Fact #1: Of all the shows I’ve visited, Nerf Herder probably is the band that made me laugh the hardest.
Fact #2: Nowadays, thanx (but no thanx) to my kids, I play Parry Gripp’s kids songs more often than his Nerf Herder records. Did you know there is a ten hour Youtube loop of It’s Raining Taco’s?
Nerf Herder, who need no further introduction I think, return with a new single called Born Weird, which naturally features an accordeon solo by Weird Al Yankovic. The song is classic Nerf Herder. Both sonically and lyrically (“I ate my lunch in the computer lab, even the teachers thought it was sad”) the song would have fit perfectly on the early Nerf Herder records. There is even a nod to Vivian. The video (and artwork) by Luke & Joe McGarry (aka the Fantastic Heat Brothers) looks pretty sweet as well.
The flipside of the single has Nerf Herder covering Weir Al’s reworked version of The Knack’s My Sharona (My Bologna). If you need more proof that this is Nerf Herder being Nerf Herder: The single is available in a limited edition of bologna-colored 12″ vinyl, and includes a bologna-scented sticker.
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