You can’t love “Weird Al” Yankovic without also loving the often transcendently cheesy pop music he parodies
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Al parodies the late, endless mourned Tom Petty in the first non-single parody he ever released.
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Everything old is new again as the current kerfuffle in the British royal family lends a new resonance and timeliness to Al’s bluesy tribute to Prince Charles and Princess Diana.
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Our epic jaunt BACK through the complete discography hits another important early parody, in this case Al’s exuberant tribute to ice cream and the androgynous badassery of Joan Jett.
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Our big look BACK at Al’s entire discography hits another big one in the very first parody on Al’s very first full-length album.
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Our deep dive BACK into the complete discography of “Weird Al” Yankovic explores an early polio-themed ditty of Al’s that could very well have been his swan song as a recording artist if his career had began and ended with his raw, self-titled debut.
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In an unsurprising but deeply satisfying development, my five year old son Declan is turning into a “Weird Al” Yankovic super-fan.
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Our big journey BACK through “Weird Al” Yankovic’s life’s work hits a fascinating first in the punky Tonio K. tribute “Happy Birthday”, a minor little number with a shockingly large number of distinctions, including Al recording no less than three different versions over a period of decades.
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Our epic look BACK at “Weird Al” Yankovic’s entire catalog explores one of Al’s sillier earlier compositions.
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Our DEEP dive back into the work of “Weird Al:” Yankovic continues with an affectionate look at one of Al’s most important early songs: the Queen parody “Another One Rides the Bus.” Now with author’s commentary and a header image that does not suck.
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