Not many artists have 14 studio albums. Oddly enough, Chumbawamba is one of those rare acts, but that’s not what we’re here for today. No, today is about Weird Al Yankovic rolling out his Chumbawamba-matching 14th LP, Mandatory Fun, with an eight-videos-in-eight-days celebration of witty musical repartee.
Yankovic kicked off his week-plus-one extravaganza yesterday with “Tacky”, a ditty using Pharrell Williams’ napalm-like soul clapper “Happy” to riff on people who know not the meaning of shame (sweet Ed Hardy T, bro). It was a fun Yankovician romp, and a solid follow up to 2011′s “Perform This Way”, but today’s video surprise is some classic level Weird steez.
Set to the tune of disgraced crooner Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines,” we present you with “Word Crimes,” a takedown of English language abusers everywhere! If you’ve ever been confused about the use cases of who versus whom or the difference between irony and coincidence, Al is here to provide you with a catchy little cheat sheet—and supply some well-deserved shaming in the process. Consider this a kind of addendum to “Conjunction Junction”, a Schoolhouse Rock! installment for the snark age. Our favorite moments from the video include, but are not limited to:
- Dancing punctuation marks
- Yankovic’s ability to fluidly rhyme “nomenclature” with anything
- Use of Doge as an icon for word murdering
- Putting people on blast who say “expresso” (people who, coincidentally, could* probably care less about this song)
- Limiting use of numbers in words to Prince, because no one else has earned the privilege
- Punishment for misuse of the word “literal” in a figurative situation being a crowbar to the head
Thank you, oh Weird One, for using your big dictionary to set us straight.
*It’s couldn’t, for the love of god!
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