"Albuquerque" is the last song of "Weird Al" Yankovic's Running With Scissors album. At 11 minutes and 25 seconds, it is the longest song Yankovic has ever released on any of his official studio albums. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... For other uses, see Song (disambiguation). ... This article is about the musician himself. ... Singles from Running with Scissors Released: June 24, 1999 Released: August 4, 1999 Running With Scissors is the tenth album by Weird Al Yankovic, released on June 29, 1999. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Volcano Records is a subsidiary of Sony BMG Music Entertainments Zomba Music Group, and controls the Scotti Bros. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Singles from Running with Scissors Released: June 24, 1999 Released: August 4, 1999 Running With Scissors is the tenth album by Weird Al Yankovic, released on June 29, 1999. ... The Saga Begins is a parody by Weird Al Yankovic, released from the 1999 album Running With Scissors. ... Pretty Fly For A Rabbi is a song by Weird Al Yankovic. ... Jerry Springer is a 1998 song written by Weird Al Yankovic. ... Polka Medleys are the trademark of American singer, musician, satirist, parodist, songwriter, and accordionist Weird Al Yankovic. ... Its All About The Pentiums is a song by Weird Al Yankovic. ... This article is about the musician himself. ... Singles from Running with Scissors Released: June 24, 1999 Released: August 4, 1999 Running With Scissors is the tenth album by Weird Al Yankovic, released on June 29, 1999. ...

With the exception of the choruses and occasional bridges, the track is mostly a spoken word narration about Yankovic's made-up life in Albuquerque, New Mexico, after winning a first-class one-way airplane ticket to the city. Though not a direct parody, the entire song mimics "Dick's Automotive" by The Rugburns so closely, it almost can be considered a direct parody. In fact, in the summer of 2006, a heated debate about this topic appeared on the World of "Weird Al" Yankovic forums, leading Al to announce that future CDs (starting with Straight Outta Lynwood) will credit the targets of each style parody and the person who started the debate was to issue a public apology to Al for causing such an event to occur. Nickname: Location in the state of New Mexico Coordinates: , Country State County Bernalillo Founded 1706 Government  - Mayor Martin Chavez Area  - City  181. ... Capital Santa Fe Largest city Albuquerque Area  Ranked 5th  - Total 121,665 sq mi (315,194 km²)  - Width 342 miles (550 km)  - Length 370 miles (595 km)  - % water 0. ... The Rugburns was an American musical group originally formed by Steve Poltz and Robert Driscoll. ... Singles from Straight Outta Lynwood Released: August 21, 2006 Released: September 12, 2006 Released: September 26, 2006 Released: March 19, 2007 Straight Outta Lynwood is the twelfth album by Weird Al Yankovic. ...

Throughout the lyrics, there are many clichés and strange happenings that mislead the listener, only for them to find that the path of the story has changed completely within seconds. The instruments are also used in a layered fromat, playing a repetitive rhythm while the subject is calm, and then dramtically increasing in volume when something serious is said or occurs. One may also note that the bridges often include rather strange guitar and drum playing which is often sporadic and/or off-beat.

There is also an obvious joke involving the song in the album jacket to Running With Scissors. In the beginning, it looks like a standard title header for any of the other songs on the album and the beginning of the song's lyrics are shown. However, the lyrics are cut off early, followed by this seemingly sarcastic message:

"You know what? The rest of these lyrics aren't gonna fit here. There's just no room left. What a drag, huh? I guess we didn't plan this out very well...probably should have used a smaller font or a bigger piece of paper or something. Sorry. We all just feel horrible about this. Well, I guess you'll just have to listen really carefully and try to figure out the words for yourself. Good luck."

Summary

Al begins his story as a boy living in "a box under the stairs in the corner of the basement in the house half a block down the street from Jerry's Bait Shop...you know the place" where every morning his mother force-feeds him sauerkraut for breakfast of until he's 26 1/2 years old and vows to change his life. The next day, he wins a radio contest by guessing the number of molecules on Leonard Nimoy's butt (he was off by three), and wins a first-class, one-way trip to Albuquerque, New Mexico. Sauerkraut and sausage on a plate Pickled Eisbein, served with Sauerkraut Percentages are relative to US recommendations for adults. ... Leonard Simon Nimoy (born March 26, 1931) is an American actor, film director, poet, musician and photographer. ... Nickname: Location in the state of New Mexico Coordinates: , Country State County Bernalillo Founded 1706 Government  - Mayor Martin Chavez Area  - City  181. ...

Al enjoys his first plane experience, though he recounts that he had to sit between two fat Albanian women with body odor, the boy behind him repeatedly vomited, the in-flight movie was Bio-Dome with Pauly Shore, and the flight attendants ran out of Dr Pepper and salted peanuts. The plane's engines burn out, causing the plane to crash. Al is left as the sole survivor because he followed the correct safety procedures ("I had my tray table up, and my seat back in the full upright position!"). Bio-Dome is a 1996 movie starring Pauly Shore and Stephen Baldwin and directed by Jason Bloom. ... Pauly Shore (born February 1, 1968) is an American actor and comedian, perhaps best known for starring in a series of comedy films in the 1990s. ... For the alcoholic cocktail said to taste the same, see Flaming Dr. Pepper. ...

He crawls from the wreckage and journeys through the countryside for three days carrying all his belongings including his "lucky, lucky autographed, glow-in-the-dark snorkel." Finally, he arrives at the Albuquerque Holiday Inn where he is enjoying the comfort of his room until a fat, one-nostriled hermaphrodite with A Flock of Seagulls haircut bursts into his room and, after a fight with Al, steals the snorkel. For the bands self-titled debut album, see A Flock of Seagulls (album). ...

Before plotting revenge, the narrator decides to buy some doughnuts at the doughnut shop only to learn that they are all out and only have a box of weasels. He buys it, and the weasels immediately attack him. He runs out into the street and meets the love of his life, Zelda. They get married, purchase a house, and have children. They finally break up one night when Zelda asks him to join the Columbia Record Club, but Al tells her he is not ready for such a commitment.

Al achieves his life long dream by getting a job at the Sizzler and becomes the employee of the month after putting out a grease fire with his face. This inspires a lot of jealousy among the other workers and reminds him of the time he asked to help someone named Marty carry a sofa up the stairs. Marty replied, "No, I want you to cut off my arms and legs with a chainsaw." Not realizing Marty was being sarcastic, Al does exactly this. In telling this story, Al is reminded of a tramp he bit in the jugular vein because he said he hadn't had a "bite" in some time (actually stating that he was starving). Having gone on this tangent, Al loses his train of thought, leading him to simply state his main point——he hates sauerkraut. Al finishes by reminding the listener that if they are ever troubled in life that they should take comfort in knowing that there is "still a little place" called Albuquerque. Sizzler is a United States-based restaurant chain, serving steak, seafood, salad (from a large salad bar), and similar food items. ... Sarcasm[1] Mockery, sarcasm is sneering, jesting, or mocking a person, situation or thing. ... The jugular veins are veins that bring deoxygenated blood from the head back to the heart via the superior vena cava. ...

Trivia

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• At the end of the song (around 11:20, after the music ends), faint laughter can be heard in the background. As "Weird Al" says, "That’s Jim West laughing - I thought it would be a good way to end the album. He’s cracking up because of the stupid chord he played at the end of the song."^[1]

• In the song, the narrator's mom feeds him sauerkraut until he's 26 1/2 years old. This is a reference to Yankovic's common hiding of the number 27 in many of his songs and videos, often thought by fans to be in teasing jest.

• Using sauerkraut for humor is shared with Al's friend Emo Philips (who appears in many "Weird Al" projects).

• The doughnut shop scene is a homage to Monty Python's Cheese Shop sketch.

• The line "That snorkel was like a snorkel to me" is a parody of a similar line in Cheech and Chong's song Basketball Jones Featuring Tyrone Shoelaces

• In lieu of his normal DVD review of the now-cancelled Internet radio talk show 2 Sense, Spazfox narrates this song word for word in a series of segments.^{[citation needed]}

• On Newgrounds and Albino Blacksheep, there is a flash movie called Albuquerque: The Movie, which is an unofficial video for the song. ^[2]

• There is an easter egg in the unofficial music video mentioned above. If one clicks on the donut on the table in the donut shop before the character walks in front of it, one will be treated to "Fastquerque", a sped up version of the song and video.

• In the computer game Doom 3, one part of the game is to collect PDAs, which contain audio logs and word files. One worker's journal recounts the tale of a worker nicknamed "Torsoboy" after having his arms and legs ripped off by the "Albuquerck" Capacitor.

• During the recorded song, there are many odd exclamations that have no meaning to the story.

• When performing this song live, Al will usually extend the song by listing off more types of doughnuts, including strawberry, boysenberry and Halle Berry doughnuts, as well as completely starting the song over after he "loses his train of thought."

• When performing this song live in Canada, Al is known to replace the dream job at Sizzler with one at Tim Horton's^[3], a Canadian donut shop. While this would seem to go better with the narrative earlier in the song about the incident at the donut shop, according to the Tim Horton's website there are no Tim Horton's stores in New Mexico^[4].

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See also

• List of songs by "Weird Al" Yankovic

Weird Al Yankovic Weird Al Yankovic is a multi-Grammy award winning American musician, satirist, parodist, accordionist, and television producer. ...

References

External links

• http://www.wappincomics.com/albuquerque.html
• http://reywas.co.uk/yakville/yakattack/