I discovered tonight that I am not, in fact, the only person who thinks Weird Al is a genius. Woot BIL!! This particular parody is even funnier for me because I am a complete Ebay shopper. Yes, yes, it’s true. If I can buy it on Ebay, I usually do. Books, skin care products, scented [...]
American Pie by Don McLean was released in 1971 and is a classic story for my generation. It’s a song written in honor of the deaths of Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and The Big Bopper, who were all killed in a plane crash in February 1959. Sadly, there’s not a “real” video for this song. [...]
Money For Nothing was released by Dire Straits in 1985. Sting makes a special appearance on the recording with some vocals. The video helped put MTV on the map and it was so cool!! Weird Al came along four years later with a parody and video clip from his movie UHF. One of the most [...]
Weird Al Yankovic has been around doing fabulous parodies since at least the 1980s. It never fails to make me laugh. If YouTube will cooperate, I’ll try to post original artist videos, then the Weird Al version. Should be fun, don’t you think? I’ll end up showing my ignorance about today’s youth and music when [...]
