My 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.
AL YANKOVICLike, I have had moments, which I think most people have, where you’ll be watching TV, and it’ll be interrupted by some tragic event, and you’ll actually find yourself thinking,
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It’s hard to force creativity and humor.
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So I try not to pick songs that I know would drive me crazy.
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As much as people are griping about the Internet taking sales away from artists, it’s been a huge promotional tool for me.
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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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He put Ben Gay inside my jock strap and filled my tooth paste tube up with glue.
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They somehow didn’t see the need for an accordion player. That’s when I realized that I had to find my own path in life.
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I write and write and write, and then I edit it down to the parts that I think are amusing, or that help the storyline, or I’ll write a notebook full of ideas of anecdotes or story points.
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Pop culture’s gotten much more disposable.
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So then why get upset if somebody like me Tries to look at the world just a bit differently?
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Nows the time to go for all the gusto you can grab. You’ll have plenty of time to be low-key when you’re laid out on the slab.
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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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My personal taste doesn’t enter into it a lot when I make my decisions as to what to parody.
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I dated Siamese twins, I slept with Big Foot, too. Get me on Sally Jesse, put me on Donahue.
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It becomes more important to me as time goes on to make every album the best thing I’ve ever done, so it’s a lot of self-imposed pressure that also kind of slows me down a bit.
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You slammed my face down on the barbecue grill, now my scars are all healing, but my heart never will.
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