We've chosen to celebrate this holiday by paying tribute to America's most profound musical impresario - Weird Al Yankovic. It's hard to quantify the impact that this singular genius has had on popular culture over the past three decades. He has managed to lampoon the MTV generation, rap & hip hop and even country music legends and produce many songs that are in fact superior to those he was mocking.
Weird Al
Whenever we're down we know what to do - we can crank up our Napster playlist or pop in a query for Weird Al on youtube and we're transported to another realm of existence with such hits as:
- Amish Paradise (based on Gangsta's Pardise)
- Don't Download this Song
- EBay (based on I want it that way)
- Yoda (based on Lola)
- Couch Potato (based on Lose Yourself)
- White & Nerdy (based on Ridin)
- Another One Rides the Bus (this is pretty obvious isn't it?)
- I lost on Jeopardy (based on Our Love's in Jeopardy)
- Party at the Leper Colony
- Eat It (based on Beat it)
- Living with a Hernia (based on living in America)
- Genius in France
Who doesn't want to stomp Weasels?
This Epic song captures the essence of modern America and may well represent the longest mockumusic hit ever recorded. It is the Bye Bye Miss American Pie of our generation.
Truly great music not only tells a story - it also tells a joke - but of course that isn't quite the same as music that is a joke, like anything Christina Aguilera might happen to sing. In that spirit, we were thinking of some new songs that Weird Al might choose to make fun of:
- Undead - based on 'Alive' by Pearl Jam
- Crash into You - based on 'Crash into Me' by Dave Matthews
- Diarrhea, Diarrhea - based on 'Maria, Maria' by Santana
- Magneto's Hat - based on 'Magnificent' by U2
- How Far is Heathen - 'Heaven' by Los Lonely Boys
- Dumb Song - based on 'Love Song' by Sara
- Clean Coal - based on 'Atomic' by Blondie
- DorkyTown - based on 'Funkytown' by Lipps Inc.
- Already Done - based on 'All Night Long' by Buckcherry
- Madoff's Got Nothing - based on 'Money for Nothing' by Dire Straits
- My Closed School - based on 'My Old School' by Steely Dan
- Washing, Spinning, Drying - based on 'Sitting, Wishing, Waiting' by Jack Johnson
- Pooh Nation - based on 'Zoo Station' by U2
- You're Really Old - based on 'Fields of Gold' by Sting
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