Whereas if I wrote a movie script, chances are better than even that I’d just be another guy in L.A. with a movie script in his drawer.
AL YANKOVICMy process for the parodies is that I get an idea for a song and then get approval from the artist and then go in and record it and probably try to get it out as soon as possible.
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My own personal tastes don’t really have an effect on whether song is a parody target or not. But having said that,
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I try to pick songs that I actually like because I realize that I have to live with these songs for a long time, from when I’m working on them in the studio to possibly playing them onstage for the rest of my life.
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People say releasing an album is like giving birth, but it’s more like having a gallbladder operation.
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It’s very much a “Weird Al” themed issue, so I’d like to think that there’s a lot of “Weird Al” flavor throughout but I think it’d be generous really to call me an editor.
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People that were a little nerdy in high school would look up to me and know it gets better.
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Until you came along I never dated anyone this low on the food chain.
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Now with internet culture it seems like everyone is doing music parodies. And they’re not all good!
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They do everything from gangsta rap to polka music and every genre in between. It’s amazing.
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I’ve done a movie and a TV series, and someday I’d like to do a successful movie and a successful TV series. That would be nice.
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A lot of my cartoon voices are basically just variations on my natural voice.
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I am not making this up. Needless to say, as soon as I discovered that, I gave up meat entirely.
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In the ’80s, I was the only game in town, I was the only one getting that kind of exposure in any rotation on MTV.
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At this point I’ve got a bit of a track record. So people realize that when ‘Weird Al’ wants to go parody, it’s not meant to make them look bad… it’s meant to be a tribute.
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Many years ago I found out something about hamburgers that really grossed me out. You may not know this, so I hope I don’t make you sick, but it turns out hamburgers are actually made out of dead cows.
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I can bend paper clips into the shapes of small animals.
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