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A list of Weird Al "Style Parody" songs- songs he's written that don't directly parody another song (www.weirdalstar.com)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by FlyingSquid to c/music

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It doesn't include "First World Problems," which was very much a sort of song The Pixies would have written in terms of the music style.

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[–] FlyingSquid 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I believe Mark Mothersbaugh called it "more Devo than Devo."

[–] PapaStevesy 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

He's so good at that. I know Presidents started replacing the final line of Lump with that of Gump, I wouldn't be surprised if other bands do similar things. Of course that's a parody, not a pastiche, but still.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Don McLean has definitely substituted the chorus from The Saga Begins when he's doing live shows

[–] PapaStevesy 3 points 1 month ago

That song is so good that it makes me want to watch that movie again, which is quite the feat.

[–] FlyingSquid 1 points 1 month ago

Mark Knopfler only allowed him to parody Money for Nothing if Knopfler himself played the guitar solo on the recording. So it's a very odd case of a parody song with the guy who wrote and performed the original song playing on the track.

Also, Greg Kihn is in the I Lost on Jeopardy video.