"Weird Al" Yankovic - Word Crimes (Official 4K Video)

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Music video by "Weird Al" Yankovic performing Word Crimes. (C) 2014 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

[@itstriv8569]

This is my favorite Weird Al song because it allows me to listen to Blurred Lines without having to listen to the lyrics of Blurred Lines

[@xx_somescenecath0lic_xx888]

It’s Triv LOL YES

[@xx_somescenecath0lic_xx888]

the lyrics are very creepy 😖

[@anarkittyuwu3738]

That is Weird Al in a nutshell.

[@christiebaker5291]

yes!!

[@kodys1492]

I can’t believe I used to like Blurred Lines the beat is catchy but the lyrics make me uncomfortable

[@grammarnazi1413]

This person understands me.

[@Demonic_Culture_Nut]

Heil Grammar!

[@extrajerky2940]

MEIN APOSTROFEUER!

[@Demonic_Culture_Nut]

*APOSTROFUHRER

[@benjaminmaxwell9025]

All people who speak broken English need to go to the camps.

[@razzmatazz2445]

So is this your Mein Kamphf

[@hooray4paradiddles]

I can't say i ever expected Weird Al to make a "cunning linguist" joke yet here we are.

[@sophiet1576]

I was reading one of Weird Al's children's books, When I Grow Up, to my niece, and was surprised to see that the main character wanted to be a Master Debater, when he grew up.

[@nickster0007]

I can say I've heard this song at least 6 times and JUST got the joke. Then went to the comments to see if anyone else caught it!

[@janeentumbao8690]

And he has a big dictionary. DICtionary😂😂😂😂

[@pooferfloofer]

Honestly, same

[@user-zr1dr7nz8e]

Best southern underground hip hop group ever

[@racheljensen1823]

As a teacher, I show this to my high school students on the first and last day. If they laugh and don't look confused, I call that success :)

[@Chunkieta]

especially on the last day i'd say

[@Kitschensyngk]

Man's laughter is funny; manslaughter is not.

[@timothyfloogle]

Depends really.. circumstances and context really make the difference in certain scenarios

[@hellszhells]

It is tho

[@vhsjpdfg]

You can't spell "slaughter" without "laughter".

[@abehambino]

Debatable

[@TessaTestarossa]

Well, that depends. Manslaughter CAN be funny.

[@reallygoodinc]

This is significantly better than the actual song.

[@Tiggster-qr8mw]

What is the actual song?

[@chefboirdee1141]

@@Tiggster-qr8mw blurred lines

[@gustavfoenss]

agreed

[@jakedagamer159]

Yup

[@MrHangool]

Is that figurative or literal?

[@ERRORDownBad]

"Weird Al" is the only artist I've heard that actually changed the lyrics of a song about non-consensual contact into teaching people on how to not type like an idiot online.

[@nobody.of.importance]

I've never heard the original and now I *really* don't want to. Ew.

[@mewmew8932]

I haven't heard Blurred Lines in like 9 years, and I still remember the chorus harmony. I didn't even know what the song was called, it's just everywhere@@nobody.of.importance

[@TheReaverOfDarkness]

@@nobody.of.importance I think the original is making fun of such behavior, not condoning it.

[@Jar_Jar_Twinks]

@@nobody.of.importance the original is about a girl meeting a guy at a party and the guy trying to get her out of her abusive relationship. the "all men are r@pists crowd really likes to twist it to be creepy. edit: the song literally has the following lines from the guy btw "The way you grab me" "Go ahead, get at me" "Just let me liberate you" "Okay, now he was close Tried to domesticate you" he's literally giving the girl (who is all up on him) consent to go further. it couldn't be less creepy if it tried.

[@TheRealLegoDocOck]

@@Jar_Jar_Twinks The Singer unfortunately was the opposite of the song

[@MoiraRussell]

"Or your name is Prince" just cracks me up EVERY time.

[@ElStinko-ve6mb]

Had to slip that in after years of Prince denying him the chance to parody one of his songs.

[@JonesNate]

I thought it was "Prius."

[@profile6144]

same here

[@jetblackrecords5540]

Prince is the only motherfucker allowed to write words using numbers. He's earned it.

[@JohnScargall1]

I love how Weird Al doesn't repeat lyrics where the original repeats, uses all the lyrical space to make the parody even better. This man is a legend.

[@AnthonyGotterminated]

If a Song does that it’s not a song, it’s a shit

[@mitchthefrog]

@@AnthonyGotterminated ???

[@AnthonyGotterminated]

@@mitchthefrog if a song repeats lyrics it’s a shit

[@overheat97]

@@AnthonyGotterminated so any song with a chorus. Got it.

[@bigdingus9333]

Comedic songs works better with fresh jokes

[@nope_118]

As a non native English speaker, this is actually really helpful.

[@imissjokesonpurpose]

You've gotta be joking

[@adamfoxton6341]

@@imissjokesonpurpose Less and Fewer / Doing Good and Doing Well are often confused. And "Could Care Less" is an Americanism that needs to disappear, but it's all over the TV and Movies so people might think it's correct English and then make inferences from there about other cases and get their message entirely wrong.

[@imissjokesonpurpose]

@@adamfoxton6341How is it helpful when it doesn't even teach you how and when you're supposed to use the things? The only time it does that is for it's and its.

[@arthurjeremypearson]

I would like to apologize on behalf of the English language.

[@jackhemsworth7515]

@@adamfoxton6341 and then Americans go to England and find they're struggling. it's surprising how much the language changes between countries with the same parent language.

[@twinsmama09]

I know how everyone's talking about the lyrics, but my favorite part is the visuals! All of the little details, like the sentence diagrams, the way the lyrics fit the style of the background, and the text messages at the bottom are like ASMR for my nerdy brain!

[@jaysonsetera341]

What’s asmr

[@LoreleiMission]

@@jaysonsetera341 Hi Jayson. ASMR stands for Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response. If you search here at KZbin for ASMR videos, you will find many clips of quiet and interesting and soothing sounds.

[@salazam]

@@jaysonsetera341 A made up sexual fetish for people who get their rocks off listening to whispers and paper crinkling.

[@nobody.of.importance]

He really is white and nerdy.

[@AnthonyGotterminated]

@@jaysonsetera341”relaxation” to someone within the usage of voice.

[@GlacierStripez]

My mom is a high school English teacher and I showed her this video. She laughed hysterically.

[@waltp3373]

The difference between "Feeling you're nuts" and "Feeling your nuts" is HUGE!

[@chucku00]

Screwy Squirrel doesn't see the difference...

[@jessicareutercastrogiovann5796]

Lol!

[@TheArsonsmith4242]

Why not both?

[@aztrolivr]

@@chucku00 I JUST CHOKED ON MY WATER

[@shia_labeouf]

Lets eat Grandma.

[@deucalion171]

I once corrected someone who said “I could care less” on an online game. They then replied, “I couldn’t care less.” At least they learned.

[@Graveyardgirl33]

Hahaha 😂

[@tactilemania2672]

haha

[@ofallmyintention9496]

The worst one that I know is, "I wasn't doing nothing." But, I feel like 'I could care less,' is much more common, instead of "I couldn't care less." I had a friend whose grandpa would always say, 'I weren't doing nothing,' and I had to cringe every time.

[@chrisgoodburn2517]

it was league wasn't it

[@DogMcMeow]

I too like the new online game

[@thegodfather255]

"Get out of the gene pool" is one of the best insults I've ever heard.

[@OctacleEdits]

I always think of this song when my phone autocorrects "its" to "it's" when I mean to use the possessive.

[@insertnamehere7228]

When the parody has more effort than the original.

[@Los_HermanitosCruz]

Yes

[@GenericLifts]

I F K R

[@HN-kr1nf]

what is the original

[@GenericLifts]

@@HN-kr1nfrobin thickle blurred lines

[@elizabethalvarado8698]

And it leaves a great impression on the world.

[@ChoaiDode]

“You “literally couldn’t get out of bed”” I had sleep paralysis

[@epapuelvalve3250]

He has a point

[@sn3ax]

I've got it too, yesterday I got out of bed 5 times in 5 different realities until finally being able to actually move IRL.

[@epapuelvalve3250]

@@sn3ax lol that happened to me various times when i was a kid

[@missseaweed2462]

@@KatherineA-kk2gp Please don't remind me of my highschool days. I'm pretty sure I used the apostrophe-quote combination in my last college paper about ratings and reviews.

[@oliviabarber5307]

😭✌️

[@thomastarwater2989]

This is one time when a parody of a hit song is way better than the hit song itself. And the graphics are outstanding. Way to go, Weird Al Yankovic!

[@rdreeves2332]

More than one it seems. The album Mandatory Fun (which this song is part of) hit #1 on the charts. That means it beat out all the original songs and their albums as well.

[@stretch-and-rook]

@@rdreeves2332 It may have charted well due to marketing, but this was by far Al's least comical album in all the latter half of his career. He probably sensed the same, since it was his final studio album. Don't get me wrong, I'm a lifelong fan of Weird Al and if he put out a record tomorrow I'd buy it without hesitation! But Mandatory Fun needed some... mandatory funny

[@stretch-and-rook]

One time?

[@Freakazoid12345]

"one time" ? This is the first time you've heard one of his songs?

[@wtfduud]

Al has many parodies that are better than the original

[@NotThatDanBrown]

Having been educated as a linguist, this video makes my heart smile.

[@lucyfer7994]

But are you a cunning linguist?

[@shriharihudli8596]

@@lucyfer7994 Better ask his wife/girlfriend that instead of him.

[@nobody.of.importance]

Even discounting the joke, linguistics is a very cool field, especially how it ties into large language models like ChatGPT. Glad it made you happy bro, it made me smile too x)

[@jacksfilms]

Found my new theme song!

[@TheThirdPew]

hahaha

[@april999]

I NEED THIS MUSIC TO LIVE IN HAPPY!!!!

[@FearAbsence]

Annie S I need *theres music to live in happy

[@april999]

Yeah XD But I was talking about this song in particular

[@BigLord]

Hey there Jack! (if any of you other fellas like "Word Crimes", then go watch jacksfilms's YGS series. You won't regret it)

[@dukenukem2258]

I like how the song gets drastically more extreme the further it gets to the end, Al goes from actual advice to calling you a blithering moron and threatens to jam a crowbar into your cranium. Pure gold.

[@turtlelord8021]

Or how he literally tells you to not have children.

[@42elliott]

Yeah he does that. Party in the CIA is another example. Just gets more over-the-top as you go.

[@katanyajason3316]

🤣🤣🤣

[@kaigao4842]

Can't forget Foil, which goes from a commercial for aluminium foil to tinfoil hat stuff pretty quick

[@42elliott]

@@kaigao4842 and ends with a literal lizard person

[@fjvr17]

My English teacher showed this to our 8th grade class 8 years ago and he dissected every few lines of this video, absolutely loved it and the fact that I still remember makes me think this is was a great way to get teenagers' attention.

[@FalconTypo6]

Look at you use plural possession! 😍

[@insertwittyname5649]

I learned about Weird Al when my middle school social studies teacher showed us Amish Paradise before our lesson on them lol

[@imthebossmermaid3648]

And it's better than the original song by a mile!

[@Miait]

I know that this is an old comment, but I'm actually thinking of sending this to my 8th grade English teacher! Weird Al will never be irrelevant!

[@xxlCortez]

Weird Al can elevate even crappy songs and turn them into a masterpiece.

[@IronBladeMusic]

“Don’t write words using numbers Unless you’re seven Or you name is Prince” This is quality writing here.

[@alrycaaeveahexendias1236]

Having a hard time with this part. What does it reference? Or context behind it?

[@RedWanderer26]

I think he mean Peter I or Nicholas II.

[@RobertC4458]

@@alrycaaeveahexendias1236 Duh! That was a direct jab at Prince because Prince NEVER would allow "Weird Al" to parody any of his songs.

[@BradleyWashburn1]

@@alrycaaeveahexendias1236 I believe it was one song he wrote off a Price song. . He went to Prince to get the okay and Prince said no. He also take a jab at him in White and Nerdy when he is on the Wikipedia page.

[@lelduck6388]

Or you’re a troll from homestuck

[@dgcclan9445]

Any English teacher that doesn't start their school year with this song is not living their best life.

[@cehlers41]

Their

[@dgcclan9445]

@@cehlers41 that was auto fill, didn't notice, thank you.

[@kevinschaffer9840]

Actually, the proper pronoun in this case is "his". You're being politically, not grammatically, correct.

[@cehlers41]

@@kevinschaffer9840 woah really? Can you explain why "his" is correct?

[@yourfavoriteclaymationpeng2926]

Any English teacher being an English teacher is not living their best life.

[@KW-gb9cd]

Has anyone else noticed that the online commenter at 0:30 is George Newman, which was Weird Al's character in the movie "UHF"?

[@Crashpad1413]

Very subtle

[@HALFNUTCLARITY]

im a kid with autism and i know you're probably not gonna see this but this video makes my brain so happy. not only 'cause it's your music but because the animation is so clean and well done. it's like a baby sensory video to me. thank you.

[@salazam]

You don't have autism. It's called Munchausen syndrome.

[@HALFNUTCLARITY]

​@@salazamu can't just undiagnose me like that 💀

[@salazam]

@@HALFNUTCLARITY I did. It's obvious you simply crave attention.

[@jont8555]

@@salazamHeh. Speak for yourself.

[@HALFNUTCLARITY]

@@salazam ????? 😭

[@adampatterson2195]

My mother is an English Teacher and legitimately showed this to her class of 11th graders after I revealed this god-tier artist to her.

[@zactack1845]

Lol, my college professor used this video for an assignment today.

[@angelat.8997]

I’m an English teacher, too. I show it to my middle schoolers every year. They think it’s hysterical.

[@Cher.Horowitz]

@@angelat.8997 omg same exact case here! I showed it to them yesterday! ❤️

[@yudu97]

OMG OMG OMG

[@hemiolaguy]

@@angelat.8997 I assume the line about "cunning linguist" goes right over their heads?

[@wave9519]

Even lyrics aside, this still sounds better than blurred lines.

[@thesplatoonaddict6837]

It does by a lot.

[@putalover4519]

Blurred lines sucked lol

[@Stella-iW123]

But, we can all agree, the greatest version of Blurred Lines is the one by M*tthew M*rrison.

[@bug7059]

@@Stella-iW123 is that why we hate him

[@haligames717]

Yes

[@jtotheb-ip2hh]

2:43 "irony is not coincidence" -- mad props for the much needed -- though late in coming -- correction to Alanis Morrisette's errant song "isn't it ironic" ("It's like raaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiinnnnnn on your wedding day...") !!!

[@STEFiRoTH]

Weird Al is so talented at what he does that he managed to turn probably one the all time worst pop songs into one of the most lyrically savage, educational songs ever written.

[@freddier5376]

“Irony is not coincidence.” Yeah that might just be the most underrated line in Weird Al history. Brutal.

[@mattwo7]

The real irony is that "Ironic" is about _cosmic_ irony and not even Alanis Morissette herself knows this.

[@aaronwarwick9966]

He was just providing some advice from one Al to another.

[@PanzerShrek94]

Yeah i really hate when people misuse the word.Especially i always see it in Cinemasins.he's always saying Irony to everything.

[@mattwo7]

@@PanzerShrek94 The use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning, incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result, the incongruity between a situation developed in a drama and the accompanying words or actions that is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play and the pretense of ignorance and of willingness to learn from another assumed in order to make the other's false conceptions conspicuous by adroit questionin. Now. That's. _Irony!_

[@DanTarrant1]

@@mattwo7 Actually, "Ironic" (the song) is meta in the sense that it is ironic that a song titled "Ironic" would contain no actual examples of irony in the lyrics.

[@TheInkPitOx]

"Irony is not coincidence" I never noticed until recently how common that problem is.

[@viddork]

Did you also catch the illustration of the wedding couple in the rain? A direct jab at Alanis Morissette's song _Ironic?_

[@TheInkPitOx]

@@viddork 2:43

[@LazyAndFabulous]

Many people still think that irony is a coincidence. lol

[@irenemax3574]

viddork Yes! There’s an Irish comedian (whose name I forget) who does a great bit about that song.

[@ArtemisFowl_the_wise]

Irene Max If it is the same comedian I saw, then his name is Ed Byrne.

[@itsarkansaw843]

I'll never forget when my English teacher played this in class.

[@ThePuff18]

Al’s the kind of person to carry a dictionary for this exact reason And I am 100% here for it

[@Martwy1312]

"Weird Al has a big dictionary" hmm...

[@robblequoffle8456]

@Exploding Tacos Judging from that comment you made, you clearly need the video

[@chef2397]

You both have no punctuation.

[@Martwy1312]

@@chef2397 aight

[@anonym9893]

@Roach Dogg JR Is "hmm" the new "That's what she said"?!

[@danielboro2000]

@@anonym9893 it's the old "I think this has more then one meaning"

[@quitequeerquesadilla]

i'm honestly amazed at how this manages to not be condescending in an annoying grammar-nazi kind of way, it just comes off with the energy of a tired english teacher projecting into a song and i love it

[@QUICKBOOKS1]

It was very effective in putting me in my place. I'm known to be bad for that. (I'm a Toastmaster.)

[@Fedico7000]

*Violence*

[@passthesause3557]

"get out of the gene pool" is kind of nazi esque

[@tlyke]

*you forgot the period*

[@somedudeintheinterweb8665]

You also forgot to capitalize the "i" in "I'm".

[@evanweiss7671]

The talent that this man possesses is absolutely amazing.

[@eddiehitler9822]

I was listening to the original but it made me feel cheap so i decided to go to Weird Al. All the beat, none of the moral compromise. Love you, Al Yankovic.

[@jj48]

To everyone stuck trying to teach their kids while the schools are shut down, here's the English lesson.

[@cherry_junii]

It’s sad how my teacher is making me make a video about this song as my last grade of the year.

[@EliyahDaBoss]

@@cherry_junii F

[@RLifeNThymes]

I teach my child everything he needs to know to be a good productive citizen. The schools are the ones who teach the book crap that people "have" to have to graduate.

[@truepeacenik]

No shame in that.

[@brianm6337]

@@cherry_junii Too bad you can't contact Weird Al for help, special credit, etc.

[@KW-gb9cd]

Another observation; at 3:20 there's a reference to the TV show "Lost," which was on the American network ABC; in the lower right-hand corner, it says, "Learn your ABC's, doofus." However, the fact that an apostrophe was used here to indicate a plural shows that someone involved with making the video is an actual doofus.

[@maxeliie]

Lost was one of ABC's shows, hence learn your ABC's!

[@emperorhaya5351]

The greatest betrayal i ever experienced is when i recognized this tune on the radio and was about to put the volume up until i realized the song playing was the original instead of this version

[@momo-chanthegerbil6205]

I am so sorry that happened 😢

[@FalconTypo6]

Yet, you learned nada from this video. 🤣

[@emperorhaya5351]

@@FalconTypo6 I didnt learn anything from the original video as well so...

[@FalconTypo6]

@@emperorhaya5351 Trust. That's beyond apparent. 🤣

[@alejandrolautarovargasmena6649]

You said about to. That means you didn't.

[@alotofthings22]

Never has an ad for Grammarly been more fitting.

[@hxneybcbaaisthecoolest]

HHAHAAHHAHA

[@a_human8489]

*sponsored by audible*

[@arynickson]

this made spit out some coffee, and burst out laughing I love this comment

[@ggsap]

He literally says never to use a spell checker

[@allisonsnavely1748]

Every English Teacher in America: "It's impossible to get kids to care about grammar." Weird Al: "Hold my root beer."

[@avix1801]

not just in America...

[@horse14t]

Canadians can be just as bad :P

[@sctrgs3207]

@@horse14t Canadians may do just as well.. WOO. !!

[@Skull-Butterfly]

I like how you used “root beer” instead of alcohol.😂

[@hades403fearful5]

thats funny

[@zaydrianjosh4397]

Why does this song feel like it'd be used in an actual English class

[@tangerinepaint3643]

I was shown it in my 8th grade English class once, but I might've seen further back than 8th grade.

[@AidanBueling]

As a writer, I heavily approve of this song and will never listen to the original because there is no way it's better.

[@jasminericenic]

I love how this man has stayed relevant for 30+ years.

[@AdityaPatel-yx2dk]

IHCTerra but those parodies still have to be good you know?

[@joshuafogg6600]

N DelaPaz Even when the songs he's parodied have fallen into obscurity.

[@d.j.mcbride4622]

0

[@faithblauert422]

Joshua Fogg in to, not into

[@stephenandersen4625]

Odd, to me he is still a new guy.

[@unfolding169]

Parody’s better than original

[@richard3365]

When it comes to "Weird Al" (quotes are actually officially part of the name) the vast majority of his parodies are better than the original. Also, in light of the song being about grammar, I seriously hope you meant "This parody is better" as opposed to "Parodies are better." I have seen the 's used as an attempt to make words plural before, but that's not how it works.

[@unfolding169]

@@richard3365 I did mean “this parody is better”.

[@zaphodthenth]

I agree. The original was nothing special, but this is far better.

[@MrsMster]

mainly because this version isn't about r*pe

[@michaelp4387]

is this a parody of something? what's the original then?

[@alaychem]

The other day, I was in an amusement park and the original song was played. When then tune arrived I almost yelled "if you can't write/in a proper way"

[@aimfulRenegade]

i want a biohazard bin on my computer. twitter has to go somewhere.

[@round5soundsfetchmetheirso827]

Redditors when someone uses "your" instead of "you're".

[@deadwarrior3655]

Ouy’re*

[@RedHorizonz]

i’m a redditor. your statement is true

[@timeforamunch2616]

U'r

[@MidClassWarrior]

@@timeforamunch2616 Lmao

[@rykloog9578]

Your just being a grammar Nazi

[@alvhawk4461]

"Go back to preschool, get out of the gene pool" Is an insult I will use

[@parzival2874]

No comments but 212 likes?

[@alvhawk4461]

crazy

[@Uriah625]

Personally like “control+alt+delete you” as an insult.

[@yiotzu]

460 likes with 3 words wow

[@Carbon-cringe-human]

@@Uriah625 that's a threat

[@AuthorCertifiedGoof]

One of my favorite Weird Al songs. “Cunning linguist” is the greatest lyric in any song.

[@puremadness]

might also be the spiciest lyric in any weird al song

[@AuthorCertifiedGoof]

@@puremadness definitely! Yet, he still managed to keep it clean!

[@FajreroCintilo]

A linguist would lecture him on linguistic descriptivism v prescribivism and why he's wrong.

[@bicyclist2]

This is my favorite Wierd Al song. I've been a big Wierd Al fan since the early 80's. Thank you.

[@sierrafarnum9689]

Finally, a version where I don't feel bad about the lyrics.

[@rwc.8342]

Cunning linguist and the last comment appeals to those going through extended puberty.

[@cube_control]

What's this a parody of?

[@MrShadowsetzer]

@@cube_control Blurred Lines (by Pharrel Williams)

[@sharjacobs]

The original is about getting mixed signals

[@domesticatedrock1670]

@@sharjacobs I want to believe that, but it's phased way more like a guy refusing to take no for an answer

[@itsjustmenova]

He always has a way to make his parodies better than the originals

[@lucydoodles2020]

The bar's not set too high for this one

[@ReggiePostlethwaite]

because he has an IQ of 180

[@piggytalesstudio4690]

Blue Dragon Yeah, he’s “weird” in that respect.

[@soggycatgirl]

Wait what's the original?

[@ReggiePostlethwaite]

@@soggycatgirl yes.

[@cherylcarlson3860]

Watched this many times & just picked up on "you should hire some cunning linguist!" Pure genius.

[@iandude1]

Fun fact, at 0:26, the name of the HR (homeroom) teacher is Mrs. Krabappel. She was Bart's teacher on The Simpsons for a number of years before Marcia Wallace, the actress who provided her voice, passed away. Al of course made a couple of appearances on the show as himself over the years.

[@530mak]

Teachers should use this video.

[@fella_air4165]

Mine did

[@Nufc16tag]

My teacher did in business

[@Kevvrr]

Margaret Kelly my teacher did

[@nathanapplegate5374]

My college English teacher did at the beginning of semester. First lecture too.

[@connorjaegar486]

Nathan Applegate same

[@cathacker13]

I unironically prefer this version over the original, and I'm not just talking about the changing of the hella creepy lyrics, I genuinely think that this sounds better musically

[@squanto2]

I totally agree. The production is sharp and amazing.

[@nowhereman7884]

Wait, what's the original song? I didn't know this was a parody.

[@cathacker13]

@@nowhereman7884 blurred lines

[@terri6854]

"Hella"? Now there's a word crime.

[@ali_m_]

@@terri6854 "that peepl mock u onliiiiiiiiiiiine"

[@steveschmidt6847]

This may be the most cleverly brilliant and brilliantly clever use of lyrics in any song ever.

[@wemecomebackwhen]

As a grammar and spelling nerd I love this song so much 😊

[@finn_underwood]

I just turned on Blurred Lines. I tried to sing along. I sang the lyrics to this song. It has effectively replaced Blurred Lines in my brain. ...Thank you, Yankovic. You have done me a service that can never be truly repayed.

[@sanjakosovic]

*repaid

[@biblyscop]

+Sanja K extremely underrated comment.

[@TheHutchy01]

Amish Paradise.

[@castagir68]

i now do the same thing for his parody of "american pie" by don maclean!

[@baddriversoffortworthtexas4557]

I do that with every song he's parodied.. LOL

[@ryanbananahands7545]

Word crimes is definitely better than blurred lines

[@peterdavids31]

Ryan Bananahands 100% agree!

[@Tabbi]

DEFINITELY is an *understatement.*

[@katt1420]

totaly

[@ae.8870]

I Ara The muchly knows it ises

[@user-kp5te7hz6y]

Ryan Bananahands

[@masterofthepeachtea]

Weird Al is the only guy who listened during his school group speech meetings

[@Redrogue4711]

Still love this after all these years.

[@depressedkid7851]

The one thing I love about Weird Al is that he takes crappy songs and turns them into really funny and good songs

[@christopherwood1632]

The original is good too

[@beatleschick]

@@christopherwood1632 lol

[@CooperRome]

@@christopherwood1632 it's garbage.

[@ollie.7273]

No it’s not

[@19thcenturygentleman33]

yah yeet one of nirvanas worst songs

[@wetplant1748]

Blurred Lines was basically just sexual harassment while Word Crimes is teaching people what proper English grammer is.

[@MathNerd1729]

I hope the misspelled word at the end was for the meme. After all, this song is about grammar. I agree that the song is nice, though! 🙂

[@coltonam2]

ironic considering my English teacher was accused of sexual harassment 7 times

[@birdfriday]

Grammar

[@lukasmalmberg7933]

@@coltonam2 2:41 "Irony is not coincidence."

[@coltonam2]

@@lukasmalmberg7933 lmao u got me there

[@marc.lepage]

This song deserves the Nobel Prize for Literature. Or Poetry.

[@Wookie8058]

This man is a genius... A weird one.. but none the less, a blistering genius...

[@snapshotplays441]

This explains everything better than school.

[@masonbarrett1478]

Harambobama Mo Bamba cause it makes him look aggressive

[@dylankaiser5546]

I wish my teachers showed this in English class

[@k4tto362]

Harambobama Mo Bamba bruh this is youtube we can write anything we want and youtube isn’t school -_-

[@savkat1033]

@@k4tto362 so

[@Haveyouseenmybody]

You learn more from this song than seven years in school, Says a lot.

[@alliemurray293]

If I ever become an English teacher, This is the first thing I'm showing my class.

[@prizma45]

you'd get fired but it'd be worth it

[@ADeeSHUPA]

@@prizma45 uP

[@wockywojak3280]

No not anymore the memes are old. As a child myself the kids won’t like it.

[@cheezepuffz3041]

@@wockywojak3280 wait what?

[@wockywojak3280]

kids won’t like it they’ll find it cringe

[@Prankmaster9746]

I like this because I don’t need to hear the lyrics of Blurred Lines

[@QuiGonJohn1999]

I actually never listened to blurred lines before I really got into weird al and now I realize I was listening to the better version for awhile now

[@PosingWheel]

This is probably the only music video that can actually teach someone something

[@torg2126]

Almost all of Sabaton's music is reasonably educational

[@callmeangie867]

Alphabet song: Am I a joke to you?

[@Alacrity23688]

The Elements by Tom Lehrer is educational, also the Nations of the World by Yakko Warner.

[@JakeTLT]

Yakko’s World, Wakko’s America, Dot’s First Ladies, 19th Century Yakko’s World and every Horrible Histories song would like to speak to you

[@michealpersicko9531]

Um School House Rocks been doing this since the 70s

[@HJDietz-kl3qg]

As an English major, this song teaches so much if you actually pay attention to the lyrics. Been a Weird Al fan since ‘91 and I don’t plan on stopping.👍🏼

[@billp4]

Yeah, stuff you should have learnt by grade 6 or 7 at most.

[@the_kombinator]

Are you teaching overseas? If not, do it :D

[@smiley3047]

@@billp4 You'd be surprised at how much people forget

[@marshwetland3808]

I'm a former English teacher and I like singing this one in my garden when my illiterate neighbours do something to piss me off, which is frequently.

[@the_kombinator]

@@marshwetland3808 That sucks - I got in trouble yesterday by my wife for drinking too many beers with my neighbour lol

[@lebelluwga]

AAAA HOW HAS THIS AGED SO WELLLLL😭😭😭

[@purplealchemistofficial]

I can't help but admire the beauty of this video. I love all of the little details and easter eggs. Like, when it shows a computer screen it shows a person playing minesweeper (a reference to "White and Nerdy'), and the text they use for "lost cause", that refers to not only the show Lost, and the text at the bottom that uses the ABC logo, and says "learn your ABC's doofus". It's great.

[@63saruman]

When the parody is way MUCH better than the original.

[@aaandag9688]

And far less suggestive

[@cynsynth1621]

"way much better" _ironic_

[@cynsynth1621]

@@Qstandsforred no, it's ironic, because they made a grammar mistake commenting on a song about proper grammar ;)

[@Qstandsforred]

@@cynsynth1621 2:40

[@yeetdelete6737]

@@Qstandsforred cyn's right, buddy

[@SakuraAvalon]

Me fail English? That's unpossible.

[@kaylaray7659]

***** That is a word crime.

[@kaylaray7659]

sure.... or you just cant spell.

[@claytoncarmichael6352]

Word crime

[@_FiFo_]

The Hunter Bruh, the first rule of the internet is to NOT FEED THE TROLLS.

[@richardstroker6733]

Classic Simpson's quote by Ralph Wiggum.

[@scottietheshark]

Why bother with English class when you can just play this?

[@TomSedgman]

Aside from the fact that this is better than the source material, the addition of angry clippy is just *chefs kiss*.

[@SonyUSA]

Your little doodle of "rain on a wedding day" when describing irony hasn't gone unnoticed 😂

[@jasoncornish2904]

OK, went unnoticed by me until you said something. Thanks. LMAO'd!!!

[@robdog4062]

You forgot your period.

[@VioletEmerald]

I had missed it lmao! Thanks for pointing out!

[@Chan-zv5kb]

Was very glad they included that! The song's grammatical errors have gone unnoticed for too long!!

[@emilymonahan5232]

timestamp?

[@LattetheLarry]

That “everybody shut up” really dignified the song

[@Cerise4697]

It's my fave part of the song.

[@WolfyRed]

69 likes nice

[@nothing11558]

" Hey Hey hey, Hey hey hey, Go away " Is my favourite part.

[@waterbottle195]

@@nothing11558 "Hey Hey hey, Hey hey hey, Go away" Describes my life

[@aztrolivr]

Yep.

[@dylanoelrichs8423]

I love how al has a picture of himself in the accordion definition picture.

[@luke.friesen]

I just love watching the punctuation marks dancing.

[@fiandrhi]

Whoever did the animation for this deserves a Grammy.

[@liambohl]

Or better yet, a Grammary

[@PharyngealMedia]

Not with the ableist slur in it

[@absolutjackal]

Isn’t it whomever? Or was that an intentional joke?

[@tomepsilon]

​@@PharyngealMedia​Damn.

[@intelspecialty9771]

@@tomepsilon I think Alien Wario is British, cuz spastic is something different there

[@jauken83]

"Lets eat, grandma." "Lets eat grandma." Commas save lives.

[@ZombossLordOfDoom]

My grandma has a shirt that says that

[@becauseimafan]

@@ZombossLordOfDoom LOL!

[@stevepatrickjarvis]

Lets eat, grandma would imply you want to eat with grandma Let's eat grandma would imply that you want to eat grandma with others.

[@joeycrikey2594]

@@stevepatrickjarvis that is the obvious point wow!

[@rieldebonk1044]

@@joeycrikey2594 You love being aggressive.

[@Gamer_Gray42]

Best educational song ever created

[@morganb6717]

I was today years old when I paid just enough attention to the visuals, rather than the lyrics, to spot the chalk animation of rain on a wedding day during the Irony section. My 1996 nostalgia sees what you did there.

[@gtoger]

I come back to watch this every now and then and am always in love with the graphics. The animation and entire motif is just great.

[@jeremyaster7470]

you'll like the shop vac video this guy did

[@quiksilvababe]

SAME

[@dcolyer4451]

And IS always in love, grammer

[@kristinb8172]

Seriously, Al raises the bar almost every time.

[@Water_Me_Loan]

Jarret Heather did an amazing job!

[@pdx96]

No oxford comma?!? If I say "I caught a Zubat, Pidgey and Weedle," I just told Pidgey and Weedle that I caught Zubat. That's the difference of 200 experience points

[@tocov]

Everything that is not clear without an Oxford comma can be rephrased to be clear. Hey, Pidgey and Weedle, I caught a Zubat. I caught a Zubat, a Pidgey and a Weedle.

[@pdx96]

tocov True, but the fact is that if the original sentence is used, there is ambiguity. Technically all unclear sentences can be rephrased

[@40GamesAG]

When I read this comment I thought of Weird Al's Polkamon XD

[@Sirloinsalot1]

+Ray Chiu It's better to rephrase a sentence so that it is clear.

[@GrandleJams]

+tocov but that is unnecessary work needed to remove the Oxford Comma. I thought the point of removing the Comma was to shorten the sentence, not make it longer. I don't want to emphasize that they are part of what I'm saying by adding "a" before every noun I want to describe. It's much easier just adding a single comma than to put an extra word before every noun.

[@TrappyJenkins]

This is the most timeless piece of media of the century

[@truedoh2831]

If humans ever figure out immortality but can only make one person immortal it should be Weird Al.

[@MBZ901]

couldn't agree more

[@quinnreverance611]

Let's take a moment to appreciate the amazing graphic art/typography in this video.

[@catfishtrollfreevbucks6979]

@Maximilian Somethin' oh yeah yeah

[@DCNRS90YT]

Yep

[@camecex]

Amazing. Al is an underrated genius.

[@boydreed4865]

Jarrett Heather did some serious work putting that together. The amount of time spent creating each frame was massive.

[@KaSwipeSter]

Check out the one fir Shop Vac by Jonathan Coulton. Same person who did this one made it.

[@ilijazunic55]

You know your song is bad, when its parody beats it in every single thing.... Props to Weird Al.

[@aForkfulOfGold]

That doesn't even necessarily mean the song is bad. Weird Al is just THAT good.

[@gandalfbengalston1627]

No, blurred lines is still trash.

[@aForkfulOfGold]

Gandalf Bengalston I mean in general.

[@delta2625]

Gandalf Bengalston the original tune was made by the creators of 'blurred lines'. if you hate blurred lines and love this song, lyrics clearly mean too much to you.

[@Tbelf123]

delta2625 Well if you listen to Marvin Gayes' Got to Get It Up, the beats sound too close. Granted I'm not much of a Robert Thicke fan, but he can produce some good music.

[@justingreen2432]

"Some cunning linguist" is the funniest God Damn Pun I have ever heard. 😂😂😂

[@gwenpolo1307]

I love how the music is so happy and goofy, while the lyrics are the most exasperated English teacher ever

[@shriveborn9422]

"Just now, you said, you *literally* couldn't get out of bed!" "That makes me want to *literally* smack a crowbar upside your stupid head!" Still my favorite part of the whole song.

[@goat8629]

For real though. It’s an underrated line.

[@tsharabrown3719]

To be fair, I learned more recently that "literally" being used to mean "figuratively, but really strongly" has at least a couple hundred years of history. I still love the song though.

[@hackercow211]

What I love about it is in the video they are physically strapped onto the bed, implying that they indeed literally couldn't get out of bed.

[@samuelcolvin4994]

I don't know why but the "think you should only write in emojis" makes me laugh like a lunatic every time.

[@juliovnobre]

@@tsharabrown3719 yeah I bet the same applies to a lot of it, but the song is intentionally pedantic for comedic effect. I remember hearing the same about “literally” but still, this song is a masterpiece.