'' is the tenth Album by song parodist "Weird Al" Yankovic , released in 1999 . (see 1999 In Music ).
#" The Saga Begins " ( Don McLean , Yankovic) - 5:27
- parody of "'' (which was released a scant two weeks before ''Running With Scissors'') from Obi-Wan Kenobi 's point of view. According to Yankovic, he wrote the lyrics based on Internet Spoilers , without having actually seen the film. He did however go to a $500 advance screening to double check his facts.
#"My Baby's In Love With Eddie Vedder" (Yankovic) - 3:25
- Zydeco song about a man's jealousy for his girlfriend's single-minded obsession with the Grunge musician Eddie Vedder .
#"Pretty Fly For A Rabbi" (B. Holland, Yankovic) - 3:02
- The theme of Al's short-lived Saturday morning show, titled '' The Weird Al Show ''.
#"Jerry Springer" (E. Robertson, Yankovic) - 2:46
- parody of "One Week" by Barenaked Ladies . The song parodies The Jerry Springer Show and a devoted fan. The Peter Gabriel song ''The Barry Williams Show'', written in 2002, could be considered a serious version of this song.
#"Germs" (Yankovic) - 4:38
- A Polka Medley of....
- ---" Wannabe " by The Spice Girls ,
- ---"Flagpole Sitta" by Harvey Danger ,
- ---" Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are) " by Pras ,
- ---" Everybody (Backstreet's Back) " by the Backstreet Boys ,
- ---"Walkin' On The Sun" by Smash Mouth ,
- ---"Intergalactic" by the Beastie Boys ,
- ---" Tubthumping " by Chumbawamba ,
- ---" Ray Of Light " by Madonna ,
- ---"Push" by Matchbox Twenty ,
- ---" Semi-Charmed Life " by Third Eye Blind ,
- ---" The Dope Show " by Marilyn Manson ,
- ---" MMMBop " by Hanson ,
- ---" Sex And Candy " by Marcy Playground ,
- ---"Closing Time" by Semisonic , and
- ---"WAY MOBY Polka" by "Weird Al" Yankovic.
--with new music by "Weird Al" Yankovic. The title is a parody of the Spice Girls' oft-said phrase, " Girl Power !".
#"Your Horoscope For Today" (Yankovic) - 3:59
- parody of "It's All About The Benjamins (Rock Remix)" by Puff Daddy , about a braggart Computer whiz.
#"Truck Drivin' Song" (Yankovic) - 2:27
- A Spoken Word piece; it's a tale of a poor boy ("Livin' in a box under the stairs in the corner of the basement of the house half a block down the street from Jerry's Bait Shop (you know the place).") who wins a trip to Albuquerque , New Mexico , and the mad hijinks he has in that city, which trail off into a moment of forgetfulness, followed by clarity, a cheerful reminder, and a long, melodramatic finale. In the lyrics sheet, Yankovic mentions that there isn't enough room for the rest of the lyrics, and that one should "listen really carefully and figure them out for" himself.
Running With Scissors is the first of "Weird Al" Yankovic's albums to boast multimedia content. When the CD is placed in a CD-ROM drive, one can browse through the files, and play a Quicktime Movie file, which contains 16 minutes worth of footage from the Disney Channel concert special ''"Weird Al" Yankovic: (There's No) Going Home.''
- Producer: "Weird Al" Yankovic
- Engineers: Tony Papa, Richie Wise
- Assistant engineer: Jeff Moses
- Mixing: Tony Papa, Richie Wise
- Mastering: Bernie Grundman
- Art direction: Doug Haverty
- Design: Doug Haverty
- Photography: Johnny Buzzerio
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