Crisis Averted: Lady Gaga Approves Weird Al Parody

[Ragnar]

Phew, close call! Still, no "crisis" is a good thing right?

Crisis Averted: Lady Gaga Approves 'Weird Al' Yankovic Parody : All Songs Considered Blog : NPR

All day Wednesday, everywhere from The New York Times to TMZ, reports have surfaced that Lady Gaga had refused permission for "Weird Al" Yankovic to release a parody of "Born This Way" called "Perform This Way." Yankovic himself blogged about the apparent rejection — and posted the offending song on his YouTube account — writing that Gaga's people had given him the runaround, asking for the lyrics, then asking for the finished song, then flatly rejecting the final product after he'd gone to the expense of canceling a vacation, booking a studio, paying musicians and recording it.

Yankovic has made unauthorized parodies available to the public before — including a James Blunt parody titled "You're Pitiful," following a rejection of the "You're Beautiful" parody by Blunt's label — but he's never knowingly released one on one of his albums. "I Perform This Way" was to be the first single from Yankovic's follow-up to 2006's best-selling Straight Outta Lynwood, and Yankovic wrote that approval of "I Perform This Way" was the only factor holding back scheduling of the new record's release.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUxXKfQkswE]YouTube - "Weird Al" Yankovic - Perform This Way[/ame]

 

[The T]

Phew, close call! Still, no "crisis" is a good thing right?

Crisis Averted: Lady Gaga Approves 'Weird Al' Yankovic Parody : All Songs Considered Blog : NPR

All day Wednesday, everywhere from The New York Times to TMZ, reports have surfaced that Lady Gaga had refused permission for "Weird Al" Yankovic to release a parody of "Born This Way" called "Perform This Way." Yankovic himself blogged about the apparent rejection — and posted the offending song on his YouTube account — writing that Gaga's people had given him the runaround, asking for the lyrics, then asking for the finished song, then flatly rejecting the final product after he'd gone to the expense of canceling a vacation, booking a studio, paying musicians and recording it.

Yankovic has made unauthorized parodies available to the public before — including a James Blunt parody titled "You're Pitiful," following a rejection of the "You're Beautiful" parody by Blunt's label — but he's never knowingly released one on one of his albums. "I Perform This Way" was to be the first single from Yankovic's follow-up to 2006's best-selling Straight Outta Lynwood, and Yankovic wrote that approval of "I Perform This Way" was the only factor holding back scheduling of the new record's release.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUxXKfQkswE"]YouTube - "Weird Al" Yankovic - Perform This Way[/ame]

With ya buddy...

See also:http://www.usmessageboard.com/3554590-post1.html

 

[Ragnar]

Phew, close call! Still, no "crisis" is a good thing right?

Crisis Averted: Lady Gaga Approves 'Weird Al' Yankovic Parody : All Songs Considered Blog : NPR

All day Wednesday, everywhere from The New York Times to TMZ, reports have surfaced that Lady Gaga had refused permission for "Weird Al" Yankovic to release a parody of "Born This Way" called "Perform This Way." Yankovic himself blogged about the apparent rejection — and posted the offending song on his YouTube account — writing that Gaga's people had given him the runaround, asking for the lyrics, then asking for the finished song, then flatly rejecting the final product after he'd gone to the expense of canceling a vacation, booking a studio, paying musicians and recording it.

Yankovic has made unauthorized parodies available to the public before — including a James Blunt parody titled "You're Pitiful," following a rejection of the "You're Beautiful" parody by Blunt's label — but he's never knowingly released one on one of his albums. "I Perform This Way" was to be the first single from Yankovic's follow-up to 2006's best-selling Straight Outta Lynwood, and Yankovic wrote that approval of "I Perform This Way" was the only factor holding back scheduling of the new record's release.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUxXKfQkswE"]YouTube - "Weird Al" Yankovic - Perform This Way[/ame]

With ya buddy...

See also:http://www.usmessageboard.com/3554590-post1.html

Oops. My bad. I only checked the music page to see if this story was here.

 

[The T]

Phew, close call! Still, no "crisis" is a good thing right?

Crisis Averted: Lady Gaga Approves 'Weird Al' Yankovic Parody : All Songs Considered Blog : NPR




YouTube - "Weird Al" Yankovic - Perform This Way

With ya buddy...

See also:http://www.usmessageboard.com/3554590-post1.html

Oops. My bad. I only checked the music page to see if this story was here.

Wide coverage buddy. Didn't expect a sample!

*Kudos*

 

[martybegan]

Most artists are cool with wierd al, as he really puts effort into the songs and the videos.

Smells like Nirvana is still one of the best parody songs ever.

 

[Rogo]

Weird Al has his moments of being funny, but Lady Gaga... is just terrible. Why even waste his talents on a talentless "musician?"

 

[The T]

Weird Al has his moments of being funny, but Lady Gaga... is just terrible. Why even waste his talents on a talentless "musician?"

For the same Reasons he Parodied so many others?