Weird Al Yankovic: Tribute Songs & Albums
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Topic: Weird Al Yankovic: Tribute Songs & Albums
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Subject: Weird Al Yankovic: Tribute Songs & Albums
Date Posted: August 08 2020 at 01:13
I know Michael Jackson's 1987 album is "Bad", but I've heard Weird Al's tribute album is "Even Worse"   The funny thing is, that's just how I used to look in the late 1970's and early 1980's.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 09 2020 at 00:56
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Michael Jackson told us all to "Beat It", but Crazy Al just wants to "Eat It" |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: August 09 2020 at 03:54
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Two of my faves by Al. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: August 09 2020 at 04:01
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 09 2020 at 04:21
^ That was great, Cristi! Thanks for posting. I wonder If that "Word Crimes" video was aimed at anyone specific. God forbid that anyone should ever be mocked online for their use of conjugations and grammer. 
^^ "Smells Like Nirvana" - I love it!
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Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: August 09 2020 at 04:22
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Al also wrote original music. This original song was from his movie, UHF. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 09 2020 at 04:27
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I wonder what Madonna would make of this video tribute..... Like a Surgeon |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: August 09 2020 at 04:35
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^The only artists that didn't approve of Al's parodies were Prince and Coolio. All other artists were flattered. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 09 2020 at 04:58
I'd be surprised if Michael Jackson approved of Weird Al's parody.
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Grumpyprogfan wrote:Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: August 09 2020 at 05:09
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Here is what Al said about Michael's response to Fat and Eat It. “The first time around I pursued Michael Jackson about a song parody, it was a shot in the dark. We’re talking about the most popular and famous person in the known universe, and here I was, this goofy comedy songwriter. He not only returned our phone calls, but he approved it. He thought it was a funny idea.” Not only did Michael Jackson approve the request, but he also offered Weird Al the real set from his “Badder” music video. All artists besides Prince (Al never did Prince because he did not get permission) loved his parodies. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 09 2020 at 05:28
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^ Apparently, it was Madonna herself who suggested to a friend of Weird Al's manager the possibility of him doing a "Like a Surgeon" parody of her song "Like a Virgin".
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Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: August 09 2020 at 14:41
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It's a shame Weird Al never did a prog album. ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 09 2020 at 14:52
Weird Al seems to be more into polka than prog, if his album titles are anything to go by.
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Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: August 09 2020 at 15:06
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Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: August 09 2020 at 20:09
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: August 09 2020 at 21:25
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Tribute songs? I think they're better described as parodies  OMG. I'm actually a nerdy Al fan. Here's some of my fave videos. Fave album is RUNNING WITH SCISSORS -------------  https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: August 10 2020 at 06:42
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Here is an old parody of Billy Joel. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 10 2020 at 07:00
I thought you might be, because we both share the same wacky sense of humour, judging by your entertaining album reviews.
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Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: August 10 2020 at 07:39
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[TUBE][/TUBE]^ You thought correctly, dude! MORE of my faves! ------------- https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: Jaketejas
Date Posted: August 10 2020 at 08:01
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A couple of oldies but goodies! More recently, White & Nerdy, Word Crimes, and Tacky are just hysterical. White and Nerdy is absolute genius with its cultural references (the bootlegged Star Wars holiday Christmas special exchange, Monty Python Holy Grail recitation, computer language references, and his desire to roll with the cool people). His delivery on that one is exceptionally good rolling around on his Segway ... with that helmet. https://youtu.be/-IUMCyAR6U0" rel="nofollow - Yoda https://youtu.be/bu6HJDYWf68" rel="nofollow - Girls Just Wanna Have Lunch |
Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: October 02 2020 at 12:39
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I posted elsewhere, but I think this is worthy for this thread. |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: October 02 2020 at 13:04
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