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Mentions several hit shows of the 70's and 80's and includes the original lyrics of the theme to The Brady Bunch. "The Brain Song" Medium Rarities (2017) Original. From the 3-D short film Al's Brain "Buckingham Blues" "Weird Al" Yankovic (1983) Original music; lyrics are a parody of "Jack & Diane" by John Mellencamp. "Buy Me a Condo"
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.
The original use of the term "parody" in music referred to re-use for wholly serious purposes of existing music. In popular music that sense of "parody" is still applicable to the use of folk music in the serious songs of such writers as Bob Dylan, but in general, "parody" in popular music refers to the humorous distortion of musical ideas or lyrics or general style of music.
"The 100 Biggest 90's Dance Anthems of All Time" [32] 27 2011 The Guardian: United Kingdom "A History of Modern Music: Dance" * 2012 Porcys: Poland "100 Singli 1990–1999" [33] 20 2013 Complex: United States "15 Songs That Gave Dance Music a Good Name" [34] * 2013 Vibe: United States "Before EDM: 30 Dance Tracks from the '90s That Changed the ...
Alternative cover. Continental European 7-inch vinyl single. " Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) " is a song by American dance music group C+C Music Factory, released by Columbia Records on November 18, 1990 as the lead single from their debut album, Gonna Make You Sweat (1990). The song is sung by Martha Wash and rapped by Freedom ...
Cledus T. Judd. James Barry Poole (born December 18, 1964) is an American country music artist who records under the name Cledus T. Judd. Known primarily for his parodies of popular country songs, he has been called the "Weird Al" Yankovic of country music, and his albums are usually an equal mix of original comedy songs and parodies.
Parody music. Parody music, or musical parody, involves changing or copying existing (usually well known) musical ideas, and/or lyrics, or copying the particular style of a composer or performer, or even a general style of music. In music, parody has been used for many different purposes and in various musical contexts: as a serious ...
The second-most-viewed YouTube video of the year 2010, behind only the "Bed Intruder Song", was a parody of "Tik Tok" posted by the Key of Awesome. [56] "Weird Al" Yankovic included the chorus in his polka medley "Polka Face" from his 2011 album Alpocalypse. [57] The song was also parodied by British comedy group the Midnight Beast.