well, i can’t say i’ve ever purchased a weird al yankovic song or album in my life, until now. a co-worker tipped by off to the fact that weird al has a song on his new cd (straight outa lynwood) called ‘pancreas’, which is, in fact, about the function of the pancreas. and, given my new attention to and affection for my pancreas, i have paid the 99-cents to download it from itunes.
and here, in all their beach-boys-y glory, are the lyrics:
Pancreas
by Al YankovicOooh ooh ooh eeoo ooh ooh
Ahh ahh ahh ahh ahh ahh-oooh oooh
OooohI’m always thinkin’ ’bout it
I don’t know what I’d do without it
I love, I really love
My pancreasMy spleen just doesn’t matter
Don’t really care about my bladder
But I don’t leave home without
My pancreasMy pancreas is always there for me (ahh oooh ooh)
Secreting those enzymes (bop bop ba-ooh)
Secreting those hormones too
Metabolizing carbohydrates just for me(Ooga-chaka) Ba-ba ba (ooga-chaka) ba-ba-ba ba (ooga-chaka) bah (ba-ba-ba)
My pancreas (ooga-chaka)
(Ooga-chaka) Ba-ba ba (ooga-chaka) ba-ba ba bow (ooga-chaka)
My pancreas (ooga-chaka)
(Ooga-chaka) Ba-ba ba (ooga-chaka) ba-ba-ba bow (ooga-chaka) (ba-ba-ba)
My pancreas (ooga-chaka)
(Ooga-chaka) Ba-ba ba (ooga-chaka) ba-ba ba bow (ooga-chaka)
My pancreas (ooga-chaka)(Ooga-chaka) Ba-ba ba (ooga-chaka) ba-ba-ba ba (ooga-chaka) bah (ba-ba-ba)
My pancreas (ooga-chaka)
(Ooga-chaka) Ba-ba ba (ooga-chaka) ba-ba ba bow (ooga-chaka)
My pancreas (ooga-chaka)
OoooohMy pancreas attracts every other pancreas in the universe
With a force (with a force) (with a force) proportional
To the product of their masses
And inversely (Oooh ooh-ooh ooh) proportional
To the distance between themWoo-ooh woo-ooh woo-ooh woooo
Don’tcha you know you gotta
Flow, flow, flow pancreatic juice
Flow, flow into the duodenumWon’tcha flow, flow, flow pancreatic juice
Flow, flow into the duodenumWon’tcha flow, (insulin) flow, flow (glucagon) pancreatic juice
Flow, flow into the duodenum
(Comin’ from the islets of Langerhans)Lipase, amylase and trypsin
(Won’tcha flow,) (insulin) (flow, flow) (glucagon) (pancreatic juice)
They’re gonna help with my digestion
(Flow, flow into the duodenum)
(Comin’ from the islets of Langerhans)Lipase, amylase and trypsin
(Won’tcha flow,) (insulin) (flow, flow) (glucagon) (pancreatic juice)
They’re gonna help with my digestion
(Flow, flow into the duodenum)
(Comin’ from the islets of Langerhans)Can’t you see I love my pancreas
(Won’tcha flow,) (insulin) (flow, flow) (glucagon) (pancreatic juice)
(Lipase, amylase and trypsin)
Golly-gee I love my pancreas
(Flow, flow into the duodenum)
(Comin’ from the islets of Langerhans)
(They’re gonna help with my digestion)
OH MY! after i prepared the first part of this post, someone sent me this wonderfully odd video of the song! (i can still barely believe i’m posting a weird al video on my blog)…
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I was at Disneyland over the weekend, even saw some of the convention goers there walking around with their core shirts. But anyways my wife and I were sitting on a bench giving our son a snack and we saw Weird Al walking around the park with his wife and a Disney guide. It was cool.
Comment by Randy 11.09.06 @ 1:23 pmI can’t believe I just sat here and listened and watched that song. I want those few minutes of my life back!
Comment by K 11.09.06 @ 10:05 pmRegardless of anything else, the parody of the style of Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys is dead on. It is worth listening to just for that.
On the other hand the gravitational attraction is inversely proportional to the distance *squared*.
There I’ve just earned my geek merit badge.
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oh no, i fear tony c. isn’t praying hard enough for you! you’ve turned to the dark side! :) i bet your kids will really get a kick out of that song!
Comment by bobbie 11.09.06 @ 12:31 pm