As a side note maybe 6ish years ago two of my friends and I went to a Weird Al concert and it was amazing. The tickets were actually reasonable for a smaller venue and mid level seats. The meet and greet was a little pricey at the time but.... He change into costumes to go along with every song. His ability to come up with lyrics still amazes me to this day. According to him only three artists ever turned down his request for a parody, Prince, Paul McCartney, and coolio but he was told ok then later on Coolio said no. I'm partial to Amish Paradise.
Name a Weird Al Yankovic song that isn't better than the original.
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As a side note maybe 6ish years ago two of my friends and I went to a Weird Al concert and it was amazing. The tickets were actually reasonable for a smaller venue and mid level seats. The meet and greet was a little pricey at the time but.... He change into costumes to go along with every song. His ability to come up with lyrics still amazes me to this day. According to him only three artists ever turned down his request for a parody, Prince, Paul McCartney, and coolio but he was told ok then later on Coolio said no. I'm partial to Amish Paradise.
Paul turned him down due to his vegetarian beliefs. Live and Let Die...Chicken Pot Pie.
Not sure if Al did Bachman Turner Overdrive with “ Baking carrot biscuits”.
I enjoy his parody 'CNR' poking at the white stripes. The video is hilarious, as is 'Tacky' -parody of 'Happy'.
Does anyone else listen to either the parody or original, then go back and forth between parody lyrics and original lyrics, completely mangling both songs?
I enjoy what he does, he definitely goes all in.
Does anyone else listen to either the parody or original, then go back and forth between parody lyrics and original lyrics, completely mangling both songs?
I enjoy what he does, he definitely goes all in.
Weird al said in an Interview that Paul McCartney asked Weird Al if he could make the song "Tofu pot pie" instead. Apparently he said that wouldn't go over well.
Paul was also the only Beatle who didn't really like "The Rutles."
How had I never heard of this before. Thanks
Nope. Not an Al song.
But I love that Greg Kihn made a cameo in the music video for that song at the end.
I'm a little lost on that second to last sentence, but Coolio softened on Amish Paradise, and after his temper cooled he said it was pretty funny. So if that's what you were saying and I'm just repeating it, sorry!
I think my favorite is Another One Ride the Bus. I cannot hear Another One Bites the Dust without substituting Weird Al's words.
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