@edwardclaytonandrew@kind.social
Post #1396402
2026-04-19 15:03 UTC
#SundaySongs this week is about style shifts that work. Since I've been a Maggot since Iowa spat them out, here's Slipknot's Snuff. It's still Slipknot, but from an angle usually used for dynamism in other songs.
https://youtu.be/aERu-n0sKbA
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@edwardclaytonandrew@kind.social 2026-04-19 15:11
Now, to be fair, it is a pastiche, and he's a stylistic chameleon. But Airline Amy always struck me as one of Weird Al's most earnest songs. Part of it is, singing about a woman framed with her job as the focus for the story and metaphors is innately hokey, so he just let's it be hokey. https://youtu.be/fK5TiqQn7wo