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You can ignore the little text at the beginning, as Lady Gaga has now actually given her approval. Al made a little blog post about what happened:
Well, this was a strange day.
After putting my Lady Gaga parody on YouTube this morning – and announcing that it wouldn’t be on my next album because Gaga didn’t approve it – there was a huge outpouring of disappointment from the Internet.
Apparently the fact that she didn’t approve it was news to Lady Gaga herself!
Gaga’s manager has now admitted that he never forwarded my parody to Gaga – she had no idea at all. Even though we assumed that Gaga herself was the one making the decision (because, well, that’s what we were TOLD), he apparently made the decision completely on his own.
He’s sorry.
And Gaga loves the song.
I’m thrilled on many levels to hear this, because 1) I truly respect and admire Gaga as an artist and it pained me to think of her as having less than a great sense of humor, and 2) it means I GET TO PUT OUT MY ALBUM!
As promised, all my proceeds from the song (and the MUSIC VIDEO… I can’t wait…) will go to the Human Rights Campaign.
Thank you, Gaga. And thanks to everybody who had my back.
Whew!
Your pal,
Al
More parodies to be included, and most likely a traditional polka medley.
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I'm wondering how much truth there is to Gaga never hearing it or did she change her mind when she realized it made her look like an ogre to not approve it.
Because 9% think it's too high, and shouldn't be cut! 9% of respondents could not fully
get their arms around the question. There should be another box you can check for, "I
have utterly no idea what you're talking about. Please, God, don't ask for my input."
I'm wondering how much truth there is to Gaga never hearing it or did she change her mind when she realized it made her look like an ogre to not approve it.
Gaga never heard it. Her manager did, and was the one who rejected it. If Gaga had heard it before her manager, she would have approved it, as she is a huge Weird Al fan.
I'm wondering how much truth there is to Gaga never hearing it or did she change her mind when she realized it made her look like an ogre to not approve it.
Gaga never heard it. Her manager did, and was the one who rejected it. If Gaga had heard it before her manager, she would have approved it, as she is a huge Weird Al fan.
I remember him taking over much music a few times and talking over some music videos. It was quite hilarious however it's unfortunate that I can't find any of this material now.
The last polka mix of his that I actually heard, as I recall, started off with Spice Girls
It's been so long
Still remember the horoscope song, or at least the Saggitarius part since I am one
"Saggitarius! All your friends are laughing behind your back! kill them Take down all those naked pictures of Ernest Borgnine you've got hanging in your den!"
Jumping on the Weird Al love bandwagon. Literally grew up listening to this dude (Dad was a Dr. Demento fan) and it makes me happy that he's still putting out albums and I enjoy every one.
I've always loved Weird Al but I listen to so little pop music these days that I'm sure I would not get most of his parodies
But as always I am pumped for his polka megamix. They are always awesome even if I don't know the songs!
I'm the same way, but it doesn't matter much
I don't think I'd ever heard that Gaga song before, but I get it since I know who she is
My favorite song on the last album was the Brian Wilson style original
I'm wondering how much truth there is to Gaga never hearing it or did she change her mind when she realized it made her look like an ogre to not approve it.
Gaga never heard it. Her manager did, and was the one who rejected it. If Gaga had heard it before her manager, she would have approved it, as she is a huge Weird Al fan.
This thread caused me to once again check out Weird Al on youtube which is a good thing. I noticed that "White & Nerdy" has 60M+ hits. I wonder how high on the all time ratings that is (Strangely I can't easily check this on youtube itself, the list I get is bogus).
From what little I know of her, it seems like rejecting a parody would be completely out of character for Gaga. So it's nice that the matter got resolved.
At the very end, when he signs the paperwork and jumps into the air shouting, "We did it, the station's ours!", I still always get just a little bit misty-eyed.
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Because 9% think it's too high, and shouldn't be cut! 9% of respondents could not fully
get their arms around the question. There should be another box you can check for, "I
have utterly no idea what you're talking about. Please, God, don't ask for my input."
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oh shit, really??
Short curly brown hair.
Big glasses
Mustache
Buuut then my dad grew his hair out... it started to thin out whereas Al's remained thick and lovely.
Gaga never heard it. Her manager did, and was the one who rejected it. If Gaga had heard it before her manager, she would have approved it, as she is a huge Weird Al fan.
All of that courtesy of the fantastic NPR
That's good to know.
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this is what I want
But as always I am pumped for his polka megamix. They are always awesome even if I don't know the songs!
It's been so long
Still remember the horoscope song, or at least the Saggitarius part since I am one
"Saggitarius! All your friends are laughing behind your back! kill them Take down all those naked pictures of Ernest Borgnine you've got hanging in your den!"
I'm the same way, but it doesn't matter much
I don't think I'd ever heard that Gaga song before, but I get it since I know who she is
My favorite song on the last album was the Brian Wilson style original
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY-oili63QQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCAt9WcCFbM
It makes you wonder if he thought Po-po-po-polka Face was too easy.
One of my favorite oldies:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpMvS1Q1sos&feature=related
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I saw him perform at the LA County Fair
my dad still has Pretty Fly for a Rabbi on a mix in his car CD changer
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hell yes
especially when he gets to the part where he loses his train of thought
and he starts the whole song over
like I thought he exclusively did it when he played in albuquerque
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That's what he used to say, but it seems he's been doing it live a lot on the last few tours
Traditionally, Yoda is the encore song, including the Yoda Chant.
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I will be the first to admit my "Alformation" is a little outdated!
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At the very end, when he signs the paperwork and jumps into the air shouting, "We did it, the station's ours!", I still always get just a little bit misty-eyed.
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