"Weird Al" Yankovic - "The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota" (Minnesota State Fair, 8/27/19)

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  • Weird Al performs "The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota" at the Minnesota State Fair on August 27, 2019. This was a stop on his Strings Attached Tour, where he and his band were backed by a full orchestra. #MNStateFair #StringsAttachedTour

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  • @chrisketchum3603
    @chrisketchum3603 5 років тому +15

    Been waiting forever to hear him finally play this here in MN. I can die happy now 😇

  • @dillonohlemiller9027
    @dillonohlemiller9027 4 роки тому +10

    “My friend I have seen your twine balls, they’re puny and weak. They make me SICK!!” I crack up every single time 🤣🤣

  • @ItsAllBallBearings
    @ItsAllBallBearings 2 роки тому +9

    This is wonderful. I love that hardly anyone knows about this song. As a huge UHF fan, and having the soundtrack on tape when I was a kid, this makes me very very happy. My all time fav Weird Al song. For anyone that doesn't know, this is a parody of Harry Chapin's 30,000 lbs of Bananas. Its an obscure one that many people dont know due to it being on the UHF soundtrack but not in the movie.

    • @gasmmusic
      @gasmmusic Рік тому

      It's a style parody of Chapin and Gordon Lightfoot. Al wrote the song with those artists in mind and the kind of long, rambling story songs.

  • @koelekahuna9370
    @koelekahuna9370 3 роки тому +8

    I was so happy that he played especially at the fair. The amazing part was for him to rattle that off, all 7 mins, no prompter, like it was nothing!

    • @tamerlanenj
      @tamerlanenj 2 роки тому

      he cut out a verse

    • @KindaGeneric
      @KindaGeneric 2 роки тому

      @@tamerlanenj no he didnt, He just sang a lil bit faster

  • @ShadowXloner
    @ShadowXloner 2 роки тому +4

    @3:52 I had the privilege to see Al perform this, and my favorite memory from this concert was this verse. It was perfectly timed with the sunset that sent reds, purples, pinks and oranges, along the clouds in the sky, hence the crowds reaction. Not to mention the concert was delayed roughly a half hour due to high winds causing issues on stage lol!

    • @gasmmusic
      @gasmmusic Рік тому

      It did seem pretty windy there. Hope the delay wasn't for too long.

  • @rebeccaj.2606
    @rebeccaj.2606 Рік тому +1

    He has such a great memory. I'm going to try to sing this on StarMaker.

  • @YouOpaOpa
    @YouOpaOpa 3 роки тому +1

    Al knows epic

  • @ericotto4324
    @ericotto4324 4 роки тому +5

    The Minnesota version is somehow better. Saw him sing this in Michigan last year and it was good but this is great.

    • @hearttohartwithbri
      @hearttohartwithbri 4 роки тому +1

      Because the world’s largest twine ball is actually in Minnesota

    • @Yimello
      @Yimello 3 роки тому

      @@hearttohartwithbri it's actually in Kansas now :(

    • @hearttohartwithbri
      @hearttohartwithbri 3 роки тому

      @@Yimello no that’s a different one

    • @hearttohartwithbri
      @hearttohartwithbri 3 роки тому

      @@Yimello the Kansas one may be bigger but it’s not what he was referring to

    • @Yimello
      @Yimello 3 роки тому +3

      @@hearttohartwithbri Yeah I was just talking about the record itself. Although the one in MN is still the largest one made by a single person.

  • @johnbrown7288
    @johnbrown7288 5 років тому +6

    That was a great show!

  • @Pwecko
    @Pwecko Рік тому +1

    Wonderful. Despite the silliness of the content, this song is strangely moving. Al is a genius.
    Those backing singers must have been suffering by the end of the song after bobbing up and down all that time. It's really hard on the thighs and knees.

  • @scootkompute3086
    @scootkompute3086 5 років тому +1

    this is VERY close to where i was sitting

  • @bigriverbrewer
    @bigriverbrewer 5 років тому +2

    Thank you for posting this

  • @patricksullivan2488
    @patricksullivan2488 5 років тому +2

    IT WAS SO WINDY

  • @mikethespikergrummer4025
    @mikethespikergrummer4025 5 років тому +2

    I was there!!

  • @YouOpaOpa
    @YouOpaOpa 3 роки тому +1

    This is amazing