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I saw Weird Al at Summerfest Tuesday night, despite having vowed two years ago to never return to Summerfest. It rained on us the whole time, and I was too far back to see really well, but the show was awesome. The crowd could have been a little more polite. When the video stopped working during a costume change, the crowd started chanting "we want Al" which is pretty stupid because he obviously schedules those video breaks so he can change costume/props/instruments/etc. But then the band came on and played "Technical Difficulties" (er, jammed, while chanting "technical difficulties" occasionally) And then Al came back on and the video got fixed.
He played "Close To You" and "Albuquerque" as an encore, so obviously the crowd was polite enough for that much.
He did a lot of his older songs in medley format, squeezing in more content without belaboring the music was an interesting choice that works really well for his repertoire. He also did a "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" parody about why we should care about Paris Hilton, and played a lot of "Al TV" videos, the best of which was his "You are the worst thing to happen to America ever" rant to Kevin Fedderline. Yay!
Most surprising thing: Lots of females in attendance, many of whom sang along during the Star Wars songs.
He played "Close To You" and "Albuquerque" as an encore, so obviously the crowd was polite enough for that much.
He did a lot of his older songs in medley format, squeezing in more content without belaboring the music was an interesting choice that works really well for his repertoire. He also did a "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" parody about why we should care about Paris Hilton, and played a lot of "Al TV" videos, the best of which was his "You are the worst thing to happen to America ever" rant to Kevin Fedderline. Yay!
Most surprising thing: Lots of females in attendance, many of whom sang along during the Star Wars songs.