Weird Al is singing about the Pentiums

You gotta love Weird Al: Just a month after the release of his stunning "The Saga Begins," a STAR WARS-inspired parody of Don McLean's American Pie, the master of comedy has released his next single, "It's All About the Pentiums," an amazing rip on Puff

Paul Thurrott

August 5, 1999

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You gotta love Weird Al: Just a month after the release of his stunning "The Saga Begins," a STAR WARS-inspired parody of Don McLean's American Pie, the master of comedy has released his next single, "It's All About the Pentiums," an amazing rip on Puff Daddy's "It's All About the Benjamins." And if you're into computers (and let's face it, you're on this mailing list), then you're going to want to check this one out. It's a classic.

Some sample lyrics:

  Yeah, payin' the bills with my mad programming skills  Defraggin' my hard drive for thrills  I got me a hundred gigabytes of RAM  I never feed trolls and I don't read spam  Installed a T1 line in my house  Always at my PC, double-clickin' on my mizouse  ...  You gotta be the dumbest newbie I've ever seen  You've got white-out all over your screen  You think your Commodore 64 is really neato  What kinda chip you got in there, a Dorito?  You're using a 286? Don't make me laugh  Your Windows boots up in what, a day and a half?  You could back up your whole hard drive on a floppy diskette  You're the biggest joke on the internet  Your database is a disaster  You're waxin' your modem tryin' to make it go faster  Hey fella, I bet you're still livin' in your parents' cellar  Downloadin' pictures of Sarah Michelle Gellar

I'll leave the rest for you to discover on your own, but rest assured that the lyrics, the song, and the new video are simply amazing. For more info, wax up that modem and head over to Weird Al's "The Pentium's" Web site

About the Author

Paul Thurrott

Paul Thurrott is senior technical analyst for Windows IT Pro. He writes the SuperSite for Windows, a weekly editorial for Windows IT Pro UPDATE, and a daily Windows news and information newsletter called WinInfo Daily UPDATE.

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