Running With Scissors (1999) (Hdcd )

Product Summary Label: Bmg/volcano/pavement/cz UPC: 00614223211824 Release Date: 6/29/1999 Buy.com Sku: 60317073 Item#: M3HY7Y Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Saga Begins, The ~ Weird Al Yankovic 2. My Baby's In Love With Eddie Vedder ~ Weird Al Yankovic 3. Pretty Fly For A Rabbi ~ Weird Al Yankovic 4. Weird Al Show Theme, The ~ Weird Al Yankovic 5. Jerry Springer ~ Weird Al Yankovic 6. Germs ~ Weird Al Yankovic 7. Polka Power! ~ Weird Al Yankovic 8. Your Horoscope For Today ~ Weird Al Yankovic 9. It's All About The Pentiums ~ Weird Al Yankovic 10. Truck Drivin' Song ~ Weird Al Yankovic 11. Grapefruit Diet ~ Weird Al Yankovic 12. Albuquerque ~ Weird Al Yankovic   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Personnel: "Weird Al" Yankovic (vocals, accordion, keyboards); Mary Kay Bergman, Tress MacNeille (vocals); Jim West (guitar, banjo, background vocals); Marty Rifkin (pedal steel guitar); Pat Sauber (banjo); Tom Sauber (fiddle); Joel Peskin (clarinet); Tom Evans (saxophone); Lee Thornberg (trumpet, trombone); Warren Luening, Tavis Werts (trumpet); Bill Reichenbach, Dan Regan (trombone); Tommy Johnson (tuba); Ruben Valtierra, Kim Bullard (keyboards); Steve Jay (bass, background vocals); Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz (drums, percussion, background vocals). When this accordion-wielding parodist first came into the public eye with '80s mock-rock hits like "Another One Rides the Bus" and "My Bologna," few would have guessed he'd still be charting with his quirky brand of humor in 1999. Al's up to his old tricks with a vengeance here, using the melody of Don McLean's folk-rock epic "American Pie" to relate the tale of the PHANTOM MENACE installment in the STAR WARS series. He takes on hip-hop, too, turning "It's All About the Benjamins" into the computer ode "It's All About the Pentiums." The contemporaneous neo-swing craze is similarly skewered as "Zoot Suit Riot" becomes the nutrition-conscious "Grapefruit Diet." Al's capable of writing uproarious original tunes as well, as evidenced by the Zydeco stomper "My Baby's in Love With Eddie Vedder." Here, the man who parodied Nirvana so successfully takes grunge's heir apparent into his sights, with hilarious results. Producer: Weird Al Yankovic Engineer: Tony Papa; Richie Wise   Compilation Appearances 20th Anniversary Collection Dr. Demento: Greatest Christmas Novelty CD Of All Time Radio Disney Jams: Vol. 2 Pokemon 2000 Power Of One Very Best Of Dr. Demento Dr.demento's Hits From Outer Space Now That Sounds Kosher Transformers The Movie (Bonus Tracks) The Simpsons Testify Gigantic Robot Kills Just The Hits 2007   Technical Info Release Date : 06/29/1999 Original Release Date : 1999 Catalog ID : 32118 Label : Volcano 3 Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00614223211824   Professional Reviews Entertainment Weekly (7/23/99, pp.65-6) - "...demonstrates Yankovic's jokes are eminently listenable....the real kick is that he gets the music exactly right....so absurd you've got to laugh....compared with most comedy recordings these days, RUNNING WITH SCISSORS is a cut above." - Rating: B    Product Image