First Time Hearing Weird Al Yankovic - Word Crimes Reaction

[@TheReesox]

Word Crimes is Al's most genius song. Directly talks about the internet's grammar faults and literally teaching us how to use them properly.

[@Stuckinsidey0u]

If you noticed, a LOT of his parodies have HUGE disses in them. Yet he's like the nicest guy in the music industry lol

[@terrylong8894]

And yet, many, MANY iconic artists, like Lady Gaga, Madonna and Kurt Cobain, have said that they consider having their music openly mocked by Weird Al to be an honour.

[@johnporterfield4577]

@@terrylong8894 It's good that some of the more iconic musicians of recent years have enough of a sense of humor to laugh at themselves.

[@phantomfrivolity2169]

Exactly! He's the nicest guy in real life because he puts all his passive aggressive anger into his parodies. Lol

[@WingManFang1]

Yea but half the music industry is just hoping he will tear them a new one with a parody it’s almost like Self deprecating musical honors.

[@Eli-uu4vt]

@@terrylong8894 Michael Jackson, too. He had multiple songs spoofed by Weird Al and loved it.

[@freddyfries619]

Everyone liked this version better than Blurred Lines. This song debuted higher on the billboard charts than Blurred Lines. Word Crimes debuted in the top 25 making "Weird Al" one of 3 artists to have a single debut that high along side MJ and Madonna.

[@mainstreetsaint36]

It's not hard to see why either. Weird Al's is fun, catchy, and teaches English. Meanwhile Robin Thicke's original version feels very creepy, rapey, and overall just leaves a bad taste in your mouth.

[@penepleto1210]

You lacked the full context on the comment. He's one of 3 artists to have a single debut in the Top 40 *each decade* since the 1980s, with Eat It in the 80s, Smells Like Nirvana in the 90s, White And Nerdy in the 2000s and Word Crimes in the 2010s.

[@wreckingopossum]

ummm..." "Everyday" is a song written by Buddy Holly and Norman Petty, recorded by Buddy Holly and the Crickets on May 29, 1957, and released on September 20, 1957, as the B-side of "Peggy Sue", which went to three on the Billboard Top 100 chart in 1957." - Wikipedia No, Weird Al is not 1 of 3 artists to ever release a single that climbed into the top 25 I don't know all of them but thought of that one in less than 30 seconds

[@ireallyreallyhategoogle]

Weird Al is a genius, but i think most people seem to have misunderstood blurred lines. The blurred lines are not consent, like most people seem to think, the blurred lines are between what a "good girl" is and what women actually want. Women have a sex drive, a libido and a right to have sex and like sex without being called slurs like "whore, bitch, slut, ..." The nudity in the music video also shocked many, but since when is that a problem?

[@baganda2129]

I agree with you.

[@brittanystricklin8449]

I love that you caught the "cunning linguist" line. That's my favorite and most people don't seem to notice it.

[@eriklarson7023]

The video also takes a shot at Alanis Morissette’s song “Ironic” by using an animation of “rain on a wedding day”. “Ironic” has been criticized for not really talking about truly ironic situations (though it was pointed out to me that it’s ironic in itself that a song about irony doesn’t contain ironic examples, which is absolutely genius if it was intentional).

[@newgrl]

I always call "Ironic", "The totally misnamed song" in my head. There's not a single ironic thing mentioned in that song. So, I guess you could say the whole song is ironic, but I doubt it was intentional. I love the "Ironic" reference here on that chalkboard too.

[@markjacobson4248]

@@newgrl There are a few bits that might qualify as situational irony, but yeah, it's awful.

[@brangwy]

I really want him to do Ironic now though. On that subject, she redid the song awhile back and poked fun at herself in it.

[@rachelsullivan2926]

That was her intent. She spoke on it during an interview when the song was released.

[@markjacobson4248]

@@rachelsullivan2926 Was it though? Nowadays Tommy Wiseau says The Room was meant to be a "black comedy" that is intentionally bad in a satirical way, but the people working on it with him say that he was serious about it and thought it would be a good drama film. Watching The Room, it does not feel like other satirical, intentionally bad films like Rubber or Rocky Horror Picture Show. It's harder to judge with a song, because you would still want it to be a good song even if the lyrics are meant to have a comedic value, but to me her claim just feels like her attempting to save face, and it was written straight and then played off later as a joke when people pointed out the problems.

[@DjOdyssey1971]

Yes shots fired at Prince, may he rest in peace.. Because Prince was one of the few artist to absolutely refuse to let Weird Al parody any of his songs.

[@reaphenex6590]

While this is true I think Al was more upset with how Prince behaved during an Award Show where they were both to be seated in the same row. Al got a telegram from Prince's management to not make eye contact with Prince during the show. (Al wasn't the only one to receive the telegram that night either.) Despite this Al had always hoped he would come around and let him parody one of his songs and they could put the weird relationship they had behind, sadly not meant to be.

[@aulduronsmith5577]

Or maybe it's just because Prince always used numbers in place of words, when he could.

[@Mauther]

To be fair to Prince, Weird Al is 6' tall. Hard for Prince to see eye to eye with him as Prince was 2' 10" in height.

[@DarthTach]

Not only did he refuse him, in the music video for 'Party Man' he gives 'Al' an exploding cigar. Yeah there was a lot of bad blood. Probably more on Prince's side then Al.

[@Nimiety327]

Well look who it is!

[@kathyp1563]

As a grammar snob myself, I fell in love with this song as soon as I heard it! But ya really have to admire how he is able to rhyme so many very, very big words. Not an easy task!

[@kamelhaj6850]

He's a cunning linguist!

[@lordgenerias]

Don't forget: he also keeps the syllable count in the same amount of time already set by the original song. That must make it far more difficult. So rhyming, using words to follow a theme, making those rhyme, following the syllable count and making THAT rhyme, and bringing the song in under the original time of the song being parodied, Al has to do all of that, and does so every time. In summation: Weird Al is absolutely someone worthy of being a role model due to his astounding command of the English language that he uses to make parody songs.

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

Same lol.

[@Excanda]

@@lordgenerias That is why Weird Al is seen as an absolute comedic genius as he always knows to keep the parodies in the same rhythm as the original. I personally love this one best as he uses so many big words with no problem. The only one that can do better is Eric Idle with his 'Galaxy Song'. I mean the big words are amazing, but putting BIG numbers in a song and make it sound good is just mind blowing.

[@eclectichoosier5474]

Did the split infinitive ruin the song for you?

[@anaperez5442]

I think Weird Al can be best described as a "wordsmith"

[@josephschultz3301]

And he would love that.

[@ireallyreallyhategoogle]

Yes, which is why bad english pisses him off.

[@alexisgrunden1556]

*K E Y B A R D*

[@eddieroyal8701]

He's a wordsmith while I'm a cunning=linguist

[@THEGREATMAX]

Weird Al has a large dictionary

[@crescentfreshsongs]

I love that he's so uncharacteristically vicious on this one, it's so perfect.

[@WoefulMinion]

Bad grammar can really make you cranky.

[@bob7975]

Language integrity is important.

[@ireallyreallyhategoogle]

You can see he's pissed off about that.

[@stevetennispro]

Word.

[@stevetennispro]

@Gripen Drakon Weird Al's. ;)

[@Audiojack_]

Ah, I knew immediately that you would love this one. Weird Al is such a nice and wholesome guy that whenever he throws out disses like that, it really stings!

[@ReallyDumbName]

“I can tell you right now, I like this version better than the original.” Yes. Just about any pop song from the last 20 years that he has parodied, when I have the misfortune to hear the original my automatic response is “Weird Al did it better.”

[@GeraldWalls]

"... the more that I know that you SPECIFICALLY would like to see more of this SPECIFIC content." Dude... EVERYONE specifically wants to see more Weird Al reactions.

[@random40s]

I personally can say YES to this SPECIFIC statement.

[@robb9395]

Yup!!!!!

[@TrackpadProductions]

This really through me for a loop for a second.

[@JeffDeWitt]

"He who is tired of Weird Al is tired of life." - H. Simpson.

[@Lotusflwr6758]

YES!! Weird Al reactions are the absolute best. It cracks me up to see that it only takes a few seconds into watching Al’s videos for them to burst out laughing. 🤣

[@cpmf2112]

I wish Weird Al would remake the Schoolhouse Rock videos for today's kids

[@baseballjustin5]

I'd check out a remake lol

[@EmrysMerlin8807]

I literally couldn't get out of bed this morning... As a person who's literally paralyzed from the legs down, I can say this :D

[@joshuahaunted]

About a decade ago I had a disk rupture in my lower back one morning when I went to get up. I literally couldn't get out of bed. I had to be lifted onto an office chair and wheeled to the car. I spent Christmas in the hospital that year.

[@stacypalermo3506]

@@joshuahaunted I had a back spasm that made it so I couldn’t get out of bed. My husband thought I meant figuratively at first. I’m glad it was just a spasm and not a disc rupture. My brother had a bulging disc and he told me how painful that was and I hate that you had to go through that and spend Christmas in the hospital. I hope you’re all healed up now and pain free!

[@joshuahaunted]

@@stacypalermo3506 ouch, I know what that's like too. I'm glad it wasn't more serious than it was. I wish I could say I'm all better now, but I've been fighting it almost 23 years now. I can still get around, but I usually have to have a cane. I honestly don't remember what painlessness is like. But I keep my chin up and always try to stay thankful for what I do have, like my family and my music 😎

[@stacypalermo3506]

@@joshuahaunted that’s terrible! I hate that you’re having to fight with back issues for so long. At least you have your mobility but I know pain takes its toll on people too. I hope you will eventually get to have little to no pain.

[@blitzofchaosgaming6737]

Yeah. I broke my neck a few months ago. So, I feel for you in a more minor fashion. But glad you have a smiling emoji there.

[@estellesmith57]

Weird AL knows how to make all of these spins on music and he actually can carry a note. Loved him since the 80s.

[@aribus2019]

What I like about your content is that you come off like a really chill, unstuffy intellectual with sense of humor and an open mind. Thats why I subscribe. Good job.

[@emcsquared8681]

Check out his song Bob, the entire thing is done in Palindromes, now that’s genius

[@itsaUSBline]

I second this.

[@CamoJan]

I agree, but would say to watch Bob Dylan's song that he parodies in "Bob" ("Subterrainian Homesick Blues" ) first, if even on his own time. (Or even after!) I am gobsmacked how he could come up with all those lines!!

[@vCoralSandsv]

I third! It's lyrical genius!

[@burninator1983]

Definitely agree with doing Bob next

[@sharkdentures3247]

I've said it a million times since I first heard this song (not Literally) that, as the son of a High School English teacher, this song needs to be MANDATORY for all school English Classes! (If only to subliminally reinforce some lessons that would otherwise, likely fall out of the students brain.) It is both entertaining and Educational. (I love it!)

[@jpjackson1226]

Elementary school teachers used it in my area after it came out.

[@Cronniss]

I'm studying to become an elementary school teacher and I plan on using this song in my class at some point.

[@jayt9608]

His reference to diagramming was triggering, and now I have years of therapy ahead to cope with the repressed emotions. 😅

[@TheLovelyMissBeans]

You should try "The Saga Begins". You get A song AND a movie parody at the same time. Some people are surprised by how verbose Al is, but he is very bright. Somewhere, in a parallel universe, he's a successful architect.

[@urbanangst7630]

or a marine biologist

[@susangrande8142]

Al was the valedictorian of his high school class, and he’d skipped a grade or two. He was 16 when he graduated from high school. P.S. I prefer this version of reality, where I get to enjoy his parody songs! 😁 “Word Crimes” and “White and Nerdy” are my two current obsessions! 💗

[@TheLovelyMissBeans]

@susangrande8142 oh, I agree! I suggest you dig deep into his catalog, he has some amazing stuff.

[@knowlesy3915]

Hardware store and Craigslist are 2 original songs of his and are amazing for 2 very different reasons..

[@AndICanTalk2]

So good. Hardware Store has super bars. One More Minute is great for a 60s parody ballad. Dare to Be Stupid is also awesome.

[@WhatKatieSaid]

Hardware store is 🔥

[@JoeHalcyon]

@@WhatKatieSaid I will keep saying, gotta cover Hardware Store - with Lyric video. Raps as fas as Eminem at the end.

[@this.is.a.username]

I'm looking forward to him getting in to Al's originals. "Since you've been gone" is a favorite of mine.

[@TheLovelyMissBeans]

Oh yeah, One More Minute is an awesome break up song! Y'all should see that one done in concert! 😆

[@KelsaRavenlock]

"Dare to be Stupid" is his absolutely best style parody. It's an original song and video done in the style of DEVO.

[@jdoggivjc]

This song nailed one of my pet peeves with the "it's". Actually my pet peeve is people putting an apostrophe in front of any s at the end of the word, changing a plural to a possessive, but this is also similar.

[@sabin97]

in my experience dealing with anglophones from usa, they tend to have a huge want of understanding of the only language they can more or less speak. they get easily confused by its and it's. and by then/than, and there/their/they're, and many, many, MANY other words that would be super basic vocabulary.....

[@newgrl]

@@sabin97 Oh! The totally random there/their/they're. They hurt me.

[@solarwinds9363]

This song taught me about "it's" and "it's". I've always struggled with it as a non-native English speaker. Now whenever I am in doubt, I think about his lines!

[@jdoggivjc]

@@sabin97 the truth is most Americans are just really bad at speaking English. To be fair, it's one of the most difficult languages in the world to master, first because of a lot of stupid rules, second, because so many words are pronounced the same but are spelled completely differently, or related so many words that are spelled and pronounced exactly the same but have completely different meanings or definitions. And let's not talk about the number of completely useless letters found in some of our words. But a lot of that also has to do with the fact that English is a language that was developed out of so many different languages worldwide, both ancient as well as modern.

[@sabin97]

@@jdoggivjc i completely disagree. most americans are fairly competent at english. specially those of canada. usa seems to be the only cespool of deficient monoglots. and no. english is BY FAR the EASIEST language i have ever learned. it's far easier than spanish, french, japanese, german or italian. not to mention mandarin, which i have repeatedly failed to learn. there's no excuse to be so deficient at the only language they can more or less speak.

[@heidifruchtl354]

Weird Al is a genius. But he admitted that he deliberately put in a massive grammar no-no. He's also has said that he will write his parodies with his thesaurus and dictionary next to him.

[@prof.nutmeg8124]

Weird Al is a legend. Been listening to him for nearly my whole 39 years of life. One of my favorite Weird Al songs has to be "Like a Surgeon." It's a riot.

[@LetholdusKaspyr]

Been waiting for this one. Intellectual as you are, I knew you'd love it.

[@DavidMoonWainwright]

So glad you finally reacted to this! Al's mastery is on full display here and the video creator, given credit at the end, did a fabulous job. And yes, you are among thousands, if not millions, who prefer this version to the original. Because the music is killer!

[@megspradlin7345]

Had the pleasure of seeing him perform when on tour for this Album. He really is as amazing live as he is in the videos. Honestly, better. He's a class act!

[@mmickelsen]

One of my top five favorites of Weird Al’s. This one was released during my time at work when my team was editing correspondence to send to customers. It became our theme song. Perfect!

[@grumpyphoenix]

I think what I like about Weird Al is that all of his songs and videos are filled to the brim with references. The two second Mission Impossible thing here always gets me.

[@r66fplaysgames]

There is also a reference to the 1982 Disney movie TRON & the videogame Pac-Man as well!

[@alhiggins5154]

I seriously hope that you either were or still are a teacher or instructor. You have a natural personality and projection for a teaching profession.

[@slipknot95maggot]

"Irony is not coincidence" BARS ..XDDDD real talk though, Carlin put me onto that and I've been on it ever since

[@stacypalermo3506]

I miss George Carlin. He was an abrasive comic genius in my opinion, and I really liked his work.

[@drewrice4500]

One of his best for his accurate dismay at the state of English usage. Please do Hardware Store next for Weird Al at his rapping best.

[@NoCanDu]

“Proofread that shit, bro.” 🤣

[@WarnerSisterDot89]

Another great thing about Al is that when he found out the term "spastic" is a slur sometimes used against people with neurological disorders, he apologized.

[@btgj1981]

Im from Baltimore and have been living in Belgium for the past 3 years. A few coworkers asked me to help them with their English and I told them to study this song to start off.

[@shivag73]

One of my favorite Weird Al songs.

[@nateputerbaugh5709]

Lyrically this song is legitimately one of Weird Al's all time greats

[@samgod]

"Word Crimes" is lyrically impressive, but I think "Hardware Store" takes the prize as lyrical masterpiece: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qX-Qi4tuYq6Lj6s

[@madtabby66]

I have to say, with everything going on right now, I’m completely ASMRing on your channel. Your voice is relaxing.

[@kirixen]

Prince was the only artist that NEVER gave Al permission to parody their music.

[@paulyearley1084]

He never needed the legal permission to do so (read up on the legal doctrine of fair use, and how it covers parody, if you want to know the *why* of it), but he always asked permission as a professional courtesy after getting burned in his early career. Al decided early on that it was in his interest to build bridges with other artists.

[@jpjackson1226]

Listen to “Germs”. My SIL used to begin her middle school microbiology chapters by playing this song for her classes. I’ve used it as a teaching aid for adults as well. “Word Crimes”, “Germs”, and “Pancreas” are Weird Al’s educational set. Great songs.

[@Massaphan]

Prince turned down a lot of Weird Al's requests to do parodies of his songs. Hence the shade.

[@slayreshilkett8173]

He can match the best and parody the words so good. Loved him since the 90s as a 10 year old

[@patferrish4601]

"I could care less" used to really bother me, until I brought it up to a friend who said it, and they explained that in their perspective, it's implied that you could care less, but not much less. There's a sliver of care that COULD be removed, but its only a sliver.

[@bonniebickett4520]

Diagraming sentences was my favorite part of grammar class, my favorite book is titled " Who says what to Whom".

[@Axxon_N]

This song contains the one lyric Al is regretful about using The line "You write like a spastic" got him in very hot water in the UK because spastic (and any variation) is a quite nasty slur against mentally disabled people there. He immediately publicly apologized and usually stops preforming the song before it gets to that line live now. The absolute GOAT

[@paranoidrodent]

It has the same root meaning in North American English but it has broadly faded out of use as a slur against the mentally disabled on this side of the pond over the last few generations so most people just think of it as a relatively obscure insult. I've mostly heard it used on playgrounds when I was a kid (back in the late 20th century) in Canada and in older and less PC British TV shows and movies (sounds like an insult that might get tossed around on something like The Young Ones or Bottom). The diminutive version (spaz) kind of replaced spastic during the late 20th century, morphed into a generalized insult, and then just became a very dated sounding insult over here.

[@GumSkyloard]

He could've replaced that line with "'cause your writing's erratic", I think it'd fit!

[@LordOFThisWorld19]

He didn't stop it when I saw him on the mandatory fun tour. Maybe he doesn't do it in the UK.

[@pseudonym6387]

"Spastic" as a medical term refers specifically to physical/motor disabilities (specifically excessive or uncontrollable muscle tightness, especially in disabilities like cerebral palsy), so I'm a little confused how it ended up as a slur against the *mentally* disabled. It's interesting to hear that it's a big deal over there; in North America it's basically the same as "lame" (the literal meaning of which also refers to physical disabilities, specifically the inability to walk): it may have been an ableist slur centuries ago but by this point it's just a genericized minor insult with no bigoted connotations. Although funnily enough now that I think about it, I think the "incredibly minor insult" version of spastic in North America does have some connection to the original medical term: it still refers to someone who is excessively tense or gets bent out of shape over something, just figuratively speaking instead of literally (and it's usually used more as a low-key affectionate insult than anything genuinely derogatory). Still baffling to me that it apparently jumped meanings entirely to mean "mentally disabled" elsewhere.

[@thepickleman912]

@@LordOFThisWorld19 he still does it in the US, but in the UK he doesn’t sing that verse/line, don’t remember which

[@thequieterubcomethemoreuhe1198]

This is my favorite song by Weird Al. I've never heard Blurred Lines.🤣

[@ladyphoenixgrey3923]

I grew up on Weird Al. This song is one of my favorites. If you wanna be brave and listen to one of his originals, listen to Everything You Know Is Wrong and The Night Santa Went Crazy.

[@gothkingazrael]

you have finally showed up in my recommended feed and i have watched multiple videos of yours so far!

[@0101tuber]

Very much enjoying your reactions to Al. In the midst of the lockdown, he did a cover of the Mason Williams classic guitar instrumental "Classical Gas" on his accordion from his LA rooftop.

[@Otokichi786]

Show, don't just tell: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2G0k5Wkfr6UZq8

[@GuillermoSmyser]

This song made me pay much more attention to when I (or especially when others) use "less" or "fewer."

[@RexFuturi]

This was a song after my own heart. I love words and language, especially the English language. And, the instant message and text message eras have been just painful.

[@debbieholoquist2059]

I've been looking forward to you getting to this one! Your fans knew you would love it.

[@18videowatcher41]

The English language has rules that it often fails to follow. As someone once said, “English isn’t a language, it’s three languages in a trenchcoat pretending to be one”.

[@justanotherwhitegirla7093]

Not rules, suggestions. The English language absorbs words from non-English speaking countries. New words are added every year. Foot=feet. Follows German language rules. Moose=..... Not meese. Moose is Native American in origin, so no meese.

[@18videowatcher41]

You're right, good point.

[@paulyearley1084]

@@justanotherwhitegirla7093 English is like a collage of other languages

[@markfergerson2145]

@@paulyearley1084 ... written on Post-It notes that keep fucking rearranging themselves...

[@aarlavaan]

@@markfergerson2145 and losing their stickiness and having to change to new notes all the time.

[@patdonnelly9392]

LOVE Weird Al...and I think this one's my favorite because the lyrics seem to flow from him so easily, yet it takes a few listens to catch everything he's saying. He's brilliant!

[@acatnamedm4529]

"Proofread that shit." As a proofreader, I concur.

[@bdhu2001]

I did not know that Weird Al continued to make songs, until I stumbled across your channel. This song is going to be added to my old “School House Rock” for kid’s education. Thank you.

[@Songfugel]

This is my favourite Weird Al song, thank you for reacting to it :)

[@stevenkeeffe]

Your reactions to hearing Weird Al only reminds me how much I thoroughly enjoy Weird Al.

[@arnoldsherrill6305]

You have got to react to" hardware store" considering the fact that he did that rap section off of one breath ., and you can actually understand everything he said, if you pay strict attention to what you're hearing lyrics themselves are absolute genius

[@Canadagraphs]

As someone that has followed Weird Al since the 80s, this is in my top 5 songs of his. Glad you got to experience it.

[@anaperez5442]

Go for one of his earlier songs "Another One Rides the Bus" (Queen's "Another Bites the Dust")

[@someoneyoudontknow7705]

I only recently came across this one and I think it’s my fav of his!!! 😂🤣😂 I remember the ones from the 80s and 90s. I wasn’t even aware he was STILL making parodies but I’m ecstatic to learn that he is!!

[@wendyshores7234]

I knew you would love this one lol One of Al's finest!

[@kamelhaj6850]

I knew you would like this!! Subscribed!

[@hannah.p.s9677]

I keep looking forward to your Weird Al reactions

[@donshane7091]

The video is incredible with its richness of imbedded details. The "accordion" definition in the flipping pages has Al's picture in it, Mrs. Krabapple is Bart Simpson's teacher, etc. It almost requires a frame-by-frame to catch it all.

[@thecatinthehatwithabat9903]

You forgot Amish Paradise

[@BIGGMACC361]

Knowledge is key and some people are just locked out.

[@KelsaRavenlock]

Some of those signs in weird English are amusing. I like the crazy signs you see over some Korean or Vietnamese owned businesses that say things like "A1 Super Hotdog USA number 1 Happy Life Dry Cleaners"

[@robstyles8535]

Two you have to check out. 1 The Night Santa Went Crazy. 2 Hardware Store.

[@mgentles3]

Yes! Thank you! Knew you'd love this one. It would take me longer to think of a way around spelling out words or using proper grammar than to type things out in long form. Old and educated!

[@knightbeforedawn]

You sir Have earned even more respect with this reaction!

[@rurirotaru516]

He said something I hear from many people who end up loving what weird al does. Even from people who are fans of the original bans and works he is parodying. That he like the parodying bettet. I think this is cause not only does it remind you of the original song and how you feel but also hits that funny bone and makes you smile and laugh. He doesn't take away he adds enjoyment.

[@migueljonz3901]

"He who is tired of Weird Al is tired of life." ―Homer Simpson

[@minkhollow]

Weird Al In 3D lived in my Walkman in middle school (ca. 2000). "Eat It" is the one that put him on the map, but "King of Suede" and "Midnight Star" are probably my favorites of the lot. ("Midnight Star" is an original song about a class of tabloid that doesn't really exist anymore.)

[@newgrl]

The English language has ~171,000 words, whereas Spanish only has ~93,000. I watch a lot of foreign dramas and movies with some absolutely crazy subtitles that I have to interpret on my own from time to time. East Asian cinema can be especially terrible as sentence structure is completely different from Romantic and Germanic languages. So, I'm really ok with non-native speakers doing the best the can with what they know, as long as they get somewhere near what they were trying to say. My problem is when I'm on a mostly English speaking site and it's indecipherable that I get frustrated. Also, Robin Thicke's _Blurred Lines_ is a freakin' terrible song with a good beat. This is a much much better song.

[@Annonymous0283745]

She's right, you know.

[@chrisd7047]

Oh yeah. If English isn't someone's first language, I cut them all sorts of slack. I'll try to be helpful if they're looking for help, and I'll do my best to comprehend their meaning. But I will ruthlessly judge native English speakers.

[@onebadg8]

Just think though.. The word Dude by itself can nearly be its own language. Me and some friends when we were just in like 7th grade came up with hundreds of ways to use dude with completely different meanings, between tones and facial expression rofl.

[@kellylundy5115]

Just because of the song in question: "Some friends and I"

[@beccawilliams1743]

@@onebadg8 same! Same time frame even!

[@shanepye7078]

Yes. Been waiting for this one!

[@northnova1358]

I remember watching “Weird Al” Yankovic while I was a kid! I’m glad I caught this reaction! My use of grammar on a technical level is atrocious but from now on the least I can do is spell every word!! Thank you guys y’all just change my life‼️ 🎵🇨🇦🖤🇺🇸🎵 Ps They destroyed the word literally and now are taking racism down the same path, The left hand path. 🌩🌩🔥🌩🔥🌩🌩 🖖🏼🇨🇦🖤🇺🇸🖤🇪🇸🖖🏼

[@chrisfrazier4749]

Weird Al trying to educate folks...Thanks so much for listening Weird Al, he deserves more notoriety!

[@paulshaw9953]

If you were raised in a sewer you're probably a Ninja Turtle and taught by Splinter so I'd say quite well-educated... 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@trevorreniger5670]

Yeeeeeesssssss!! Been waiting for him to do this one!

[@thesisypheanjournal1271]

I used to teach English in Korea and it drove me crazy that the franchise running the first two schools where I taught did NOT run their books past the hundreds of native English speakers that taught at their schools. We could have caught so many errors and it wouldn't have cost them a nickel. We'd have done it cheerfully on our own time.

[@bob7975]

The most devastating insults don't involve slurs or bad words.

[@caitlinseaton7546]

This is my favorite Weird Al song!!! He took an awful song and fixed it!

[@divinewrath3142]

Watching you discover Weird Al was so fun! He was popular when I was a kid. My dad took me and my brother to see him perform. I haven't heard him in years. Fun flashback.

[@atx1459]

Lol....."Homeroom, Ms. Crabapple". Loved how the beginning of this song brought back a memory. My favorite reaction of Weird Al Yankovic videos from you.

[@MinimumGnome]

YES! FINALLY! Thanks to whomever donated to get this bumped to the top of his react list.

[@Stardust_7273]

i absolutely love Weird Al. To write this, while making it be educational and funny and witty, is truly amazing. Al is a very, very smart man.

[@Cooldito1111]

I've been a weird al fan since 2nd grade when I bought my first tape. It's so fun watching you discover this dude, he's such a genuinely great guy and a talented musician

[@MandatoryHashTags]

I just recently found your channel and I have to say man I am impressed. I love the varied content, keep it up!

[@jordanvids85]

Saw Al in concert a few years back. Easily one of my top favorite shows.

[@Merusk]

Man, you are so happy and genuine. Makes me enjoy these vids when I can't say I've enjoyed reaction vids. Keep doing you and keep it up.

[@justjane1639]

One of my very favorite songs--by anyone! Also "Tacky." Weird Al is an absolute treasure!

[@TheNomadicJamaican]

Word Crimes by Weird Al is one of my FAVOURITE songs. Love it!

[@scottamann2445]

Weird Al is a self-professed grammar nerd. It’s amazing it took this long for him to base a song on it.

[@Darmesis]

Never realized how much the music of “Blurred Lines” does, indeed, sound like a song from _Sesame Street._ 😃

[@zora_1314]

When he said the teacher's name, I suddenly realized that Bart's teacher from the Simpson's name is actually Ms. crab apple but they took out the space and pronounced it as cruh-bopple. Maybe a fitting name since an apple is associated with teachers and she can be some what crabby.

[@thantos2530]

I've been waiting for someone to do a reaction to this one, it's one of my personal favorite Weird Al songs

[@auroramcbride1688]

Weird AL has a movie that was made in 1989 called UHF. I haven't seen it in years so I don't know how well it's aged. I remember watching it a lot as a kid

[@josephcrowe2908]

This is an incredibly underrated and unnoticed song. I think it's right up your alley. Enjoy.

[@torIIgo]

Well it's about time, bro! I, and I'm sure many others here in the comment section, would figure that you would really appreciate this one in particular. It pretty much analyzes itself so you won't have to...much!🤣🤣