The Voice of a Generation, With a Trenchant Plea We All Need to Hear

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1. Clear2grey says:
   September 17, 2011 at 3:22 pm

   Heard the song already…it’s supposed to parody Jim Steinman’s ‘method’ of producing.

   Ex.Meat Loaf, Bonnie Tyler..
2. Charlie says:
   September 17, 2011 at 3:47 pm

   I am doing what you said we would do! Lol!
3. Darice Moore says:
   September 17, 2011 at 3:55 pm

   Sadly, the persons I most want to forward the song to STILL wouldn’t get it. However, I have managed to convince most of my extended family to leave me off their lists, mostly by repeatedly directing them to Snopes.com. (And yes, I cheered at that point in the song.)
4. Steve Burnap says:
   September 17, 2011 at 4:05 pm

   I want this forwarded everywhere because there are people in my life who I can’t send the sentiment to without offending.
5. rick says:
   September 17, 2011 at 4:11 pm

   I have only one person left in my circles who’s still forwards crap to me but unfortunately it is my boss, and I think she thinks she’s doing me a favor by making me “aware” of the scams and stuff since she knows I have a heavy internet investment (shopping, surfing etc).

   and yes,I am sharing this song with people I know, just like YOU shared it with us. :)
6. d says:
   September 17, 2011 at 4:12 pm

   But I like the Crap!
7. Angela Korra'ti says:
   September 17, 2011 at 4:12 pm

   As always, Al has a solid grasp of the social issues of our times! ;)

   (Does it count as forwarding if you just share it on Facebook and G+?)
8. BC Woods says:
   September 17, 2011 at 4:13 pm

   My tiny, beloved, precious Q-Tip headed grandmother sends me between six and twelve forwards a day, every day without fail. She randomly inserts the line “reply if you love the person who sent this” every one-hundred or so emails… and occasionally quizzes me on the email contents when I talk to her on the phone.

   In her defense, she’s 83.
9. rick says:
   September 17, 2011 at 4:46 pm

   @BC Woods If my 83 year old grandma was still around AND using the internet I would treasure every thing she sent me. I would even take time to reply with personal notes about the forwards forcing a conversation to happen.
10. Eric says:
    September 17, 2011 at 4:49 pm

    OMG that is so great! I’ve got to forward it to my friends right now!
11. Wiredwizard says:
    September 17, 2011 at 5:14 pm

    I’m just going to post it to my blogs. (That way I know no-one will notice it!)
12. BC Woods says:
    September 17, 2011 at 5:18 pm

    @Rick

    Ha! I try to engage her in actual email conversation all the time, but she refuses to give in. She’s out for nothing more than my total destruction!
13. hugh57 says:
    September 17, 2011 at 5:21 pm

    Add to the irony the fact that you thoughtfully provide several little buttons below the post to facilitate the spread of Weird Al’s message (FB, twitter, email, +1, etc.). ;-)
14. N. Prestin says:
    September 17, 2011 at 5:47 pm

    Awesome. Now he just needs to make a song about annoying facebook status updates and my life will be complete.
15. TransDutch says:
    September 17, 2011 at 5:52 pm

    When Weird Al wrote “Don’t Download this Song” he expected everyone to download it. He expects us to forward this video to everyone. Why disappoint him?
16. John Kerr says:
    September 17, 2011 at 6:07 pm

    Best expression of the sentiment I’ve seen. Impossible to envisage any improvement. Yes of course I forwarded it like a monkey.
17. Andrew Trembley says:
    September 17, 2011 at 6:26 pm

    I swear to only forward this to people as a response.
18. Cap'n Awesome says:
    September 17, 2011 at 6:49 pm

    That is Fantastic! I’ve now got a tool in my kit to reply obnoxiously to others that bruise my karma! ;) I’ve posted it on most of the boating sites in my area already (heheheheheh!) Thanks!
19. Scorpius says:
    September 17, 2011 at 7:29 pm

    I took a few days off from the internets. Just went on walks when I got bored in the woods near my house. When I finally turned the machine back on I found that I had over 500 emails to sort through, most being from the exact same person. A person who’s in an Google group who seems to be a obsessive compulsive forwarder in that he has to forward everyone he knows anything he finds even slightly interesting.
20. Chris Sears says:
    September 17, 2011 at 7:59 pm

    Every five seconds an e-mail gets forwarded. These e-mails are causing children in Africa to go hungry. Please save the people of Africa. If you agree, copy and paste this into your status.
21. Dana says:
    September 17, 2011 at 9:21 pm

    Wierd Al is a god among lesser creatures. His Lady Gaga send-up is off the scale funny.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss_BmTGv43M
22. Josh English says:
    September 17, 2011 at 10:41 pm

    Aren’t you implying that this song is crap? It’s not.
23. tmso says:
    September 17, 2011 at 11:34 pm

    That was laugh-out-loud funny even with the sound off – no speakers on this computer. :(
24. Another Steve says:
    September 18, 2011 at 12:49 am

    I immediately did NOT fwd this to twenty of my best friends. They would only use it at an excuse to flood my mailbox anew.
25. Mr Teufel says:
    September 18, 2011 at 6:07 am

    Agreed that Weird Al is just Brilliant.
26. Kimberly says:
    September 18, 2011 at 7:54 am

    Fabulous. Does anyone know who did the typography graphics – they’re mesmerising.
27. Pat says:
    September 18, 2011 at 8:56 am

    I still don’t get why he is called Weird, he is far more normal than I am. For a genius he is remarkably sane.

    I cheered at the Bcc reference, having recently received an email with 299 other recipients listed, from work. So many annoying help pop-ups but not one that says “Are you sure you don’t want to Bcc this list?”
28. Kevin Hicks says:
    September 18, 2011 at 9:48 am

    If I forward this to Weird Al, will that cause a rip in the fabric of space-time?
29. --E says:
    September 18, 2011 at 11:55 am

    Clear2grey@1: Holy crap, you’re right. That is totally a Jim Steinman parody. The only difference is Weird Al has a kind of thin voice.

    I need to go listen to my Streets of Fire soundtrack now.
30. Linda Edgar says:
    September 18, 2011 at 12:23 pm

    Even if I send this to them, they will still send it to me in a year or so.
    *sigh*
31. David Wilson says:
    September 18, 2011 at 2:29 pm

    Weird Al is great.
32. Jennifer Ouellette says:
    September 18, 2011 at 3:00 pm

    People still forward stuff by email? I thought that was why we invented Twitter and Facebook. :)
33. Karen Healey says:
    September 18, 2011 at 10:12 pm

    Jennifer @32.

    Absolutely, forwarding by email is SO 2005. We’re all on Tumblr now.
34. PolkaDot says:
    September 20, 2011 at 12:59 am

    Chicken Soup? I was expecting BACON.
35. Kevin B says:
    September 20, 2011 at 3:51 pm

    Let’s see who my real friends are. If you agree, copy this and paste it as your status.

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