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Yankovic opted to use Craigslist as an example of something big in both the popular culture and his own life, and spent time exploring its listings to compose the lyrics. [2] The song was released shortly after the closure of the Michael John Anderson ( Craigslist Killer ) case, a factor Yankovic considered "unfortunate timing".
A voting system of 1 (worst) to 5 (best) enables readers to vote on how well it matches the pacing of the original song, how funny it is and its overall score. A 555 is a perfect score meaning the parody should be read by everyone while a 111 score means the parody is not funny, does not match the pacing and is pretty much pointless.
Many use unusual lyrics, subjects, sounds, or instrumentation, and may not even be musical. For example, the 1966 novelty song " They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! ", by Napoleon XIV , has little music and is set to a rhythm tapped out on a snare drum , a tambourine , and the bare sides of the musicians' legs.
Original music; lyrics are a parody of "Jack & Diane" by John Mellencamp. "Buy Me a Condo" "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D (1984) Permanent Record: Al in the Box (1994) Original, in the style of "Buffalo Soldier" by Bob Marley. [2] "Cable TV" Dare to Be Stupid (1985) The TV Album (1995) Original, in the style of "Hercules" by Elton John "Callin' in ...
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Six13 changed all of the lyrics to fit the holiday. The hook in the original song is, "Girls hit your hallelujah," while the parody altered the line to "Kids, singin' 'ma nishtana.'" (Quick lesson ...
It is a parody of Les Crane's 1971 spoken word recording of "Desiderata", the early 20th-century poem by Max Ehrmann. ("Desiderata" is Latin for "desired things"; "deteriorata" is a portmanteau of the verb "deteriorate" and "desiderata".) The parody was written by Tony Hendra for National Lampoon, and was recorded for the album Radio Dinner.
This song is heavily referenced in a Funny or Die skit featuring Huey Lewis and Yankovic, spoofing the movie American Psycho (2000). In the original movie, there is a scene in which Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) gives a critique of the Huey Lewis and the News song "Hip to Be Square" to an intoxicated Paul Allen (), before he brutally murders him with an axe.