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"Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies*" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a cover of "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits with the lyrics replaced by those of The Beverly Hillbillies theme song. The music video, which appeared as part of Yankovic's film UHF, is a parody of the "Money for Nothing" music video.
[1] [11] As a result, both he and Guy Fletcher—Dire Straits' keyboardist—recorded their parts on guitar and synthesizer respectively. [1] According to Yankovic, his guitarist Jim West had practiced the song for weeks, and, as a result could recreate the original; Knopfler, on the other hand, had been playing the song for years and was much ...
Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic (/ ˈ j æ ŋ k ə v ɪ k / ⓘ YANG-kə-vik; [2] born October 23, 1959) is an American comedy musician, writer, and actor. He is best known for writing and performing comedy songs that often parody specific songs by contemporary musicians.
"Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies" (Mark Knopfler, Gordon Sumner, Paul Henning, arr. "Weird Al" Yankovic) [13] – 3:11 Parody of "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits; [14] the song features the slightly altered lyrics of the theme song from the television series The Beverly Hillbillies which are set to the tune of Dire Straits' single. [4]
“Weird Al” Yankovic: I wanted to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of my last album by doing a medley of what I thought were a dozen of the biggest songs of the last 10 years. I just kind of ...
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Parody of "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits; lyrics based on the theme from The Beverly Hillbillies. Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler re-recorded his guitar tracks for this song, although he did not appear in its video. "Mr. Frump in the Iron Lung" "Weird Al" Yankovic (1983) Original "Mr. Popeil" "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D (1984)
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