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"Couch Potato" is a parody song by American musician "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of the Academy Award winning song " Lose Yourself " by Eminem . In it, the narrator details his obsession with watching television and the television shows he watches.
Prior to recording "Couch Potato", Yankovic researched television so that his resulting parody would be accurate. He noted, "If I'm writing a song about TV, I'll spend a lot of time watching TV. I'll study TV Guide, I'll look at articles about television, and I'll try to make sure I'm giving every show its fair do . I can also spend all day ...
The Food Album is a compilation album by American singer-songwriter "Weird Al" Yankovic, released on June 22, 1993, by Scotti Brothers Records.The release features ten of Yankovic's song parodies, all of which pertain to food.
Corner described Mars as a "couch potato of the daytime TV variety" due to the lyrics of the song "I'm gonna kick my feet up then stare at the fan/ Turn the TV on, throw my hand in my pants". [6] Lyrically, the song makes reference to MTV, the P90X home fitness DVDs, and the Cali Swag District song "Teach Me How to Dougie" (2010).
Lyrics and style [ edit ] Lyrically, the song encourages the listener to be stupid in various ways; mostly by advising them to do the opposite of common idioms (e.g. " let the bedbugs bite " or " put all your eggs in one basket "), with the occasional absurd non sequitur (e.g. "stick your head in the microwave and get yourself a tan").
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After the release of Couch Potato with Bobby Raps in 2015, Smidzik remained quiet and rarely did performances for 2 years. On January 16, 2017, Smidzik unexpectedly uploaded a song, "Destrooy" onto his SoundCloud. [17]
The music video, directed by Liam Lynch, shows Yankovic dressed up, mad at various things mentioned in the lyrics. In an interview with PopCrush around the time of the song's release, Yankovic said, "So we thought, 'OK, we'll find you a douchey blonde wig … [which was made of] real human hair … and I tried it on, and it fit, and we had fun ...