Tonight Becca and I went to the 'Weird Al' Yankovic concert. Here's a picture of me in rapt anticipation of the upcoming concert. As you'll notice I decided to wear a shirt sufficiently in line with the nerdiness of the event.
Once we got there we went and bought a t-shirt. After all, I needed a Weird Al shirt!
Then we went up to our seats and waited. Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap!........Nothing......Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap!.......Nothing........This went on for 30 minutes before Weird Al came out. But I did learn something exciting during this time. Becca told me that going to this concert was the single nerdiest thing she'd ever done. And then, to make it better, I asked her to name the nerdiest thing she'd ever done without me, and she said taking the SAT! She's making a lot of progress toward full nerdiness and I find that quite exciting. :)
Then at 8 it finally happened. Weird Al came out. We then were treated to 2 hrs and 20 min of Weird Al. It was heavenly. We went through most of the songs on the newest album, and many of his older ones. In between many of his songs he played video clips, predominantly from Al TV episodes, including many "celebrity interviews." If you don't know what I mean, look on You Tube sometime and I'm sure you'll find some of them. The videos gave him time to change into various outfits during the concert. For example, he had on Obi-Wan's robs for the Star Wars Saga and Yoda (yes, he did it!) I loved every minute of it. Weird Al is seriously the coolest nerd in the world. That and he's especially active and highly entertaining to watch.
He ended the night doing an encore, which was his long song Albuquerque. It seemed like the perfect way to end the concert.
Also, Ive been trying to decide where this fits in my list of favorite concerts. Before this, I'd say my favorite concert was DC Talk. They put on a good show. However, at this point I have to say Weird Al is my favorite concert. There is simply nothing he does that I don't love.
For those of you who will be going to see him later this summer, get excited. You're in for a very good show!
