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Alfred Matthew “Weird Al” Yankovic (born October 23, 1959) is an American musician best known for his parodies of contemporary radio hits. His lyrics often parody popular culture including television, movies, food, music, and news stories.
Though parodies earned him his fame, Yankovic has recorded a greater number of humorous songs with original tunes. Some of these pieces are pastiches (or style parodies), where he chooses a band’s entire body of work to emulate rather than any single hit, although Yankovic has many completely original pieces. Most of his albums include a medley which juxtaposes the choruses of various songs in a polka style to accordion music.
Due to his popularity, he has been credited with several songs that are not actually his. A full list of every song he has ever actually done, including the live-only songs, can be found at the Al Songs website. Similarly, a comprehensive list of songs incorrectly credited to him can be found at The Not Al Page.
In 2006, Al recorded the song “You’re Pitiful”. However, while James Blunt gave his blessing for the parody of his song, “You’re Beautiful”, Blunt’s label Atlantic Records was opposed to it. Though parodies are protected legally, the issue had become “more of a political matter than a legal matter”, according to Al, so he decided to not put the song on his next album. Instead, he offered it as a free download from his site.
Though parodies earned him his fame, Yankovic has recorded a greater number of humorous songs with original tunes. Some of these pieces are pastiches (or style parodies), where he chooses a band’s entire body of work to emulate rather than any single hit, although Yankovic has many completely original pieces. Most of his albums include a medley which juxtaposes the choruses of various songs in a polka style to accordion music.
Due to his popularity, he has been credited with several songs that are not actually his. A full list of every song he has ever actually done, including the live-only songs, can be found at the Al Songs website. Similarly, a comprehensive list of songs incorrectly credited to him can be found at The Not Al Page.
In 2006, Al recorded the song “You’re Pitiful”. However, while James Blunt gave his blessing for the parody of his song, “You’re Beautiful”, Blunt’s label Atlantic Records was opposed to it. Though parodies are protected legally, the issue had become “more of a political matter than a legal matter”, according to Al, so he decided to not put the song on his next album. Instead, he offered it as a free download from his site.
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GUTI_4ever wrote:
95 plays in my library
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lizinrainbows wrote:
weird al owns all you fucking noobs [2]
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Ragman205 wrote:
weird al owns all you fucking noobs
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SamuelEllmer wrote:
I was about to explain that Weird Al doesn't do covers, he does spoofs. BUT THEN I SEE U WERE TROLLIN'
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Twiggy_Manson wrote:
All these covers are terrible. The lyrics to his cover of "Ridin' Dirty" were all wrong. Bullshit.
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DwayneyBoi wrote:
I lol at jurrasic park
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Flashjohn wrote:
Good funny music :D
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Sky_Stranger wrote:
Interesting versification some songs into funny things! =)
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lamerzpua wrote:
Good Music :-)
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Wjen wrote:
Jonothan Coulton sings about coding, emails, Flickr and zombies :B
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mcvouty wrote:
He sued Ben Affleck!
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Lerp85 wrote:
FYI, some of the songs listed on here are not actually him. Here is a link to songs not by him, found on his wikipedia page. http://free.house.cx/~eil/etc/notal_list.html
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Ochobobo wrote:
I just realized that Weird Al is the only one I know making songs about the Internet. Who else is there?
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DanforthAndPape wrote:
Fat Rulezzz!!! :D
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Bandur2112 wrote:
I lost on Jeopardy...baby...oooooooooooooo!
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Ragman205 wrote:
totally, he's like 'how tf did i get this?!'
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giraffebreath wrote:
this picture is amazing.
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Ragman205 wrote:
epic legend, talent pouring out his ears is what
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hurricane_mario wrote:
blows
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Fargurd wrote:
It would be great if he could work with Jon Lajoie...
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SF Sketchfest Presents: Sitting and Talking with Weird Al Yankovic
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