ICON Agreed To Famous SONG PARODY--BUT WAS LIVID When It OVERSHADOWED HIS #1 HIT!--Professor of Rock
13,006What does a comedy legend do after he’s conquered the 80s with some of the funniest take downs of classic songs with food and hospitals, and then skewered the 90s by slamming its biggest icon with a song so hilarious it made the serious artist laugh at himself? Well, he only got better. Today, we have more from the prince of parody, the sultan of satire, and the master of mockery, Weird Al Yankovic... including the time his parody White and Nerdy actually passed up the song he made fun of in the charts and online… It helped the artist behind it win a Grammy. Then there was the #1 hit Gangsta's Paradise that Coolio gave permission to be mocked but then after the parody Amish Paradise was a hit, he FLIPPED OUT & started a media firestorm. And finally, The Saga Begins, the song that spoofed one of the most respected rock songs ever, American Pie by Don McLean… It was so funny, Don said the parody had bettered his classic… WHAT? We’re covering some comedy gold today. So grab your accordion and throw on a loud Hawaiian shirt. It’s about to get real. We’re counting down Weird Al’s greatest parodies of the last 30 years NEXT on Professor of Rock.
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Hey music junkies, Professor of Rock, always here to celebrate the greatest artists and the greatest songs of all time. if you ever created your own Weird Al style parody back in the day , you’ll dig this channel of deep musical nostalgia subscribe below right now. I promise that you are going to love this channel. Also, check out our Podcast on Apple and Spotify. Well I can’t lie, I absolutely love Weird Al Yankovic. So it’s no surprise that we’ve covered a lot of Weird Al on this channel through the years. We’ve hit the 80s hard with the stories behind Eat It, Fat, and Like a Surgeon. We’ve also done episodes on the artists who rejected Weird Al’s parody proposals. We’ve jumped into the 90s with the story of Smells Like Nirvana. And last year, I even had the privilege of sitting down with Al to dive into the first leg of his career.
It’s one of my favorite interviews of all time. Not only is the man a legend, but he’s a class act, a genuinely kind human being. At the time he was on a really tight schedule, but was gracious enough to talk with me for over an hour in person.. It was so much fun.
But here’s the thing, Al has had such a prolific career that even with an hour we barely scratched the surface. By the time we were done we had barely gotten out of the 80s… concluding with his Teen Spirit parody “Smell’s like Nirvana.” Well, we’re supposed to get together again for Round 2. But in the meantime, I didn’t want to leave you guys hanging. So for today’s episode I’m bringing you five of Weird Al biggest parodies from the last 35 years. There’s so many great ones in between our top 5 I’m gonna sneak in some honorable mentions as well.
Which is where we start: Our First Honorable mention comes from the 90s and Al’s Permanent Record compilation. It’s the Crash Test Dummies parody “Headline News.” Al wrote "Headline News" especially for his Permanent Record compilation. The original song is the provocative 1994 hit "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm.” Here Al breathes new life into some of the most over-exposed news stories of the day: including the Tonya Harding / Nancy Kerrigan Scandal and the “detachable King Missile-like” tale of Lorena Bobbit. The other memorable part of the song is how well Al mimics lead singer Brad Roberts’ vocals, giving his the bottom end of his vocal chords an impressive workout. Definitely check this one out if you haven’t heard it.
To kick things off at #5, we got to this little ditty: 1996’s Bad Hair Day.