Weird Al Premiere Cancelled Due to Net Leak 266
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)."
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.
Lyrics (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:And I care why? (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:In what's probably a first (Score:4, Insightful)
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)
Re:In what's probably a first (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Hmm... (Score:3, Insightful)
Weird Al on MySpace [myspace.com]
Re:And I care why? (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:And I care why? (Score:2, Insightful)
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!
Re:And I care why? (Score:1, Insightful)
I call bullshit on that statement. There is no such thing as bad press. If it weren't for the video, I wouldn't be aware of the album, and no AOL premiere of any kind would have raised my attention to it. YouTube and GoogleVideo are the new age ot video awareness, and Universal has realized this already by giving them all of their music videos.
I saw it on YouTube, got excited about it, and looked forward to buying it. Now that AOL is being an asshat about it, I won't buy it. While the person who leaked it did do something wrong, the real problem here is still AOL and other large companies not realizing that the old dist and advertising models are dead and dying. Their knee jerk reactions to things like this only proves it, and does more damage than any leak will ever do.
Re:And I care why? (Score:3, Insightful)
That's BS. AOL/RIAA is trying to "teach pirates a lesson" by hurting Al. The leaker didn't do a favour, but if their system of secrecy can be felled by one woman, then they need a new business model to survive.
Good stuff, even when its bad... (Score:5, Insightful)
Re: Nobody cry. (Score:4, Insightful)
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?
Re:Cliche (Score:3, Insightful)
It seems socially acceptable for some black folks to refer to each other as nigger. Try doing that as a white boy to your black office worker and see what happens.
Weird al is 'one of us', so he's allowed.
Re:Time for a slashdot poll! (Score:3, Insightful)