Are all of weird Al Yankvics songs parodies?
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April 25th, 2008
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All the songs I’ve heard by him are making fun of original songs, are all like that?
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Only a few of them actually, that guy is so amazingly creative he can create whatever he wants. And it will get famous…
I can’t think of any that aren’t parodies.
@scamp: Stuck in the drive thru.
I don’t know that one. It’s an original?
He has quite a few originals. Another one is Bob, his homage to Bob Dylan. It is entirely composed of palindromes. Quite amazing.
@scamp: Watch the video of Stuck In The Drive Thru.
He often does songs in a particular artist’s style, so they seem like parodies even though they are not. For example, “Dare to be stupid” is in the style of Devo, but isn’t a parody of any particular Devo song. As mentioned before, “Bob” is done in Bob Dylan’s style, but also isn’t a parody.
“Harvey the wonder hamster” is not a parody of anyone or done in any particular style.
(“Trapped in the Drive-Thru” is based on ”Trapped in the closet” by R. Kelly)
he has a ton of original content. I was a big weird al fan in the 90’s. At least 3 songs an album are original.
The only consistency is they are all about food or tv.
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