Weird Al Yankovic concert in Baltimore
I saw Weird Al in concert last night in Baltimore. I haven’t been to any concerts in a while, and the first one I go to is Weird Al. It was fun, despite the venue being too-packed and it hard to find a spot to even see the stage. Weird Al is still very enthusiastic about his music, and he wore lots of different costumes, including a big prosthetic fat-suit for the parody of the Michael Jackson song that put him on the map. He also had a surprising amount of pre-recorded footage, a lot of it being fake spliced up interview with celebrities. I guess he needed lots of time for costume changes.
My favorite song, though, was Trapped in the Drive-Thru. Yesterday before the concert I was listening to a lot of Led Zeppelin and then switched over to listen to Weird Al’s new album Straight Outta Lynwood for the first time. In the middle of Trapped in the Drive-Thru, the character in the song turns on the radio, and a part of the song Black Dog by Led Zeppelin plays. Of course, I was scrambling around in my mp3 player software wondering if I hit a bad button and it skipped the Weird Al and went back to Led Zeppelin, but no, that’s part of the song! It’s played by Weird Al’s actual band (rather than just being a recorded clip), and seeing them perform it live, it was pretty awesome.
And after leaving the venue we were traveling in a long stream of people heading to the parking garages. Two guys were just kind of hanging out and asked what all these people were coming from. I said to him “Weird Al Yankovic concert” and screamed “Yeeahhhh!!” while giving the Devil’s horns. His reaction was great. I don’t think I could have made up a funnier answer.
