…and it was frakking awesome! Words can barely express just how truly awesome it was (although the dictionary definition of the word comes close). Of course the after-party was pretty mind blowing as well; which is why it’s taken me 5 days to recover enough to write this review.
“Weird Al” took the stage with very little fanfare. No warm-up act, no introduction necessary. They played his song “Fun Zone” and he and the band (Jim West-guitar, Steve Jay-bass guitar, Ruben Valtierra-keyboards, and Jon “Bermuda” Schwartz on drums) came out and launched right into “Polka Your Eyes Out”. And everything just got better and better from there on.
“Weird Al” did costume changes for almost every song and to keep the audience entertained while they wait he shows clips from interviews he did with other performers on his “Al TV” show. Celine Dion, Steven Tyler, Emminem, and Jessica Simpson Sampson just to name a few. He always digs deep, peels back the layers, and finds out the real story that nobody knows.
Naturally he preformed all of his greatest hit. During “Eat It” when he sang the line “have some more bacon”, Cannucklehead just went ballistic. Then as soon as “Weird Al” came out on stage dressed in his “Fat” suit, J.D. threw herself at his feet and he had to wait for security to escort her back to her seat so he could perform the song. And when he got to the part where he repeats “ho” several times, an actual ho came out on stage carrying a hoe. Corrina laughed her ass off at that one ’cause she said she meets a lot of ho’s at her job.
R.T. came up all the way from the Philippines so that he could hear “White and Nerdy” live. I think maybe he wants to get a Segway of his own. Hari went crazy when “Weird Al” started to do “I’ll Sue Ya”. Tammy nearly fainted when Al came over and sat on her lap while he sang “Wanna B Ur Lovr”. Manodogs was pretty disappointed when he didn’t get to hear “Ode To A Superhero” (Spiderman to the tune of Piano Man) but he had a really good time anyway.
In addition to all of our friends who came out to the show, Al had all kinds of guest stars. Donny Osmond did his special “White and Nerdy” dance, Micheal Stipe helped out on the song that he and Al wrote together – “Cell-phones”, a couple of local cheerleaders got to work their stuff during “Smells Like Nirvana” and then five Storm Troopers, Bobba Fett and Darth Vader all showed up during “The Saga Begins”. Then just in case we hadn’t had enough, he did a medley of (nearly) every other song he has ever recorded including my current favourite, “Do I Creep You Out” (I wish I could find a nice girl to creep out like that).
As I said; FRAKKING AWESOME!
And in case you missed why Weird Al was in The Redneck, read how we met Weird Al in Calgary years ago.