Some songs are too repetitive for me to be able to fashion a humorous set of lyrics around. Some songs flat-out just don’t work creatively for me.
AL YANKOVICMy 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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Not only are they just great, nice guys; they’re some of the best musicians you’re likely to find.
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I don’t think there are any new media I’d like to cover.
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Pop culture’s gotten much more disposable.
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I don’t want to pooh-pooh modern pop. I appreciate that as well, but my personal favorite kind of music is guitar-based rock. I like grunge and garage bands and alternative music, but that’s more my personal taste.
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I start with a comprehensive list of all the recent songs that have been big hits – and then I go down that list and see if I can come up with funny ideas for them. I can always come up with ideas, but not necessarily good ones!
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So that was a joke that I continue up to this very day.
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Every night for dinner we had a big chunk of dirt.
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I’ve always enjoyed animation and voiceover work. That’s something that I’ve been proactive about.
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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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A lot of my cartoon voices are basically just variations on my natural voice.
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I have a long-standing history of respecting artists’ wishes.
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In fact, when I come up with an idea for a parody I try to resist the urge to Google the idea to see if someone has done it already because the answer is almost always, “Yes, of course they have, they’ve thought of it!”
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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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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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People say releasing an album is like giving birth, but it’s more like having a gallbladder operation.
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