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I wonder if anyone notices.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago

Music royalties are weird. Somebody that understood it way better than me explained it probably better than I will. From what I remember there is basically a performance, lyrics, and music portion. So when an artist covers a song they only get the performance part. The original artist gets the other two parts(assuming the music/lyrics weren’t written by somebody else). Since Al is redoing the lyrics he gets the performance and lyrics part but he’s still sticking money in the original artists pockets for the music portion. Most artists are plenty happy to have Al use one of their songs.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I haven't exactly been to a large number of big concerts in my life, but still I have to say that Weird Al's was the best. It was late 90s. He played every one of his hits in costume and nailed it every time. For the finale, he buried the front rows (I was in row 2) in fake bubble snow while playing Christmas at Ground Zero. It was gloriously ridiculous. 10/10 experience. Hardest working man in showbiz. UHF was a documentary. (I still haven't seen the new movie. I really should get on that.)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The biopic? It's good. Not as funny as it could have been, but Radcliffe is amazing and you learn many interesting facts about Al (like the steamy relationship with Madonna).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It was a goddamned masterpiece!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Agreed. I have no idea how someone says "not as funny as it could have been". I rolled in laughter for the entire thing. Hardest I've laughed in a long time.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Al has used that joke himself on Xittter.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Oh. Someone did notice. How? You use your own font?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

Apparently nobody noticed Michael Jackson is with a bunch of children either

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

No, I use context

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Weird Al actually licenses the songs for parodying because free use is thin ice.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Most of Al's music isn't parody. Smells like Nirvana is one of very few that is, as the song Al writes is about the original work/artist

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Amish paradise is another and probs my favourite of Al's

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 day ago

Amish paradise is not a parody. Coolio actually had a case if he had sued.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

AI didn't steal nothing. SHITTY companies "think" they can replace people work with AI and Robots. And i hope them to fall miserably.

BTW. If a Parody is stealing, then all the art even created is stealing from what there was before.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Are those angel or children Jackson molested? I mean if it's his heaven.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

It may just be their hell.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 days ago (3 children)

If Al is so great why did he lose on Jeopardy?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

He absolutely killed it on wheel of fortune* though.

*On game grumps

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

I believe ‘types of sauerkraut’ was one of the categories.

I have it on good authority Weird Al hates sauerkraut.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

I know. He just couldn't get the questions right.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The video for Fat was awesome.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I watched both it and Bad recently. I loved how close he got it. Same set, same moves, just as a fat person. Honestly brilliant.

I've only seen that one and Amish Paradise, but I've never seen the video for Gangster Paradise, so idk if he always gets it so close.

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