Weird Al's "Buy Me a Condo:" Trenchant Social Commentary?

Or still more novelty? Let's discuss.

Gonna buy me a condo
Gonna buy me a Cuisinart
Get a wall-to-wall carpeting
Get a wallet full 'o credit cards
I gonna buy me a condo, never have to mow de lawn
I gonna get me da T-shirt wit' de alligator on

Wo, used to live in Jamaica But I don't live dere no more
Had to change me lifestyle
Do t'ings I never done before
So now I'm just a lonely Rastaman
Living in dis American town
Gonna sell me Bob Marley records
Gonna get me some Jackson Browne

I gonna buy me a condo
Gonna buy me a Cuisinart
Get a wall-to-wall carpeting
and get a wallet full 'o credit cards, eh
I gonna buy me a condo, never have to mow de lawn
I gonna get me da T-shirt wit' de alligator on

Wo, gonna cut off me dreadlocks
T'row away all me ganja
I'll have a tupperware party
Maybe join me a health spa
I'll get a bowl of plastic fruits
And a microwave oven, too
Then I'll have the neighbors over for a weenie barbeque

Gonna buy me a condo
Gonna buy me a Cuisinart
Get a wall-to-wall carpeting
Get a wallet full 'o credit cards, oh
I gonna buy me a condo, never have to mow de lawn
I get a funny little T-shirt wit' de alligator on

Ain't gonna work in de field no more
Gonna be Amway distributor
Ain't gonna work in de field no more (no, no)
Gonna be Amway distributor

(Ja) Ja, ja, ja, life is so very hard
I need a (ja) ja, ja, ja jacuzi in me back yard

Oh, I gonna buy me a condo
Gonna buy me a Cuisinart
Get a wall-to-wall carpeting
Get a wallet full 'o credit cards, eh
I gonna buy me a condo, never have to mow de lawn
I gonna get me da T-shirt wit' de alligator on

What'd you say?

I gonna buy me a condo
I gonna buy me a Cuisinart
Get a wall-to-wall carpeting
Get a wallet full 'o credit cards, oh
I gonna buy me a condo, never have to mow de lawn
I gonna get me da T-shirt wit' de alligator on

What'd you say?

I gonna buy me a condo
Gonna buy me a Cuisinart
Get a wall-to-wall carpeting
And get a wallet full 'o credit cards, oh
I gonna buy me a condo, never have to mow de lawn
I gonna get me da T-shirt wit' de alligator on

Listen up jah, it's me, Ras Trent.

by misquoting ras trent, you're clearly missing one of the jokes in the chorus of ras trent

I was too weeded to notice.

Oh yeah, Are you there god, it's me, a chick getting her period. Now i remember.

For how many ilxors was this their first glimpse of reggae music?

(raises hand)

this song is awesome, like everything on In 3-D

(raises hand)

I had no idea what a rastaman was. I used to sing "Autobot" (as in Transformers) instead.

Also, because of this song, I thought of Jackson Browne as the pinnacle of buttoned-up-shirt music until I was well into my twenties and finally heard him.

Are these the upraised hands of the millennial generation?

Also, because of this song, I thought of Jackson Browne as the pinnacle of buttoned-up-shirt music until I was well into my twenties and finally heard him.

― staggerlee, Wednesday, 20 May 2009 20:44 Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

haha, me too!

"Trenchant Social Commentary" maybe not, but it's not bad. Maybe unfair to Bob Marley but okay if it's taken as an attack on the stereotypical "Bob Marley poster owner" etc. There are way better songs on this album though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_gm38wocjw

Dude is like 25 in that video

Are these the upraised hands of the millennial generation?

― Garri$on Kilo (Hurting 2), Wednesday, May 20, 2009 11:33 PM Bookmark

I neither remember asking this question nor know what I meant by it.