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
...and everywhere else digital music is sold!
Featuring parodies of Chamillionaire, Green Day,
Usher, R. Kelly and Taylor Hicks!
DualDisc includes PCM Stereo, 5.1 Surround and instrumental mixes of the entire album (with on-screen lyrics option), plus a 9-minute behind-the-scenes documentary...
...and 6 NEW MUSIC VIDEOS!
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?
Loved the Christmas song so much, and NOT mostly because of you even! I have all thirty odd hours of CDR Radio on my hard drive and love them all. HUGE fan of CDR. I just wish I had a credit card so I could buy the calendar/disc. Really enjoyed the two AOTS interviews and the Know Your Meme thing as well. Thank you for keeping busy and making sure we always have something nice to track down. It's like being in a permanent Treasure Hunt. Still busy with my NaNoWriMo, and I'm starting to think its not bad at all. I'm up to 43,000 words now which is 91 pages of A4 and it's definitely the best thing Ive ever written. Hope your script is coming along, although what with you being so busy, I suspect I will finish quite a bit before you do. Neener neener! :D Take best care and keep on keeping on :) All my love to all Louise xxxxxxx
It's been months since I've been on MySpace due to computer crashes and other crap. I'm just glad to be on and it's great to hear from you Weird Al. You're a living legend.
Personally, I think you are a pretty intelligent individual. So keep doing what you are doing and killing the rest of them with knoledge of how fucking pathedic they actually are. I fucking love it....!!!! oh was that where you put the !!! shit, damn, I messed up, FUCK. Bitch!!!! Keep the music up bro.
At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us. ~ Albert Schweitzer
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