{"id":20480,"date":"2016-03-23T08:05:28","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T15:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/franklycurious.com\/wp\/?p=20480"},"modified":"2016-03-21T15:28:31","modified_gmt":"2016-03-21T22:28:31","slug":"one-more-minute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/franklycurious.com\/wp\/2016\/03\/23\/one-more-minute\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Music: One More Minute"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DareWhen I was looking for an image to start this Weird Al Yankovic<\/a> week, I was struck by something: Yankovic is a fairly attractive guy. Yet he goes out of his way to look like a goon. If early on he had gotten a proper haircut and never, ever grew a mustache, he would have been a mainstay on the cover of Tiger Beat<\/em>. But I think he likes looking like a goon. And it works perfectly on today’s song, “One More Minute.”<\/p>\n

I normally find Weird Al’s work clever. I don’t normally find it outright funny. But “One More Minute” had me laughing throughout. It is a doo-wop song with Jankovic doing his best Elvis in the low register parts of the melody. But rather than being an “I’m in love!” song or “I’m so sad you left me!” song, it is a bitter “Good riddance!” song. Basically, it is a long list of terrible things he would rather do than spend one more minute with her.<\/p>\n

The best line in it is probably, “Honey, let me help you with that suitcase.” It kind of reminds me of Jerry Chesnut’s song Good Year for the Roses<\/a>. In it, the singer is watching his wife pack, and he wants to say something, but all that comes is small talk. But not for our hero in this song. Check it out:<\/p>\n