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It’s pretty sad that the parody of a song that I wrote is actually more popular than the song that you sang but some other guy wrote.
(Weird Al Yankovic)
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First to say it’s true.
First to say it’s not funny.
And I shall bring you both together and say this: Weird Al is always WIN no matter what. However, the caption does suck despite the truth it speaks, in that it is waaaaay too wordy, especially when one is making a blatantly obvious statement.
Pretty sad, alright.
Not sad – Weird Al is a musical genius. All of his stuff has been interesting, some of it is downright brilliant. And he’s done some pretty funny parodies of GOOD music, too!
Not to mention he’s outlasted most of the acts he’s parodied.
And that he took songs alot of people cant stand (You’re Beautiful) and made them awesome (You’re Pitiful)
he doesn’t do only parodies, either. he writes a lot of original songs. he IS brilliant.
Difficult to parse. Not really funny. Meh.
Am I not reading this correctly? Did someone parody Al’s song? Or is there just a dangling modifier… confused. Grammar, people.
I’m still wondering what the “song you sang but some other guy wrote” is, and why it’s significant that Weird Al wrote his own song while some other guy wrote the other song.
Really, “It’s pretty sad that my parody of your song is actually more popular than your song” would’ve been much clearer (but still been ambiguous as to which song(s) he’s referring, sadly).
He’s probably reffering to either Amish Paradise or White ‘N Nerdy.
i think its the ebay song but thats just me.
Speech needs more brackets.
I, too, am confused… I get the gist of the LOL, but its soo wordy…
Ya it was true but a poorly worded LOL.
What’s the gist? I can’t find the gist. What does this mean?
It means that his parodies are more popular than the original songs… least that’s what I got from it
I guess you need to be white n’ nerdy to totally understand it…. I’m sorry for the terrible joke. I couldn’t resist.
I understand it fine. And thought it was pretty funny.
So a parody of a Weird Al song is more popular than some other song? Is that what you’re trying to say?
I wasn’t aware that anyone made a popular parody of a Weird Al song.
This is not funny. It is lacking in wit, intelligence or humour. Who in the name of hell has been giving this caption five unicorns?
It’s pretty sad that yet another unfunny lol makes it.
Syntax, author, syntax. One unicorn.
Really? Like which songs? ^^
that is precisely the question i’d like answered.
We were listening to my iTunes yesterday and Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” came up in the rotation. My son and my husband were both certain it was Weird Al’s “Eat It” until MJ started to sing. They both said, “HEY! That’s not Weird Al!”
“You’re Pitiful” is WAY better then “You’re Beautiful” for instance.
Er… *heads off to wiki*
Well, that wasn’t helpful. Though my respect for Jimmy Page has dropped a little.
I was amused, though it’s not laugh-out-loud funny, and is awkwardly worded. I do wonder which songs in particular the author had in mind…
[I do wonder which songs in particular the author had in mind…]
Came here for this..
A song parody is easy to write. Just listen to your local horrible morning talk shows.
Lucky for Weird Al he’s really good at it, otherwise he would just be another radio DJ.
Song parodies may be easy to write. *Good* song parodies, on the other hand….
There’s a reason Al has been around as long as he has-even his lesser albums have some brilliant bits.
Yup, even “Dare to be Stupid” has um… “Dare to be Stupid” on it… ::boggle::
And this, my friends, is postmodernism. Enjoy!
Thanks, LS. Postmodernism. I failed to recognise it, but you are right.
PM is operating outside the accepted paradigm, declaring yourself brilliant at working within your new rules, gathering accolytes who think saying that you are brilliant will make them seem cool, and confusing and frustrating people who thought things were fine the old way.
Postmodernism. Fancy way of saying BS.
BTW – Weird Al is a favorite of mine.
Epic Win on your understanding of Postmodernism. This is going on my facebook.
I am an English major and my school is very fond of postmodernism… and I hate it so very much.
The song was Amish Paradise which parodied Gangster’s Paradise which sampled, for the most part, some Stevie Wonder song. Extraneous information…I have it.
He’s parodied WAY more songs than just that. A playlist of them…I have it.
Well, I immediately thought of “White and Nerdy”– at least at my middle school at the time, EVERYONE sung that song, not many even liked “Ridin’ Dirty”.
Seriously? Weird Al has written countless parodies, not just “Amish Paradise”. What’s being questioned is a song for which he’s the original artist and another artist has parodied.
No, this “LOL” is talking about the songs by other artists that Weird Al has parodied. It’s just worded awkwardly.
You nerds need to focus less on the words and more on the LOL. The LOL is good (although not great).
…Well, it’s not really a LOL if it’s not funny and the words confuse people, is it?
Obscure reference and grammar fail.
Simpler would’ve been funnier, but the point still gets across.
It’s like saying “Ponder on how a species of fowl completed the action of moving across a an identifiable route, way or path between places.” instead of “How did the chicken cross the road.”
Weird Al still rocks, nevertheless.
if you have been parodied by Weird Al , then you have indeed made it
Confused…
But I do own allmost every single CD and song and whatnot
play them on my MP3 once a week or when i’m peeved. Or after work when I can blast it loud!
Still wonder why I bought Headline News… only 2 songs! Lovely rare(?) music!
P.S. Canadian Idiot is my answering machine recording
smart enough to complain, not smart enough to fill in the blanks…. whats that say about you?
I think I liked his previous look a lot more. He looks pretty sinister these days.
How is the wording difficult to understand? I had no problem reading it.
Right, I guess it’s not too funny, but definitely true! Weird Al rules!
Exactly! I thought it made perfect sense at least… Ok for all of you that can’t comprehend its meaning, it means:
‘Weird Al’s parodies of songs are more well-known than the original song that another person wrote for that singer’
Hope you guys use that little bit of info
No.
You GUESSED what the OP was trying to say – you saw Weird Al in the photo, recognised him as a performer of parody songs that are sometimes as popular as, if not more popular than the original songs, and took the meaning from that. You understood all that from prior knowledge, and so the ambiguities in the poorly-worded caption are cleared up. If you actually parse the sentence properly and try to make sense of it, you will fail.
If you gave that sentence to someone that had never heard of Weird Al, they wouldn’t be able to make any sense of it either. On the other hand, OtherBill’s version (“It’s pretty sad that my parody of your song is actually more popular than your song”) isn’t context-dependent, and is therefore more appropriate.
The literal meaning of the original caption would be:
It’s pretty sad that the parody of a song that I (Weird Al) wrote (as in Weird Al wrote an ORIGINAL SONG and SOMEONE ELSE did a parody of it) is actually more popular than the song that you (the reader, not a famous songwriter) sang but some other guy wrote (presumable while you were at a karaoke bar).
THAT is how the wording is difficult to understand.
Ah, pronoun trouble. Who is “I” in that?
Oh way, I see, it’s not a parody of [a song that I wrote], it’s [a parody of a song] that I wrote. I was wondering who the OP was who’s a songwriter whose song was parodied by Weird Al.
thank you drb, that made sense. I kept seeing “a parody of [a song I wrote] ” and that was confusing me.
It should have been “my parody of a song” or something a more clean than what was captioned.
I immediately thought of White N Nerdy, but that’s probably because it’s one of my favorite songs, even though it’s a parody. I run the music video through my head every time I hear for maximum LOLs.
I guess this cap could actually apply to a bunch of weird al songs. He’s been in the business for years. Even though I’m not a major fan, I do remember a lot of his parodies better than the originals.
JMO, from seeing him interviewed a couple times, Weird Al actually seems like a genuinely nice guy who hasn’t been skanked up by hollywood.
And crap! Reading you guys discussing post modernism, as the subject goes right over my head, really makes me regret dropping out of college. What was I thinking? Doh!
It’s also interesting that a lot of people criticize Weird Al for being “unoriginal” and “immature”, despite the fact that he is currently ranked as one of the world’s most accomplished polka players ever.
another one rides the bus!
I love “White and Nerdy”! And it in turn has its own parody, “Brown and Nerdy”, somehow that makes it even more fun.
Weird Al has been helping me keep my sense of humor for a lot of years now, he’s definitely a hero in my book.
There are also songs that are not written by the singer (or any other bandmate), but not redone like “Gangsta’s Paradise”. For instance, “I Love Rock & Roll” was not written by Joan Jett, & “Mickey” was not written by Tony Basil.
Not to imply in these two instances that Al’s version is more popular, but I just want to point out that many artists have someone else write lyrics for them.
Yay! I love Wierd Al. POLKAS ON 45!!!!!!
My guess is he’s referring to “Amish Paradise,” which coolio was thoroughly upset about because his song ‘reperr-zinted sumptin’
I think one of the only songs just as popular as its own Weird Al parody is “Beat it” by Michael Jackson. If i’m the only one that thinks so, I’ll shut up.
It’s amazing that Weied Al’s lasted so long in the music business, all the way from “My Bologna” to “White n’ Nerdy”. How does he stay so popular?!
Sorry , I meant Weird Al. Anyways, my two favorites from Weird Al have to be (1) “Everything you know is wrong” and (2) Albuquerque. The first one’s really weird and the second is 11 minutes long!!