[7], Yankovic has invited members of the 501st Legion on stage during performances of his Star Wars-themed songs "Yoda" and "The Saga Begins", recruiting members of local garrisons (club chapters) while on tour. He had previously shaved his moustache in 1983 for the video of "Ricky" to resemble Desi Arnaz, in 1989 for segments of the "UHF" music video, and in 1996 for the "Amish Paradise" video. For example, "First World Problems" from Mandatory Fun is a style take on the Pixies, with the opening stanza reminiscent of the Pixies' "Debaser". [142] Billboard named Yankovic #15 of the top 100 music video artists of all time in an August 2020 compilation, addressing that alongside his musical fame, "his accompanying video parodies are a vital part of the recipe". sort by album sort by song. Bad by Michael Jackson Amazon. [14], Most of Yankovic's studio albums include a polka medley of about a dozen contemporary songs at the time of the album, with the choruses or memorable lines of various songs juxtaposed for humorous effect. [195] and in 2017 the price was raised to $40,000. The concert was filmed at Massey Hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, during Yankovic's tour supporting the album Alpocalypse. [143], With his four-decade career, Yankovic's work has also influenced newer artists. Yankovic established himself as king of the novelty song with his breakthrough 1984 hit, "Eat It," a parody of Michael Jackson's "Beat It" that reached No. Yankovic's success comes in part from his effective use of music videos to further parody pop culture, the song's original artist, and the original music videos themselves, scene-for-scene in some cases. and watch all the TV you ever wanted. In October 2016, Yankovic collaborated with the Gregory Brothers to create a music video "Bad Hombres, Nasty Women" shortly after the third debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, with Yankovic singing between autotuned snippets from the candidates. Toadblatt's School of Scorcery/Educating Grim/It's Hokey Mon! "Weird Al" Yankovic's "My Bologna" was recorded in a bathroom. [38], In 2011, Yankovic completed his thirteenth studio album, titled Alpocalypse, which was released on June 21, 2011. [118], In 2000, Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea told Behind the Music that he was unimpressed and disappointed by Yankovic's 1993 song "Bedrock Anthem", which parodied two of the band's songs. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! He was not interested in sports or social events at school but was active in its extracurricular programs, including the National Forensic League-sanctioned public speaking events, a play based upon Rebel Without a Cause, the yearbook (for which he wrote most of the captions), and the Volcano Worshippers club; the latter, according to Yankovic, did "absolutely nothing" and was started "just to get an extra picture of [themselves] in the yearbook". While the film had since become a cult title, its initial release was against mediocre reviews, and it was up against several other summer blockbusters, including Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Ghostbusters II, Batman, and Licence to Kill. Face to Face with "Weird Al" Yankovic, a Web Original which sees Al "interviewing" celebrities, is this to Al TV. [83] Yankovic said that "fans would be rioting in the streets, I think, if I didn't do a polka medley. Yankovic also had a cameo in a 2008 episode, titled "That '90s Show", during which he records a parody of Homer's grunge hit "Shave Me" titled "Brain Freeze" (Homer's song, "Shave Me", was itself a parody of Nirvana's "Rape Me") making Yankovic one of only a handful of celebrities to appear twice on the show playing themselves. In 2011, Yankovic guest starred as the character "Banana Man" in an episode of Adventure Time. [136] The tour was inspired by a 2016 performance he did with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, which he considered a "religious experience" and sought to replicate on tour. On this tour, he performed mostly original songs (not parodies) and did not use costumes, props, or video screens. Weird Al Yankovic, popping a wheelie on the zeitgeist til the day he dies! His latest album, Mandatory Fun (2014), became his first No. , Here’s the brand-spanking new trailer for @EdgarWright’s film The Sparks Brothers, which comes to theatres next mon… twitter.com/i/web/status/13929…, Tiny Tim: King For a Day, a documentary narrated by Al (reading from Tiny Tim’s diaries), will premiere in , Al was interviewed by Triumph the Insult Comic Dog as the closer of SF Sketchfest’s 2021 Virtual Fundraiser (VOD tickets , Al is featured on the latest Portugal The Man single “Who’s Gonna Stop Me” – available on iTunes, , CLICK HERE TO RECEIVE UPDATES AND INFO ON AL, interviewed by Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. Black Emperor, who curated the festival's lineup. Weird Al Wiki, a fan created Weird Al knowledge base. The video begins with the JibJab logo, much like the early videos of the Stripes. The video for "I Lost on Jeopardy" includes an appearance by Greg Kihn, the artist whose song, "Jeopardy", was being parodied, along with Don Pardo and Art Fleming, Jeopardy's original announcer and host, as themselves. Yankovic's first show with his new band was on March 31, 1982. Yankovic reasoned, "If Madonna's allowed to reinvent herself every 15 minutes, I figure I should be good for a change at least once every 20 years. And it is also true that only someone who is missing important brain cells would suggest this artist's original songs are any good, although there are a few small signs of improvement here on Dare to Be Stupid. It's just going to be whenever it winds up being. Factory on August 15, 2006. He appeared in a 2003 episode of The Simpsons, singing "The Ballad of Homer & Marge" (a parody of John Mellencamp's "Jack & Diane") with his band. [10] There exists, however, one exception to this rule: Madonna was reportedly talking with a friend and happened to wonder aloud when Yankovic was going to turn her "Like a Virgin" into "Like a Surgeon". He noted that his friends and fellow musicians Ben Folds and Taylor Hanson helped to support their respective style parodies "Why Does This Always Happen To Me?" That's not how I live my life. Much to the disdain of Yankovic, these misattributed files include songs that are racist, sexually explicit, or otherwise offensive. [100], In 2003, Yankovic was denied permission to make a video for "Couch Potato", his parody of Eminem's "Lose Yourself". His two commercial failures (his film UHF and his 1986 album Polka Party!) Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic (born October 23, 1959) is an American comedian, parodist, satirist, musician, writer, actor, accordionist, and singer-songwriter.He has, for three decades, parodied popular songs by inserting his own (often silly) lyrics, or performing songs in the style of an artist or an entire genre. Weird Al Yankovic booking agent, manager, publicist contact info, Weird Al Yankovic contact information is available for you to look at. He appeared in the animated Adult Swim show Robot Chicken, which provided him with a music video for the song "Weasel Stomping Day". Quotes "Weird Al" Yankovic „Never had a date That you couldn't inflate“. "[35] He parodied the reaction to this "new look" in a commercial for his nonexistent MTV Unplugged special. [75] In some cases, in requesting the original band to allow for his parody, the band will offer to help out with the recreation: Dire Straits members Mark Knopfler and Guy Fletcher perform on "Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies*", Yankovic's parody of Dire Straits' "Money for Nothing", while Imagine Dragons provided Yankovic with advice on how to recreate some of the electronic sounds they used for "Radioactive" in Yankovic's parody "Inactive". [165][166] Yankovic collaborated with the Gregory Brothers on a similar video after the first debate in the 2020 campaign between Trump and Joe Biden. Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe, Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp. [204], A smaller ongoing effort has been made by fans to have Yankovic perform at the halftime show of a Super Bowl game. In 2008, Yankovic directed the music video for their song "Mixed Up S.O.B. Yankovic's 12th studio album Straight Outta Lynwood (Way Moby/Volcano) is a DualDisc release brimming with special features. "Ricky" broke the top 100 videos on MTV at the time, which Yankovic took as a sign that his career was in music, quitting his job as a mailroom clerk at the local offices of Westwood One to pursue the music career. [189] Quite a few of the songs, such as "Star Wars Cantina" by Mark Jonathan Davis (not, in a double misattribution, his lounge-singer character Richard Cheese), "Star Wars Gangsta Rap", "Yoda Smokes Weed", "Chewbacca", "The Devil Went To Jamaica", "The Twelve Pains of Christmas" by Bob Rivers and several more have a Star Wars motif. Buckingham Blues. The undisputed king of song parody during the MTV era, with smashes that topically mocked everything from new wave to gangsta rap. Andy Samberg of the group The Lonely Island considered Yankovic an influence during his childhood. Yankovic released the song as a free download on his MySpace profile, as well as his official website, and plays it in concert, since it was not Blunt himself objecting to the parody. We have 20 albums and 306 song lyrics in our database. "Weird Al" Yankovic is a multi-Grammy Award-winning American musician, … Weird Al Yankovic is a voice actor known for voicing Cheese Sandwich, Wreck-Gar, and Milo. "[81], Yankovic considered that his first true satirical song was "Smells Like Nirvana", which references unintelligible lyrics in Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit". j.mp/i5GEQn", https://www.madmagazine.com/issues/mad-533, "Weezer Recruit 'Weird Al' Yankovic for Video of Toto Cover 'Africa, "The Not Al Page: The most popular songs he didn't even write (or perform)! „We only torture the folks we don't like You're probably gonna be okay.“. Yankovic" in reference to Yankovic's similar song parodies. On his website, Yankovic wrote of this event, "I don't remember what we said to each other exactly, but it was all very friendly. Yankovic had a guest appearance voicing Wreck-Gar, a waste collection vehicle Transformer in the Transformers: Animated cartoon series;[153] previously, Yankovic's "Dare to Be Stupid" song was featured in the 1986 animated film The Transformers: The Movie, during the sequence in which the Wreck-Gar character was first introduced; as such, the song is referenced in the episode. Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic (born October 23rd, 19591) is a singer-songwriter known chiefly for his parodies of popular songs, as well "style parodies" of specific artists or groups. [80], Yankovic is the sole writer for all his songs and, for "legal and personal reasons", does not accept parody submissions or ideas from fans. along with other appearances on the show. Like an X-ray of a dinosaur egg, this debut Weird Al Yankovic production provides a detailed glimpse of the creature to be grown. „If money can't buy happiness, I guess I'll have to rent it.“. Yankovic wrote a parody of Nirvana's hit Smells like Teen Spirit, as Smells Like Nirvana and was able to secure the band's permission for the parody; Nirvana's lead singer Kurt Cobain was said that getting Yankovic to parody their work was a sign their band had "made it". The Compleat Al was co-directed by Jay Levey, who would direct UHF four years later. “Weird Al” Yankovic The insightful and educational track off Weird Al’s epic fourteenth studio album, Mandatory Fun. The episode, "Three Gays of the Condo", in which Marge hires Yankovic to sing the aforementioned song to Homer in an attempt to reconcile their marriage, later won an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour)". 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