• Lexam@lemmy.ca
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    1 month ago

    Wait who is hating on Weird Al?! I still won’t forgive Prince’s dead ass for being mean to him.

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    This is one of those times where using a font with serifs would have ruined the joke since l(L) and I(i) look different

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    I actually saw this post, the amount of people who were getting mad at ai support even after BEING TOLD THE PUNCHLINE was insane

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    1 month ago

    “Al” looks just like “AI”.
    In fact, “Artificial Intelligence Yankovich” or “A.I. Yankovich” should be the name of his next album.

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      To get real for a second, he recently did a tour where he did none of his parody songs. He still had enough for a full show.

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        Oh yeah. Al has a lot of original songs, but they’re usually “in the style of” someone. One that stands out for me, is “dare to be stupid” in the style of Devo. Very clearly in that style. But it’s not a parody.

        In so many cases, I would say that Al is as talented, or more talented than the people he parodies. Taking someone else’s song and inventing new lyrics to it that not only make sense, but they’re interesting, catchy and fit the song perfectly, can be a real challenge. He reproduces all the music with his own band, and of course also has original content too.

        Looking at all of that and thinking “he’s unoriginal” is insanity. He’s weird, sure, just as his name implies, and that’s what’s great about him.

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      I tried to learn the product list as a kid but it’s so hard with how quick he goes. Still a favorite song

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    Can’t tell if that’s Al or really a photo of Daniel Radcliffe…

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        Yeah, hasn’t that person seen the incredibly accurate journalistic masterpiece documentary “Weird: The Al Yankovich Story”?

        I don’t think he’s seen the 100% true film, using only authentic footage from his life, “Weird: The Al Yankovich Story” 😮

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    Sure, Al has made a ton of deep fakes, and makes us question the nature of art, and the viability of art as a career in the modern era… But he is funny.