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“Weird Al” Yankovic - A Video Overview

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Weird Al YankovicI don’t think there is anyone who hasn’t heard, or at least heard of, a song by “Weird Al” Yankovic. He hit the bigtime, of course, with ‘Eat It’, but as his first single came out in 1979, and ‘Eat It’ wasn’t released until 1984, that’s like saying you really dig Van Halen, especially their early stuff with Hagar.

While the majority of Yankovic’s reputation has been built around the singles released from his albums - ‘Eat It’ (his biggest hit), ‘Like a Surgeon’, and especially ‘Fat’ - the spoofs that either didn’t light up the charts, or were never released as singles, are equally fine. Listen to his spoof of The Kinks’ ‘Lola’, ‘Yoda’, and you’ll see what I mean. Also, don’t miss the polka medleys he does (here is ‘Polka Power‘) - there are a number of homemade videos by fans, set to his polkas, on YouTube.com.

In celebration of “Weird Al”’s career, here I provide my personal favourite Yankovic videos, in chronological order no less.

1979 - My Bologna (Parody of ‘My Sharona’)

1983 - Hey Ricky (Parody of ‘Hey Mickey’)

1984 - Eat It (Parody of ‘Beat It’)

1984 - This Is The Life (from the movie Johnnie Dangerously - an original)

1985 - Like A Surgeon (Parody of ‘Like a Virgin’)

1985 - One More Minute (An original)

1988 - Fat (Parody of ‘Bad’)

1992 - Smells Like Nirvana (no guessing what this is based on:))

1996 - Amish Paradise (Parody of ‘Gangsters Paradise’)

1996 - Gump (Parody of ‘Lump’)

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Posted in Music Videos, Video Overviews on November 3rd, 2006

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3 Responses to ““Weird Al” Yankovic - A Video Overview”

  1. Elisa Says:
    November 4th, 2006 at 6:47 pm

    What? No “White & Nerdy”?

  2. Mark Says:
    November 4th, 2006 at 6:49 pm

    I’m not a big fan of it :)

  3. Babylinda Says:
    January 10th, 2007 at 11:01 am

    Do not worry Elisa! Here is White and Nerdy for you!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkhMcyuYroA

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