Close but No Cigar (song)
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| Song by "Weird Al" Yankovic | ||
| Album | Straight Outta Lynwood | |
| Released | September 24, 2006 | |
| Genre | Comedy | |
| Length | 3:55 | |
| Label | Volcano | |
| Writer | "Weird Al" Yankovic | |
| Producer | "Weird Al" Yankovic | |
| Straight Outta Lynwood track listing | ||
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Close But No Cigar is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic, released on his album Straight Outta Lynwood. It is a style parody of the band Cake. It talks about a man who keeps finding attractive and near-ideal women, but then there is always one (likely overlookable) thing wrong with them and thus dumps them saying, "Close, but no cigar." A music video was released on Straight Outta Lynwood's DualDisc, created by John Kricfalusi & Katie Rice.
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[edit] Lyrics
The man in the lyrics describes three women: Jillian, who was "sweeter than aspartame", but who was dumped because she always used the word "infer" when the correct term would be "imply"; Janet, with a "body hotter than a habanero", who unfortunately also owned a copy of Joe Dirt on DVD; and Julie, a "world famous billionaire bikini supermodel astrophysicist" who nevertheless fell short of perfection because she had an earlobe that was just a little tiny bit too big.
Every time the narrator leaves one of the women, he contrasts their relationship with an activity that presumably doesn't need complete accuracy: horseshoes, hand grenade throwing, and government work.
[edit] Style parody of...
- While this song is supposed to be in the general style of Cake, Al borrows much of the music from only three of Cake's songs:
- "Short Skirt/Long Jacket" contributed the end chorus (most notably the backing "Nah Nah Nah" part). It should as be noted that the lyrical theme for "Close But No Cigar" is also very similar to "Short Skirt/Long Jacket".
- "Opera Singer" contributed the guitar part.
- "Love You Madly" contributed the bass line and the the backing trumpet solo.
All these songs are from Cake's Comfort Eagle album.
[edit] Music Video
A good friend of Al's, John Kricfalusi, directed this video for Al. The cat depicted in the music video as the main character was based on his own pet, Cigarettes the Cat. Katie Rice lent a helping hand by drawing and animating the girls and the cats in the crowd sequence. Kricfalusi, an animation historian, included a sequence that includes some "Ren and Stimpized" versions of both Tweety Bird and Mickey Mouse. Although Yankovic is a very clean comedian, Kricfalusi included a scene where the female's nude buttocks can be seen in the bathtub. The video also included a lot "gross out" humor including "a big, fat slobbering pig" blowing up, a cat chewing up a woman's face and a cat urinating in a very uncleanly urinal, as well as a few others.
[edit] Notes
- Every girl the narrator dated had a name that started with the letter "J".
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