Weird Al Yankovic - Greatest Hits, Volume 2

Artist: "Weird Al" Yankovic
Label: Volcano
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 614223202624
EAN: 0614223202624
ASIN: B00000I02E

Release Date: 1994-10-25

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Music by Loony Weird Al Yankovic
"Weird Al" Yankovic Discography
The Best stuff I have (best last)
I know funny and this ain't funny
The flusher 5 cool list
Greatest Hits and Best Of albums I own. (More Rocking List)
Parodies of Famous Art
the ultimate al collection
How to be a Weird Al Completist !!!
How to be a Weird Al Completist !!!

Tracks:

Headline News
Bedrock Anthem
You Don't Love Me Anymore
Smells Like Nirvana
Achy Breaky Song
UHF
Money For Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies
Jurassic Park
This Is The Life
Polka Your Eyes Out
Yoda
Christmas At Ground Zero

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Customer Reviews:

The Perfect Greatest Hits Set!.......2006-02-18

This is exactly what I was looking for. I have the Weird Al Ultimate Video Collection and after watching most of the videos, I instantly knew that I must have "Headline News," "Smells Like Nirvana," "UHF" and "Christmas at Ground Zero" on cd! This has all of them AND MORE!!! So don't spend tons of cash on the other albums when you can have almost all of the best from the early ninetys right here on one disc. BUY IT NOW!!!!!!!!!!

A couple of chuckles - but that's it.......2005-09-20

Weird Al's CDs don't usually get stocked in this part of the world, so I came to this on the basis of his reputation and having heard a couple of his better known songs. I was sorely disappointed.

First of all, Weird Al isn't really that funny. Sure, he's amusing in a sort of 'this is something the whole family can enjoy' sort of way, but he's not edgy and he doesn't take risks.

Furthermore, he doesn't even really bother with most of these songs. I don't know if this is meant to be a genuine 'greatest hits' or a hilarious parody of the greatest hits format, but I'm shocked if it is, because a lot of these 'songs' are mish-mashs and melodies, with very little in the way of coherence or humour to recommend them.

Anyone with a functioning sense of humour should look elsewhere. Perhaps there are better Weird Al albums, but I don't plan to waste any more money finding out.

(The two stars are for the two chuckles I got from this)

Good Great Better then most.......2003-09-03

i think this is a great cd to get if u like weird al and u want something diffrent because i combineds some of his greatest hit in the 80 and 90 but if they just combined greatest hit 1 with 2 in stead of two it would be better then before because then u would hav fat, eat it and dare two be stupid and other great songs smells like nirvana, jurrasic park, christmas at ground zero, yoda polka ur eyes out, bedrock anthem and head line new aare all 5's and this is the life,Uhf,andachy breaky song are 4 in a half and everything else is a 4 ovarall i give it a 5 it is in his top3 cd's his best is running with sciccors and most of his old cd's r the best but his newwer cds r very good!!!!! but not as good as his older cd's i hope this reiwew help u and
WEIRD AL ROCKS!!

The best of "Weird Al" from the "short hair" days of yore..........2003-07-09

If my wife were to tell me that on the next cross country trip I could only take one "Weird Al" Yankovic album my choice would be between "Running with Scissors" and Volume 2 of his "Greatest Hits." We get two more tracks this time around and while I am sure every single one of us would like to replace several of tracks with what we would consider better choices (I always skipped "Achy Breaky Song," just like I did the original), that is always going to be true with any "Weird Al" hits collection. But on the plus side "Smells Like Nirvana" is a recognizable classic, "You Don't Love Me Anymore" is the best original composition Yankovic ever wrote, and "Polka Your Eyes Out" is as great a polka medley as exists in the canon of Western music. The other parodies cover the current spectrum of American music. Yes, "Weird Al" does not take on the gloved one or the Material Girl this time around, but anybody that can rewrite the lyrics to songs by both the Kinks and the Red Hot Chili Peppers is a master of the form for my money. Besides, on this one I knew all of the originals and my kids were stumped by "Jurassic Park" (although how do you really make fun out of a song about leaving a cake out in the rain?). I know it is really not fair to complain that these "Weird Al" hits collections are better than his albums (who is that NOT true for?), but there are just so many people who skip the regular albums and wait for the next hits collection to come down the road. I would think that Volume 3 should be out before the next Star Wars movie.

Great for greatest hits but only one new song.......2003-04-22

There's really no point buying this album if you are planning on buying all of Weird Al" Yankovic's individual ones as there is only one track found here that you find elsewhere. That track is Headline News which is a parody of Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm by the Crash Test Dummies. It is about the three major news stories around the time this album was released which are Tonya Harding paying some guy to break the leg of her better rival. Some ....kid vandalising Singapore with spray paint then complaining when he gets hit with the cane like locals do, an the guy who raped his wife and she cuts of his manhood. Headline News is an extremely funny song but I don't know if I would buy a whole album of repeats just to here it.

If you are however trying to convert others to the wonder world of "Weird Al" who have maybe been living in a cave somewhere for the past two decades and haven't heard of the great one "Weird Al" (you'd be surprised these people do exist) then this is an excellent album to give as a present. It has all the great songs from Off The Deep End and other albums released before the Bad Hair Day album. Yoda is the only song from older albums probably left off the original greatest hits for legal or monetary reasons I guess.

It's an extremely funny album and does have a slightly different version of UHF than in the movie or on the UHF and Other Stuff album. If you're strapped for cash buy this one but if not and I can guarantee once you listen to this you will anyway buy all of "Weird Al's" albums.

You may also consider purchasing this is backpacking through Europe or somewhere and do not want to carry around all of "Weird Al's" albums.

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Claudia Brant ~ Claudia Brant

Mujer de Mi Vida ~ Ravel

Weird Al Yankovic - Greatest Hits, Volume 2 ~ %22Weird Al%22 Yankovic

Native Wisdom ~ Various Artists

Il Trovatore (Highlights) ~ Verdi

Damita ~ Damita

Lo Mejor de lo Mejor ~ Los Tres Ases

Jose Benjamin ~ Jose Benjamin

La Compositora E Interprete / The Author and Performer ~ Myrta Silva

Un Soplo En El Corazón ~ Family