Track Listing
| Track | Title | Length | (Style) Parody of | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Saga Begins" (Don McLean, Yankovic) | 5:27 | "American Pie" by Don McLean | Tells the entire story of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace from the point of view of Obi-Wan Kenobi. |
| 2 | "My Baby's in Love with Eddie Vedder" (Yankovic) | 3:25 | Original - a Zydeco genre style parody. | The woes of having a girlfriend who's obsessed with the singer/songwriter of the band Pearl Jam, Eddie Vedder. |
| 3 | "Pretty Fly for a Rabbi" (D. Holland, Yankovic) | 3:02 | "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" by The Offspring. | About a hip rabbi. |
| 4 | "The Weird Al Show Theme" (Yankovic) | 1:14 | Style parody of TV theme songs that have backstories in their lyrics, especially long, convoluted ones. | Theme song to Al's 1997 CBS morning show, The Weird Al Show. |
| 5 | "Jerry Springer" (E. Robertson, Yankovic) | 2:46 | "One Week" by Barenaked Ladies | About The Jerry Springer Show and its completely inane titles, events, and absurdities. |
| 6 | "Germs" (Yankovic) | 4:38 | Style parody of Nine Inch Nails | Details of the narrator's fear of germs. |
| 7 | "Polka Power!" | 4:21 | Polka Medley | A polka medley featuring:
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| 8 | "Your Horoscope for Today" (Yankovic) | 3:59 | Style-parody of Third Wave Ska. | A song mocking horoscopes, predicting humorous, unpleasant outcomes. The song features Tavis Werts on trumpet, and Dan Regan on trombone (A former and current member respectively of the third-wave ska band Reel Big Fish). |
| 9 | "It's All About the Pentiums" (Deric Angelettie, Sean "Puffy" Combs, Sean Jacobs, Kimberly Jones, Lau, Christopher Wallace, Jason Phillips, David Styles) | 3:34 | "It's All About the Benjamins (Rock Remix)" by Puff Daddy. | An early example of a nerdcore hip-hop song about a computer geek proclaiming his technological superiority over others. |
| 10 | "Truck Drivin' Song" (Yankovic) | 2:27 | Style parody of C.W. McCall | A detailed account of a truck-driver doing what he does best while at the same time cross-dressing and worrying about its accompanying concerns. Said to be inspired by "The Lumberjack Song" from Monty Python's Flying Circus. |
| 11 | "Grapefruit Diet" (Steve Perry, Yankovic) | 3:30 | "Zoot Suit Riot" by Cherry Poppin' Daddies. | About an overweight person's experiences on a radical new diet consisting of only grapefruits. |
| 12 | "Albuquerque" (Yankovic) | 11:23 | Style parody of The Rugburns | Sounds very much like "Dick's Automotive" by the Rugburns. Similar to "Alice's Restaurant" by Arlo Guthrie, the song follows a longwinded and tangential storyline, with occasional chorus breaks, just to convey a simple point. Also contains a bit based on a Monty Python sketch, the Cheese Shop Sketch. |
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