Running With Scissors

by "Weird Al" Yankovic

Running With Scissors cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 29 June 1999
  • Label: Volcano
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 49:52
  • Community rating: 3.15/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Featuring the colossal, Star Wars-themed 'The Saga Begins', this release saw the undisputed king of musical parody returning to massive mainstream visibility. Beyond the pinpoint accurate pop-culture satires, the record highlights his backing band's staggering versatility as they effortlessly emulate the specific stylistic nuances of numerous late-90s alternative acts.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, satirical, pastiche, parody

Tracklist

  1. The Saga Begins (Lyrical Adaption of "American Pie") (5:28)
  2. My Baby's In Love With Eddie Vedder (3:26)
  3. Pretty Fly for a Rabbi (Parody of "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)" by Offspring) (3:02)
  4. The Weird Al Show Theme (1:13)
  5. Jerry Springer (Parody of "One Week" by BareNaked Ladies) (2:46)
  6. Germs (4:38)
  7. Polka Power! (4:21)
  8. Your Horoscope for Today (3:59)
  9. It's All About the Pentiums (An adaptation of "It's All About the Benjamins" by Puff Daddy) (3:34)
  10. Truck Drivin' Song (2:27)
  11. Grapefruit Diet (Parody of "Zoot Suit Riot" by Cherry Poppin' Daddies) (3:30)
  12. Albuquerque (11:22)

Credits

  • Steve Jay - bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz - drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Jim West - guitar, banjo, backing vocals
  • Ruben Valtierra - keyboards
  • Don McLean - written-by
  • Tom Sauber - fiddle
  • Joel Peskin - clarinet
  • Mary Kay Bergman - vocals [female]

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