Running With Scissors - Definition

Running with Scissors
Album by "Weird Al" Yankovic
Released	June 29, 1999
Recorded	???
Genre	Comedy
Length	49 min 44 sec
Label	Volcano
Producer	"Weird Al" Yankovic
Professional reviews
AMG	2.5/5	link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE47D1ED847A47E20E0B11A40DEB561F61A8F1AACD83E284541D1B43844C30E79EC40A6D8B1E8B800E203E3FE2EBB580DCCC8EE56F890673D378CEAAC603F2E2B7B&uid=SUB010410222214&sql=10:9q5s8qn9btc4~T1)
"Weird Al" Yankovic Chronology
Bad Hair Day (1996)	Running with Scissors (1999)	Poodle Hat (2003)

Running with Scissors is the tenth album by song parodist "Weird Al" Yankovic, released in 1999. (see 1999 in music).

Track listing

1. "The Saga Begins" (Don McLean, Yankovic) - 5:27
   • parody of "American Pie" by Don McLean, recaps Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, which was released a scant two weeks before Running with Scissors. According to Al, he wrote the lyrics from second-hand accounts, without having actually seen the film.
2. "My Baby's in Love With Eddie Vedder" (Yankovic) - 3:25
   • about a man's jealousy for his girlfriend's single-minded obsession with the grunge musician.
3. "Pretty Fly for a Rabbi" (B. Holland, Yankovic) - 3:02
   • parody of "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)" by The Offspring, about a very dedicated rabbi.
4. "The Weird Al Show Theme" (Yankovic) - 1:13
   • The theme of Al's short-lived Saturday morning show, titled The Weird Al Show, oddly enough.
5. "Jerry Springer" (E. Robertson, Yankovic) - 2:46
   • parody of "One Week" by Barenaked Ladies. The song parodies The Jerry Springer Show and a devoted fan.
6. "Germs" (Yankovic) - 4:38
   • style parody of Nine Inch Nails with an obsessive-compulsive theme.
7. "Polka Power!" (Yankovic) - 4:21
   • polka medley of then-current pop music
8. "Your Horoscope for Today" (Yankovic) - 3:59
   • style parody of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones. A musical recitation of depressing horoscopes reminiscent of those published in the Onion.
9. "It's All About the Pentiums" (Deric Angelettie, Sean "Puffy" Combs, Sean Jacobs, Kimberly Jones, Lau, Notorious B.I.G, Jason Phillips, David Styles) - 3:34
   • parody of "It's All About the Benjamins" by Puff Daddy, about a braggart computer whiz.
10. "Truck Drivin' Song" (Yankovic) - 2:27
    • a driving song sung by a macho-sounding truck driver who turns out to be a transvestite.
11. "Grapefruit Diet" (Steve Perry, Yankovic) - 3:30
    • parody of "Zoot Suit Riot" by Cherry Poppin' Daddies, about a morbidly obese person who takes drastic measures to get back in shape.
12. "Albuquerque" (Yankovic) - 11:22
    • not a song per se; it's a tale of a poor boy ("Livin' in a box under the stairs in the corner of the basement of the house half a block down the street from Jerry's Bait Shop (you know the place).") who wins a trip to Albuquerque, New Mexico, and the wild adventures he has in that city.

Personnel

• "Weird Al Yankovic" - accordion, keyboards, vocals, background vocals
• Kim Bullard - keyboards
• Tom Evans - saxophone
• Steve Jay - bass, background vocals
• Thomas "Snake" Johnson - tuba
• Warren Luening - trumpet
• Joel Peskin - clarinet
• Dan Regan - trombone
• Bill Reichenbach Jr. - trombone
• Marty Rifkin - pedal steel
• Tom Sauber - fiddle
• Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz - percussion, drums, background vocals
• Lee Thornberg - trombone, trumpet
• Ruben Valtierra - keyboards
• Tavis Werts - trumpet
• Jim West - banjo, guitar, background vocals

Production

• Producer: "Weird Al" Yankovic
• Engineers: Tony Papa, Richie Wise
• Assistant engineer: Jeff Moses
• Mixing: Tony Papa, Richie Wise
• Mastering: Bernie Grundman
• Art direction: Doug Haverty
• Design: Doug Haverty
• Photography: Johnny Buzzerio

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