Poker Face by Lady Gaga Womanizer by Britney Spears Right Round by Flo Rida Day 'n' Nite by Kid Cudi Need You Now by Lady Antebellum Baby by Justin Bieber So What by Pink I Kissed a Girl by Katy Perry Fireflies by Owl City Blame It by Jamie Foxx Replay by Iyaz Down by Jay Sean Break Your Heart by Taio Cruz Tik Tok by Ke$ha
@Chiller19675 жыл бұрын
Right round is not original to Florida it was originally done it the 80's
@bethshadid20875 жыл бұрын
@chiller...correct it actually was you spin me right round baby right round like a record player baby right round. This threw me off
@tracey21565 жыл бұрын
The original "You spin me right round" was by Dead Or Alive
@Kairukurumi5 жыл бұрын
@@tracey2156 Exactly. I love that song :)
@georgekerkvliet21395 жыл бұрын
Yeah the original version is by Dead or Alive, but the one used here was the one done by Flo-Rida
@HowardRussell20005 жыл бұрын
Weird Al generally has three kinds of songs on each of his albums: 1. Parody songs: remakes of popular songs with comedy lyrics. About half the songs on the album. 2. Style parodies: original songs, but recognizably in the style of other artists. The other half of the album. 3. Polka medleys: this song is one of those. The lyrics are unchanged (replacing "poker" with "polka" in this song is the only lyric change in any of his polka medleys.) but the music is completely replaced by polka. At most one per album, but not every album has one. I'm not a fan of polka, but Weird Al was my introduction to polka music and I really enjoy his polka medleys.
@ChristmasPterodactyl9 ай бұрын
In the ke$ha segment of this video, he else changed "party" into "polka".
@TheBamfinator5 жыл бұрын
Most of Weird Al's songs with "polka" are basically like this, huge compilations of songs but they're polka covers.
@daniellanctot65485 жыл бұрын
Yup. My favorite was the medley of Rolling Stones songs "The Hot Rocks Polka"
@lifewuzonceezr5 жыл бұрын
Just ruined himself!!! Weird Al IS Polka! Medley! Time Out!
@bobgerneric99175 жыл бұрын
I always assumed the polka version was done more to point out the absurdity of the song's lyrics.
@Ouja5 жыл бұрын
The polka medley is always the years honorable mentions.
@elbruces5 жыл бұрын
He puts one polka compilation on every album. They're always great.
@colt19035 жыл бұрын
"I've heard that baby baby baby oh, but I don't know who performs it." GOOD
@chrisphillips21345 жыл бұрын
Colt Justin Bieber, yo
@w.callens16295 жыл бұрын
i just saw biebers babyface in the baby's bieberface. they showed it when they roasted it...
@reneseguin12004 жыл бұрын
BIEBER
@bryansproles28795 жыл бұрын
"Right Round" was originally an 80's song by the English band Dead Or Alive, called "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)". Flo Rida covered it.
@CactusKind5 жыл бұрын
And he changed the lyrics. Weird Al is clearly singing the Flo Rida version. The Flo Rida version has clear references to oral sex that the Dead or Alive version does not.
@jadearcher25 жыл бұрын
They are 2 completely different songs flo rida just sampled dead or alive
@mrs.martin31584 жыл бұрын
I think Marilyn Manson covered Dead or Alive's version.
@jaykay3784 Жыл бұрын
It brings up Wedding Singer vibes for me.
@Mr_Leo_DS Жыл бұрын
@@jadearcher2 saying completely different is a reach
@ElixerSue4 жыл бұрын
Cleveland...most of the time, when there was a New Year's Eve party at the bar, the band was always a freaking polka band! 1960's. Large polish community in Cleveland...a real trip! BTW, I LOVE the diverse neighborhoods in Cleveland. It's a fantastic city.
@cassandragunawan69935 жыл бұрын
When Weird Al does polka, he doesn't normally change the lyrics, but he does change up the tempo a lot. His polkas are amazing. Try to do Dare to Be Stupid. It's amazing!
@rohe40775 жыл бұрын
Definitely.
@rickthenintendofan59505 жыл бұрын
My favorite polka is the first one I heard back in the day. Polka Your Eyes Out
@VME-Brad5 жыл бұрын
Dare to be stupid is also one of his songs that's in a Movie. (It's in the original Transformers: The Movie (1986)) Another one is the title theme for "Spy Hard"
@taun8565 жыл бұрын
@@VME-Brad And "Beverly Hillbillies (Money For Nothing" is in UHF...
@VME-Brad5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, but UHF is Weird Al's movie... so I don't really count it.
@lorinwold6473 Жыл бұрын
As for me I recall being introduced to polka on Sunday nights when my parents would watch the Lawrence Welk show on the Seattle PBS station. Billy Joel and John Mellencamp have also used the accordion in some of their songs to great effect so it has been used in forms other than polka and done very well
@DarthCompton5 жыл бұрын
Angry White Boy Polka is one of my favorite of his Polka Medleys lol
@dragontaletarot4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely - it's hilarious perfection! :D
@drinnik4 жыл бұрын
It’s probably the best polka he’s done
@_Goyle3 жыл бұрын
Poodle Hat is one of my favorite albums of his, and angry white boy polka is a big decider lol
@MommasLilbitPeanut5 жыл бұрын
Al’s Polkas are the regular songs not parodies. He uses regular songs but puts them into polka tunes. It’s pretty awesome! I’m super hype that you’re doing reactions to his work! I hope you go into some of his originals!! They are just as good as the parodies!
@crazizzle855 жыл бұрын
He does a polka medley of hit songs on every album. It's fun.
@allisonjae31525 жыл бұрын
Except for two.
@rohe40775 жыл бұрын
This one wasnt as fun for me as his others. Granted I haven't heard most of these songs. Did he put the right groove to them?
@MitchQuadrupleTree5 жыл бұрын
My introduction to polka was...none other than Weird Al! Specifically, "Hooked on Polkas" from his third album, "Dare to be Stupid."
@GeezuzKane5 жыл бұрын
John Candy's character from Home Alone was where I learnt about polka
@SylviusTheMad5 жыл бұрын
John Candy and Eugene Levy played The Shmenge Brothers on SCTV. The Shmenge Brothers were a polka group, so both had experience with polka.
@qthelost5 жыл бұрын
Is it the same character John Candy did when he was on the comedy show SCTV? He and Eugene Levy played two polka playing brothers and would often appear on David Letterman's show in character. kzbin.info/www/bejne/laLMqYCkd6mUrZY
@GeezuzKane5 жыл бұрын
@@SylviusTheMad oh yeah. i forgot about SCTV.
@rohe40775 жыл бұрын
Perfectly, Catherine O'hara is also from SCTV. Doing schitts creek with Eugene Levy. Good show.
@mrs.martin31584 жыл бұрын
Same. Home alone for me.
@carolgage45695 жыл бұрын
Polka: Grandma watched “Laurence Welk” and they often threw out a good ol’ Friday night polka.....
@picmajik4 жыл бұрын
Same here! Many nights of Lawrence Welk growing up in the 60s while at grandma's house, usually followed by Hee Haw.
@ArcherCC15995 жыл бұрын
Polka? My family is Polish & German, I grew up on Polka, it's in my blood.
@jasonburmeister67275 жыл бұрын
Adam Pfeiffer yes same here.
@joshuaswanson19775 жыл бұрын
My grandpa was Swedish, and locally there is a show called Bandwagon that he watched all the time. I spent so much time at my grandpa and grandma's house that they called me their 7th child. That's likely the reason I love polka to this day.
@mottorcycle25594 жыл бұрын
Walter Ostanak used to play at the Swiss picnics my family hosted in the 70-80’s
@putzilla12864 жыл бұрын
Same! I grew up going to Oktoberfests.
@SeekerLancer4 жыл бұрын
Haha, me too.
@blooscado7315 жыл бұрын
I grew up, listening to polka and watching the Green Bay Packers with my grandpa. I'm 28 and i still listen too and enjoy polka.
@scottamann24453 жыл бұрын
Most of Al’s albums contain a polka melody of the current hits of the time. Usually the lyrics don’t change. It’s one of my favorite parts of his albums.
@dasprin375 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting your appreciation and enjoyment of AL. He did a polka megamix on each album, encaputuring the music of that era; with an accordion.
@orwolfe805 жыл бұрын
Poker Face -Womanizer - Right Round - Day & Nite - Need You Now - So What - I Kissed A Girl - Fireflies - Blame It - Replay - Break Your Heart - Tik Tok
@amywilliams87975 жыл бұрын
Wolfe's Music Justin Beiber -Baby between Need you now and Pink’s So what....
@orwolfe805 жыл бұрын
@@amywilliams8797 thanks. It was hard to remember while the video was playing.
@orwolfe805 жыл бұрын
@Jamie Lee if I edit my comment, then it renders your comment moot.
@Vhraaan5 жыл бұрын
And slipped in before Tik Tok was a short musical snippet of Tick Tock Polka. Nice touch!
@joshuaswanson19775 жыл бұрын
@@orwolfe80 The opening of the song is the Liechtensteiner Polka. Then after Break Your Heart, he uses the Tic Toc Polka to lead into the Kesha song Tik Tok... GENIUS!
@JoeandOlly11 ай бұрын
His polkas on every album are my favorite. He doesn’t usually change the lyrics on these polkas “Polka Face” was the only one really. The medleys are like time capsules for when the albums came out. He uses like the billboard top 15 of the time. He even did a polka version of Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen. And a medley of songs from Hamilton the musical.
@groundhoggraphixpi5 жыл бұрын
first time I herd polka was in the 1970s on the Lawrence whelk show. and another good one is gump
@TheNylter5 жыл бұрын
Ditto on the first exposure.
@teenystudioflicks16355 жыл бұрын
Yup, on the Lawrence Whelk Show when I was little. Loved all those bubbles floating around from the shows bubble machine!
@Spitfirethedragon5 жыл бұрын
Same here as a kid. My parents had it on PBS that showed it.
@AZambri13 жыл бұрын
In order - Poker Face, Lady Gaga; Womanizer, Britney Spears; Right Round, FloRida (though the original song is from a band called Dead Or Alive, FloRida sampled it); Day N Nite, Kid Cudi; Need You Now, Lady Antebellum; Baby, Justin Bieber; So What, Pink; I Kissed a Girl, Katy Perry; Fireflies, Owl City; Blame It, Jaime Foxx; Replay, Iyaz; Break Your Heart, Taio Cruz; Tik Tok, Kesha.
@dusman75 жыл бұрын
Here’s the background to his polkas. Almost every album he made, he created a compilation of popular songs of the time without changing the lyrics and put them in polka form. They are legendary with his fans. A few years ago I heard him say the polkas were basically songs that he considered parodying but didn’t end up making the cut either cause he couldn’t think of anything good or just not as good as the other parodies on the the album. So he gathered them together and showed them love in a polka. It was always a game among friends to identify the songs. And the ones you didn’t know, you had to look up (not as easy pre internet). Al learned accordion and playing polkas on it early in life. His first album was almost all accordion.
@jasonballard5988 Жыл бұрын
he has one polka song just like this one on every album he did
@peterchernoff78555 жыл бұрын
Just saw Weird Al in concert the other night. Still high energy and very funny. I really enjoyed the part where the concert audience joined in, particularly with The Saga Begins.
@planojag5955 жыл бұрын
When I was a kid Weird Al came out with a song called Hooked on Polkas and that was my introduction to polka music except for the random occasion when I heard the Chicken Dance.
@mattschulke74 жыл бұрын
Weird al when I was 8 years old at the first concert i went too was his are a state fair. Been love since, Al has been a part of my life for over 20 years now
@jamillathekilla5 жыл бұрын
all of his polka songs are like this, id recommend seeing them all.
@accskaguy Жыл бұрын
I play the accordion, and I think the thing that really solidified what polka meant was the Lawrence Welk show, and Myron Floren. Both of those fellows, but especially Myron. BTW I still play. Lots. Not necessarily polkas either. ;)
@twoboyzmama93515 жыл бұрын
That one you didn't recognize... I Need You Now from Lady Antebellum.
@TheNascarfan9995 жыл бұрын
To clarify/expand, this one is the one around 5:30 that you said you did not recognize at all. The song was primarily a country song around 2010 although it did become a crossover hit hence why Weird Al included it.
@TheStefan69695 жыл бұрын
And Baby was Bieber's, and Rock Star by Pink.
@jared62005 жыл бұрын
@@TheStefan6969 It's So What, not rock star.
@blackguardharper70055 жыл бұрын
The first one he did not recognize was Womanizer by Brittney Spears.
@TheStefan69695 жыл бұрын
@@jared6200 You're absolutely correct. My mistake!! 😊
@exeter19855 жыл бұрын
Polka Music is very popular here in Pennsylvania. I grew up listening to it. Mostly because older relatives were always listening to it.
@hiccurps4 жыл бұрын
For me the first time I got introduced to Polka Music was on the Lawrence Welk show. My mother used to watch that every Sunday night during the 70’s when I was a teenager.
@SkullQW5 жыл бұрын
I remember polka first from old looney toons cartoons when I was a kid Also, similar, but much older song: Polka Power
@ericwincentsen5875 жыл бұрын
He's been doing polka medleys of popular songs since his second album. It's something that's come to be expected.
@whiterabbit755 жыл бұрын
First time I remember hearing polka, it was in National Lampoon's European Vacation movie. By the way, what he did here was called a medley.
@chrisbudberg87695 жыл бұрын
My first accordian was watching SCTV . A Canadian comedy skit show on tv in the 80's. . It was shown on nbc in the US. They had 2 guys called the shmenge brothers that played it.(Eugene levy/John candy) Really freaking funny. The show lasted 6 yrs and started a lot of great carers plus a lot of amazing cameos.
@a77349995 жыл бұрын
First heard polka 38 years ago when I was 4. It was Weird Al.
@kobuu5 жыл бұрын
Introduction to Polka: Weird Al circa 1996, I was 14. Picked up the Weird Al "Food Album" and "Dare to be Stupid". His polka on the latter was totally foreign in concept but relative to the Weird Al effect of music and so I enjoyed it. On a CD, from Columbia House, in my Discman with 10sec anti-skip protection (spent a lot of money on that!!) Honestly, I love these reactions of yours. Al's been around for decades and has pure talent that utilizes clean, wholesome lyrics much like Will Smith raps without swearing. That in itself is a talent. All of Al's works are awesome and he's such a down to earth guy.
@davecondreay5 жыл бұрын
Check out his older song "Polka your eyes out". Need you now is by Lady Antebellum
@danielmccollum54515 жыл бұрын
Alternative Polka and Bohemian Polka are still the best - though I've aged myself ;)
@aaronrumph32915 жыл бұрын
I prefer Angry White Boy Polka
@mitchcordray4 жыл бұрын
My grandfather was a drummer in a polka band and I remember my grandma (after my gpa passed) always had the car radio on a polka channel and shed point out whenever he was on
@cainealexander-mccord28055 жыл бұрын
You've probably heard this a million times already, but Al does a "polka medley" on every album. Don't miss out!
@SugarcatPlays5 жыл бұрын
All of Weird Al’s “polka” songs are wicked mash ups of tons of songs. you’d love em
@boomzer105 жыл бұрын
He usually does one compilation song like this on every album he puts out.
@shaunmilini3414 жыл бұрын
My Granpa had a Polka band and I remember Hating it as a kid, but as I got older and started appreciating the Talent it takes to play all of those instruments, and seeing all the old people dancing and having so much fun, brings back great memories now !
@Fr8monkey5 жыл бұрын
You want polka? Bohemian Polka. Do it Fam...You won't regret it.
@saralas5 жыл бұрын
His polka medleys are all this kind of thing, his medleys are one of the best parts of every album.
@angiecat8455 жыл бұрын
So glad I turned on post notifications.
@Billis755 жыл бұрын
It was definitely by Weird Al. The album Weird Al in 3D came out when I was 9, and the polka on that album is called Polkas On 45. The Doctor Demento show on KMET in Los Angeles was the only radio I ever cared about.
@jdovma15 жыл бұрын
You gotta go back and do all the classic polka mashups he did.
@missratner5 жыл бұрын
Central Texas has a huge German/Czech population. I used to hear polka as a kid at festivals. That’s why Tejano (Mexican American) music sounds like polka. Weird Al has some great polka compilations. You should hear Bohemian Polka and Angry White Boy Polka. I don’t believe there are videos for them, which is why this one was pushed so much. I have really been enjoying your reactions!
@Artificer19115 жыл бұрын
I thought "You Spin Me (Right Round)" was by Dead or Alive. Weird Al does a polka medley of pop music on every album. There is one which has "Closer" by Nine Inch Nails in on it. I think that is the album with Amish Paradise. My oldest memory of polka is probably Groundhog Day. One more request for "Bedrock Anthem" Thanks, as always!
@bryansproles28795 жыл бұрын
Dead or Alive's version was the original, called "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)".
@jeffcolorado4 жыл бұрын
I grew up in Wisconsin, and had many older cousins who got married over the years. Every wedding reception in Wisconsin had a polka band, so I started hearing polkas when I was 3 or 4.
@Bobal275 жыл бұрын
I probably did see Urkel doing polka, but the first polka I remember was Weird Al, with Bohemian Polka or Hot Rocks Polka, but I really like Alternative Polka more than Hot Rocks.
@exeter19855 жыл бұрын
What you said is from 'Flo Rider' is actually a song called 'You spin me Round' from back in the 80's
@exeter19855 жыл бұрын
It was a song from a group called "Dead or Alive"
@dmr14wizkid145 жыл бұрын
Please do You Don't Love Me Anymore Next Please
@pierre-mariecaulliez62855 жыл бұрын
Tittle is Got a funny feeling ;7
@davincent985 жыл бұрын
@@pierre-mariecaulliez6285 no, David is right
@pierre-mariecaulliez62855 жыл бұрын
Yes, I noticed recently, but couldn't find this comment to change it...
@kristopherwood75212 жыл бұрын
I've been a Weird Al fan since the 80s, and I probably first heard it on one of his albums.
@JCourts2k235 жыл бұрын
John candy in Home Alone, and i do remember the Family Matters episode too
@larajones14244 жыл бұрын
JoshCourts But does anyone remember John Candy and Eugene Levy as the Schmenge Brothers on SCTV?
@myowndrum2865 жыл бұрын
My polka music experience, other then at weddings, was laughing till we almost peed our pants at the show SCTV here in Canada in the 70's. It stared John Candy and Eugene Levy plus lot of other Canadian comics. Candy and Levy often played The Schmengy Brothers! Haha! They thought they got all the ladies with the polka music and accordion ! haha! It's a great memory. Glad you asked that question!!
@jasonnunez64115 жыл бұрын
I need you now by Lady antebellum Baby- Justin Bieber Rockstar- pink
@christianbryant23145 жыл бұрын
The pink song is called So What
@kathleensmith35554 жыл бұрын
Wedding receptions back in the day always had polka music
@n3rdf0xx045 жыл бұрын
The original for Spin Me Right Round (Like A Record) is Dead Or Alive....good 80's song
@jolleyrancher754 жыл бұрын
Same. I was introduced to polka by Steve Urkel
@Godspeed17565 жыл бұрын
I want to grow up to be a Weird Al impersonator impersonator. Just need to find a Weird Al impersonator to impersonate. 😁
@djarcforceable4 жыл бұрын
I DO remember Family Matters... watched it a lot when I was a teen. But I think the first time I heard polka, at least the first time I can remember, was surprisingly enough Weird Al. He's always been a big Polka music guy and for anyone who doesn't already know, he is a very talented accordion player and when you see him doing it in a video, he's really doing it and doing it well.
@olsongc84225 жыл бұрын
Weird Al's Polka's are compilation songs of songs that he either got permission to do and couldn't think of something to do with it, or songs that he could get permission to change the music but not the lyrics. Basically, it's his song to show how many songs go on the cutting room floor.
@kandipiatkowski85895 жыл бұрын
When he does his polkas, he takes the exact words of the songs and changes the music! Weird Al was my introduction to polka!!!
@paulbiz87085 жыл бұрын
its a real quick video but, watch weasel stomping day. I celebrate it tomorrow !
@stevegans35173 жыл бұрын
My grandmother was Slovenian, my entire childhood she and my aunts listened to polka records and polka music on the radio from Chicago.
@Mr_Leo_DS Жыл бұрын
No disrespect, but this man has been living under a rock to not know most of these LMAO
@gerrymcrae73115 жыл бұрын
Walter Ostanek, "the polka king" was from the neighbouring city. He owned a music shop called "Ostaneks" that's where I bought my first instrument, a bass guitar.
@maureengauthier65534 жыл бұрын
I first heard Weird Al on the Dr. Demento Show in the early 70’s with some of my favorites being Word Crimes, Albuquerque, The White Stuff, and The Saga Begins.
@stanhaselton36202 жыл бұрын
I played in a polka band in the early 1980s. I was the tuba player. Learning about polka goes back to the 1960s when I watched The Sound of Music in the theater with my dad. It was the marionette scene with the song, The Lonely Goatherd.
@lyssness155 жыл бұрын
Same! Thanks Family Matters!
@scotmcpherson4 жыл бұрын
My first real exposure to polka was Weird Al, long time ago. I don’t remember which album, but the song was Polka Your Eyes Out. Weird Al is a big polka fan and he always has a polka song or two on each album.
@danielmccollum54515 жыл бұрын
My first experience with Polka? I grew up in a Polish-American community in Northcentral Wisconsin. Polka was just out local folk music; my Grandpa was a bandleader and apparently played at my parents' wedding. Anyway, two of my best friends in High School where in Polka Bands (nothing sexier than a girl with a sax or a concertina!) and it was trad to have local Catholic Churches have the annual polka mass where all the hymns were in polka style and they'd hire a local band for the service. My Da HATES Polka, but I still love it. Gotta love the trad music of your own community, and hearing it always takes me right back home to my childhood.
@mccoy13694 жыл бұрын
I was first introduced to Polka when I was a kid, back in late 70s early 80s by my grandmother, she used to play in a polka / country band.
@patriciadowning40365 жыл бұрын
My Grandma loved to dance, especially the polka. Her family was from Bohemia, and came here when she was 8 years old. Anyway, she was a tiny, petite, blond-haired blue eyed girl who was about 4'11" full grown..and loved to dance when she cleaned the house. Broken knick-knacks everywhere, but, boy, could she dance. Loved her.
@robmcgrath52025 жыл бұрын
On every album he does a polka medley of the popular songs at the time. It's brilliant and shows off the musical versatility of him and his band. Just like you were doing, it's almost like a game to identify all the individual songs and artists.
@karolyn86445 жыл бұрын
In 1950s Minnesota, we were taught to dance the polka in junior high gym class. We also learned the waltz & the schottische. There were a lot of first & second generation people from Germany & Poland. The music was called "old time" & there were radio stations that played nothing else. The bands played it in the ballrooms. One of the favorite local bands was Whoopie John Wilfahrt, but he just went by Whoopie John.
@garylangley45024 жыл бұрын
Probably the first time I heard Polka was when my parents were watching the Lawrence Welk Show way back in the '50's on the black and white Packard Bell console TV. If you ever get the chance to see Weird Al live, do it!! By the way, you will probably like Weird Al's "Polkas on 45's".
@Gojira764 жыл бұрын
Weird Al was my introduction to polka music with his polka on 45 in the mid 80s. He pretty much does a polka compilation every album.
@Logan_Weasel5 жыл бұрын
Al's Polka medleys are compilations of all of the hits songs on the charts since his last album put into one tune, he's been doing these since the early 80's.
@JulieB-qh6xx4 жыл бұрын
My favorite Weird Al polka medleys are "Hot Rocks Polka" (all Rolling Stones songs), "Hamilton Polka" (all songs from Hamilton), and "Alternative Polka" (the best of the 90's.) I knew I was getting older when the songs in the latest Weird Al polka medleys were unrecognizable to me.
@terryconnelly4845 жыл бұрын
He's done that in many past polka songs love his own adding different songs to it
@MrZyptuous4 жыл бұрын
OctoberFest Festivals back in the 80's when I was in High School. Greetings from Nashville, TN
@GrnXnham4 жыл бұрын
Polkas on 45 from Weird Al's 2nd album "In 3-D" was my introduction to polkas. It was his first and best polka ever!
@chrisphillips21345 жыл бұрын
Learned polka from living in South Bend, Indiana. Large Polish population. All of Al’s polkas are original polka rhythms intercut with actual lyrics of chart topping songs set to the 2/2 polka rhythm and ending in one of common polka endings.
@TheNanadale574 жыл бұрын
Watching Lawrence Welk when I was a child...my dad use to watch that show, back in the 60s.
@Obi1kenobi105 жыл бұрын
1984. My Great uncle. He came over from Poland before WWII. He loved polka. Even played the accordion.
@hawke11335 жыл бұрын
Lawrence Welk. On top of that, I learned the piano, guitar AND accordion. lol
@ambrabridges21615 жыл бұрын
I first heard polka when I was kid. I used to spend weekends with my grandparents and my grandma always watched "The Lawrence Welk Show" which had polka music.
@dadude17025 жыл бұрын
The only parts where Al changed any words were in those two bookending parts where he was doing Lady Gaga's song "Poker Face" in the medley. When he changed the phrase "poker face" to "polka face." Anyway, bro, so you don't know that Al has been doing these polka medleys for years? But I've been enjoying your videos and I'm a fan of "Weird Al" Yankovic. And though I haven't gotten to go to very many concerts in my entire life, I did get to a Weird Al concert once
@kandipiatkowski85895 жыл бұрын
I've been to 2 Weird Al concerts. One, in 1999 when I first heard "Living in the Fridge", then again during his Alpalcolypse (sp?) tour.
@lindsayadams39412 жыл бұрын
I loved watching Family Matters growing up!!
@TheFlipped14 жыл бұрын
Every Album has had a Polka megamix. There all awesome.
@L1Games4 жыл бұрын
My introduction to polka music was when I worked as a bus boy at a German Restaurant called Schmidt's. They had a live polka band once a week.Whenever they played the chicken dance, we were required to do it! It was rather humiliating. LOL
@APCwindham5 жыл бұрын
Every Weird Al album I've listened to has a polka mix on it of popular songs that were hits just before the album is recorded.
@bobcarn4 жыл бұрын
I'm sooo much older. My grandfather was Italian, but my grandmother was polish, so I grew up hearing it. I can't remember when I first heard it because it was ALWAYS played sooner or later at family gathering. LOL
@bamachine5 жыл бұрын
Every Weird Al album has a Polka Song that is a compilation of other songs. Spin Me (Right Round) was originally done by a one hit wonder back in the 80's, group called Dead or Alive. First time I heard Polka was on the Muppets, back in the 70's.
@jhhjams12343 жыл бұрын
I'm using my other half tablet. I'm a proud Army brat. Lived in Germany twice and I served proudly in the Army. My first duty station was 97th General Medical Hospital. Thanks for listening JoAnn Sigby
@FordPrefict425 жыл бұрын
I'm from South Jersey. Beer Barrel Polka, the style that Weird Al plays, was very prevalent in my youth. That being said, the very first Polka song I heard was Shall We Dance from The King And I. Not all Polka is played by an Oompa band. Another wonder example is San Antonio Stroll by Tanya Tucker.