Greetings and salutations Hivers. Today let's go into another Three Tune Tuesday post.

As always, thanks to @ablaze for making this series. Lots of people participate in it! Follow the tags to find a ton of good music recommendation.

Today I need a laugh. Normally that might involve looking up old Letterman interviews on Youtube or Monty Python clips, but when I'm also in the mood for music, it usually involves Weird Al. Of course we all know Weird Al. He is without a doubt the most successful comedy singer ever, and even when we compare him to singers in general, he is still one of the most successful of all time.

I thought we'd look at three of his lesser known hits for this post. All of you know Fat and White and Nerdy, but how about these older and less common ones? I'm going to limit myself to his Even Worse album. Even Worse was probably his biggest hit, the one where he started to cross over from this another Dr Demento freak appealing to nerds to someone that everyone started listening to. MTV played his Fat music video just about more than any thing else. Even so, as popular as that song was, I think a lot of his other songs from that album have been passed over. That in mind, let's look at three of the better ones.

Weird Al - Alimony

One of his underrated songs, this is a hilarious parody of Billy Idol's Mony Mony. There are plenty of jokes here to keep you smiling as you listen. I think besides Fat, this may be the strongest song on the album. Really good stuff here.

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Weird Al - I Think I'm a Clone Now

A parody of Tiffany's I Think We're Alone Now, this is a geeky look at suspecting you might be a clone. I listened to this album when it came out, so I would have only been ten. I had no idea what a clone was, though I kind of got half of an idea from the lyrics, but I laughed alone anyway.

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Velvet Elvis

This one isn't a parody of any specific song, but it is borrowing a lot of style from The Police. Like the previous songs, I didn't get the jokes when I was a kid, but enjoyed the song anyway. Now that I get the jokes, I enjoy it even more!

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So what's your favorite?

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