Setanta
 
Reply Thu 25 Feb, 2016 05:05 am
Alfred Yankovic is the world's greatest rock accordion player, possible the only one. His father was an accordion player, and many times advised his son to do what makes you happy for a living.

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Setanta
 
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Reply Thu 25 Feb, 2016 05:13 am
Weird Al got his break at age 16 when Dr. Demento decided to play a recording he had made in his bedroom. Here Al gives us a satire on himself.

farmerman
 
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Reply Thu 25 Feb, 2016 05:18 am
@Setanta,
did he die? Im all confused cause usually Edgar's in charge of obits
Setanta
 
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Reply Thu 25 Feb, 2016 05:21 am
Al made his big break into the big time with a 1981 television appearance on the Tomorrow Show, hosted by Tom Snyder (remember him?). He plays "Another One Rides the Bus" using the tune of Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust."

Setanta
 
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Reply Thu 25 Feb, 2016 05:23 am
@farmerman,
I don't think so . . . he's younger than you and i.

Here he parodies one of our favorite cultural trash cans.

farmerman
 
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Reply Thu 25 Feb, 2016 05:24 am
@Setanta,
oh, never mind, carry on.
farmerman
 
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Reply Thu 25 Feb, 2016 05:26 am
@farmerman,
He does parody "covers "better "than the original prformer. Witness this Taylor Swift song that actually sounds better the way Yankovic does it.

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Setanta
 
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Reply Thu 25 Feb, 2016 05:29 am
This one is special for you, FM

farmerman
 
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Reply Thu 25 Feb, 2016 05:30 am
@Setanta,
My favorite
Didnt he do a porody of Jerry Reed's "WALK ON THE WILD SIDE" (or at lest Marky Mqrks version)
farmerman
 
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Reply Thu 25 Feb, 2016 05:36 am
@farmerman,
He could rip off two songs at once, this is one- a- me faves too

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Setanta
 
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Reply Thu 25 Feb, 2016 05:42 am
Can't find it, Boss . . . but i'm multi-taking right now . . . trying to do two things at once, which is as good as it gets with me.

Here's a 1979 recording of the parody he did of The Knack's release, "My Sharona" from earlier that same year.

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Setanta
 
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Reply Thu 25 Feb, 2016 06:00 am
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jespah
 
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Reply Thu 25 Feb, 2016 06:44 am
It's harder to find a better snapshot of the 2014 - 2016 pop culture landscape. My favorite line is, "Got my new resume; it's printed in Comic Sans!"
Setanta
 
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Reply Thu 25 Feb, 2016 06:50 am
@jespah,
Oh yeah, Weird Al takes a scalpel to his world. I had never seen that vid, that's brilliant.
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boomerang
 
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Reply Thu 25 Feb, 2016 06:57 am
@Setanta,
This has been a really fun way to start off my day!
Setanta
 
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Reply Thu 25 Feb, 2016 06:58 am
This parody of The Doors included a performance by Ray Manzarek, and of course, lampoons contemporary society:

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Setanta
 
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Reply Thu 25 Feb, 2016 07:02 am
@boomerang,
I'm glad to hear it! Even now, it's early in your morning, n'est-ce pas?
boomerang
 
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Reply Thu 25 Feb, 2016 07:37 am
@Setanta,
I'm a bad sleeper. This was way more fun than the typical relationship drama and political trauma that I wake up to.

I leave one of my faves...

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ehBeth
 
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Reply Thu 25 Feb, 2016 10:23 am
@jespah,
Love that!

Weird Al is my kind of supahstah.

(I really liked Margaret Cho shimmying in there - I've just been learning about her BD work)
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ehBeth
 
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Reply Thu 25 Feb, 2016 10:24 am
@Setanta,
I think this is still my favourite.
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