POLL-KA 2014: The "Weird Al" Yankovic Polka Showdown

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Is this the most important poll in ILX history????

List of songs included in each medley is here.

And here's some bonus footage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXsbVQM8SP4

Poll Results

OptionVotes
"The Alternative Polka" 7
"Angry White Boy Polka" 3
"Polka Power!" 3
"Polka Your Eyes Out" 3
"Polkas On 45" 2
"Bohemian Polka" 1
"Polka Party!" 1
"Hooked On Polkas" 1
"NOW That's What I Call Polka" 1
"The Hot Rocks Polka" 0
"Salute To The Grammys Polka" 0
"Polkamon" 0
"Polkarama!" 0
"Polka Face" 0


maura, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 03:49 (ten years ago)

i have to go with 'angry white boy polka' on this but 'polka your eyes out' ruled my later high school years

maura, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 03:51 (ten years ago)

Polka party!

LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Wednesday, 16 July 2014 03:52 (ten years ago)

"Running With Scissors" was the first album I ever bought for myself (with a Strawberries gift card!), so I kind of have to go with "Polka Power."

Love all of these, though (including that Grammy polka with Frankie Yankovic that i've never heard before!)

Gibbtronix (Ryan Gibbs), Wednesday, 16 July 2014 03:57 (ten years ago)

POLLka Party: "Weird Al" Yankovic's Polka Medleys

dilligaf escape plan (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 16 July 2014 03:59 (ten years ago)

http://sunny95.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/16/files/2013/05/WeirdAl.gif

maura, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 04:04 (ten years ago)

feel like the polkas are weird al distilled to his essence.

true story: i went to see him in concert in 2010 and he played the most recent polka medley and it brought me near to tears, that band was tearing shit up.

if im voting child memories, tho, "polka your eyes out" the 'humpty dance' break is 5ever. if im voting most likely to remind me of hs, "angry white boy polka".

it's not a fedora, it's a trill bae (m bison), Wednesday, 16 July 2014 04:10 (ten years ago)

my vote is going to one of these three:

"Polkas On 45"
"Hooked On Polkas"
"Polka Party!"

guwop (crüt), Wednesday, 16 July 2014 12:59 (ten years ago)

I've always been partial to "The Alternative Polka"

justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Wednesday, 16 July 2014 13:15 (ten years ago)

the answer to this will always be "Hooked On Polkas"

Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Wednesday, 16 July 2014 13:23 (ten years ago)

Angry White Boy just edging out Alternative Polka here for me.

how's life, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 13:57 (ten years ago)

Spotify playlist. (Spotify doesn't have the soundtrack album on which "Polkaman" appears. And for some reason it credits "Polkaram!" to 50 Cent, which is . . . awesome.)

Queef Latina (Phil D.), Wednesday, 16 July 2014 14:00 (ten years ago)

"Polkas On 45" is the only one i really know, so that one

TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 16 July 2014 14:02 (ten years ago)

i used to have it memorized

TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 16 July 2014 14:02 (ten years ago)

How come Rivers didn't want him to do "Buddy Holly"? One would think there would at least be nerd solidarity or something..

©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 16 July 2014 19:18 (ten years ago)

rivers is a not a nerd, he just wore those glasses

it's not a fedora, it's a trill bae (m bison), Wednesday, 16 July 2014 19:18 (ten years ago)

From Wikipedia:

"Polkas on 45" evolved from an early polka medley that Yankovic had played when opening for new wave band Missing Persons in 1981.[5] This early version included parts of various new wave songs, including "Jocko Homo" by Devo, "Homosapien" by Pete Shelley, "Sex Junkie" by Plasmatics, "T.V.O.D." by The Normal, "Bad Boys Get Spanked" by The Pretenders, "TV Party" by Black Flag, "Janitor" by Suburban Lawns, and "People Who Died" by Jim Carroll.[19]

That is a polka medley I want to hear!

chr1sb3singer, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 19:40 (ten years ago)

Alternative Polka for me, it's so fast! And there's some touches in there that still make me laugh, like the 'boink' masking sounds in Closer and the Alanis ululation.

MaresNest, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 19:41 (ten years ago)

alternative, partly because it was my first one and also because the jaunty polka takes on morose alt rock/grunge is still endlessly delightful.

twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Wednesday, 16 July 2014 21:46 (ten years ago)

and the weird whistle noise during the sheryl crow track.

twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Wednesday, 16 July 2014 21:47 (ten years ago)

This is from season 6, but the Shmenges first appeared in '81. Hard to know who was stealing from who--would like to think SCTV was there first.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SbJIlEd6jA

clemenza, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 21:55 (ten years ago)

I heard "Bohemian Polka" long before I heard "Bohemian Rhapsody"

guwop (crüt), Wednesday, 16 July 2014 21:56 (ten years ago)

alternative because it feels the most subversive to the source material

ciderpress, Thursday, 17 July 2014 03:26 (ten years ago)

"The Alternative Polka" because I suspect I still have all the words to every song on Bad Hair Day memorized.

building a desert (art), Thursday, 17 July 2014 03:42 (ten years ago)

mad respect for his introducing every medley with a classic polka tune

guwop (crüt), Thursday, 17 July 2014 22:34 (ten years ago)

"The Tick Tock Polka" by Frankie Yankovic
"Tik Tok" by Ke$ha

guwop (crüt), Thursday, 17 July 2014 22:48 (ten years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Sunday, 20 July 2014 00:01 (ten years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Monday, 21 July 2014 00:01 (ten years ago)

i neglected to vote but i'm glad "Polka Your Eyes Out" got a decent showing even without me. how can you deny a polka medley with "Love Shack," "Enter Sandman," and "Ice Ice Baby" in it?

not pop, shambhala, where to buy weed (some dude), Monday, 21 July 2014 00:03 (ten years ago)


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