Don't Download This Song... Or You'll Want More

It's almost time again for a Weird Al comeback that seems to take place about once every couple of years or so. In addition to the digital release of “You’re Pitiful” (see weirdal.com or my post from June 10) and the DVD release of The Weird Al Show (see my previous post), Al has some more surprises up his sleeve.

Al has premiered the first single off of his upcoming album, Straight Outta Lynwood, only at his Myspace.com page. The song, which can be downloaded for free, is entitled "Don't Download This Song." Oh, the irony! If that ain't brilliance, I don't know what is. Okay, I don't know what brilliance is. The point is, the song is styled after "We Are The World," and is another winner from the master of the song parody. I believe this song will be on his new CD, which will be in stores September 26 and is a DualDisc release, which means the album will be on one side of the disc, and special video features will be on the other (DVD) side of the disc, along with a better audio quality version of the album itself. Al's album will include a short documentary on the making of the album and (get ready for this...) SIX new music videos (and in related news, I now officially cannot contain my excitement over this album). Click here to pre-order the album from Amazon and to support the MkO blog.

More greatness should be here soon, as Al premieres the brand-new "Don't Download This Song" music video on Yahoo! Music tonight (or possibly Wednesday, according to Yahoo) at 10 PM Pacific time.

Src: weirdal.com (Where else?)