Review of 'Weird Accordion to Al : Every Weird Al Yankovic Album Obsessively Analyzed by the Co-Author of Weird Al' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
I'm guessing that for most readers this book holds a lot of nostalgia. It certainly did for me.
Most of the music in my life has been brought to my attention by my wife or one of my good friends from childhood. I think we started listening to Al in the mid 80s about when we started middle school, so Al has been part of my life from a pretty formative time on.
Because I don't seek out different music, the information in this book about the music and the basis for the parodies and pastiches was new to me where much of that information is probably a review for other Al fans.
There are Al songs I've heard hundreds of times and Al songs I've heard once and not too many in between. Rabin's book brought my attention to songs that I didn't really engage with when I heard …
I'm guessing that for most readers this book holds a lot of nostalgia. It certainly did for me.
Most of the music in my life has been brought to my attention by my wife or one of my good friends from childhood. I think we started listening to Al in the mid 80s about when we started middle school, so Al has been part of my life from a pretty formative time on.
Because I don't seek out different music, the information in this book about the music and the basis for the parodies and pastiches was new to me where much of that information is probably a review for other Al fans.
There are Al songs I've heard hundreds of times and Al songs I've heard once and not too many in between. Rabin's book brought my attention to songs that I didn't really engage with when I heard them, and I found myself creating a new Al playlist of lesser heard songs as I read the book.
This book with this new playlist has made me smile hundreds of times at the music and the memories. Simply put this book is 5 out of 5 stars because it has brought me a lot of joy.
On a side note, I have mad respect for Rabin's chutzpah. I admire the fact that he was willing to risk 30% of his potential audience by calling out the cult leader who spent too long in the White House and currently controls the GOP."