{"id":1609,"date":"2007-06-06T20:00:56","date_gmt":"2007-06-06T20:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/216.71.127.204\/wordpress\/?p=1609"},"modified":"2015-10-16T19:21:18","modified_gmt":"2015-10-16T19:21:18","slug":"weird-al-verizon-wireless-theater-houston-tx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/houstonmusicreview.com\/wordpress\/2007\/06\/06\/weird-al-verizon-wireless-theater-houston-tx\/","title":{"rendered":"Weird Al – Verizon Wireless Theater – Houston, TX"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
Written by Ebi McMurray <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jun 06, 2007 at 08:00 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Image\"I start off the night sitting at the Hard Rock Cafe located next to the venue, Verizon Wireless Theater, looking at the people going into the show ranging from ages 11 to 60.\u00a0 You can point out the fans of Weird Al.\u00a0 Not sure how to explain, but they are an interesting group.\u00a0 Not an insult because myself is included in this cheerful group.<\/p>\n

The entertaining Mr. Yankovic started off the set with Polkarama!\u00a0 For those not familiar with the Polkarama craze, it is a four to five minute medley of 15 billboard hits.\u00a0 With accordion in hand, Al runs through songs clips back to back.\u00a0 This was a great start to get the crowd pumped up.\u00a0 He moves forward with “Canadian Idiot” a parody of the punk rock hit “American Idiot” by Green Day.\u00a0 This is basically an anthem proclaiming the stereotypical view that some Americans have towards Canadians.\u00a0 Quite humorous with lyrics like, “Sure, they got their national health care, cheaper meds, low crime rates and clean air…Then again well, they got Celine Dion…”<\/p>\n

He uses videos to keep the crowd entertained while he changes into his different personas.\u00a0 Like when he performed “Smells like Nirvana” (a take off of Nirvana’s “Smells like Teen Spirit”) he dresses as Kurt Corbin and adds two cheerleaders in the back ground.\u00a0 The videos showed between sets consist of Al TV and 50’s educational programs.\u00a0 Al TV uses real interviews from celebrities and creates a fake Weird Al sit down.\u00a0 You have Al asking silly and obscure questions and the celebrities giving fake responses.\u00a0 The crowd cheered for Al’s Kevin Federaline interview where he asks Kevin who he is going to “knock up” and mooch off of now.\u00a0 These costume change breaks also present clips from any and every show that states the name, Weird Al.\u00a0 Of course the infamous Simpson’s segment where Marge hires Al for a song to win Homer back after a separation singing his parody of John Mellencamp’s “Jack and Diane”.\u00a0 He sings, “…little ditty about Homer and Marge…”<\/p>\n

Ok, back to the music.\u00a0 He also played “Bob” which is not a quite a parody, but a take off of Bob Dylan’s Subterranean Homesick Blues.\u00a0 After going through the top songs from his latest albums including his first ever top ten single, “White and Nerdy” he finished up with the oldie, but goody parodies songs like “Eat It”.\u00a0 I must not forget to mention the great unreleased parody of T-Pain’s “I’m in Love with a Stripper” switched to “I’m in Love with the Skipper” with Al dressed as Gilligan.<\/p>\n

The set was finished off with the original “Al-buquerque”.<\/p>\n

Walking out and looking around you see big smiles on everyone’s face, young and old.\u00a0 Attending a show like Weird Al’s is a great way to spend time with your kids and leave with a mind full of memories.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Written by Ebi McMurray Jun 06, 2007 at 08:00 PM I start off the night sitting at the Hard Rock Cafe located next to the venue, Verizon Wireless Theater, looking at the people going into the show ranging from ages 11 to 60.\u00a0 You can point out the fans of Weird Al.\u00a0 Not sure how… <\/p>\n

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