Buttmunker

I've been a fan of his since "In 3-D," when I was just a mere lad of 14.

My Top 5 favorite "original" songs:

01: Midnight Star (from "In 3-D")
02: Such A Groovy Guy (from self-titled album)
03: This Is The Life (from "Dare To Be Stupid")
04: Buy Me A Condo (from "In 3-D")
05: I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead (from self-titled album)

7Keys

This is the Life
Dare to be Stupid

I Lost on Jeopardy??? (Don't know if that's an original or not)

That's about all I can remember from my childhood. The first two songs I listed still hold up for me.

"Buy Me A Condo" I remember because one of the neighborhood kids claimed that he actually wrote the song and Weird Al stole it from him. I don't recall it being that good of a song though.

SterlingBen

Kinda hard to remember what was original or not as his version have taken dominance in my mind over everything he has parodied.

So Maybe:

I Remember Larry
Nature Trail To Hell
Albuquerque
Everything You Know Is Wrong
Good Old Days

Also I do listen to his birthday song once every year.

SterlingBen

Woah, I just realized this was a non-insane Buttmunker thread!

Draven

Midnight Star, hands down winner.

Followed by:
Franks 2000-inch TV
Those Were the Good Old Days
Dare to be Stupid
Melanie

Numanoid

No, it's a parody of "Jeopardy" by The Greg Kihn Band.

Numanoid

No love for One More Minute? Definitely my favorite of his original songs.

brokenhanger

A friend and I were just talking about this yesterday - odd.

"One More Minute" was our winner, by the way, but I'd probably choose:

"Dare To Be Stupid"
"Mr. Frump In The Iron Lung"
"Mr. Popeil"
"Nature Trail To Hell"

in no particular order to round out the Top 5.

His first three albums are perfection and were a cornerstone to my childhood. It's also amazing how well they hold up today, some of the parodies even better than the songs the parodied.

boc4ever

My top two would have to be:

Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota

One More Minute

CharlieK

Is 'The Night Santa Went Crazy' a parody of something? I love that song.

Shamus McAnally

Albequerque
Dare to Be Stupid
Wanna B Ur Lovr
One More Minute
Bob

(I'd kill for Albequerque in concert!)

starman9000

One More Minute
the Good Old Days
Dare to be Stupid
Nature Trail To Hell
Buy Me a Condo

Numanoid

I'm a big fan of Christmas at Ground Zero, as well.

EdTheRipper

One More Minute
Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota
Melanie
Midnight Star
This is the Life

Spiderbite

"One More Minute" was the first song that came to mind when I read the thread title but I still find myself humming "Mr. Frump In The Iron Lung" randomly even 30 years later. Ugh...30 years!

JP5683

Hard to pick only 5.

No particular order

One More Minute
When I Was Your Age
Everything You Know Is Wrong
Bob
You Don't Love Me Anymore

chuckd21

Frank's 2000" TV

A-aron

Nature Trail To Hell (In 3D)
You Don't Love Me Anymore
One More Minute
Midnight Star
UHF

Darth Maher

Melanie
UHF
One Of Those Days
One More Minute
Christmas at Ground Zero


Honorable Mention (if I could pick a Top 10):
Nature Trail To Hell
The Night Santa Went Crazy
Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota
Midnight Star
Your Horoscope For Today

boc4ever

Albequerque was the encore during the 07-08 tour. Not to rub it in, but it was a treat.

UAIOE

Most of my picks have already been said in various posts, but I will say this:

"Albuquerque" is quite possibly the greatest song ever made.

tylergfoster

Very hard to pick just 5. I don't think I'd be able to do it. Off of his last album, "Close But No Cigar" and "Don't Download This Song" are both great.

I know he hates them, but I am somewhat surprised his label never attempted a "love songs" compilation, since almost all of his love songs are very funny. "One More Minute", "You Don't Love Me Anymore", "Since You've Been Gone", etc.

Shamus McAnally

Damn! I'd have loved to see that. (I'd trade in both of the times I saw him for that one concert. Though, I'm wondering why I didn't go/know he was around here that year.)

nickdawgy

It was one of the songs for the tour last year as well. Great song.

One of my favorite originals is Hardware Store.

Hokeyboy

This is probably my favorite song of all-time, or at least, since I first heard it at 9 or 10 years old.