Last week’s clip was from one of my favorite songs:

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This is the first two beats of Frank’s 2000″ TV, from the album Alapalooza.

The next clip is not the first two beats of a song.  Do you recognize it?

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Last week’s clip:

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was indeed the first two beats of Ebay, from the album Poodle Hat.

See if you can figure out this one:

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Last week I put up a two-beat bit of a Weird Al song, to see if anyone else could identify it as easily as I did.  Apparently some people liked it, so I’ll keep going.

Here is last week’s clip:

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That was the first two seconds of the song The White Stuff, from the album Off the Deep End.

This week’s is a little easier:

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I was sitting in my car a few weeks ago skipping through my Weird Al library, and I realized I could identify virtually every song within the first few beats. So, I wondered if anyone else could do the same.

Here are the rules: each week, I will post a super-brief snippet of a Weird Al song (approximately two beats, well within fair use limits). Usually it will be from the beginning of the song, but not always… See if you can figure out what song it is (without cheating!) and leave a comment saying whether you were successful.  Bonus points if you know the name of the song, not just the first line

Let’s try an example. This one’s easy:

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You listen to the snippet, and you realize, hey, this is Ode to a Superhero! Use the comment section below to gloat in front of everyone else about how good your memory is.

Alright, here’s the first real song.

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Remember, don’t look at the comments until after you’ve figured it out… that’s cheating