[ATTENDED: June 4, 2103] “WEIRD AL” YANKOVIC-Live at the Sands Bethlehem Event Center
I’ve seen “Weird Al” live four times now and I have never been disappointed by the show. The first year my friend Matt and I waited out by the bus and got the bands’ (minus Al’s) autograph. The second time we waited even longer and Al had an autograph (and picture taking) session in the theater after the show (how cool is that?). Two years ago Sarah and I went together (her first Al experience) and now for this show, Matt and his wife and son and Sarah and Clark and I all went together. And we had 8th row seats. Matt and his family hung around afterwards and got to meet him, but we took off (with a tired youngster). But next time… we’ll wait the extra 30 minutes.
I was marveling that when Sarah and I saw him in 2011, he had just started this tour (Alpocalypse had not yet come out). Here he is over two years later still touring this album. And, good for him. He changed the set list around a little bit (I’ve never understood how bands could play the exact same songs night after night) but the biggies are all there.
Comparing the sets, it’s cool to see how many different older songs he threw in the mix, and of course the great cover of “Radio Radio” (Elvis Costello). This was a totally faithful cover of the song and I just learned from Wikipedia that he plays this as a tribute to Costello’s 1977 appearance on Saturday Night Live (it’s a long but fairly interesting story). It turns out that whenever Al has a computer malfunction he says, “I’m sorry ladies and gentlemen there’s no reason to do this song here. “Radio Radio” (watch the Elvis video here). (more…)
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