Weird Al Yankovic is an entertainer from Los Angeles. I first heard him quite a few years ago performing live with his accordion on the Doctor Demento radio show. He did a lot of remakes of Michael Jackson songs, some of my favorites include Beat It
Al's version is Eat It
And I'm Bad
becomes I'm Fat
He didn't just pick on Mike, he did some original stuff, and followed other bands, such as Nirvana
What brought Al to mind was his most recent undertaking, a Lady Gaga tribute
Not sure, but for some of them I like Al's version better.
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Weird Al's OK but I was a big fan of Dr. Demento's live radio show way back on KMET in Los Angeles. Dead Puppies, Pencil Neck Geek and all the rest.
Weird Al. Says it all really. I enjoy most of his stuff. The Elder has a LOT of his cds!
Weird Al's songs always make me giggle.
Weird Al is big in our house. My daughter loves his stuff as much as I did when I was younger. Our favourite is I'm Fat and Eat It. Particularly the clip for I'm Fat. Thanks heaps for the vids, Joe!
I use to find him so amusing back in the day. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
I love Weird Al. My favourite is still his Bob Dylan palindromes one.
http://youtu.be/Nej4xJe4Tdg
Weird Al has always had a loyal following up here in Canada, and he repays it by taking playful swipes at us and our recording artists. (At least, I think he's being playful...) As a result, my favourite Weird Al parodies are "Jerry Springer" (Barenaked Ladies - "One Week"), "Headline News"(Crash Test Dummies - "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm"), "A Complicated Song" (Avril Lavigne - "Complicated") and of course "Canadian Idiot" (Green Day - "American Idiot")
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