This show edges out the TMBG at Stubb’s show that’s been my favorite concert for years. We had great seats, it was a great show, and we got roped into a sort of audience participation. Weird Al is a really good performer. He changed into song-appropriate costumes often, and filled the costume change breaks with content from his Al TV show and clips from the many shows that have referenced him and his work.

The crowning moment was during a song made up entirely of horrible, horrible pickup lines. He entered the crowd and began singing the lines to random audience members. He sang, “My love for you is like diarrhea, I can’t hold it in” to my wife and we cracked up. Then he proceeded to climb an empty chair behind us and do a booty dance. Of course after he was finished was when my lizard brain remembered, “Hey, you’ve got a video camera you should have taped that.” Whoops!

There’s too much to describe and I know the titles of so few songs so it’s hard for me to do a long recap like I did for The Flaming Lips last year on my more stuffy blog. Don’t miss Weird Al if you get the chance to see him live. He’s worth it.