Yankovic said that the benefit of digital distribution is that "I don't have to wait around while my songs get old and dated—I can get them out on the Internet almost immediately. the music video for "I Lost on Jeopardy", or Fran Drescher's character, Pamela Finkelstein, in UHF). Samen waren ze de openingsact bij een concert van Missing Persons. [135][136], With "Word Crimes" from Mandatory Fun debuting at #39 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2014, Yankovic became the third musical artist after Michael Jackson and Madonna to have a song in the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 over the prior four decades (1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s). the Man's "Feel It Still" and "Live in the Moment, "Portugal. And no, he may not be the coolest guy around (and rumor has it, his die hard fans are even worse). Hij heeft in zijn carrière inmiddels meer dan 12 miljoen albums verkocht,[1] meer dan 150 nummers opgenomen,[2][3][4] en meer dan 1000 live-voorstellingen gegeven. Ook artiesten als Tom Lehrer, Stan Freberg, Spike Jones, Allan Sherman, Shel Silverstein en Frank Zappa zouden volgens Yankovic hebben bijgedragen aan zijn keuze om musicus te worden. "Weird Al" Yankovic has made a career for himself making others laugh. [127], A second concert film, "Weird Al" Yankovic Live! Yankovic performed George Harrison's "What Is Life" at the live-recorded George Fest (Los Angeles, 2014). "[103] The Permanent Record: Al in the Box booklet referred to the song's "compound fracture of a title. [13][60] Hours after his wife notified him of this, he made the decision to go on with his concert in Appleton, Wisconsin. [9] Mede door deze houding werken de originele artiesten soms zelfs mee aan de parodie. "Weird Al" Yankovic Lampoons the 2020 Election in New Song "We're All Doomed" By Russ Burlingame - October 1, 2020 12:56 pm EDT. [...] Weird Al is not gonna do a parody of your song if you're not doing it big. [61][62] His religious background is reflected in his abstinence from using profanity, alcohol, and drugs. [49][50], In March 2018, Al released a new song, "The Hamilton Polka", a polka medley consisting of several songs from the musical Hamilton. [12] The Dr. Demento Society, which issues yearly Christmas re-releases of material from Dr. Demento's Basement Tapes, often includes unreleased tracks from Yankovic's vaults, such as "Pacman", "It's Still Billy Joel To Me" or the live version of "School Cafeteria". He had originally just pulled the number 27 as a random figure to use in filling out lyrics, but as his fans started to notice the reuse of the number after the first few times, he began to purposely drop references to 27 within his lyrics, videos, and album covers. In 1983, Yankovic's first self-titled album was released on Scotti Bros. Chamillionaire stated in an interview, "He's actually rapping pretty good on it, it's crazy [...] I didn't know he could rap like that. [165] He has cameo appearances in his videos for Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Hanson (as the interviewer), and Ben Folds (as the producer fixing Folds' "shitty tracks"). This approach proved to be successful, as the total collection of videos had acquired more than 20 million views in the first week. Yankovic stated that he does not have any unreleased original songs, instead coming up and committing to the song ideas he arrives at for his albums and other releases.[82]. Stream Tracks and Playlists from Weird Al Yankovic on your desktop or mobile device. [10] There exists, however, one exception to this rule: Madonna was reportedly talking with a friend and happened to wonder aloud when Yankovic was going to turn her "Like a Virgin" into "Like a Surgeon". And YOU can edit! In 1992 besloot hij veganist te worden naar aanleiding van het boek Diet for a New America. [14] He is a Christian, and a couple from his church appeared with him on the cover of his album Poodle Hat. [87] Most notably, the video for "Smells Like Nirvana" uses an extremely similar set to Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit", including using several of the same actors. [55], Yankovic became a vegetarian in 1992 when his then-girlfriend gave him a copy of the 1987 John Robbins book Diet for a New America, which he said "made a very compelling argument for a strict vegetarian diet". But … While Coolio claimed he was upset, legal action never materialized, and Coolio accepted royalty payments for the song. "Weird Al" Yankovic celebrates his 61st birthday this week. In addition to shedding his glasses, he had shaved off his moustache and grown out his hair. Leave it to "Weird Al" Yankovic to give us a theme song for the first presidential debate. [121] Yankovic referenced the incident in his video for "White & Nerdy" when he depicts himself vandalizing Atlantic Records' Wikipedia article. [99] Yankovic was one of several celebrities who appeared in the 1989 music video for Jackson's song "Liberian Girl". ", "American Psycho with Huey Lewis and Weird Al Yankovic", Episode: "Wheel of Fortune w/ Special Guest WEIRD AL", This page was last edited on 14 December 2020, at 21:42. 'Weird Al' Yankovic attends the premiere of "Coco" at El Capitan Theatre on Nov. 8, 2017 in Los Angeles. During last 23 years he just can't help mocking at the popular performers. [12] "My Bologna" was released as a single with "School Cafeteria" as its B-side, and the label gave Yankovic a six-month recording contract. In an official induction ceremony on August 27, 2018,[195] Al received the 2,643rd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. [199] The Hall has not considered Yankovic for nomination since the campaign started in 2004. [141] However, it was unsuccessful in theaters due to both poor critical reception and competition from other summer blockbusters at the time such as Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Lethal Weapon 2, Batman and Licence to Kill. Weird Al has also supplied the voice of one-shot character 'Petroleum Joe' on The Brak Show. [10] Many of these songs are style pastiches of specific bands with allusions to specific songs. De tekst is beschikbaar onder de licentie. In a 2017 interview with Rolling Stone, Yankovic said, "I can't tell you when any material is coming out. [7] Several days later, Yankovic and his band were the opening act for Missing Persons. 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[167] Fair CEO Steve Beazley, who supported the project, considered the project a success and explored leasing the exhibit to other fairs; the second appearance of the exhibit was at the 2009 Puyallup Fair in Washington.[168]. Yankovic's record label, TK Records, went bankrupt about two weeks after the single was released, so Yankovic received no royalties from its initial release.[24]. [75] Most Yankovic songs consist of the original song's music, with a separate, unrelated set of amusing lyrics. Yankovic also asks his celebrity guests if they could "shave his back for a nickel." [173] Yankovic worked with Harper Collins' editor Anne Hoppe—the first time that Yankovic has had an editor—and found her help to be a positive experience. [22], Yankovic released his second album "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D in 1984. This refusal, coming shortly after the commercial failure of Yankovic's movie UHF in theaters, had initially set Yankovic back; he later recognized this as a critical time as, while searching for new parodies, he came across Nirvana, leading to a revitalization of his career with "Smells Like Nirvana". Weird Al’s 14th studio album, the Grammy® award-winning Mandatory Fun (2014), became the first comedy album in history to debut at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, and the first to even reach the top of that chart since 1963. [70] In some cases, in requesting the original band to allow for his parody, the band will offer to help out with the recreation: Dire Straits members Mark Knopfler and Guy Fletcher perform on "Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies*", Yankovic's parody of Dire Straits' "Money for Nothing", while Imagine Dragons provided Yankovic with advice on how to recreate some of the electronic sounds they used for "Radioactive" in Yankovic's parody "Inactive". They rehearsed the song just a few times before the show began. The Gregory Brothers are a musical quartet. In October 2016, Yankovic collaborated with the Gregory Brothers to create a music video "Bad Hombres, Nasty Women" shortly after the third debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, with Yankovic singing between autotuned snippets from the candidates. On this tour, he performed mostly original songs (not parodies) and did not use costumes, props, or video screens. "[33] In 2009, Yankovic released four more songs: "Craigslist" on June 16, "Skipper Dan" on July 14, "CNR" on August 4, and "Ringtone" on August 25. And I would get up with my accordion and play the theme from 2001. [123] For legal reasons, video clips (apart from those for Yankovic's own music videos) could not be shown for the home release, and unreleased parodies were removed from the parody medley for the performance. 2876 Followers. He also plays local TV talent show host Uncle Muscles on several episodes of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! For instance, one fan inquired back in 1995, “What religion are you? [95][78] Yankovic stated of these efforts: "I don't want to hurt anybody's feelings. He is also the announcer of the cartoon's eponymous video game adaptation. There's a striking lack of salaciousness about "Weird Al" Yankovic, which should come as no surprise to anyone who's caught his episode of Behind the Music, where Al was baffled as to why such a controversy-free celebrity like himself would even be considered for the series. In Yankovic's early career, before recording his first album, he had performed such polka medleys in live shows in California, though then using songs from lesser-known bands like Bad Brains and the Plasmatics. ", Episode: "Dungeons, Dungeons and More Dungeons", Episode: "Attack of the Weird Al-Osaurus! [74], Yankovic considers his body of work to primarily feature parodies, rather than satires of the original song or artist, as he found that satire of songs or artists has already been done before. Zo bezingt hij in zijn lied The Saga Begins (op de melodie van American Pie) de volledige plot van Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace. : IAmA", "Children's Picture Books – Feb. 20, 2011", "MAD magazine names its first guest editor in its seven-decade history: 'Weird Al' Yankovic", "Weird Al Yankovic Talks About Beer Endorsement He Turned Down", "This headline is inaccurate – I NEVER regretted the decision. Dr. Demento appeared in several of Yankovic's earlier videos, such as "I Love Rocky Road" and "Ricky". At the XM Satellite Radio booth at the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show Yankovic and Coolio made peace. [145], UHF shows the creation of Yankovic's signature food—the Twinkie Wiener Sandwich. He had been inspired to do so from Spike Jones, who had transitioned classical music into polka. Dit was lange tijd de hoogste positie die een van Yankovic’ nummers ooit wist te bereiken, tot in oktober 2006 zijn lied White & Nerdy de negende plaats wist te halen. : The Alpocalypse Tour, aired on Comedy Central on October 1, 2011, and was released on Blu-ray and DVD three days later. [35] The album contains the five songs from the previous Internet Leaks digital download release, a polka medley called "Polka Face", a song called "TMZ" for which Bill Plympton created an animated music video, and five other new songs. Hij vormde in 1982 een eigen band samen met Steve Jay, John Schwartz en Jim West. In 2008, Yankovic directed the music video for their song "Mixed Up S.O.B. [94] Yankovic himself was amazed with the response he got from the album and video releases, stating that "I've been doing the same thing for 30 years and all of a sudden I'm having the best week of my life"[94] and that he "kind of stumbled on my formula for the future". While most videos that Yankovic creates are aired on music channels such as MTV and VH1, Yankovic worked with animation artists to create music videos for release with extended content albums. He was selected by the SiIvaGunner rippers. Additionally, Cobain described Yankovic as "a musical genius". Carrozza sent a FAQ to Weird Al when Carrozza was in college in 1999.[156]. [12], On September 14, 1980, Yankovic was a guest on the Dr. Demento Show, where he was to record a new parody live. [191] The campaign raised the new target each time and applications continued to be submitted yearly, until The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced in June 2017 that Yankovic would receive a star on the Walk of Fame as one of the 2018 inductees. [10] His father, who was born in the Strawberry Hill neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas, was of Slovene descent (the original surname spelling being Janković)[10][11] and began living in California after earning two Purple Hearts for his service as a medic during World War II. Watch the official music video for "Amish Paradise" performed by "Weird" Al YankovicMusic video by "Weird" Al Yankovic performing Amish Paradise. Yankovic has done voice-overs for several animated series. The show had a troubled production due to this requirement and the desire by CBS to follow in the success of Pee-wee's Playhouse, leading to the show's cancellation after one 13-episode season. Modern stand-up. This also appears in numerous Al TV interviews as well as in several of his songs ("Albuquerque" and "Wanna B Ur Lovr" to name a few.) Music by "Weird Al" Yankovic and similar artists! Yankovic also wrote a sequel to When I Grow Up, 2013's My New Teacher and Me!. [111], Yankovic states that his style parodies have also been met with positive remarks by the original artist. [98] Though Jackson allowed "Eat It" and "Fat", he requested that Yankovic not record a parody of "Black or White", titled "Snack All Night", because he felt the message was too important. According to members of Nirvana interviewed for Behind the Music, when they saw the video of the song, they laughed hysterically. It's just a bummer to turn down that much money, you know? [173] The book reached the No. j.mp/i5GEQn", "Weezer Recruit 'Weird Al' Yankovic for Video of Toto Cover 'Africa, "The Not Al Page: The most popular songs he didn't even write (or perform)! [12] He graduated in 1975,[19] and was valedictorian of his senior class. Demento said, "'Belvedere Cruising' might not have been the very best song I ever heard, but it had some clever lines [...] I put the tape on the air immediately. [132] The tour was inspired by a 2016 performance he did with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, which he considered a "religious experience" and sought to replicate on tour. The same year, he appeared as himself in the How I Met Your Mother episode "Noretta". Deze pagina is voor het laatst bewerkt op 13 dec 2020 om 15:30. As before, video clips (apart from those for his own videos) and unreleased songs were edited out for legal reasons.[128]. He was not interested in sports or social events at school but was active in its extracurricular programs, including the National Forensic League-sanctioned public speaking events, a play based upon Rebel Without a Cause, the yearbook (for which he wrote most of the captions), and the Volcano Worshippers club; the latter, according to Yankovic, did "absolutely nothing" and was started "just to get an extra picture of [themselves] in the yearbook". [12] In 1978, he released his first recording (as Alfred Yankovic), "Take Me Down", on the LP, Slo Grown, as a benefit for the Economic Opportunity Commission of San Luis Obispo County. "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D followed in February 1984. The first, in "Nature Trail to Hell", said "Satan Eats Cheez Whiz"; the second, in "I Remember Larry", said "Wow, you must have an awful lot of free time on your hands. [92] The approach was considered to be essential to promoting Mandatory Fun to reach the No. Biblioteca Nacional de España: XX4857300Gemeinsame Normdatei: 13456233XInternational Standard Name Identifier: 0000 0000 7826 6328Library of Congress Control Number: n85192173MusicBrainz: 7746d775-9550-4360-b8d5-c37bd448ce01Nationale Bibliotheek van Tsjechië: xx0083122Nederlandse Thesaurus van Auteursnamen Persoon ID: 07219989XTrove: 1572251Virtual International Authority File: 27145970052132250731 WorldCat Identities (via VIAF): 27145970052132250731, UHF - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff, "Weird Al" Yankovic: The Ultimate Collection, "Weird Al" Yankovic: The Ultimate Video Collection. The song mocked famous nearby landmarks such as Bubblegum Alley and the fountain toilets at the Madonna Inn. Often, his surname is misspelled (and thus mispronounced) as "Yankovich", among other variations. 63 … Yankovic has stated that all of his proceeds from the parody and its music video will be donated to the Human Rights Campaign, to support the human rights themes of the original song. "[48], After several years of fan-driven campaigns, Yankovic received his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2018. On May 31, 2014, Yankovic won the ACE Award (Amateur Cartoonist Extraordinaire) from the National Cartoonists Society at its awards banquet in San Diego. They see me mowin' My front lawn I know they're all thinking I'm so white ‘n' nerdy In 1984 haalde zijn lied Eat It, een parodie op Michael Jacksons Beat It, de 12e plaats in de Billboard Hot 100. : The Alpocalypse Tour, The Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour, The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange, Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package, UHF – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff, Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour. "Ricky" broke the top 100 videos on MTV at the time, which Yankovic took as a sign that his career was in music, quitting his job as a mailroom clerk at the local offices of Westwood One to pursue the music career. In 2016, Yankovic became the bandleader on the IFC series Comedy Bang! [60] In stark contrast to his stage persona, Yankovic is known by friends and associates to be polite, shy, and introverted, even among family. For example, "First World Problems" from Mandatory Fun is a style take on the Pixies, with the opening stanza reminiscent of the Pixies' "Debaser". Since having a comedy song aired in 1976, Yankovic has sold more than 12 million albums (as of 2007[update]),[3] recorded more than 150 parody and original songs,[4][5][6] and performed more than 1,000 live shows. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! He was quoted as stating, "I didn't think it was very good. [196], Similar to the Weird Al Star Fund, a second fan-driven campaign called "Make the Rock Hall 'Weird'" has tried to enshrine him into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, for which he has been eligible since 2004. Before 2003, Yankovic and his band had toured only the United States and parts of Canada. [10] On his Behind the Music special, Yankovic stated that when he called Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain to ask if he could parody the song, Cobain gave him permission, then paused and asked, "Um... it's not gonna be about food, is it?" "[84] Other recurring jokes revolve around the names Bob (the Al TV interviews often mention the name,[85] David Bowe's character in UHF is named Bob, and a song called "Bob", done in the style of Bob Dylan, is featured on Poodle Hat), Frank (e.g. ", "MAGIC! In 1998 besloot hij zijn uiterlijk te veranderen om zo een nieuw imago voor zichzelf te creëren. Yankovic had a guest appearance voicing Wreck-Gar, a waste collection vehicle Transformer in the Transformers: Animated cartoon series;[150] previously, Yankovic's "Dare to Be Stupid" song was featured in the 1986 animated film The Transformers: The Movie, during the sequence in which the Wreck-Gar character was first introduced; as such, the song is referenced in the episode. His stage act in a Phoenix, Arizona, nightclub caught the eye of manager Jay Levey, who was "blown away". [82], One of Yankovic's most controversial parodies was 1996's "Amish Paradise", based on "Gangsta's Paradise" by hip-hop artist Coolio, which, in turn, was based on "Pastime Paradise" by Stevie Wonder. [12] Yankovic's mother, who was a stenographer of English and Italian descent, married his father in 1949. [8] He has also written two children's books, When I Grow Up (2011) and My New Teacher and Me! "[76], Yankovic considered that his first true satirical song was "Smells Like Nirvana", which references unintelligible lyrics in Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit". "[12][21] Yankovic also played at local coffeehouses, accompanied by fellow dorm resident Joel Miller on bongos. "Eat It" was also aided by the first of Yankovic's Al TV specials that aired on MTV on April 1, 1984, the network looking to Yankovic's rising popularity to help fill its programming time. [124], In 2003, Yankovic toured overseas for the first time. Weird Al Yankovic Net Worth: Weird Al Yankovic is an American singer, songwriter, comedian, actor, and music producer who has a net worth of $20 million.Known as a "musical comedian," Weird Al … Yankovic admitted that he had, so Levey held auditions. Yankovic is played by Aaron Paul, while Yankovic himself plays a music producer. YouTube view counts pre-VEVO: 7,037 (C) 1992 Volcano Entertainment lll, LLC Yankovic released the song as a free download on his MySpace profile, as well as his official website, and plays it in concert, since it was not Blunt himself objecting to the parody. along with other appearances on the show. In 2014, he appeared in the fourth season My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic episode "Pinkie Pride" as Cheese Sandwich, a rival party planner to Pinkie Pie. [11] Ook Paul McCartney en Jimmy Page, die beide fan zijn van Yankovic, wilden toch liever niet dat Yankovic een van hun nummers zou parodiëren.[12]. She had come to California from Kentucky and gave birth to Yankovic 10 years later. [181], From 2014 until 2017, Yankovic appeared as a celebrity contestant in eight episodes of the game show Celebrity Name Game.[182]. What ya gonna do? [29] The album also included a sequel to Camille Saint-Saëns's composition The Carnival of the Animals titled "The Carnival of the Animals Part II", with Yankovic providing humorous poems for each of the featured creatures in the style of Ogden Nash, who had written humorous poems for the original. The music of “Weird Al” Yankovic doesn’t just say otherwise, it SCREAMS otherwise. Yankovic played three other dates in the UK around his festival appearance before performing a single date in the Netherlands. Ondanks het nieuws van hun dood liet Yankovic een gepland concert van die dag gewoon doorgaan, daar volgens hem zijn muziek veel van zijn fans door lastige tijden had geholpen, en hopelijk hetzelfde kon doen voor hem.[7]. [173] The book is illustrated by Wes Hargis, who, according to Yankovic, has "a childlike quality and a very fun quality and a very imaginative quality" that matched well with Yankovic's writing. [46] Businessweek attributed the sales success of Mandatory Fun to the viral music video campaign. Yankovic has documented all these past lyrical attempts, first through binders and then computerized in case he needs to go back for future songs. Weird Al joined the band Hanson in their music video for "Thinking 'bout Somethin'" in which he plays the tambourine.