Even worse is the fifth studio album by weird al yankovic, released on april 12, 1988. Each songs listing states the album or albums on which it appears, and whether the song is an original or a parody. Alfred matthew weird al yankovic born october 23, 1959 is an american singersongwriter, musician, parodist, record producer, satirist, music video director, movie producer, actor, and author. The compleat al is a mockumentary about the life of weird al yankovic, from his birth in 1959, to 1985. Recorded between november 1987 and february 1988, this album helped to revitalize yankovic s career after the critical and commercial failure of his previous album polka party. Yankovic was able to get permission from jackson to use the same subway set from bad for the video. From his humble origins as the goofy guy who does novelty parodies of pop songs, and acts wacky on mtv, hes became a comedy staple, winning three grammys, accumulating a pile of platinumcertified albums, and cowriting and starring in the 1989. Weird al yankovic fat official music video youtube. The dvd contains 21 music videos, which all previously appeared on the vhs tapes the weird al yankovic video library, alapalooza. The alpocalypse tour, filmed during his 2011 tour is more than just a show, it is a cinematic event featuring new songs along with his classics. Join napster and access fulllength songs on your phone, computer or home audio device. He is known mainly for his parodies of popular songs. Video played a big part in the success of im fat, based on im bad. Weird al has returned with alpocalypse, his first fulllength studio album in nearly five years.
The track was both a commercial and critical success, earning yankovic a grammy award. Jasonik75 the video for fat parodies various elements of the bad video by michael jackson. I was recently talking to my fiance about how he was live since we are both weird al fans. Weird al yankovic performs a parody of various popular actors, tv hosts and musicians of the 80s. Weird al stopped performing this song and eat it in 2019 after hbo aired the leaving neverland documentary, which makes accusations of child abuse against jackson. Remembering how much fun it was, made me really want to experience it again. A second concert film, weird al yankovic live the alpocalypse tour, aired on comedy central on october 1, 2011, and was released on bluray and dvd three days later. Weird al yankovic music, videos, stats, and photos. Licensed to youtube by sme on behalf of rca records label. Weird al yankovic list of movies and tv shows tv guide.
Alfred matthew weird al yankovic born october 23, 1959 in downey, california is an american singersongwriter, music producer, actor, comedian, satirist, accordion player and kazooist. It was partially written by yankovic and directed by jay levey. Trolls world tour the pop trolls sneak into volcano rock city film clip director walt dohm dreamworks animation universal pictures producer gina shay, anna kendrick, justin timberlake, rachel bloom, kenan thompson, george clinton, mary j. I like all the videos with the exception of bedrock anthem. List of songs recorded by weird al yankovic wikipedia. Vinyl 12 weird al yankovic fat 1988, multicolored, marbled, vinyl discogs. Few would have guessed that weird al yankovic who as a shy, accordionplaying teenager got his. Weird al yankovic 1959 biography on film reference. The alpocalypse tour 1 episode 2011 tim and eric awesome show great job. Get ready for an experience like none other weird al yankoviclive. Directed by jay levey, weird al yankovic, francis delia.
American psycho with huey lewis and weird al weird al yankovic 20. Trust weird al yankovic to name an album even worse even as his recordings were getting better again. Demento radio show would go on to become a pop culture icon and the biggestselling comedy recording artist of all time, with classic song and music video parodies such as eat it, like a surgeon, smells like nirvana, amish paradise, white. The undisputed king of the rock song parody, yankovic has been inducing cringes and laughs in equal proportion since the early 1980s. He also mastered the genre pastiche original songs that nail a. Mostly recorded in march 1982, the album was released by rock n roll records as an lp and on compact cassette in 1983.
After a bit of a slump, he rebounded in 1988 by making fun of the same old guy again, michael jackson. Fat track 15 prince, tom petty, steve winwood, jeff lynne and others while my guitar gently weeps duration. A new collection of weird al yankovics parody and original music videos, including the saga begins and all about the pentiums from the running with scissors album and bob from the poodle hat album. Also includes the music videos for the saga begins and its all about the pentiums. Sep 23, 20 over the course of more than three decades as a musical parodist, weird al yankovic has become an inextricable part of music culture. Fat is the first song on yankovic s even worse album the video won a grammy award for best concept music video in 1988. Weird al yankovic weird al yankovic, the food album. Squeeze box collects all of yankovic s 14 studio albums, ranging from his 1983 debut weird al yankovic, to his 2014 studio release mandatory fun. Enjoy this weird al yankovic official music video playlist, from vevo. Weird al yankovic, weird al yankovic in 3d, dare to be stupid, polka party. Your butt is wide, well mine is too just watch your mouth or ill sit on you the word is out, better treat me right cause im the king of. The concert was filmed at massey hall in toronto, ontario, canada, during yankovics tour supporting the album alpocalypse. Listen free to weird al yankovic fat radio iheartradio. The title of the film is a parody from the 1982 documentary the compleat beatles.
The best of weird al yankovic 1999 the saga begins 2000 the essential weird al yankovic 2009 the essential weird al yankovic 3. The video won a grammy award for best concept music video in 1988. Fat, fat, really really fat you know im fat, im fat, you know it fat, fat, really really fat you know im fat, im fat, come on you know fat, fat, really really fat dont you call me pudgy, portly or stout just now tell me once again whos fat when i walk out to get my mail it measures on the richter scale down at the beach im a lucky man. Fat is the first song on yankovic s even worse album. Simply click on the clue posted on universal crossword on january 21 2018 and we will present you with the correct answer. Weird al yankovic on vevo official music videos, live performances, interviews and more. Huge thanks to the greatest band in the world jim kimo west on guitar, steve jay on bass, ruben valtierra on keyboards, jon bermuda schwartz on drums and our frontofhouse engineermixer denny jagard. It is yankovic s second parody of a jackson song, the first being eat it, a parody of jacksons beat it. The ridiculously selfindulgent, illadvised vanity tour. Telling him how i just loved the costumes for the songs. The weird al yankovic the ultimate video collection is one hour and twentyfive minutes and was released on dvd on november 4, 2003. Even worse is the fifth studio album by weird al yankovic, releas. The first single from the album was the lady gaga parody perform this way. This video features snippets of every cover song we performed on our 2018 tour.
Weird al yankovic biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. The album was the first of many produced by former the mccoys guitarist rick derringer. I saw weird al yankovic live in concert in my area in 1998 and again in 1999. Demento radio show would go on to become a pop culture icon and the biggestselling comedy recording artist of all time, with classic song and music video parodies such as eat it, like a surgeon. Weird al yankovic is a multigrammy awardwinning american musician, satirist, parodist, accordionist, director, and television producer he is known in particular for humorous songs which make fun of popular culture or parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts, or both. Weird al yankovic and his band perform songs from his 1999 album running with scissors plus most of his older hits, including a showstopping parody medley.
Fat video 1988 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Although it is a mockumentary, it is roughly based on yankovics real life. Weird al yankovic performing fat parody of bad by michael jackson live from the alpocalypse tour at the san diego county fair grandstand stage in del mar. Weird al yankovic celebrity profile check out the latest weird al yankovic photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Hes your favorite comedian who can carry a tune, weird al yankovic live. Weird al yankovic fat official music video by alyankovic. Weird al yankovic weird al yankovic 1996, cd discogs. Michael jacksons bad please read the pinned comment duration. Weird al yankovic biography, albums, streaming links. Nov 19, 2019 weird al yankovic fat 1988 streaming franais weird al yankovic fat 1988 streaming franais. Jul 12, 2014 weird al yankovic has been the king of parody for 30 years, outlasting and, in some cases, outselling the artists hes sent up.
The videos is a dvd and laserdisc release of every weird al yankovic music video to the date of release. The album was produced by former the mccoys guitarist rick derringer. It is a spoof of michael jacksons 1983 single beat it, with the contents changed to be about an exasperated parent attempting to get their picky child to eat. Few would have guessed that weird al yankovic who as a shy, accordionplaying teenager got his start sending in homemade tapes to the dr. An abbreviated version premiered on august 7, 1985 on the showtime network before the full film was released on video on september 25, 1985. With weird al yankovic, barry hansen, vincent paterson, thomas r. If there is a chance we have missed the answer you are looking for, feel free to contact us and we will get back to you with the answer as soon as possible crosswords are a great way to. Weird al yankovic official music video playlist youtube. The music videos cover the days from his first music video ricky to his then current one of bob. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Provided to youtube by sony music entertainment fat weird al yankovic even worse.
Peters jr the music video for weird al yankovic s eat it, which is a parody of beat it by michael jackson. Mostly recorded in march 1982, the album was released by rock n roll records as an lp and on compact cassette in 1983 consisting of five direct parodies and seven original songs, weird al yankovic parodies pop and. Weird al yankovic simple english wikipedia, the free. Even worse, greatest hits 1, food album, alinthebox, fat parody of. The videos, with the exception of the most recent video, spy hard. On this page will find the solution to weird al yankovic movie crossword clue. The video set was a recreation of the set of michael jacksons bad video, which had recently been constructed for use in jackson. Yankovic is known in particular for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and that often parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts. Weird al yankovic is the debut album by american parodist alfred weird al yankovic.
Gump sat alone on a bench in the park my name is forrest, hed casually remark waiting for the bus with his hands in his pockets he just kept saying life is like a box of. Weird al yankovic your butt is wide, well mine is too just watch your mouth or ill sit on you the word is out, better treat me right cause im the king of cellulite ham on, ham on, ham on whole wheat, all right my zippers bust, my buckles break im too much man for you to take the pavement cracks when i fall down ive got more chins than chinatown well, ive never used a phone booth. Eat it is a 1984 song by american comedy music artist weird al yankovic. Some of weird als best food songs including fat,lasagna,addicted to spuds,i love rocky road,spam,eat it, the white stuff, my. The song has lady gagas full approval and blessing. Yankovic said that jacksons support helped to gain approval from other artists he wanted to parody. His works have earned him three gold and five platinum records in the u.
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