There’s a lot of different ways that a song would be a challenge to parody.
AL YANKOVICAnd then I’ll try and arrange them in a way that they would tell a semi-cohesive story.
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It fit pretty nicely into my schedule because we’d pretty much finished the bulk of promotion for Mandatory Fun and were just getting geared up for the World Tour so this was a nice time for me to be working on it.
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So I’m one of the few celebrities that got to do a repeat performance on ‘The Simpsons,’ which I’m very flattered by.
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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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It was difficult to get into my friends’ rock bands when I was a teenager.
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My velvet Elvis means the world to me. Although he may not be worth much dough, he means more to me than some old Rembrandt or Van Gogh.
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I can’t get too offended when somebody parodies me.
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I’m very analytical, I’m very precise.
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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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When I swore that you’re getting more and more beautiful everyday. Well, I was only kidding, honey.
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If you want to avoid heated arguments, never discuss religion, politics, or whether the toilet paper roll should go over or under.
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You got me stranded on the bungee tower of love.
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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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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 try to pick songs that I actually like because I realize that I have to live with these songs for a long time, from when I’m working on them in the studio to possibly playing them onstage for the rest of my life.
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I have very mixed feelings about it. On one hand, I’m concerned that the rampant downloading of my copyright-protected material over the Internet is severely eating into my album sales and having a decidedly adverse effect on my career.
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