There are a lot of songs that would ostensibly be a good candidate for parody, yet I can’t think of a clever enough idea.
AL YANKOVICDidn’t have Nintendo, we just poured salt on snails.
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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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It’s hard to really articulate what the parameters are that make one song parody-able and another song not, but if I can come up with a good enough idea for it, I go for it, and if not, then I have to move on.
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There aren’t that many superstars around anymore.
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That’s a big part of my life – doing things that I’m not prepared to do.
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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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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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I’m known for being an up, high-energy, and optimistic kind of guy.
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I’m still a geek on the inside, that’s the important thing.
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Take down those naked pictures of Ernest Borgnine.
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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 like the guitar-driven music of Nirvana at its peak. At that point, I thought there was a lot of really exciting music coming out.
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A lot of my cartoon voices are basically just variations on my natural voice.
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You don’t need to be defined by your job.
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You still have Top 40 radio now, but it’s 40 different stations. There aren’t many hits that everybody knows, and there aren’t many real superstars.
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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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