Musical parody genius “Weird” Al Yankovic has gotten approval to poke fun at Lady Gaga after seemingly being spurned by the pop star. It turns out that Gaga’s manager was giving Yankovic the runaround. The manager told Yankovic that Lady Gaga did not approve of the parody “Perform This Way”, which is based on the hit “Born This Way” (which is clearly a Madonna rip-off). According to E!, the manager has confessed to never playing the song for Lada Gaga. After the parody went viral on YouTube, Gaga heard the song and loved it. “Weird” Al now has her approval and “Perform This Way” will be the lead single on his upcoming album.
The lessons here are the managers are scum and that “Weird” Al rules!!!
Managers are dumb. You think they would understand that getting a Weird Al parody says you are a true superstar. I thought everyone would know that by now… well, everyone but Coolio.
I love "Amish Paradise".
That's probably one of my favorite's from Weird Al. In fact I need to go listen to that now!
White & Nerdy is my Theme Song
Aside from the "Smells Like Nirvana" song, "White & Nerdy" is my favorite.
I also love how he got Seth Green and Keegan Michael Key (or at least someone who looks a lot like him) in the video.
So full of win.
-M
Yeah, Weird Al does homage pieces. When he picks your song, it's an honor.
Yes, managers suck.
The law: He still could have used it, he just would have to pay the maximum rate (7 cents per dollar made per song used on the album by that artist). However, he's an upstanding guy and seeks approval. Coolio's team did approve, but later Coolio denied it.
My Jam to this day is still Dare To Be Stupid. The genius there was that he couldn't acquire DEVO's permission, so he just copied their sound (brilliantly). Once Mark Mothersbaugh heard it, he was pissed. Not because of the parody or anything like that, but because the synth sounds the Al used had taken Mothersbaugh YEARS to figure out and Al apparently figured them out in a matter of hours. He was more embarrassed and impressed than anything.
Which leads me to this point… Weird Al's band (same dude since day 1) is f**king AMAZING! They can do it all. I've seen him live and the show was great too. Costume changes, medley's the whole bit. He plays for free admission alot too.
I still remember having dinner with Chuck Lidell before he get really famous. I kept telling him that he'd always be the #2 guy in San Luis Obispo next to "Weird" Al.