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"Weird Al" Composes Craigslist Ode
Craigslist has inspired many things: sales of used goods, lost love connections, and, now, a "Weird Al" song set to a Doors medley.
Satirical songster Al Yankovic may be trying to appear hip with a mocking ditty about an online site, but it seems more tone deaf than in tune with the times: The company recently faced unwelcome press for its role in a connection through its site that led to a murder. The "Craigslist killer" is charged with murdering a woman he allegedly met through the "erotic services" section (now replaced with a monitored "adult" section).
The spoofy songster skips the really unpleasant stuff, instead crooning about listings for used cars, offers of free Styrofoam peanuts, and a rant about a snooty barista.
Weird Al says he wrote the song before the Craigslist killer struck. You can decide for yourself if the mockery works. Or if it's time for Al to hang up his way-too-tight leather pants.
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