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Weird Al Yankovic
Comedy / Pop / Rock



Los Angeles, California
United States

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Member Since7/5/2006
Band Websitewww.weirdal.com
Band MembersJon "Bermuda" Schwartz (drums and percussion)
Jim West (guitar)
Steve Jay (bass)
Ruben Valtierra (touring keyboardist)

 

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InfluencesTom Lehrer, Stan Freberg, Spike Jones, Allan Sherman, Shel Silverstein, Frank Zappa


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INTERNET LEAKS is the name of the 5-song digital-only EP that previews songs from the next Weird Al album (which will hopefully be out sometime next year). Internet Leaks contains the T.I. parody “Whatever You Like” as well as “Craigslist,” "Skipper Dan," “CNR” and “Ringtone”... and it’s available RIGHT NOW at iTunes, Amazon, Napster, Rhapsody, Zune, Walmart
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Featuring parodies of Chamillionaire, Green Day,
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WHITE & NERDY
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Sincere and enormous thanks to everybody for helping to make Straight Outta Lynwood my first Top 10 album and "White & Nerdy" my first Top 10 single!




Hi.  Al here.

No, really, it's Al.  Seriously.

What, you don't believe me?  Go ahead, check weirdal.com.  Hit the MySpace link.  See if it brings you right back to this page.  Go ahead.  I'll wait.

See?  It's really me.

I should point out... this means that conversely, all those other people on MySpace who are claiming to be me or implying that they are me... are definitely NOT me.  I'm sure they're very nice people... they're just not "Weird Al" Yankovic.  I assure you.

You know, I've been wanting to get on MySpace for a while, but I always thought it would be kind of redundant to have both a MySpace page and an official web site.  But then I remembered my New Year's resolution: "Try to be more redundant!"  So here I am.

Anyway, thanks so much for dropping by.  Just because you're still reading this, I already consider you one of my dearest and closest personal friends.  So please keep in touch, okay?  Don't be a stranger.

Love,
Al


About Your Comments

Thanks for asking, but… I never reply to comments or leave comments on other people’s pages. Believe me, I’d like to, but I just don’t have enough time in my life. Sorry… it’s nothing personal.

I’m also sorry to say that I don’t have time to read private messages, but I do try to read as many comments as I can.

Speaking of which… this page isn’t maintained by my record label or an assistant or an underling or a fan – it’s maintained by me personally. So if you’d like to make my life a little easier, please…

DON’T POST HTML. I disabled HTML a while ago because I was tired of being spammed with inappropriate images. So if you try to post a comment to this page that includes images or links, it will just show up as code. Which isn’t very fun to read. So don’t do it.

DON’T ADVERTISE. Whether it’s obvious spam or just somebody trying to solicit friends for their own page, this isn’t the place for it.

DON’T BE REPETITIVE. Please please please please please please please… don’t post the same thing over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over. Even if it’s something nice. It just annoys everybody.

Also, don't forward chain letters of any kind, don't post ultra-wide messages that stretch out the page, and... well, just don't be a rude, obnoxious jerk.

If you do any of the above things, you will be deleted and/or blocked. Sorry.

Also, I know this is MySpace and all, but in keeping with the whole “family friendly” thing, please try to watch the profanity.

I really do appreciate all of your wonderful comments… they mean a lot to me. Thanks so much!


FAQ Lite

I've found some songs on the Internet that have your name attached to them, but they just don't seem like the kind of songs you'd write. What's the deal here??

Unfortunately, there are many "funny" songs floating around the Internet being attributed to me which are, in fact, NOT by me.  "Barney's On Fire," "I Ran Over The Taco Bell Dog," "Weenie In A Bottle," "I'm A Wigga," "The Beer Song," "The Devil Went Down To Jamaica," "Elmo's Got A Gun," "Which Backstreet Boy Is Gay," "What If God Smoked Cannabis" (the list goes on and on)... these are NOT my songs.  All of my material is fairly family-friendly, so if you hear one of "my" songs and the lyrics are vulgar or obscene... well, that's an excellent clue that it's not really one of my songs.  Hope I've cleared that up.  Oh, while you're at it... stop stealing my stuff off the Internet, you hooligan!

How did you get started in the music business?

I started sending in cassette tapes of my material to the Dr. Demento radio show when I was in my early teens.  The Good Doctor gave me airplay when any right-thinking disc jockey wouldn't have dreamed of it, and by the time I graduated from college, I had a modest cult following and a couple of nationally-released singles ("My Bologna" and "Another One Rides The Bus").  I signed with Scotti Bros. Records in 1982 and did my first 9 studio albums with them (currently I'm with Way Moby/Volcano/Zomba/Sony BMG).

Do you get permission to do those parodies?

Yes, I do get permission from the original songwriters.  While the law supports my ability to parody without permission, it's very important to me to try to maintain the relationships I've built with artists and writers over the years.  Thankfully, most artists seem genuinely flattered to get the "Weird Al treatment."  Some groups (including Nirvana) have publicly stated that they didn't realize that they had really "made it" until they heard my parody!

When are you going to do some original songs?

Umm... Half of the songs on my albums are original songs.  Many of them are done in the style of another artist, or in a specific genre, but they are original compositions. Any other questions?

Are you interested in my incredibly lame idea for a song parody?

No.


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FeralDragon

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Nov 25 2009 4:25 AM

Have a stress free Thanksgiving... since i stuffed the turkey with jack daniels and prozac , who says you can't make everyone happy for 1 day LOL!!!!!!!!!!!
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Nov 25 2009 1:04 AM

Dear Al,

I am a huge fan of your music. I was wondering if you can, your song from the end of the Al's Brain 10-minute-movie into your next album when you can. I heard fans like this song! By the way, loved the exhibit!
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Nov 25 2009 12:46 AM

We can bathe if we want to, we can leave your friends behind,
because your friends don't bathe, and if they don't bathe,
well they ain't no friends of mine.

Just thought of that. Be perfect for one of your parodies. Yeah man, run with it.
I'm funny unintentionally. Hi Al. I'm Lesley. American Superheroine. Channeler
of Them. Them being Him And Him. Him And Him Being John & George.
BEATLES, yes, no fooling, honest injun. I channel real live dead Beatles,
say you catch on fast Yankovich. I kid thee not. Holler at me if you ever
wanna work together, or if you wanna ever spoof one of mine, that'd be funny.
Loved "Slimy Creatures From Outer Space" b-side to that Madonna spoof you did.
You sound almost as good as a chick as I do. No, not really. Just being nice.
You are awesomely talented though, "Creatures" showed me that.

Take care, Al,
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Nov 24 2009 3:59 PM




"HAPPY THANKSGIVING!"


Thoughts of Thanksgiving

(Charles Frederick White)

Thanksgiving day is coming soon,
That long remembered day
When nature gives her blessed boon
To all America.

On that glad day, in all our land,
The people, in their wake,
Give thanks to God, whose mighty hand
Deals blessings good and great.

The roast goose, steaming on the plate,
The sweet potato cobbler,
The cranberry sauce, the pudding baked,
The seasoned turkey gobbler,­

All these delights and many more,
From north, south, west and east,
Do all the nation keep in store
For this Thanksgiving feast.

Alas, for those who are denied
This blessed boon of God!
May all the needy be supplied
Like Israel by the rod.

Nov., 1895

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