One of the hardest things I’ve had to deal with in my career is keeping my material topical even though I only release albums every three or four years.
AL YANKOVICI’m a music fan, and I can listen to the radio, or music, without thinking, “How am I going to screw this up?” [Laughs] If I’m really actively trying to think of a parody, then I’ll have my antenna out, and be a little more proactive about it.
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Buy our album, were Nirvana, a garage band from Seattle. Well, it sure beats raising cattle.
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It’s hard to say, I picked one of my favorite articles for the MAD vault. Which is one of the features of the Magazine so they don’t have to actually pay artists or writers to come up with new stuff.
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You make me wanna staple bagels to my face, then remove them with a pitchfork.
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After that, I made the decision to headline no matter what, even if I was playing to seven people. I wanted people to be there to see me.
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And then I’ll try and arrange them in a way that they would tell a semi-cohesive story.
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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’ll bet every great thinker and leader we’ve got Could see all kinds of things other people could not!
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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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Pop culture’s gotten much more disposable.
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So that’s why one of my rules of parody writing is that it’s gotta be funny regardless of whether you know the source material. It has to work on its own merit.
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When I go to my live shows it’s often a multigenerational audience, a family bonding experience.
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I mean, I hate to gloat, but I’m extremely satisfied with my position in life and the way things have worked out for me.
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I’m obviously not a rapper, and I don’t have any claims to be one, really.
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If I could find the right kind of property, get tied in with the right movie, I’d love to be involved, but I just find it hard to be motivated to do another screenplay right now.
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So that was a joke that I continue up to this very day.
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