This could easily be a powerful lamenting love song. I used to assume it must be based off of something. I just wouldn't expect such raw emotion to be created for a humor song.
It works perfectly though. The humor lies in the sort of irony.
This is one of Al's original songs. It's not a parody of another song, but rather a completely original piece. He usually does 1 on each album, though many people still mistake them for parodies.
11 weeks ago, I was stuck in an elevator at the hospital's fifth floor landing. Pretty darn boring. In a metal can for 20 minutes. Doors were stuck. Wish somehow I'd brought a crowbar to get the doors open.
I still remember hearing this for the first time when I was six years old. The first Weird Al song I ever heard I was on a bus towards our summer vacation. Frikkin brilliant.
The way he walks off the screen at the end, it's like the part of Napoleon Dynamite when Napoleon has finished dancing in front of the school and just walks off abruptly when the music stops...
Al Yankovic explained this somewhere. He calls these "Style Parodies" - completely original songs that imitate the sound or style of a band. For example, "Dare to Be Stupid" and "Germs" are both style parodies. I'm not sure if the song fits that description, but the video is definitely a takeoff of Extreme's "More Than Words."
I know this is a parody, I remember seeing the original video of this song, not the weird al one, but the original, when I was a kid. I'll probably have to call my sister up and ask her if she remembers it, she was big into MTV back then.
wow that guitar is a bit hard to break hahahahaha lol but that was funny when he acted like he was gonna play the guitar put then he puts it down hahaha this song is so funny
Lmao, -picks up guitar plucks 1 string puts guitar back down-
lordonur1 2 years ago
hahaha i love how he smashes the guitar at the end!
SilverMoonEinherjar 2 years ago
HAHAHA!!
awesomepradyot 2 years ago
This could easily be a powerful lamenting love song. I used to assume it must be based off of something. I just wouldn't expect such raw emotion to be created for a humor song.
It works perfectly though. The humor lies in the sort of irony.
themidnightjudge1 2 years ago
OMG the piano guy looks exactly like my maths teacher!!
Stanners01 2 years ago
It's "math", damn European!
FractalDistortion 2 years ago
@FractalDistortion , i wonder why us europeans do say "maths". "math" makes more sense to be honest :D
spideross 2 years ago
MATHematicS. Maths does make more sense.
jimjamjahar 2 years ago
maybe it is
flamingdude96 2 years ago
surely its because its in the plural and you lots of stuff (calculating,sums,etc) in it and thats what makes it maths. for me at least
Stanners01 2 years ago
wot is the actuall song called?
g4m3rsc0r3 2 years ago
This is one of Al's original songs. It's not a parody of another song, but rather a completely original piece. He usually does 1 on each album, though many people still mistake them for parodies.
Sebekiz 2 years ago
Rofl
Mandaramaster 2 years ago
the anti christ XD
honestly
TheSuperGamefreak 2 years ago
Haha Robert Goulet... sweet.
kgr003 2 years ago
It's that Janitor from It Smells Like Nirvana! :D
TheSlayer0121 2 years ago 2
yeah she dont's love me anymore ahaha lolT_T
osyris09 2 years ago
what is love eny way
tacaloking 2 years ago
Oh, don't worry about the guitar, its a rental from ACME...
BroadwayFairy 2 years ago 2
"then you dumped me in a drainage ditch and left me for dead"
my favorite line!! LOL
boredpersonthingy 2 years ago
lol hahah put paranahs in my bathtub
scgirlhailey 2 years ago 2
...again... lmao
BroadwayFairy 2 years ago 2
I think the song is original, but the video is a parody of the More than words video by Extreme.
ktzala 2 years ago 2
actually i've heard a song that sounds alot like this before... its some country song i think.
TheFooey 2 years ago
What is this song parodying, if anything?
Best one he has, IMO.
Grug16 2 years ago 2
none, its his original song..
ryujisan 2 years ago 2
Robert Goulet!
Alexhaladay 2 years ago 2
YOU ROCK!
hope11803 2 years ago 5
One of these days, I'm gonna pull off that gag in 1:30 to 1:40 in one of our gigs.Hahaha!
jrldorado 2 years ago
LOL When poison my coffee just a little bit everyday
Trevman1011 2 years ago 6
lol i loved this song as a kid, just remembered about it out of a random conversation online a few minutes ago..
funny how it still makes me laugh though.. XD
thewhatnotcomesalive 2 years ago 8
i love it! he says it so calm, then he freaks out at the end! :D LOVVVVVVE IT!
fredsonlylover111 2 years ago 11
lol some random stuff ...
treasurechick 2 years ago 6
wow!
phuza02 2 years ago 6
Weird Al is terrific.
He's SO very amusing.
yashumbala 2 years ago 9
Awesomeness.
DarkAsKnight1 2 years ago 3
Hell this is freakin funny!
KickAssMax77 2 years ago
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really its so weird..............
ykevin143 2 years ago
"You slammed my face on the barbecue grill"
lol
jaber4life 2 years ago 7
darling im begging wont you put down that knife
bendybob4 2 years ago 2
best ending ever,
SinfulPadawan 2 years ago
I've never heard something so sad and yet so funny at the same time.
jvondd 2 years ago 5
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ok im all for al and all but making fun of love kinda dissapointing
MultiVampiress 2 years ago
What are you? Twelve?
swirlingabyss 2 years ago
come on its just a joke
beatboxyy 2 years ago 4
FUNNY BUT so many times true . first theres love and then comes hate. havent you ever watched courtv. what world have you been living in
beatboxyy 2 years ago 4
And that's why court tv's funny.
Kissanruoka4400 2 years ago 3
stupid
lildjohnson95 2 years ago
The ultimate break up song, right here. A true genius.
BugsII1957 2 years ago
How can he sing this with a straight face? People say i look like him...
chaosangel88777 2 years ago
Good thing that Guitar was a rental from Acme industries.XD The showed the tag at the start of the video.
leshyaedawnfire 2 years ago
Man...I JUST realized that this video is a play on Extreme's "More Than Words". How did it take me that long to figure out?
nonsoolog 2 years ago 4
He's clever. XD
MajesticalCow 2 years ago
cool
Bowmango 2 years ago
wow he's awsome!
CuteGal786 2 years ago
4:10 HAHA lol metal!!
broken!
ikpk17 2 years ago
13 slams into the ground before it shattered.
DarkAsKnight1 2 years ago 4
abouth ACME im pretty sure he mean acme from the old cartoons
buggs bunny,tom and jerry,roadrunner if they needed something special,
like rocketshoes or a boobytrap they would order it from ACME by mail,usualy the stuff was of bad quality and would backfire on them
i dunno if ACME is a real company or a spoof of somesort
SpectralForm 2 years ago 3
There is a real company named Acme. o: I dunno if they make guitars though.
Redward652 2 years ago
its also a grocery store in Clifton NJ
onfire340 2 years ago
Lol
Alex78977 2 years ago 3
If I were a man I'd kill for his leetle mustache 8D
aGlowingTeapot 2 years ago 6
Weird Al vs Guitar.....Weird Al pwns
nick90601k 2 years ago 6
lol, *picks up guitar* *looks down at it* *sets it back down*
spoiledmeat999 2 years ago 6
LOL 4:10
drummerboy970 2 years ago
didnt you make the ps3 song (how u killed your brand) using how to save a life
SpeedDemon070 2 years ago
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wierd al didnt make that
SuperMario815 2 years ago
no thats doc adams. wierd al obviously made this of course.
prehistorymaster42 2 years ago
A very good song, but.... somebody could explain to me what does ACE means, please???THANK YOU
frinfrisu1988 2 years ago
ACME NOT ACE
Wrestlegamer 2 years ago 2
Haha, his face after he killed the guitar.
kathyyyyyyyyy 2 years ago
Whenever I hear this song, or watch the video, part of me wants to laugh and part of me wants to cry....so I craugh. ;D
residualbill 2 years ago 3
One of his best songs/Videos
Guitarking125 2 years ago
this f'n awesome song C:
VulcanNorris 2 years ago 2
zomg! that guutar was a rental!
g33k245 2 years ago 2
mhmm, the song is an original while the video is a parody of Extreme's 'More Than Words'
ReniFrog 2 years ago 2
simply
ACE
THEmadATTA123 2 years ago
He has some of the best love songs.
breacat 2 years ago 7
I think he just covered the video for more then words, as the songs arent that similar
toonadict 2 years ago
haha the music vid for more than words!
NAtePoo 2 years ago
I want to learn how to play this.
What is the real version of this song?
Or is this an original?
Bigtdeezle 2 years ago 2
The video is a parody of Extreme's 'More Than Words' although the song sounds nothing like it and I'm assuming it's an original.
AcousticUplift 2 years ago 2
90% sure its an original, but im no 100% :)
soocool78 2 years ago
no this is 100% original by weird al
stickxman 2 years ago 2
how can i download this
russf150 2 years ago
I love at 1:30 when he picks up the guitar like hes gonna join in... then just puts it right back down. Makes me crack up every time.
BriManeely 2 years ago 10
LOL ENDING!
Signevad 2 years ago
lol the ending was so fucking funny
derek6derek 2 years ago
This is the funniest breakup song ever!!!!! "I knida think it's cute the way you poision my coffee just a little each day..."
Emberelle55 2 years ago
Hilarious! As always.
wasstraw 2 years ago
ending was the best
pinkzombie15 2 years ago 2
this is fuckin funny LOL. but, at the same time it's kind of sad.
i love wierd al
loveub88 2 years ago
Strong guitar
Shaggyshadric 2 years ago 2
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11 weeks ago, I was stuck in an elevator at the hospital's fifth floor landing. Pretty darn boring. In a metal can for 20 minutes. Doors were stuck. Wish somehow I'd brought a crowbar to get the doors open.
Nabukuduriuzhur 2 years ago
thats my worst fear i hate elevators
kiopi94 2 years ago
how does that relate to this video?
HoundofDarkness 2 years ago
uh what does that have to do with the song Nabukuduriuzhur?
KingSaw100 2 years ago
i would laugh if someone fell into an elevator shaft after that i would call the cops and ask them if they were ok but i would laugh first
samarias12 2 years ago
I love this song.
Jrf2112ROBLOXStyle 2 years ago 5
guitars break at the glue so the front sometimes stays intact or it might just be a lucky guitar
fty170 2 years ago
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Daddyforhire46ify 2 years ago
Janitor makes a reappearance!
Malacandra4 2 years ago 3
lol at the end he looks like my friend when he loses in guitar hero XD
zZeroGravityZz 2 years ago
Guitars are tough stuff - that was some controlled rage right there to smash it. Al had to harnass a little angst.
tedrick79 2 years ago
Haha I love his face when the guitar is finally broken
ialysa 2 years ago 2
I still remember hearing this for the first time when I was six years old. The first Weird Al song I ever heard I was on a bus towards our summer vacation. Frikkin brilliant.
bulok69 2 years ago
ow this is the best to send to a x gf :D thanks :D
JDMDutch 2 years ago
I think he wrote this about my es-wife. :)
Weimowner8 2 years ago
Umm who's that person playing guitar
Doomguy27 2 years ago
That's Jim West, He's been Weird Al's guitarist since day 1
bryanmason76 2 years ago 3
best cover guitarist EVER
averyellis 2 years ago 2
love this song,, my X did everything to HURT me.. hello babe I'm still alive!!
SuperRIDGEWOOD 2 years ago
Nobody cares
TheBilly 2 years ago 4
god ur x is a bastard with a capital TURD
huggymuffins1995 2 years ago
lol "I think its kind of cute the way you poisen my coffee just a little each day" =)
serannewrap 2 years ago 3
How is this a parody of "More Than Words?" It doesn't even have the same melody.
JaminKoehn 2 years ago
The song isn't a parody. The video is.
MightyStreetFighter 2 years ago 3
i love how the video is trying to be seirse... for the most part..... and the lyrics are redickulus
Paperpirate456 2 years ago
serious* and ridiculous* soz man i just had to fix that
Gustin93 2 years ago 2
Back in 1992 when I was 7 like you, we had Weird Al AND we could spell
TheBilly 2 years ago
lol parody of the video more than words by extreme funny
ferjunbrood199 2 years ago
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JaminKoehn 2 years ago
Goulet FTW!
Pugiron 2 years ago 2
poor piano player, poor poor him
KingSaw100 2 years ago 2
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! I LOVE IT !
I remember this song from when I was a kid.
Weird Al is my inspiration.
You can check out my channel, and know that he had somethin' to do with my Audio/Visual pretenses.
Beautiful.
I'm drunk, and I love it. ... STILL.
JayBGoodTV 2 years ago
lol more than words
fuchalo 2 years ago
GOULET!!!! @1:45
wmr72 2 years ago
LOLZ!DIE GUITAR DIE!XD
StarPower10033 2 years ago
Making fun of Extreme's video for More Than Words.
Nice.
Kasumitan 2 years ago
great song! omg funny! makes you think too
jakex488 2 years ago
Just great!!!!!!!!!!!!
NOOBwozuyniboT 2 years ago
0:19 wasnt that a rental 4:14
comedysyrup 2 years ago
This is one of his funniest and well-written songs in my opinion. The ending is hilarious! Weird Al for president.
anklepantsmagazine 2 years ago 6
I would go through all of that. But I would dump her the moment she put poison in my coffee.
PepsiownsCoke 2 years ago 2
When my voice is soft it sounds the same as his like 93% but when its louder more like 72%
jeremyoldz 2 years ago
DAMN!!!! he destroyed that guitar!! way to go AL!!! LMAO!!!
J61273 2 years ago
him putting the guitar down b4 the 2nd verse is too much. this guy s too funny
jelaninoel 2 years ago 5
Very good,
I like it
But extreme is an epic win Dx
kysmight82 2 years ago
wait the piano and cello werent in more than words
TheSuperGamefreak 2 years ago
lmao.... niceeeee. :)
sillysadieify 2 years ago
if i had a girlfriend i would also sing this song to her if she was breaking up with me :(
TheSuperGamefreak 2 years ago
The way he walks off the screen at the end, it's like the part of Napoleon Dynamite when Napoleon has finished dancing in front of the school and just walks off abruptly when the music stops...
bigratlover 2 years ago
Haha! I would never think anyone would compare Napoleon Dynamite to Weird Al. But now that I think of it, it's like a perfect match! Great mind!
lol
iamrandom44 2 years ago
al is the man . nuff said .
chriskiefer79 2 years ago 4
The part where he smashed the guitar totally sums up what it's like to lose someone you love.
Well put, Al.
poelover37 2 years ago 4
Ya he is wonderfull but what is this a parady of? is it like dont downloasd this song? Not parody.
alecthekulak 2 years ago
The tune is different, but the video itself is a parady of "More Than Words"
samewilson 2 years ago
yeah the vid is more than words not the song its al
TheSuperGamefreak 2 years ago
Al Yankovic explained this somewhere. He calls these "Style Parodies" - completely original songs that imitate the sound or style of a band. For example, "Dare to Be Stupid" and "Germs" are both style parodies. I'm not sure if the song fits that description, but the video is definitely a takeoff of Extreme's "More Than Words."
junkb0x99 2 years ago 2
its an original song but the music video is a parody of More Than Words by Extreme
awesomeguyman 2 years ago
his shirt is epic.
crvorhees 2 years ago
no his hair is epic.
tjvasquez 2 years ago 4
LOL
alecthekulak 2 years ago
one verse in the song explains the whole songs saying of why she doesnt love him anymore
TheSuperGamefreak 2 years ago
I'm kinda proud he's half Serbian.
He rocks, this is one of the greatest love+comic songs for sure.
rakikralj 2 years ago
He killed teh guitar!!!! lol that was amazing
dragonfruit9000 2 years ago 2
HAHAH the funniest thing ever! endings a bit wired but hey dam good lyrics!
1994Watts 2 years ago 2
WHAT is THat a Parody Of?
LinkTC86 2 years ago
The video itself is a parody of More Than Words by Extreme. The song isn't a direct parody, but I think it's a style parody.
LeviathanMist 2 years ago 3
its supposed 2 b of more than words. the original song. if u look up the video u can c the similarities
aries69on69deck 2 years ago
lmfao funnyest ending ever! wierd all rules!
SiCotic5150 2 years ago 3
I think my favorite line is probably, "You think I'm ugly and you say I'm cheap, you shaved off my eye brows while I was asleep".
Out of all the stuff she does, that's the least-life-threatening.
nate556 2 years ago
haha poor piano dude. they went happy tree friends on him,, i also like the elevator shaft part.
usukandcanada 2 years ago 2
The line
"Now my scars are all healing, but my heart never will"
i considered the most serious line in any Weird Al song.
I think this song truly has deep meaning for him.
BenjaminWirtz 2 years ago 7
1 minute silence for the guitar plz :P
MasterKillerBear 2 years ago 2
at least the video is a parody of "more than words". By extreme
calderadiver 2 years ago
i love that song. more than words i mean
redsoupgirl 2 years ago
Oh god, I never knew this song had a video.
AltimaNEO 2 years ago
from with song is this made?
kjeldduhh 2 years ago
I think this is one of his originals. He does make up his own songs. At least once a CD...
chaoticpix93 2 years ago
I know this is a parody, I remember seeing the original video of this song, not the weird al one, but the original, when I was a kid. I'll probably have to call my sister up and ask her if she remembers it, she was big into MTV back then.
nate556 2 years ago 2
Nope, it's an original, but it's done in the style of James Taylor, and the video is inspired by "More Than Words" by Extreme.
Akekazori 2 years ago 3
Okay, I get it! The song is original, but the video is a parody. Weird Al never ceases to amaze me with his cleverness.
nate556 2 years ago 6
this is an original song
JackalKC 2 years ago 2
for the user "jacobsachez24" it's either more than words or to be with you by Mr. Big.
daemian2k 2 years ago
you know the first like 20 seconds of this song follow off from smells like nirvana because dont those drums look familiar
TheSuperGamefreak 2 years ago
That and they use the same janitor.
BenjaminWirtz 2 years ago
wow that guitar is a bit hard to break hahahahaha lol but that was funny when he acted like he was gonna play the guitar put then he puts it down hahaha this song is so funny
acpierox 2 years ago
Love this. When he gets the guitar, but never plays it. He is a frikkin GENIUS.
1982pacman 2 years ago 7
more issues than TimeLife
sideburn260 2 years ago 3