Because I'm.......Tackyyyyyyyyy (video PG-13ish) - MERGED into a mega-thread

[Jetfire]

Weird Al for the Super Bowl!

100k signatures and still climbing. Not bad for a drunken "What if?" petition. It's certainly struck a chord with people. I've heard it mentioned on multiple radio stations up here, including a Sirius Radio station at a local restaurant.

With "Sports Team" on his latest album, even if the NFL just arranged to have him come out and perform that song during the halftime, it would be a blast. (Not sure it would be enough to make me WATCH the Super Bowl; but I'd certainly check the YouTube's after. :P

[Jetfire]

Don't leave us hanging. What was his reaction to the end of it?

[Ben_Who]

A new video is up on YouTube - this time it's a parody of Lorde's "Royals". It starts out pretty cheesy, but do hang on - it gets HILARIOUS at the end. (Celeb cameo of the day is Patton Oswalt)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-0TEJMJOhk

EDIT: Also a bit of warning - if the sight of mould and bacteriae makes you squeamish, please proceed with caution.

Roommate said, "Boy, he's kind of phoning it in on this one, isn't he?"

I'd already seen the video, so I just said, "Wait."

[EricKei]

Technically, he doesn't have to ask at all, as they're parodies -- but it would seem that he's just a nice guy ^_^

[Jetfire]

And that's why subsequently Al goes to the studio AND the artist to request permission to paradize their works.

Apparently due to a breakdown in communication between Lady Gaga and Al, he almost didn't get permission for Born This Way until the 11th hour, and he held up Alpocalypse's release until he did get it.

And of course there was the "You're Pitiful" parody that didn't make it on "Straight Out of Lynwood" due to the record label. James Blunt had no problem with the parody, so Al decided to release it direct on Youtube.

[lordlundar]

is that Coolio -- who originally opposed the 'Amish Paradise' parody (but nobody told Al that until it was too late, it seems) --

Al actually did request permission to do the parody (despite not having to) and the studio handling Coolio's works did give permission but never consulted him about it. Coolio did not find out about it until the song aired and was less than pleased.

[EricKei]

True. One thing which I found out recently, due to the press these vids have been generating, is that Coolio -- who originally opposed the 'Amish Paradise' parody (but nobody told Al that until it was too late, it seems) -- has supposedly said that he regrets doing so. A number of artists (notably, Kurt Cobain) have said that they know they've made it when Weird Al does a parody of one of their works.

[wolfie]

Weird Al is pretty high up among singers in terms of length of his career (Willie Nelson, Kenny Rogers, and Loretta Lynn have been singing for longer, but not many others). Also, the reaction of other singers to his parodies has changed. In the beginning, singers were ticked off to be parodied (and in some cases tried to have the parody blocked), but now when he makes a parody it's seen as a sign that the original song is a hit - after all, what's the point of making a parody of a song nobody's heard about?

[TheSHAD0W]

Al made it to the top of the Billboard charts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iH_FO1_Ofk

[KiaKat]

In the style of The Pixies

Pretty sure Amanda Palmer is singing backup vocals. She provided vocals for some of the album, and that sounds like her.

[Parrothead]

First World Problems

In the style of The Pixies

[Javarod]

New song here. Sports Song

Ok, i think this is now my favorite, a generic fight song, brilliant.

[Kit-Ginevra]

Have you seen the Polka yet... that's pretty good going..some of his versions of the songs are better than originals!

[Jetfire]

New version of Tacky, performed on Conan Possibly as good as the actual video.

Great watch, and great job Al did doing the song that way.

[Parrothead]

Sports Song

New song here. Sports Song