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Weird Al Premiere Cancelled Due to Net Leak
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SilentChris writes "In what's probably a first, AOL cancelled the 'World Premiere' of Weird Al's newest video 'White and Nerdy' due to it being leaked on the internet. Al writes on his MySpace page: 'Apparently, the video has already leaked online, and AOL doesn't feel comfortable doing a World Premiere promotion for a video that a number of people have seen already ... Anyway, it's really a bummer... it would have been great promotion for the album... but hey, life goes on.' As for the video? Arguably Al's best work (but I'm a little biased)."
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Hmm... (Score:3, Funny)
(https://customer.lylix.net/aff.php?aff=006)
Re:Hmm... (Score:5, Funny)
but there are laws against violating copyrights and copying 'protected' media. so your explanation doesn't work.
[rolls eyes]
And I care why? (Score:5, Funny)
[/not trolling]
Re:And I care why? (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:And I care why? (Score:4, Funny)
(http://www.fredshome.org/)
At least it would be more original
Re:And I care why? (Score:4, Insightful)
(http://www.louishochman.com/)
Re:And I care why? (Score:5, Funny)
See, selling CDs is BAD and will make musicians suffer in poverty while illegally distributing their content without any chance for income is GOOD because the magical socialism fairy will appear out of nowhere and shower them with butter and wine.
Don't mind that rabbit hole, Alice, you're not in Wonderland, just Slashdot. It's just as fruity, but much, much stupider.
Buy The CD, Not the ITunes. (Score:5, Informative)
(This is not meant to invalidate your point!)
In what's probably a first (Score:5, Funny)
Isn't that the best premiere a "Nerdy" video can get? Being "leaked" to YouTube, featured on Slashdot?
Re:In what's probably a first (Score:4, Interesting)
Since then, I've bought a shirt, both their DVDs, pre-ordered their last CD, bought the rest, and saw 'em live twice.
Yep. They sure got screwed. I'm sure they really wish I'd never even heard of 'em.
Re:In what's probably a first (Score:4, Insightful)
(Last Journal: Thursday April 25 2002, @09:03PM)
Re:In what's probably a first (Score:4, Funny)
I found out about this cool store once because I had ran in there earlier to escape the police who were chasing me. So, I decided to hold the place up. After I got home, I realized the store was totally cool, so now I shop there all the time.
Sure, I robbed them once, but I've more than made up for it by becoming a valuable customer! I'm sure they are glad that I know about their store.
Re:In what's probably a first (Score:4, Funny)
done! (Score:5, Insightful)
Al, I think that's damn close to a world premiere right there, and a better class of audience than AOL.
Re:done! (Score:5, Funny)
(http://www.tagor.com/)
While I must admit that exposure all over is good, it would be MY guess that Slashdot is a better potential buying audience for Al than the typical AOL user.
After all, "White and Nerdy".
Yup. That's Slashdot.
Re:done! (Score:5, Funny)
Yup. That's Slashdot.
I'm just kind of pasty and geeky, you insensitive clod!
Time for a slashdot poll! (Score:5, Funny)
(http://slashdot.org/)
[ ] none
[ ] I downloaded a few songs
[ ] 1-3
[ ] 4-6
[ ] more than 6
[ ] all of them, and I could explain all the jokes in "White and Nerdy" and "All About the Pentiums"
I can't be the only one here who would have to check the last option...
Wikipedia article on the little things (Score:5, Informative)
Unfortunate but still... (Score:1)
already seen (Score:1)
Surely every world premiere of absolutely everything has already been seen by tens to hundreds of people?
Nobody cry. (Score:5, Interesting)
Buck up, Al. You're richer than the rest of us, going to get even richer, and we find you funny despite it all.
Re: Nobody cry. (Score:4, Insightful)
(http://www.silentj.net/)
True... but he won't get any money from the deal that he had with AOL. Also, what's the chance that AOL people are more likely to buy something from Weird Al vs. the
Buck up, Al. You're richer than the rest of us, going to get even richer, and we find you funny despite it all.
When does someone become rich enough that it's ok to steal from them? Does your "stealing from rich people" policy only apply to music/tv/movie stars and software developers (ie. people whom you can steal easily from) or should we all be able to steal from Warren Buffett, too?
Yeah, real bummer (Score:4, Informative)
I'm sure that getting Slashdotted will more than make up for it.
Overheard in AOL office (Score:5, Funny)
Boss: (annoyed) You mean hackers stole one of our products?
U: Well, not exactly, I mean, everybody's talking about it, this is a great opportunity for promotion. I had this idea for instance, we could let people make their OWN parodies of Weird Al's video and put them up on YouTube with a special tag, then we could give a prize to the best--
B: (more annoyed) What the fuck is U-Tube? A brand of glue? Cancel the premiere of Queer Al's video, that's the only way to show those pirates who's boss.
U: You mean "Weird Al"
B: Hey kid, this is AOL, you think we got this far by being idiots? Now get out of my office.
U: (dejected) yes sir.
Video (Score:1)
Premiere the viedo? (Score:2)
(http://mp3bat.com/)
Oh you mean... Premiere on AOL's page?
Well... I think that is a blessing considering had it not bene canceled and not been on Slashdot and Youtube that many of us would have never seen it.
"Leaked"?? (Score:2, Interesting)
(http://ewhac.best.vwh.net/ | Last Journal: Saturday August 18 2001, @10:28PM)
Who's yanking whose chain here?
Schwab
P.S: Yes, it's an excellent video.
Re:"Leaked"?? (Score:5, Informative)
I'm very sorry to say that the AOL "First View" Premiere of the "White & Nerdy" video has been cancelled.
Apparently, the video has already leaked online, and AOL doesn't feel comfortable doing a "World Premiere" promotion for a video that a number of people have seen already. (I can understand songs leaking, but a video? How'd THAT happen?)
Anyway, it's really a bummer... it would have been great promotion for the album... but hey, life goes on.
So...
I'll be uploading the video to this page shortly. Tell your friends!
It was already 'out there', so he put it on myspace. Order of events.
1) Leaked
2) AOL Cancelled
3) Al put it on his site.
He might have put it on his site either way, but there is no contradiction between leak and wide availability.
Lyrics (Score:2, Insightful)
(http://slashdot.org/)
Re:Lyrics (Score:5, Informative)
They see me mowin'
My front lawn
I know they're all thinking I'm so white and nerdy
Think I'm just too white and nerdy
Think I'm just too white and nerdy
Can't you see I'm white and nerdy?
Look at me, I'm white and nerdy
I wanna roll with
The gangstas
But so far they all think I'm too white and nerdy
Think I'm just too white and nerdy
Think I'm just too white and nerdy
I'm just too white and nerdy.
Really really white and nerdy.
First in my class here at MIT
Got skills, I'm a champion at D&D
MC Escher - that's my favorite MC
Keep your 40, I'll just have an Earl Grey tea
My rims never spin, to the contrary
You'll find that they're quite stationary
All of my action figures are cherry
Steven Hawking's in my library
My MySpace page is all totally pimped out
Got people beggin' for my top eight spaces
Yo, I know pi to a thousand places
Ain't got no grills but I still wear braces
I order all of my sandwiches with mayonnaise
I'm a whiz at Minesweeper - I could play for days
Once you see my sweet moves you're gonna stay amazed
My fingers' movin' so fast I'll set the place ablaze
There's no killer app I haven't run
At Pascal, well I'm number one
Do vector calculus just for fun
I ain't got a gat but I got a soldering gun
Happy Days is my favorite theme song
I could sure kick your butt in a game of ping pong
I'll ace any trivia quiz you bring on
I'm fluent in JavaScript as well as Klingon
They see me roll on
My Segway
I know in my heart they think I'm white and nerdy
Think I'm just too white and nerdy
Think I'm just too white and nerdy
Can't you see I'm white and nerdy
Look at me, I'm white and nerdy
I'd like to roll with
The gangstas
Although it's apparent I'm too white and nerdy
Think I'm just too white and nerdy
Think I'm just too white and nerdy
I'm just too white and nerdy
How'd I get so white and nerdy
I've been browsin', inspectin'
X-Men comics, you know I collect 'em
The pens in my pocket, I must protect 'em
My ergonomic keyboard never leaves me bored
Shopping online for deals on some writable media
I edit Wikipedia
I memorized Holy Grail really well
I can recite it right now and have y
Lazy Sunday? (Score:2)
(http://zoeshire.com/ | Last Journal: Thursday October 31 2002, @05:12PM)
But Mr. Pibb and Red Vines are crazy delicious.
Whose song is he spoofing? (Score:1)
(http://kevinforsyth.net/)
Re:Whose song is he spoofing? (Score:5, Informative)
(http://www.bains007.co.uk/ | Last Journal: Wednesday November 02 2005, @09:33PM)
Weird Al doesn't get the Internet? (Score:2)
(Last Journal: Wednesday July 06 2005, @10:01PM)
Anyway, it's really a bummer... it would have been great promotion for the album... but hey, life goes on.
And having tens of thousands of people watching the video isn't great promotion for the album? In this YouTube age, why do we need 'premieres'? You see the video, you either think it rocks or sucks, and it does its job. Why does it matter if AOL premiered it or not? I bet more people would see it if it hit the YouTube front page than if AOL tried pushing it. This is the 21st century, don't get so stuck to the 'old' ways.
Bad move for AOL now everybody will have positive (Score:2)
They should have made a "world premiere" so they could have pretended it's their "marketing work" that generated money for WA, so he might just leak all his video to youtube and completely forget about the major.
On an aside note, it is nice to see for once, even if it is on a humorous way that the "nerd" is the hero.
And that hawkins, etc
Cheers
Shortsighted (Score:2)
Cliche (Score:2, Funny)
(Last Journal: Thursday December 08 2005, @04:33PM)
Could somebody do this about gay or black people and get away with it?
The myspace page if nobody has mentioned it yet:
http://www.myspace.com/whiteandnerdy [myspace.com]
Re:Cliche (Score:5, Insightful)
If we can't look at some of the stereotypes and laugh, then something is wrong. The great thing about disagreeing with stereotypes is that we can then educate people about the fallacies of their own biased and incorrect views. If you think that we are getting a bad rap (pun only partially intended here) from this video, then get out there and say why it is so wrong.
I laugh because I am white and nerdy, but know that I am much more than white and nerdy. I mean, I am tall, and well, I guess that I am just tall, white and nerdy. But still, I am more!
Would Have? (Score:2)
How many of you spotted Donny Osmond in it, or perhaps Seth Green?
help me raise some money to buy that hoody (Score:2)
(http://www.devinmoore.com/ | Last Journal: Thursday May 24, @06:16AM)
Case study.... (Score:3, Insightful)
On the other hand, I catch it on Slashdot and i'm there. And loved it, I cried laughing and got bad looks from people in other cubes until they saw it.. at which point we all geek bonded.
Probably did better for him to have it leaked than played on AoL.
I love the video. And the song. (Score:3, Insightful)
(http://www.isolationism.com/)
it's official (Score:1, Redundant)
I doubt very much an AOL launch would have had the same effect.
Cheers to AL(L)
(of course making a nerdy guy a friend of Gates is pure slander, but well we should let it pass for this time
Conspiracy theory (Score:1, Redundant)
(http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3675.html)
Gentoo (Score:2)
(http://www.qsl.net/wa2mze)
on the floor of the stage (outlined in red lights)?
This seems a little too quaint (Score:1)
Weird Al is a bright guy and I wouldn't put it past him to use the media's "chicken little syndrome" against them and get his video worldwide promotion for free. His video will still do quite well and he'll still sell albums. The guy can do no wrong and everything he releases meets some level of success. Weird Al is a talented guy who deserves to profit from his talent but even when it seems he can't, he's smart enough to know how to make it a profitable experience anyway.
Music For The Soul (Score:1)
Aol takes their ball and goes home. (Score:5, Interesting)
When is the RIAA and businesses working with them going to grow up. It's not like there wasn't bootlegs of exclusive material before the internet, it's not like there's going to stop bootlegs even if it's never placed on the internet. All they are doing is acting like the spoiled child who was about to get a toy, his friend got one first so when he gets the toy he smashes it because he doesn't want it any more. The problem for that kid is the only person he hurts by doing that is himself, his friend will continue to have the toy, other people might notice from the kids temper tantrum, but in the end his friend will keep playing with his.
The solution to something like this is to do a world exclusive when you get it, not 30 days after the fact or trying to drag it out as long as you can for promotion, you promote it BEFORE the video is finished and once it's done you show it off.
It's just a shame that piracy is blamed for something like this when it's really AOL's fault. Piracy didn't stop AOL from showing it. It's still a "world exclusive" just because some people saw it first. Didn't the execs and people behind the scenes of AOL see it before airing it? (Otherwise it might be a porno that someone accidently mislabeled).
Wow! Weird Al's so Cool! (Score:2, Informative)
Weird Al has genuine class.
Weird-Al category (Score:1)
(http://www.leser.ruhr.de/)
Leak?!? Internal Perhaps (Score:1)
Funny (Score:2)
All the networks have no problem doing a "world premiere of this 5 year old movie on ".
I think they are trying to make a point and being pissy.
More rap by whitey (Score:1)
(http://www.loraksus.org/)
Good stuff, even when its bad... (Score:5, Insightful)
AOL doesn't get it. (Score:2)
(http://slashdot.org/ | Last Journal: Thursday February 21 2002, @04:37PM)
WRONG (Score:2)
Useful links that you forgot (Score:2, Interesting)
Al's myspace page [myspace.com] Three recently released songs and two video available here
Wikipedia [wikipedia.org]
I have no idea why AOL would back out of hosting Al's video, since he is one of the most successful artists I know. He has been releasing albums for over two decades. He has 3 Grammy's, 3 Gold Albums, and 6 Platinum albums in the US.
He also has a fan base so loyal that tens of thousands will gather just to honor him with a collective chicken dance [enquirer.com].
Brilliant marketing!! Or was it just dumb luck? (Score:1)
Opposing View - The song sucks in both forms (Score:1)
"Arguably Al's best work" No Way! (Score:2, Informative)
(http://fbcminneapolis.org/)
#2 Fat ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFMvBH1edtU [youtube.com] )
#3 Eat It ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNUX1qwo02g [youtube.com] )
#4 Amish Paradise ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsfVw9xxoNY [youtube.com] )
And some people say piracy doesn't harm anyone (Score:2)
*number made up.
The internet is free... (Score:2)
(http://www.davidconnell.com/)
And all the girlies say he's pretty fly.. (Score:1)
(http://phantomflanflinger.netfirms.com/)
Is that Donny Osmond dancing in back of Al?! (Score:1)
Re:No flash... (Score:4, Informative)
(http://thisnukes4u.net/ | Last Journal: Sunday October 07, @08:45PM)
Download on YouTube (Score:5, Informative)
Re:No flash... (Score:5, Informative)
(http://www.hydrous.net/)
Re:No flash... (Score:4, Informative)
Re:No flash... (Score:5, Informative)
here is the correct link [google.com]
Google video does let you download the video. You might be able to play one of the formats.
Re:No flash... (Score:5, Funny)
(http://www.jonnythan.com/)
And it's STILL a little late. (Score:2, Informative)
Re:M.C. Copulation (Score:1)
(http://www.friendbear.com/)
I went back to that site to copy and paste those lyrics and came across the next verse, which I couldn't resist but also paste in. Sorry, Fridays and all that... but seriously, how come this guy's site hasn't been slashdotted?
Re:No flash... (Score:1)