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.
AL YANKOVICThere are a lot of songs that would ostensibly be a good candidate for parody, yet I can’t think of a clever enough idea.
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I try not to go the obvious route all the time, but sometimes the most obvious is actually the best.
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Velvet Elvis never puts on weight.
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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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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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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’ve always enjoyed animation and voiceover work. That’s something that I’ve been proactive about.
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Kind of wish I was dead. Maybe, I’ll blow my brains out, mama, or maybe I’ll go bowling.
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Beans, beans, the magic legumes – the more you ingest, the more you consume.
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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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I don’t watch a lot of other people’s parodies because I don’t want to be unduly influenced.
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I think my chances of ever making it into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame are about as good as Milli Vanilli’s.
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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.
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I think that nerds, if you want to call them that, have only gotten more hip and assimilated into the culture.
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I can’t say enough good things about my band. I feel very fortunate that I found them when I did, very early in my career.
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In a genre where most of the artists are one-hit wonders, I’ve been able to hang around longer than most “serious” acts. I pride myself in being a very talented leech.
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