I'll never forget hearing a request for this song on the radio. It was an older woman who called in and said "Can you play that song by the poor man whose girlfriend did awful things to him?" The DJ said "Do you mean "You don't Love me Anymore"." She said "Yes, that poor man. I feel so bad for him." She had the sweetest voice and seemed to truly feel so sorry for Weird Al.
I think i prefer his character as the creepy stalker in Melanie than the victim in this one. Here it's funny but I feel bad for him at the same time. Where I can just laugh at him in Melanie. Lol
2:00-2:20 best soulful video snippet ever, especially the blowtorch. *XD* "You know I even think it's kinda cute the way / You poison my coffee just a little each day I still remember the way that you laughed / When you pushed me down the elevator shaft"
I very much want to see someone do their blind audition on the TV show "The Voice" with this song. For the judges unfamiliar with the song, I can't wait to see their faces once the singer gets to the second verse! 😀
I took my ( at that time ) very young son to see Weird Al in concert at a local college. He was a huge fan and I was...skeptical. Much to my surprise it ended up being one of the funnest gigs I've ever been to. The band were all actually very good musicians and there were lots of props,costume changes,fake black and white science films,tastless commercials,and in the middle of it all...Weird Al...putting on a stellar performance. If you've never seen him live you owe it to yourself to go at least once. The world needs Weird Al.
Yeah, I managed to see him live just once, and it was more than worth it. I'm not really a fan of concerts, but I would definitely see him live again if I had the chance. It was awesome.
jerry murphy Yeah, his band is some of the best live music I've ever seen which took me aback at first. I guess that's what happens when they're playing every genre of music together for 30 years. :)
I've seen him five times in concert, with the fifth time I got to meet him (he signed my Cheese Sandwich). Each concert I went to was highly enjoyable and in person he was really polite about signing my Cheese Sandwich.
Rock Roll Hall of Fame, this is just another example of the versatility this man professors. He can sing you a love song with aggression and make you fall in love with you. He singing a love song. I'll bet that almost every singer in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has a romantic love song? Al has that sexy voice, us woman like. Al is so talented in so many ways.
Can we take a minute to appreciate the actor and singer Robert Goulet on piano? Hes most known for serious acting in like the 70's, not goofy music videos. Kudos for the sillyness
@@dannylgriffin He also, prior to that, had a - very brief - cameo in the "Police Squad" episode "A Bird In The Hand (The Butler Did It)". In a masterful piece of acting that was shamefully overlooked by that year's Academy Awards, he ran the full gamut of emotions as the victim of a firing squad in the opening credits 😂 Police Squad, of course, was the progenitor of the Naked Gun films, but I'm sure you don't need me to tell you that!
That's awesome. I loved his cameo on the Simpsons. Bart was running a casino in his treehouse and hired Goulet to sing "Jingle Bells, Batman Smells". He accidentally whacked Milhouse in the head with his twirling microphone.
When I was young and couldn't understand English yet, my father owned a Weird Al album would always play it in the car. Whenever this song played, I thought it had a deep and sentimental meaning, thus it being my favourite song of the album. Now that I'm playing for the first time in five years, it's still my favourite Weird Al song.
@justgearheadstuff2718 Empty bottles of Visine in the trash wasn't enough of a clue. I thought I was having a reaction to medication. XD Old bartender's trick. My God she was evil.
Let's take a moment to appreciate the sheer number of completely off-the-wall jokes that are crammed into 4½ minutes. I don't even think the Zucker brothers laid them on this thick.
When I first heard this song, I was wondering if he was seriously making a sad song. For the first couple lines, it's pretty straightforward, but I was relieved and smiling again when he kept bringing up all the ridiculous things his girl has done to him. RUN FOR YOUR LIFE, AL!
I love listening to _'MELANIE'_ so much that I tend to forget how truly heartbreaking this song is... I didn't realize while going through it, how thoroughly Psycho my girlfriend's had been. This song absolutely puts all that in perspective though.
LYRICS : We've been together for so very long But now things are changing, oh I wonder what's wrong? Seems you don't want me around The passion is gone and the flame's died down I guess I lost a little bit of self-esteem That time that you made it with the whole hockey team You used to think I was nice Now you tell all your friends that I'm the Antichrist Oh, why did you disconnect the brakes in my car? That kind of thing is hard to ignore Got a funny feeling you don't love me anymore I knew that we were having problems when You put those piranhas in my bathtub again You're still the light of my life Oh darling, I'm beggin', won't you put down that knife? You know, I even think it's kinda cute the way You poison my coffee just a little each day I still remember the way that you laughed When you pushed me down that elevator shaft Oh, if you don't mind me asking, what's this poisonous cobra Doing in my underwear drawer? Sometime I get to thinking you don't love me any more You slammed my face down on the barbecue grill Now my scars are all healing, but my heart never will You set my house on fire You pulled out my chest hairs with an old pair of pliers Oh, you think I'm ugly and you say that I'm cheap You shaved off my eyebrows while I was asleep You drilled a hole in my head Then you dumped me in a drainage ditch and left me for dead Oh, you know this really isn't like you at all You never acted this way before Honey, something tells me you don't love me any more, oh no no Got a funny feeling you don't love me anymore
If he remade this song now: 1. If you don't mind me asking why you made me watch Cats That kind of thing is hard to ignore Got a funny feeling you don't love me anymore 2. Could you please tell me why you bought nothing but kale When you went to the grocery store Got a funny feeling you don't love me anymore
+Jaye C. This was my wife and I's wedding song. Some people thought it was weird. Been with her for 13 years this January....it's a weird relationship.
I've loved this song and this video for years, but just now learned that the video is a parody of the video for "More Than Words" by Extreme, and I have a whole new appreciation for it.
I really loved the song, especially the harmony. The range is a low tenor, which is my range, so I would wear headphones and play it very loud and record myself singing, then listen to my _a capella_ performance. I discovered I am very tone deaf.
After plunking on a piano for a while, I was told once by a co-worker that I had a lot of musical talent. I demurred. He said, "you must have, you haven't used any of it."
Apparently, Weird Al did this music video in one take. That's why he very aggressively smashed the guitar since he knew this one wouldn't break easy. He was dedicated to complete the take so he gave it his all.
He didn't do the video in one whole take. The guitar was a replica of the one used in the "More Than Words" video and cost $1,000, so he had only one chance to smash it because a cheaper guitar wouldn't match the original video.
Me too! So many perfect twists in just that one line. 1) he realized they were having problems when she put piranha in his bathtub? some real understatement going on there! 2)He’s not revealing this attempted murder to a third party- he is addressing his would-be murderer, so this would not be “news” to her. 3)delete the “again” and what remains is truly horrifying. Add it, and though still horrifying, it becomes hysterically funny because-wait, this isn’t the first time she tried to kill him with piranha???
Al without a mustache: Looks like that one guy who's still friends with his elementary school teachers. Al with a mustache and glasses: Napolean Dynamite.
I first heard this song when I was a teen. I got emotional hearing it and was welling up in tears. I was thinking "why would a girl do such a cruel thing to a man, who still loves her, and is willing to put up with her!? Knowing who Weird AL Yankovic was... the music he did... and the fact that there may have been some humor involved... I looked past all that and was listening to the story along with the melody... and even today I still feel the same way when I hear it. This song is so sad and yet so damn funny... and is one of my all time favorites.
This and many other Weird Al love songs needs to be on a Valentines day and Sweetest Day collection. Such love and devotion needs to be celebrated with this song everyday.....
This was the first song I heard in a concert in 7th grade and I am an old 43 woman. And he just got better every song. No one can ever replace his tremendous talent
I believe it’s called a pastiche, a song written in the same style as another song. So it’s an original song, but written to sound similar to More Than Words.
Imagine deadpool singing this about black widow. Scarlet Johansen dressed as black widow casually setting traps in the background as Ryan Reynolds in the deadpool suit is playing slowly on a guitar.
This was the very first Weird Al song I ever heard as a little kid. I've been a fan ever since. He played this live at Graceland last night. Not gonna lie... I got misty eyed.
Oddly enough, same for me. Got the cassette and had it on repeat as a kid. One day, my friend in elementary school heard me listening to "Smells Like Nirvana"....and handed me his cassette of "Nevermind" and said "here's the real version of that song"- that moment laid the foundation of all the music I've gotten into and sought out for the next 31 years (as of this reply)... eventually picking up the cello in middle school (influenced by Nirvana's "Unplugged"), then bass guitar, and even some 6-string action.
Brilliant! the mix of confusion and sadness always brings me to tears. The way that he makes it so that you wonder if she doesn't love him anymore, if these are all accidents, or if she's being hired by reptilians that are part of a Rebel space fleet trying to destroy the world thereby putting mosquitos into extinction. The way he presents the lyrics in a way where you as well feel his sadness and wonder about alien life and reptilians. I can hear through the whole song the hatred of the space government and the want to alliance with the alien rebels who are trying to kidnap all the cows in the universe. 20/10 would listen to till my ears drop off or the space government kills me
It just hit me. The song "More Than Words" that this is parodying is about him telling his lover to SHOW him how they feel, don't just say it. Here, she really is showing him how she feels. By repeatedly trying to kill him.
honestly the fact that this only has 3 million views is so sad. this has always been my favorite song by him, and forever will be. i literally listened to this on repeat when i was like 7.
This like any great weird al song begins quite normal. He sucks the listener into thinking this just a regular break up love song but doesn't take long to go off the rails in Al's typical style. Saddest Al song I've heard but also pretty funny at the same time. What a roller-coaster of emotion.
Or your difficult, twisted relationship with Lapis, right Perry? "You rejected and crushed all the gifts I tried to leave at your door, Got a funny feeling you don't love me anymore"
I love this because my Mom loved this. She likes sweet love songs, and seeing the stereotypical ballad upended in this way had us cracking up. I know Weird Al has retired, but please PLEASE just one more album, dude... You could save the world!
Seen him play this live at the strings attached tour in New orleans on June 13th 2019. He smashed the guitar and everything at the end...funny shit man
Haha nice I was at the Strings Attached concert in San Diego back in 19', and he did the same. Was an awesome show. He even put the guitar down twice instead of once.
At the 4:11 mark, I like when he angrily takes the guitar out of the other feller's hands, and just smashes it into a million pieces as if he had finished performing a heavy metal tune and just walks away as if nothing happened at all. He must've been that angry to have gone through such a gruesome relationship... Weird Al, you, sir, never disappoint!!! You are... AWWWWWWWWWESOME!!!!
Weird Al, this is supposed to be an absurd song, but it actually sounds sweet, in a morbid kind of way. It's easy to dance to and the lyrics are catchy. A true masterpiece... Loved it, thanks for the video.
Randomly decided to listen to this today for the first time since I was like 7. Damn that hockey team line went way over my head back then, but damn haha.
The guitar smashing always worked for me a lot better than if it had been a cheap guitar that broke in a hit or two, because it makes the whole song feel really passive-aggressive, rather than passive. It reads as a frustration with his ex, rather than... well, I'm not sure how a cheap guitar breaking easily would've read. And that's why you buy Ovation.
I think the guitar Jim played when I saw Strings Attached was an Ovation. Luckily Weird Al didn't smash that. Their costs are in the $450-$900 range. That's a lot of moneys!
I love how the band member in the beginning of the video had a little piglet in his lap, then later in the video he’s eating ham. Brilliant. Weird Al is a God.
Could never get away with that today. I think about half the things we did in school when we were kids would never happen today, some for the better, but most for the worst.
Remember: The best revenge is to move on, be happy and successful. If you can have a hit song relating your pain and calling them out ...Absolutely Awesome!
i actually memorised the lyrics of this song then i sang it to my Very First and Last Girlfriend that i had... She was laughing so hard then when i reach the mid-part, she burst to tears, then at the end of the song, she hugged me like never before. Now, she by my side again :'D. Thank You Al, for this wonderful song...
He touches my heart like so many singers have. I want to sing along because I know all the words and remember them. My body feels the rhythm with my heart, listening to the sway of sultry music. I'm telling you he has an unspoken talent. He can rock you and romance you at the same time. I'm not naming names but there are a lot of singers in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame that have romanced thousands of women just like Al. He can play this music and turn it round an make a country and western song and be good at it. I think he better talented then most Rock Stars even here in 2023. This song is still better then most popular music today. I'm an old rocker and I love Al music.
IIRC, Al really really wanted to release this song as a single and video, but the record company was iffy about committing to an Al original. They compromised and Al agreed that if he wouldn't release another parody as a single, he'd at least make the video a parody.
My favorite weird Al song. Heard him live for the first time last night in Kalamazoo, MI and he played this. I was so excited. They sound amazing live!
The first verse has a strong James Taylor vibe ... the voice, instrumentation, lyrics ... after that it still sounds like James Taylor. This is a masterpiece.
I'll never forget hearing a request for this song on the radio. It was an older woman who called in and said "Can you play that song by the poor man whose girlfriend did awful things to him?" The DJ said "Do you mean "You don't Love me Anymore"." She said "Yes, that poor man. I feel so bad for him." She had the sweetest voice and seemed to truly feel so sorry for Weird Al.
Are you sure the DJ wasn't pranked?
LOL what?
THAT'S SO SWEET I SHED A TEAR. FOR HER :( . . .
S tier comment thx for sharing that story just made this song that much better
I am imagining once the phone hung up, she unsheathes a knife and walks towards her soon to be ex-husband tied up in a chair
I'll never get enough of Weird Al's "man who can't take a hint" character
Those are not hints those are straight up attempted murder.
I think i prefer his character as the creepy stalker in Melanie than the victim in this one. Here it's funny but I feel bad for him at the same time. Where I can just laugh at him in Melanie. Lol
@Tranquil thoughts darling I'm begging won't you put down the knife
Oh I don't know I think things still may work out.
She's too subtle not being clear about it
When he puts the guitar down without playing gets me every time.
Do you still love me TS
Yeah, and did you notice on the drum it says "DRUM" :D
Even better at the concert...
Same here.
Lmaoo thanks I hadnt noticed that
i love that there is a cello player and clearly no cello in the song
I'm pretty sure the guy playing it is the janitor from Smells Like Teen Spirit/Nirvana and he's moving the cello in the same way he moved the mop
@@sylph8005 It's him. He was also in the Smells Like Nivarna video too.
@@sylph8005 It actually is, in fact, the same Tony De La Rosa who Nirvana selected for their video.
Actually, in the song there is a string section playing. They come in during the first verse.
"You slammed my face down on the BBQ grill,
now my scars are healin' but my heart never will." Geez. Deepest Weird Al line ever.
From One More Minute
"Cause I'm stranded all alone in the gas station of love, and I have to use the self service pumps"
And what's this poison cobra doing in his underwear drawer?
He must be freddy Krueger he has a burnt face
2:00-2:20 best soulful video snippet ever, especially the blowtorch. *XD*
"You know I even think it's kinda cute the way / You poison my coffee just a little each day
I still remember the way that you laughed / When you pushed me down the elevator shaft"
@@nbuehster One of the best lines about masturbation ever.
1:31 - I love how he was going to play the guitar, and then he remembered that he doesn't, so he just put it away.
WorthlessDeadEnd
He can play guitar, but he plays left handed.
The drummer pisses off at the start and slacks around for the entire video...because there's no drumming for this song.
LakeSG1985, I love that. Spoofing Extreme's "More Than Words" video.
Then the drummer has a pig in his lap while he's playing with a lighter. Then the janitor gets out a blow torch. Then he's eating roast pork.
@@bobs_toys I never noticed that before. How did I not see a pig in his lap?!
I very much want to see someone do their blind audition on the TV show "The Voice" with this song. For the judges unfamiliar with the song, I can't wait to see their faces once the singer gets to the second verse! 😀
That would be great!
that would be too much.
*me wanting to audition but can't think of the perfect song* 🤔 🥴
I'm on top of this. See you there in one year
@@Cowpunkridesaway Break a leg!
I'm astonished that there was no hint of him cracking a smile throughout this ridiculous breakup song. He's just such a master of comedy.
Maybe he took 1000s of takes for this MV. 🤣🤣
I took my ( at that time ) very young son to see Weird Al in concert at a local college. He was a huge fan and I was...skeptical. Much to my surprise it ended up being one of the funnest gigs I've ever been to. The band were all actually very good musicians and there were lots of props,costume changes,fake black and white science films,tastless commercials,and in the middle of it all...Weird Al...putting on a stellar performance. If you've never seen him live you owe it to yourself to go at least once. The world needs Weird Al.
Yeah, I managed to see him live just once, and it was more than worth it. I'm not really a fan of concerts, but I would definitely see him live again if I had the chance. It was awesome.
I seen I'm live once 17 years ago and still remember it today on of the best performers ever...
jerry murphy I am taking my boyfriend to see him in June and your story has made me very excited for the concert! Thank you for sharing.
jerry murphy Yeah, his band is some of the best live music I've ever seen which took me aback at first. I guess that's what happens when they're playing every genre of music together for 30 years. :)
I've seen him five times in concert, with the fifth time I got to meet him (he signed my Cheese Sandwich). Each concert I went to was highly enjoyable and in person he was really polite about signing my Cheese Sandwich.
All jokes aside, this is actually a really good song
Compared to contemporary music, yes.
Rock Roll Hall of Fame, this is just another example of the versatility this man professors. He can sing you a love song with aggression and make you fall in love with you. He singing a love song. I'll bet that almost every singer in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has a romantic love song? Al has that sexy voice, us woman like.
Al is so talented in so many ways.
1:59 I like how the Janitor from Smells Like Nirvana is randomly in this.
+boredXsomethingXIDK
I think it's album continuity, even if I don't really remember they actually are in the same one
He's from the Smells like teen spirit video as well
This was filmed on the same set.
I like how this is a bigger deal than random Robert Goulet on piano. Goulet!
Don't forget Kurt was once a janitor himself.
This song does showcase his voice nicely. Softer use of his voice than most of his songs.
His voice on the chorus to Amish Paradise is really different and beautiful.
My 80-something year old mother even likes his voice.
He really can sing
Alot of people don't realize how great he truly is musically, especially his voice. Listen to jurassic park.
I think it's his only sad song
Weird Al played this at his concert last night. He dedicated it to Johnny Depp and Amber Heard 🤣🤣
DAMN!
🤣
Savage.
i went to that concert!
Brutal, Al
Can we take a minute to appreciate the actor and singer Robert Goulet on piano? Hes most known for serious acting in like the 70's, not goofy music videos. Kudos for the sillyness
This may have been around the time where he was in Naked Gun 2 1/2
I didn't realize that's who that was! Now I have to watch it again.
I still don't know how the HECK Al managed to get Robert in this video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@dannylgriffin He also, prior to that, had a - very brief - cameo in the "Police Squad" episode "A Bird In The Hand (The Butler Did It)". In a masterful piece of acting that was shamefully overlooked by that year's Academy Awards, he ran the full gamut of emotions as the victim of a firing squad in the opening credits 😂
Police Squad, of course, was the progenitor of the Naked Gun films, but I'm sure you don't need me to tell you that!
That's awesome. I loved his cameo on the Simpsons. Bart was running a casino in his treehouse and hired Goulet to sing "Jingle Bells, Batman Smells". He accidentally whacked Milhouse in the head with his twirling microphone.
He sings it like he really means it. So damn good
I agree sounds as if REALLY not getting it that's part of its humor
@divinelightshine ?
That is his whole schtick. Sincerity in the face of sheer wackiness.
When I was young and couldn't understand English yet, my father owned a Weird Al album would always play it in the car. Whenever this song played, I thought it had a deep and sentimental meaning, thus it being my favourite song of the album. Now that I'm playing for the first time in five years, it's still my favourite Weird Al song.
" I even think it's kind of cute the way you poison my coffee just a little each day"
That's the point, yes.
That's what poison usually does.
Wow! So does Al!
I like the line... "I still remember the way that you laughed... when you pushed me down the elevator shaft"
@justgearheadstuff2718
Empty bottles of Visine in the trash wasn't enough of a clue. I thought I was having a reaction to medication.
XD
Old bartender's trick.
My God she was evil.
Let's take a moment to appreciate the sheer number of completely off-the-wall jokes that are crammed into 4½ minutes. I don't even think the Zucker brothers laid them on this thick.
Al worked with them on Naked Gun, all of them. So maybe he used them as an influence here.
Just wait until you hear “party at the leper colony”
You slammed my face down on the barbecue grill. Now my scars are all healing but my heart never will.
Read this just as he sang it, thumbs up.
dewhi100 Same here !!! :)
Tameem Al-Talabani Whoa, I just did too.
+dewhi100 shit, that was eerie. Me too!
Matt Kuhlen
It's a line of the song that me and other fans particularly enjoyed.
But yes, you must be very, very smart for pointing that out.
When I first heard this song, I was wondering if he was seriously making a sad song. For the first couple lines, it's pretty straightforward, but I was relieved and smiling again when he kept bringing up all the ridiculous things his girl has done to him. RUN FOR YOUR LIFE, AL!
Let's not overlook "Good enough for now" and "One more minute"
You better run for your life if you can, little Al, hide your head in the sand, little Al...
It really _does_ manage to be genuinely sad, though.
I love listening to _'MELANIE'_ so much that I tend to forget how truly heartbreaking this song is...
I didn't realize while going through it, how thoroughly Psycho my girlfriend's had been. This song absolutely puts all that in perspective though.
7su7
LYRICS :
We've been together for so very long
But now things are changing, oh I wonder what's wrong?
Seems you don't want me around
The passion is gone and the flame's died down
I guess I lost a little bit of self-esteem
That time that you made it with the whole hockey team
You used to think I was nice
Now you tell all your friends that I'm the Antichrist
Oh, why did you disconnect the brakes in my car?
That kind of thing is hard to ignore
Got a funny feeling you don't love me anymore
I knew that we were having problems when
You put those piranhas in my bathtub again
You're still the light of my life
Oh darling, I'm beggin', won't you put down that knife?
You know, I even think it's kinda cute the way
You poison my coffee just a little each day
I still remember the way that you laughed
When you pushed me down that elevator shaft
Oh, if you don't mind me asking, what's this poisonous cobra
Doing in my underwear drawer?
Sometime I get to thinking you don't love me any more
You slammed my face down on the barbecue grill
Now my scars are all healing, but my heart never will
You set my house on fire
You pulled out my chest hairs with an old pair of pliers
Oh, you think I'm ugly and you say that I'm cheap
You shaved off my eyebrows while I was asleep
You drilled a hole in my head
Then you dumped me in a drainage ditch and left me for dead
Oh, you know this really isn't like you at all
You never acted this way before
Honey, something tells me you don't love me any more, oh no no
Got a funny feeling you don't love me anymore
If he remade this song now:
1. If you don't mind me asking why you made me watch Cats
That kind of thing is hard to ignore
Got a funny feeling you don't love me anymore
2. Could you please tell me why you bought nothing but kale
When you went to the grocery store
Got a funny feeling you don't love me anymore
@@nbuehster Cats catching random strays in the comments
bro forgot what the enter key is
Between this song and One More Minute, Mr Yankovic is the master of great breakup songs.
This is the best breakup song ever.
No, One More Minute is the ultimate break up song lol.
+TheDominator1307 No, "I Remember Larry" is the greatest breakup song of all time lol
O_O Ok...um what about Melanie? Lol
+Jaye C. They just don't write em like that anymore.
+Jaye C. This was my wife and I's wedding song. Some people thought it was weird. Been with her for 13 years this January....it's a weird relationship.
the one song that makes you laugh after a bad breakup
The one song that makes u laugh after a bad breakup...
I prefer One More Minute
Since you’ve been gone is the breakup jam lol😂
which one the Weird Al one or The Outfield one
Hear hear!
I've loved this song and this video for years, but just now learned that the video is a parody of the video for "More Than Words" by Extreme, and I have a whole new appreciation for it.
"More Than Words": 659 million views
I'll never give up on a society so long as it has something like Weird Al Yankovic.
Robert Goulet playing piano...awesome!!
I like what happens to him because I have heard stories about him that weren't good. Just because he was a talent doesn't mean anything.
@@sha11235 he was talented? elvis didn't think so. why do you think whenever goulet was on tv, elvis would shoot the damn tv?
@@thevoid99 Well, he did have a long career in musical theater.
Your manager says for you to shut up!
@@Komicklepto Vera said that? Huh!
I realize now that this song is about Al and Madonna after she took over the cartel.
I really loved the song, especially the harmony. The range is a low tenor, which is my range, so I would wear headphones and play it very loud and record myself singing, then listen to my _a capella_ performance. I discovered I am very tone deaf.
After plunking on a piano for a while, I was told once by a co-worker that I had a lot of musical talent. I demurred. He said, "you must have, you haven't used any of it."
If I only would've known, I would've made this my wedding song.
Jennifer Juniper, based upon your post I guess your marriage hasn't been a happy one if that's the case sorry to hear that.
Lol
Right there with you
You and me both. There's ten years of the prime of my life I'll never get back. Thanks, Jennifer! You frigid Canadian headcase.
So.. a guy getting tortured and "You dont love me anymore" would be a wedding song????
Proof that he can sing normally while still being hilarious.
Apparently, Weird Al did this music video in one take. That's why he very aggressively smashed the guitar since he knew this one wouldn't break easy. He was dedicated to complete the take so he gave it his all.
that's really interesting!
Did he also recorded this song in one take too.
How do you know this?
sha11235 Well its by no means confirmed. I'm not gonna be able to confirm it. Its a rumor. i hope its true because that'd be awesome
He didn't do the video in one whole take. The guitar was a replica of the one used in the "More Than Words" video and cost $1,000, so he had only one chance to smash it because a cheaper guitar wouldn't match the original video.
"You put those piranhas in my bathtub again." It's the "again" that gets me.
Me too! So many perfect twists in just that one line. 1) he realized they were having problems when she put piranha in his bathtub? some real understatement going on there! 2)He’s not revealing this attempted murder to a third party- he is addressing his would-be murderer, so this would not be “news” to her. 3)delete the “again” and what remains is truly horrifying. Add it, and though still horrifying, it becomes hysterically funny because-wait, this isn’t the first time she tried to kill him with piranha???
Al without a mustache: Looks like that one guy who's still friends with his elementary school teachers.
Al with a mustache and glasses: Napolean Dynamite.
That Guy Again with the mustache and glasses he’s the elementary school teacher that the guy is still friends with...
Don’t insult Weird Al like that.
And Freddie Mercury without the mustache looks like?
This is pure genius
I feel sorry for the King of Parody that this woman tried to kill him.
Quite
I first heard this song when I was a teen. I got emotional hearing it and was welling up in tears. I was thinking "why would a girl do such a cruel thing to a man, who still loves her, and is willing to put up with her!? Knowing who Weird AL Yankovic was... the music he did... and the fact that there may have been some humor involved... I looked past all that and was listening to the story along with the melody... and even today I still feel the same way when I hear it. This song is so sad and yet so damn funny... and is one of my all time favorites.
This and many other Weird Al love songs needs to be on a Valentines day and Sweetest Day collection. Such love and devotion needs to be celebrated with this song everyday.....
This is a sad song, though...
This was the first song I heard in a concert in 7th grade and I am an old 43 woman. And he just got better every song. No one can ever replace his tremendous talent
I am 49 and I heard all of this when it first came out. I still laugh at it all.
Al's original songs are so epic
Actually it is a parody from the song "More Than Words" by Extreme. But yeah, Als originals are pretty good!
Alberto Guime No. The VIDEO is a parody of Extreme's video, but the SONG itself is an original, like I said.
whomme2 is hella right
Yep. It was the label's condition on having it as a single to parody a video for the song.
I believe it’s called a pastiche, a song written in the same style as another song. So it’s an original song, but written to sound similar to More Than Words.
I got Al to sign our picture together "I used to like you, Now I tell all my friends you're the Antichrist" I am not lying!!
You his girlfriend? 😂😂
@@siddhantbasnet8528 No, but you can make me your "girlfriend," *wink wink* lol
love it how he holds the guitar like he's gonna play and just sets it down
"...the way that you laughed, when you pushed me down the elevator shaft" kills me every time :D
My favorite part, since I like riding on elevators.
In my opinion, next to the line where he sings about his girlfriend smashing his face on the grill, this is the best line of the song.
As a Canadian the whole hockey team reference is amazing.
Was it the men’s team? Or the women’s? We’ll never know.
the song is brilliant on so many levels
love how he went all Keith Moon on the guitar at the very end
or you know ... Pete Townshend ...
Tonya C
yeah, that's WHO I meant...
+Adam Seltzer lol!
Absolutely. I mean, I only remembered it because of the Squeeze Box ad in my mail today...but it was nice to remember just the same.
It's such a masterful song. Brilliant writing and melody, musical arrangement.
It's a perfect song.
Whit the lyrics completly insane
Poor guyz who endures somes this for reals
Imagine deadpool singing this about black widow. Scarlet Johansen dressed as black widow casually setting traps in the background as Ryan Reynolds in the deadpool suit is playing slowly on a guitar.
Yeah but then we would have to endure more Deadpool
@@Sorran87 exactly! Win-win!
I've been going through some problems of my own, glad weird Al's always here to get me out of my blues even if it's just for a few minutes.
This was the very first Weird Al song I ever heard as a little kid. I've been a fan ever since.
He played this live at Graceland last night.
Not gonna lie... I got misty eyed.
Oddly enough, same for me. Got the cassette and had it on repeat as a kid. One day, my friend in elementary school heard me listening to "Smells Like Nirvana"....and handed me his cassette of "Nevermind" and said "here's the real version of that song"- that moment laid the foundation of all the music I've gotten into and sought out for the next 31 years (as of this reply)... eventually picking up the cello in middle school (influenced by Nirvana's "Unplugged"), then bass guitar, and even some 6-string action.
I still remember the way that you laughed. When you pushed me down the elevator shaft- cracks me up every time😂😂
The lyrics are somewhat Tom Leher-esque. Brilliant!
Brilliant! the mix of confusion and sadness always brings me to tears. The way that he makes it so that you wonder if she doesn't love him anymore, if these are all accidents, or if she's being hired by reptilians that are part of a Rebel space fleet trying to destroy the world thereby putting mosquitos into extinction. The way he presents the lyrics in a way where you as well feel his sadness and wonder about alien life and reptilians. I can hear through the whole song the hatred of the space government and the want to alliance with the alien rebels who are trying to kidnap all the cows in the universe. 20/10 would listen to till my ears drop off or the space government kills me
My sentiments exactly.
Vintage Gamer yeah that's exactly what I was thinking lol
It just hit me. The song "More Than Words" that this is parodying is about him telling his lover to SHOW him how they feel, don't just say it. Here, she really is showing him how she feels. By repeatedly trying to kill him.
honestly the fact that this only has 3 million views is so sad. this has always been my favorite song by him, and forever will be. i literally listened to this on repeat when i was like 7.
I'm going to see him in concert TOMORROW! I hope he plays this song!!
He did this song in Wichita last week.
He also did it in Bend Oregon this summer. they put on a great show. Emo was funny too.
How was the concert?
The guitar tease is comedic gold.
I genuinely unironically love this song, such a good song
This like any great weird al song begins quite normal. He sucks the listener into thinking this just a regular break up love song but doesn't take long to go off the rails in Al's typical style. Saddest Al song I've heard but also pretty funny at the same time. What a roller-coaster of emotion.
The soft crooning tone paired with the lyrics are priceless. He's a comedic genius!
This is my fav Wierd Al song, ok I lie, nearly all of them are, but this one, you get to actually hear how nicely he can sing. Love this!!
This could summarize all break up songs.
Or your difficult, twisted relationship with Lapis, right Perry?
"You rejected and crushed all the gifts I tried to leave at your door,
Got a funny feeling you don't love me anymore"
I am *not* making this up. Both this, and One More Minute, are featured on a compilation of divorce songs.
You slammed my face down on the barbecue grill... Now, my scars are all healing but my heart never will... Genius. Pure genius.
I love this because my Mom loved this. She likes sweet love songs, and seeing the stereotypical ballad upended in this way had us cracking up. I know Weird Al has retired, but please PLEASE just one more album, dude... You could save the world!
Seen him play this live at the strings attached tour in New orleans on June 13th 2019. He smashed the guitar and everything at the end...funny shit man
Don't you think the title "Strings Attached" would be a good title for his next album, if he makes one?
@@sha11235 hell yeah
Haha nice I was at the Strings Attached concert in San Diego back in 19', and he did the same. Was an awesome show. He even put the guitar down twice instead of once.
At the 4:11 mark, I like when he angrily takes the guitar out of the other feller's hands, and just smashes it into a million pieces as if he had finished performing a heavy metal tune and just walks away as if nothing happened at all. He must've been that angry to have gone through such a gruesome relationship... Weird Al, you, sir, never disappoint!!! You are... AWWWWWWWWWESOME!!!!
That's my absolute favorite part of he song
He's taking out his anger on the guitar because she doesn't love him anymore.
Weird Al, this is supposed to be an absurd song, but it actually sounds sweet, in a morbid kind of way. It's easy to dance to and the lyrics are catchy. A true masterpiece...
Loved it, thanks for the video.
Randomly decided to listen to this today for the first time since I was like 7. Damn that hockey team line went way over my head back then, but damn haha.
Don't worry Al, we still love you! We will always love you! : )
The guitar smashing always worked for me a lot better than if it had been a cheap guitar that broke in a hit or two, because it makes the whole song feel really passive-aggressive, rather than passive. It reads as a frustration with his ex, rather than... well, I'm not sure how a cheap guitar breaking easily would've read.
And that's why you buy Ovation.
I think the guitar Jim played when I saw Strings Attached was an Ovation. Luckily Weird Al didn't smash that. Their costs are in the $450-$900 range. That's a lot of moneys!
Thats an homage to animal house
@@naomimenikoff8653 I got mine used at Guitar Center for $350 during a holiday sale.
the one being smashed was a Washburn
@@cbly But I've read that Jim's guitar in this video was indeed an Ovation, and that it was like a thousand dollar model
This is one of my favorite Wierd Al songs! Especially the part about the cobra snake in the underwear drawer.
My mom bought this album when it came out and I listened to it so many times I memorized all the songs. I don't think I've heard this over 25 years.
This song proves that while he is hilarious, Al is first and foremost a great musician.
Wow.. top notch craftsmanship on that guitar at the end. Took forever to really break it, lol.
This is the only James Taylor song that doesn't suck
I love how the band member in the beginning of the video had a little piglet in his lap, then later in the video he’s eating ham. Brilliant. Weird Al is a God.
my 5th grade reading teacher played this while we worked.
He or she rocks
Now he is cool
I had a math teacher around 4th or 5th grade that used to play nothing but Weird Al while we all did math-related color by numbers.
Damn how did the kids react and that's a very cool teachers never that played that
Could never get away with that today. I think about half the things we did in school when we were kids would never happen today, some for the better, but most for the worst.
man, nobody can write break up songs like weird al
Remember: The best revenge is to move on, be happy and successful. If you can have a hit song relating your pain and calling them out ...Absolutely Awesome!
I remember when my buddy let me borrow this album. This was such a great original track! It made me laugh and still had so much heart. Love it!
i actually memorised the lyrics of this song then i sang it to my Very First and Last Girlfriend that i had... She was laughing so hard then when i reach the mid-part, she burst to tears, then at the end of the song, she hugged me like never before. Now, she by my side again :'D. Thank You Al, for this wonderful song...
He touches my heart like so many singers have. I want to sing along because I know all the words and remember them. My body feels the rhythm with my heart, listening to the sway of sultry music. I'm telling you he has an unspoken talent. He can rock you and romance you at the same time. I'm not naming names but there are a lot of singers in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame that have romanced thousands of women just like Al. He can play this music and turn it round an make a country and western song and be good at it. I think he better talented then most Rock Stars even here in 2023. This song is still better then most popular music today. I'm an old rocker and I love Al music.
The expression on Al's face speaks more than words.
I will never not fall over laughing at the closeup shot of his nose. 3:31
Holy crap! 6 years and it's finally the full video!! Still love this song!!!
One of his best songs. Period. Right up there with Eat It and Smells like Nirvana.
I hope Robert Goulet is recovering . He is a national treasure , you know . 🤣
Many people noticed it before me but despite the fact that Al have a comedic approach his singing technique is kinda cool
One of my favorite songs ever written
One of my favorite Weird Al songs, and my favorite of his originals. Brilliant!
i love the drummer just giving up at the beginning, wig and all
Such A beautiful song
One of the most underrated Weird Al songs
I love this guy
1:28 Picking up the guitar and putting it back down is a genius move
i love how this whole video is also a parody of More than Words. I NEVER caught that before. SO GOOD
How such a happy song can have such a sad ending. OMG 🎻😭
Nice shot for shot parody of Extreme's More Than Words.
more than words you mean?
Gotcha. ;)
+John Greene And Nirvana, apparently. Judging by the ending.
Had no idea - just watched it. Yet a whole never layer Al! Well done!
IIRC, Al really really wanted to release this song as a single and video, but the record company was iffy about committing to an Al original. They compromised and Al agreed that if he wouldn't release another parody as a single, he'd at least make the video a parody.
My favorite weird Al song. Heard him live for the first time last night in Kalamazoo, MI and he played this. I was so excited. They sound amazing live!
The first verse has a strong James Taylor vibe ... the voice, instrumentation, lyrics ... after that it still sounds like James Taylor.
This is a masterpiece.
Thanks for finally fixing the beginning! :>
@@JettBlackheart Wouldn't that be the exact opposite of circumcision? :D