 |
Posted: January 07 2008 at 01:39 |
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This is one of the funniest topics i've seen in a while. I'm surprised I've never asked myself that question before.
I think I'd like to hear: 21st Century Schizoid Man, i think the mirrors section would sound great on accordion I think I'd also like to hear the accordion play the organ solo in Close to the Edge, as well as some of Emerson's work, maybe one of the already silly sounding ones such as Jeremy Bender. also VdGG's Sleepwalkers. |
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micky
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Posted: January 07 2008 at 07:17 |
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for some reason can see Weird Al doing KC's 'Cat Food'
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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el böthy
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Joined: April 27 2005 Location: Argentina Status: Offline Points: 6336 |
Posted: January 07 2008 at 11:51 |
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Weird Al is the one that raps "White and nerdy"?
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"You want me to play what, Robert?"
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micky
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Posted: January 07 2008 at 13:57 |
no..that would be...   Weird Al is a bit of national treasure here... and a virtuoso accordian player http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic |
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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Abstrakt
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Posted: January 07 2008 at 14:30 |
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KC - 21st Century Scizoid Man
Genesis - Watcher of the Skies
Gentle Giant - The House, The Street, the Room
Van Der Graaf Generator - Man-Erg
Dream Theater - The Glass Prison
Rush - 2112 (Temples of Syrinx)
And maybe some others... Would be awfully hilarious!
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el böthy
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Posted: January 07 2008 at 18:07 |
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jajaj just saw a bunch of his stuff in Youtube, the man is hilarious!
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"You want me to play what, Robert?"
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micky
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Posted: January 07 2008 at 22:16 |
hahah.. the man is a genius... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B81Srse-ayE |
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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ES335
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Posted: January 07 2008 at 23:35 |
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My guesss is it would sound something like this
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ghost_of_morphy
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Posted: January 09 2008 at 01:40 |
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I'd like to hear Weird Al do a really proggy Genesis song.... Something along the lines of Watcher of the Pies.
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