Steel Notes Magazine October "Halloween" Issue 2016 | Page 6

Steel Notes Magazine

October 2016

same can be said for “Smells Like
Nirvana,” where he wore his best
Kurt Cobain wig and played a
phony guitar with cheerleaders
similar to those in the original
“Smells Like Teen Spirit” music
video. And of course, Al let his
nerd flag fly with “The Saga
Begins” which is a Star Wars
based parody of “American Pie”
by Don McLean and is also
how Yankovic ended the night.
While Al was dressed in is best
Jedi robe, he was surrounded
by dancing stormtroopers and
even Darth Vader to complete
the performance.

Aside from the awesome
costumes, Weird Al is also notorious for some of his Polka tunes and his
overall fun loving style. Due to his obsessive costume changes, there were wonderful short skits that played on
stage during his absence. These skits were short, but funny and had characters and clips from The Simpsons,

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