Unless you have an intense hatred of Hawaiian shirts and/or words that rhyme with lasagna, it’s pretty tough to get mad at “Weird Al” Yankovic. After all, the song parodist has been a beloved staple ...
Look, “Weird Al” Yankovic doesn’t have to ask anyone’s permission to make goofy, accordion-driven parody songs. It’s all fair use, the Supreme Court confirmed in Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc., ...
Rapper Once Feuded with 'Weird Al' Yankovic Over Parody of Hit Song Released 30 Years Ago originally appeared on Parade. With “Gangsta’s Paradise,” Coolio became a global superstar and icon of the ...
“Weird Al” Yankovic may forever be known as the parody king, but he’s also a true original. Yankovic performed to a packed crowd at the Broadview Stage at SPAC (Saratoga Performing Arts Center) in ...
Since Dr. Demento began playing his parodies on his syndicated radio nearly 50 years ago, “Weird Al” Yankovic has become a king of all media — from hit and Grammy Award-winning songs to platinum ...
Reviewing a “Weird Al” Yankovic concert (and yes, “Weird Al” is stylistically always in quotation marks) presents said reviewer with something of a challenge: Which part of the show do you focus on?