Talk:Running with Scissors ("Weird Al" Yankovic album)

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I noticed what may be an error. It says that Star Wars: Episode 1 was released just two weeks before this album, then it says that the album was released July 29, 1999. Episode 1 was released sometime in May. theres something wrong with this. SECProto 15:43, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)

there is also a gaming company that made Go Postal and Go Postal II (with Gary Coleman I believe) called "Running with Scissors".

Page move
This page was moved from "Running With Scissors (album)" to "Running with Scissors (album)" as per the naming convention set out at Naming conventions – Ianblair23 (talk) 02:54, 2 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Every source I find that lists the name of this album has "With" capitalized. Does the wikipedia naming convention trump how the artist has decided to set the capitalization for his work?  I would like to suggest changing the name of this article back to include the capitalized "With".


 * References
 * amazon.com's product page
 * allmusic's entry
 * caption on picture from Yankovic's photo gallery


 * -- Bull  Wiki  Winkle  21:00, 25 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Since no one has responded, I'm going to be bold and just do it. --  Bull  Wiki  Winkle  18:13, 4 April 2008 (UTC)


 * I was unable to complete the move because there is already a (redirect) page at the new location. -- Bull  Wiki  Winkle  18:27, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Johnny Cash
Is "Truck Drivin' Song" really a style parody of Johnny Cash in particular? It seems like it could be seen as a parody of many country artists. Anyone have a source for this? Catamorphism 20:33, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

Truck Drivin' Song is very clearly a rough parody of Junior Brown's "Semi-Crazy". He sounds JUST like him while singing this song. Anyone who has heard both will understand.PiccoloNamek 05:09, 25 September 2006 (UTC)


 * I agree.. I just listened to Truck Drivin' Song.. The vocals are almost identical to any Junior Brown song and the song sounds simliar to him.. --Drowse 21:38, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

On Al's website, in the "Ask Al" archives, he sayeth thusly: I got several compilation CDs of Truck Driving Songs when I was doing research for “Truck Drivin’ Song,” and C.W. McCall was definitely one of the people I listened to for inspiration. On the otherhand, I found no references alluding this song to "The Lumberjack Song" as alleged here on the wiki. Once again, a source needs to be cited.--Woerkilt (talk) 05:53, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Negative Horoscope?
Personally, I don't think that the horoscope for Leo in "Your Horoscope For Today" is negative. The horoscope is: "Now is not a good time to photocopy your butt and staple it to your boss's face oh no, eat a bucket of tuna flavored pudding and wash it down with a gallon of strawberry Quick" What's so bad about that? Starhood` 23:59, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Microsoft Connection
I don't know, something about that line screams WP:OR to me. Anyone have a comment? GIGGAS2 | Talk 19:54, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Album Cover
I get the fact that on the cover, Al is "running with scissors", but whats with the right side of the cover? I don't exactly get it.... A Jorb Well Done 00:51, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
 * The album cover is actaully two seperate pictures. The one with Al "running with scissors", is pasted over a close up of a track. It kinda confused me too.--Gen. Quon 17:21, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Germs
I'm nor pretty sure that this is based in I'm afraid of americans by david bowie, i'm sure it's terrible lie by Nine Inch Nails 201.244.228.214 16:54, 10 June 2007 (UTC) "Germs" sounds like 10% NIN and 90% generic 90's pop song. I've been listening to Nails for 15 years and I would have guessed Bowie or Gravity Kills or even Stabbing Westward before "Terrible Lie". Let's see a citation for that Yankovic statement. But even if he did specify a NIN parody, "Germs" sounds too typical to be pinned to Trent Reznor. Style parodies have to include signatures of the source, and Al usually puts those eyebrows on his renditions. But there really isn't anything in Germs that sounds "industrial", let alone NIN. I'd call it a style parody of late nineties emo pop --Woerkilt (talk) 05:53, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Yankovic has stated that it is a 100% Nine Inch Nails style-parody. I don't know where "I'm Afraid of Americans" by David Bowie fits into this? I'm changing it.--Gen. Quon 17:20, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Okay, I found a quote on Al's "Ask Al" archives in his website, in which he mentions that "Germs" is supposed to be a NIN parody: Yes, "Mr. Popeil" is meant to sound like the B52's. A lot of my originals are intentionally derivative of other groups (although not enough to infringe on their copyright!) Some other very obvious style parodies would be "Dare To Be Stupid" (DEVO), "Dog Eat Dog" (Talking Heads), "You Make Me" (Oingo Boingo), "Everything You Know Is Wrong" (They Might Be Giants) and "Germs" (Nine Inch Nails).

But man, I'm just not hearing it. I find that annoying--Woerkilt (talk) 05:48, 18 March 2009 (UTC).

So this is definitely a parody of "I'm Afraid of Americans". I'm not sure how someone can NOT hear that. Go take a listen if you don't believe me. Yes, the song is by David Bowie, but it features Reznor, hence the fact that Weird Al says it's a NIN tune. ElectroSpecter (talk) 20:38, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm afraid that getting people to listen to it is not sufficient. What Wikipedia needs is verification of this information at a reliable source, otherwise it is counted as original research which isn't allowed. What you need to do is to find somewhere where Al said or wrote that, at a reliable source (a newspaper, magazine, his website, liner notes etc). --  Phantom Steve .alt/ talk \[alternative account of Phantomsteve] 09:46, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Why change it back to "Closer" then? Al never said anything about that. It would at least be less wrong if that were to be taken out. ElectroSpecter (talk) 10:01, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
 * I just reverted it to how it was before your edit. I noticed that the "Closer" bit had been added about 4 weeks ago. However, looking into it, I think you're right to change it to 'style parody' as that seems to be the consensus. If I get a chance, I'll look for a suitable citation for it. --  Phantom Steve .alt/ talk \[alternative account of Phantomsteve] 16:15, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

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Truck Drivin' Song
For the Truck Drivin' Song, it says that he's cross-dressing. But is there any proof of that? It doesn't say so in the lyrics. It could just be a woman with a really manly voice. 76.174.239.95 (talk) 05:11, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

Bosstones?
Is there any reference that says "Horoscope" is a direct style parody of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones (or any other individual band) as opposed to just a style parody of the third wave ska genre as a whole? Skibz777 (talk) 00:54, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

This appears has sections that appear to be close to original research…
I'm especially thinking about the comments column for the track listing. Surely there are citations that can be made to "Ask Al" and the like? I'm a big fan of Al, and like this album a lot - but this article needs work, with regard to citations. Work and family commitments ( I do 12-hour days plus travelling for work, and have 3 young children!) means that I don't get much time to look up stuff like this, but if I get a chance then I'll do it, but if one of you have an opportunity, this would improve this article immensely!

Regards, --  Phantom Steve .alt/ talk \[alternative account of Phantomsteve] 19:53, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

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