idk if ofthers get it but the latest surge in swifties feels exactly like if people suddenly got really into justin bieber again
The thing re Weird Al that I think is worth recognizing is illustrated by the Spike Jones Jr quote “One of the things that people don’t realize about Dad’s kind of music is, when you replace a C-sharp with a gunshot, it has to be a C-sharp gunshot or it sounds awful.“ It’s like really good parody has to do it all backwards and in heels, and Weird Al gets in there and counts the syllables and pours over the phrasing and word choices so that it all sounds precisely like the original, and then re-records the song, acknowledging the tiniest details of the recording, and also makes it a highly detailed spoof of an adjacent and absurdly unrelated piece of popular culture. I think really good parody has a love for the source materiel that’s impossible to fake. It takes real musicianship (or craft) to do and it usually gets tossed aside as “novelty” recording.
You gotta be fuckin’ good if you want to fuck it up.
Al will also try to reuse the original music video sets if they’re available, and bring back the same background actors.
I assure you, in the music industry, Weird Al is highly respected. If he makes a parody of your song it’s acknowledged that it means you have ‘made it’ as an artist. Rappers have commented on how ‘scary good’ at rapping he is. His range is right up there with Danny Elfman in terms of how incredibly huge it is. Accordion players have commented that he’s insane on the accordion, and does it while jumping around on stage, I may add. He learns from his mistakes and to top it all off he’s a really kind man (I’ve met him).
In this house we salute Weird Al.
my favorite example of the respect weird al gets from other musicians in the industry is this clip from mark mothersbaugh straight up in awe of al’s devo style parody.
it's really funny how usamericans can only conceive of politics as their engagement with Product and so every time a Product or Marketing For A Product is released they all spend weeks getting mad about the political positions of Product. is my coffee woke. is my washing machine homophobic. is the barbie movie my friend
The entry for Super Mario Galaxy 2 on Nintendo’s official site for the Super Mario Bros. 35th anniversary has an error in its ESRB rating: “Mild Cartoon Violence” is spelled “Mild Cartton Violence” instead. Bizarrely, this is spelled correctly in all other places on the website; suggesting that instead of using a template, some Nintendo employee typed out the ratings individually for each of the games.
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mild carlton violence
I love seeing list memes where someone makes a "le cool people vs le cringe" and they obviously skew it so they barely scrape by into the cool kids club
You just KNOW this dudes 5'11"
Tip: You can replace therapy with fifteen hour of unrealistic romantic fantasies daily. But watch out.
I feel like practicing any skill would be way more fun if I could have a lil level increase thing that pops up in front of me every time I do good like in Skyrim
“Push ups increased to level 5”
“Writing dialogue increased to level 37”
“Coping mechanisms (healthy) increased to level 18”
