Weird Al's Vocal Styles

Very rarely can little bits an pieces of Al's true singing voice, without all the whimsy and decoration, be heard in his songs. Most often can be found in live situations or where Al is *trying* to *sound* relatively serious, like in his anti-love songs.

Very close examples found on: Al-TV (Bad Hair Day) live performace of Since You've Been Gone, CNN's Showbiz Today live performance of It's All About The Pentiums, You Don't Love Me Anymore

Al's particular comedic style is sadly a nasal one. Any good choir teacher will tell you never to sing from the top of your lungs and out thru your nose, but rather from your diaphragm and out thru and open mouth. That's the first rule Al has broken; luckily, he's using in a not very serious theme, which makes it alright- unlike some country music, where the theme is serious and you have this "honking" noise running alongside the notes.

Al's uses and abuses of this style can be found in over 90% of his songs, most noticably:

Al usually uses a falsetto when doing a parody of a female vocal (where a falsetto would be necessary), but mainly it's a large part of his comedic voice (where he physically sings higher because he's singing from his lungs and he's using a non-serious tone).