Editing Running with Scissors (album) (section)

===Originals===
[[File:Trent Reznor Lollapalooza 1991.jpg|right|thumb|upright=0.8|''Running with Scissors'' contains several style parodies, such as "Germs", which is a pastiche of industrial rock band [[Nine Inch Nails]]' sound.]]
The album includes "The Weird Al Show Theme", which is the theme song to Yankovic's short-lived television series.<ref name="rwsliner"/> "Germs" is a style parody of [[industrial rock]] band [[Nine Inch Nails]] that tells of the narrator's [[germophobia]].<ref name="rwsliner"/><ref name=ninsp/> "Your Horoscope for Today" is a style parody of [[third wave ska]], which features [[Reel Big Fish]] members [[Tavis Werts]] on trumpet and Dan Regan on trombone, and has lyrics about ridiculous horoscopes. Yankovic attributes the lyrics' inspiration to the satirical newspaper ''[[The Onion]]''.<ref name="rwsliner"/><ref name=ska/><ref name="setlist">{{cite news |title=Set List: 'Weird Al' Yankovic |first=Nathan |last=Rabin |author-link=Nathan Rabin |url=https://www.avclub.com/weird-al-yankovic-1798226810 |newspaper=[[The A.V. Club]] |publisher=[[The Onion|The Onion, Inc]] |location=Chicago |date=June 29, 2011 |access-date=June 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110701100237/http://www.avclub.com/articles/weird-al-yankovic,58244/ |archive-date=July 1, 2011 |url-status=live |df=mdy}}</ref> After [[Ophiuchus (astrology)|Ophiuchus]] was touted by some papers as the "13th zodiac sign", Yankovic released new lyrics on his [[Twitter]] for the sign.<ref>{{cite web |last=Yankovic |first=Alfred M. |url=https://twitter.com/alyankovic/status/25949204199247872 |title=Ophiuchus |publisher=[[Twitter]] |access-date=May 6, 2013 |date=January 14, 2011}}</ref> In January 2023 an animated music video was released for the song to promote ''The Illustrated Al'' graphic novel.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Yankovic |first1=Alfred M. |title="Weird Al" Yankovic {{en dash}} Your Horoscope for Today (Official Music Video) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPvyrWYutDQ |publisher=[[YouTube]] |access-date=January 23, 2023 |date=January 19, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Brathwaite |first1=Lester Fabian |title='Weird Al' Yankovic songs get animated in graphic novel The Illustrated Al: Watch new music video |url=https://ew.com/music/weird-al-yankovic-graphic-novel-the-illustrated-al-music-video/ |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=January 23, 2023 |date=January 19, 2023}}</ref>

"[[Albuquerque (song)|Albuquerque]]", an eleven-minute "hard-driving rock narrative",<ref name=setlist/> is a style parody of [[the Rugburns]], particularly the song "Dick's Automotive", and tells the fictional life of Yankovic and his various adventures in the town of [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]].<ref name="rwsliner"/><ref name=setlist/><ref name=alsp1>{{cite web |last=Yankovic |first=Alfred M. |title='Ask Al' Q&As for June 28, 2006 |url=http://weirdal.com/archives/miscellaneous/ask-al/#062806 |access-date=May 2, 2013 |work=The Official "Weird Al" Yankovic Web Site |date=June 28, 2006}}</ref> Yankovic originally wrote the song to "annoy people for 12 minutes".<ref name=setlist/> He felt that it would be an "odyssey" for fans to successfully sit through it, and so it was placed at the album's end.<ref name=setlist/> Instead, to Yankovic's surprise, the song has become a fan favorite.<ref name=setlist/> "My Baby's in Love with Eddie Vedder" is a style parody of [[zydeco]] about a man's frustration that his girlfriend is obsessed with [[Eddie Vedder]], the lead singer for the [[grunge]] band [[Pearl Jam]].<ref name="rwsliner"/><ref name=zydeco/><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Album |publisher=thepentiums.com |date=November 28, 1999 |url=http://www.thepentiums.com/album.html |access-date=January 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000304194101/http://www.thepentiums.com/album.html |archive-date=March 4, 2000}}</ref> "Truck Drivin' Song", a detailed account of a truck driver working while simultaneously worrying about their clothing and makeup, is a style parody of [[truck-driving country]].<ref name="rwsliner"/><ref name=august1999/> While writing the song, Yankovic listened to [[C.W. McCall]] for inspiration.<ref name=august1999/>