I think that nerds, if you want to call them that, have only gotten more hip and assimilated into the culture.
AL YANKOVICAnd then I’ll try and arrange them in a way that they would tell a semi-cohesive story.
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I can’t get too offended when somebody parodies me.
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That’s something the kids should know about. Reading is a gateway to witchcraft and lesbianism.
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I guess I lost a little bit of self-esteem that time that you made it with the whole hockey team.
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I’m still a geek on the inside, that’s the important thing.
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Doing things that I don’t know how to do, and keep doing them until I get good at them.
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In a genre where most of the artists are one-hit wonders, I’ve been able to hang around longer than most “serious” acts. I pride myself in being a very talented leech.
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By the time I’m in the studio recording my parody, 10,000 parodies of that song are on YouTube.
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I’m just a no-good, scum sucking, nose picking, boot licking, sniveling, groveling, worthless hunk of slime.
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You can play some schlock like New Kids On the Block.
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Left all my Beatle records out in the sun, got a coke bottle stuck on the end of my tongue.
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So that was a joke that I continue up to this very day.
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Take down those naked pictures of Ernest Borgnine.
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Right now I’m listening to a lot of Top 40 music, because THAT’S MY JOB.
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Maybe I’ll make a huge color tapestry from my belly button lint.
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I always try to put myself out of my comfort zone and out of my depth, and hopefully somewhere along the line I’ll catch up.
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A lot of rap songs don’t usually have a lot of melody per se.
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I know I’m a million times as humble as thou art!
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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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On the other hand, I can get all the Metallica songs I want for FREE! WOW!
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You can try on our suede underwear if you choose. Do what you want, but don’t step on my blue suede shoes.
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I enjoy all kinds of music. But it is kind of strange when I do parodies, instead of setting up drums and guitar amps.
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I do original songs in the style of other artists, where I try to learn all their musical idiosyncrasies and try to do something that sounds like them and yet is a bit more sick and twisted.
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People never ask people doing serious music, ‘Do you ever think about doing funny music?’
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I make charts of songs that are good candidates, good targets, so to speak.
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A lot of artists have really been supportive over the years.
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I’ll be mellow when I’m dead.
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