#443/2122
October 21 1986
“Weird Al” Yankovic
Polka Party!
Genre: Novelty
2 out of 5
Highlights:
Christmas at Ground Zero
There is a terrific podcast called “Hit Parade” with Chris Molanphy from Slate. For music lovers, especially from the 80s and 90s, it’s a gas. As I am listening to this I just finished a recent episode which was all about novelty records and, specifically, the grandmaster of all, Weird Al. I mean, the guy has made this into a 4 decade career. That’s crazy.
He did it by using all the media available to him: radio, MTV, YouTube, digital delivery. He’s a savvy one that Al.
This album is a bit of disappointment right out the gate. “Living with a Hernia” & “Addicted to Spuds” both seem like hackneyed attempt to cash in on popular songs without much of the wit we want from Al.. The Talking Heads style rip doesn’t bite as hard as the Devo one last time. And the polka of hits is uninspired as well.
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