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"Close But No Cigar" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic, released on his album ''Straight Outta Lynwood''. A style parody of the band Cake, the song recounts the narrator's relationships with three attractive and near-ideal women, each of which ends when he perceives a minor flaw in her character or appearance. He dumps each one for her slight imperfection with the catchphrase, "close, but no cigar." A music video was released on ''Straight Outta Lynwood''s DualDisc, created by ''The Ren and Stimpy Show'' creator John Kricfalusi & Katie Rice. ==Song== The song's lyrics describe three women: Jillian, who was "sweeter than aspartame", but who always incorrectly used the word ''infer'' in place of ''imply''; Janet, with a "body hotter than a habanero", but who owned a copy of ''Joe Dirt'' on DVD; and Julie, a "world famous billionaire bikini supermodel astrophysicist" who had an earlobe that was "...just a little tiny bit too big". Every time the narrator leaves one of the women, he contrasts their relationship with an activity that presumably doesn't need complete accuracy: playing horseshoes, throwing hand grenades, and doing government work. Yankovic was inspired to write the song based on a friend of his, who displayed similar tendencies when dating others and generally breaking off the relationship after finding nitpicks that other people would commonly overlook. The song is musically a style parody of Cake.〔 Yankovic and Cake's lead singer, John McCrea, are close friends, and Yankovic thought it would be "fun" to create a song in "distinct style".〔 Cake typically uses the vibraslap, electric country guitar, a single trumpet, and syncopated, almost spoken, lyrics. Yankovic borrows much of the music from a selection of Cake's songs, mostly from the album ''Comfort Eagle'': *"Short Skirt/Long Jacket" contributed the end chorus (most notably the backing "Nah Nah Nah" part) and holds a nearly identical bass line. The lyrical theme for "Close But No Cigar" is also very similar. *"Opera Singer" contributed the guitar part. *"Love You Madly" contributed the backing trumpet solo. * The song ends with unaccompanied horn and guitar as in "Sheep Go to Heaven" from ''Prolonging the Magic''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Close but No Cigar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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