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By (user no longer on site) OP     over a year ago

Anyone familiar with this Parody artist?

He became well known in the 80's when he did a Parody of Michael Jacksons 'Beat it' called 'Eat it' - He later went on to Parody 'Bad' - 'Fat' - Brilliant video.

I've always found a lot of his stuff amusing.

I even have a DVD of some of his stuff and was showing my kids some of it last weekend.

Some of my favourites. See if you can guess the song that's been parodied.

Like a Surgeon

Living with a Hernia

Amish Paradise

Born this way (my kids love this one)

All of these are on his YouTube channel

He's recently released a new album too.

There are some excellent ones on there.

I particularly like 'Tacky - parody of Pharrell Williams 'Happy'

And 'Word Crimes' - parody of 'Blurred Lines'

The video for Tacky is particularly clever - all done in one take.

Check them out if you fancy a giggle.

Incidentally 'Born this way' is also technically brilliant as they have cleverly put Al's face on a woman's body.

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By *ce WingerMan  over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

Yeah, he's done some clever stuff over the years

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

Are you His Agent?

Gimp

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By (user no longer on site) OP     over a year ago


"Are you His Agent?

Gimp"

PMSL

No. I just had one of his songs rattling around in my head. that was all.

Might start a thread about 2Cellos in a minute!

No!!! Control, control, you must learn control!!!

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

Yeah, i was listening to him 30 yrs ago, a lot of younger folk are discovering him now via youtube etc

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

I have his discography on my pc

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

I love parodies but there are so many on youtube trying to be funny and failing miserably.

Bart Bakers stuff I find entertaining just for the videos

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"I love parodies but there are so many on youtube trying to be funny and failing miserably.

Bart Bakers stuff I find entertaining just for the videos "

Bart Baker's parodies are good particularly the Taylor swift ones

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

to the tune of Avril Lavigne

Constipated

Uh huh, extra cheese

Uh huh, uh huh, save a piece for me

Pizza party at your house

I went just to check it out

Nineteen extra larges

What a shame no one came

Just us eatin' all alone

You said, "Take the pizza home

No sense lettin' all this go to waste"

So then I faced

Pizza all day and every day

This cheese 'round the clock

Is gettin' me blocked

And I sure don't care for irregularity

Tell me

Why'd you have to go and make me so constipated?

'Cause right now I'd do anything to just get my bowels evacuated

In the bathroom I sit and I wait and I strain

And I sweat and I clench and I feel the pain

Oh, should I take laxatives or have my colon irrigated?

No, no, no

I was feelin' pretty down

Till my girlfriend came around

We're just so alike in every way

I gotta say

In fact I just thought I might

Pop the question there that night

I was kissing her so tenderly

But woe is me

Who would have guessed, her family crest

I'd suddenly spy tattooed on her thigh

And son of a gun

It's just like the one on me

Tell me

How was I supposed to know we were both related?

Believe me, if I knew she was my cousin we never would have dated

What to do now? Should I go ahead and propose

And get hitched and have kids with eleven toes

And move to Alabama where that kind of thing is tolerated?

No, no, no

(No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no)

I had so much on my mind

I thought maybe I'd unwind

Try out that new roller coaster ride

And the guide

Said not to stand

But that's a demand that I couldn't meet

I got on my feet and stood up instead

And knocked off my head, you see

Tell me

Why'd I have to go and get myself decapitated?

This really is a major inconvenience, oh man, I really hate it

Such a drag, now can't eat, I can't breathe, I can't snore

I can't belch or yodel anymore

Can't spit or blow my nose or even read Sports Illustrated

Oh no

Why'd I have to go and get myself all mutilated?

(Yeah, yeah)

I gotta tell ya, life without a head kinda makes me irritated

What a bummer, can't blink, I can't cough, I can't sneeze

But my neck is enjoyin' a pleasant breeze now

Haven't been the same since my head and I were separated

No, no, no

this is our favourite

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"I love parodies but there are so many on youtube trying to be funny and failing miserably.

Bart Bakers stuff I find entertaining just for the videos

Bart Baker's parodies are good particularly the Taylor swift ones "

It's funny. My kids no longer sing the right version.

The blurred lines one confused me as I hadn't heard the original, apparently I must of been living under a rock

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By *mm_n_ZedCouple  over a year ago

Fareham

He's a clever guy. I particularly like the eBay song and Horoscope for today.

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"to the tune of Avril Lavigne

Constipated

Uh huh, extra cheese

Uh huh, uh huh, save a piece for me

Pizza party at your house

I went just to check it out

Nineteen extra larges

What a shame no one came

Just us eatin' all alone

You said, "Take the pizza home

No sense lettin' all this go to waste"

So then I faced

Pizza all day and every day

This cheese 'round the clock

Is gettin' me blocked

And I sure don't care for irregularity

Tell me

Why'd you have to go and make me so constipated?

'Cause right now I'd do anything to just get my bowels evacuated

In the bathroom I sit and I wait and I strain

And I sweat and I clench and I feel the pain

Oh, should I take laxatives or have my colon irrigated?

No, no, no

I was feelin' pretty down

Till my girlfriend came around

We're just so alike in every way

I gotta say

In fact I just thought I might

Pop the question there that night

I was kissing her so tenderly

But woe is me

Who would have guessed, her family crest

I'd suddenly spy tattooed on her thigh

And son of a gun

It's just like the one on me

Tell me

How was I supposed to know we were both related?

Believe me, if I knew she was my cousin we never would have dated

What to do now? Should I go ahead and propose

And get hitched and have kids with eleven toes

And move to Alabama where that kind of thing is tolerated?

No, no, no

(No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no)

I had so much on my mind

I thought maybe I'd unwind

Try out that new roller coaster ride

And the guide

Said not to stand

But that's a demand that I couldn't meet

I got on my feet and stood up instead

And knocked off my head, you see

Tell me

Why'd I have to go and get myself decapitated?

This really is a major inconvenience, oh man, I really hate it

Such a drag, now can't eat, I can't breathe, I can't snore

I can't belch or yodel anymore

Can't spit or blow my nose or even read Sports Illustrated

Oh no

Why'd I have to go and get myself all mutilated?

(Yeah, yeah)

I gotta tell ya, life without a head kinda makes me irritated

What a bummer, can't blink, I can't cough, I can't sneeze

But my neck is enjoyin' a pleasant breeze now

Haven't been the same since my head and I were separated

No, no, no

this is our favourite"

You always manage to get songs stuck in my head

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

Enjoy your day

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

Was the hole thing started by the Baron Knights, I've only just realised even their name was a clever play on words

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"Anyone familiar with this Parody artist?

He became well known in the 80's when he did a Parody of Michael Jacksons 'Beat it' called 'Eat it' - He later went on to Parody 'Bad' - 'Fat' - Brilliant video.

I've always found a lot of his stuff amusing.

I even have a DVD of some of his stuff and was showing my kids some of it last weekend.

Some of my favourites. See if you can guess the song that's been parodied.

Like a Surgeon

Living with a Hernia

Amish Paradise

Born this way (my kids love this one)

All of these are on his YouTube channel

He's recently released a new album too.

There are some excellent ones on there.

I particularly like 'Tacky - parody of Pharrell Williams 'Happy'

And 'Word Crimes' - parody of 'Blurred Lines'

The video for Tacky is particularly clever - all done in one take.

Check them out if you fancy a giggle.

Incidentally 'Born this way' is also technically brilliant as they have cleverly put Al's face on a woman's body.

"

Love a bit of Weird Al!

M

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By *mmie2014Man  over a year ago

London


"Yeah, he's done some clever stuff over the years "

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By *ust RachelTV/TS  over a year ago

Horsham

I used to listen to him a lot years ago, didn't he do one about ebay as well.

I liked his film 'VHF', it is a really funny film.

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

There were other parody bands around,the grumbles and the black abbots

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By *ratty_DamselWoman  over a year ago

Greater London

Is there anything in the above that is not suitable for kids of 11? Think my son would love to see some of this.

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"I love parodies but there are so many on youtube trying to be funny and failing miserably.

Bart Bakers stuff I find entertaining just for the videos

Bart Baker's parodies are good particularly the Taylor swift ones

It's funny. My kids no longer sing the right version.

The blurred lines one confused me as I hadn't heard the original, apparently I must of been living under a rock "

I never sing the originally... Hotdog condom style being one

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By (user no longer on site) OP     over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site) OP     over a year ago


"Is there anything in the above that is not suitable for kids of 11? Think my son would love to see some of this. "

Weird Al's stuff is certainly OK.

My kids are 8 and 6.

My daughter kept watching 'Like a Surgeon' over and over and my son was the same with 'Fat'

And they both loved 'Perform this way'

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

I reckon the guy's awesome, his sense of humour is both childish but also satirical and witty with it.

My personal favourites of his

Dare to be stupid

White and nerdy

Ebay

Another one rides the bus

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By *orthLincsIronCouple  over a year ago

Scunthorpe

Like a lot of his stuff, favourites are Bedrock Anthem and Yoda

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By *eMontresMan  over a year ago

Halesowen

Been listening to him on and off since the 80s. Some stuff is really good, others not so funny, but I guess that's just personal taste.

Word Crimes off the new album is brilliant, love the sentiment, lyrics are spot on

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"Is there anything in the above that is not suitable for kids of 11? Think my son would love to see some of this. "
weird Als Michael Jackson parody and biggest hit "eat it" is certainly suitable for kids

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

Also flagpole sitter by Harvey Danger

Not really a parody but in the same vein

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By (user no longer on site) OP     over a year ago


"Another one rides the bus"

Oh yes, i'd almost forgotten that one and I bought on ebay.


"Like a lot of his stuff, favourites are Bedrock Anthem and Yoda "

Oh yes, love Yoda.

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By *ust RachelTV/TS  over a year ago

Horsham

The film is safe for kids, as I seem to remember. Be careful of drinking from a firehose lol.

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By *illwill69uMan  over a year ago

moston

Love him!

Have lost of his music, he always puts a smile on my face.

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