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"Living with a Hernia" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. The song is a parody of "Living in America" by James Brown, from the film Rocky IV. The song mostly describes the terrible "aggravation" and "back pain" that a hernia causes. The narrator himself claims to be suffering from a hernia, and that he's "Got to have an operation".
Lyrics are identical, music is about twice as fast and adds polka beats and sound effects. "The Brady Bunch" "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D (1984) The TV Album (1995) Parody of "The Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats. 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"
The album's lead parody, "Living with a Hernia", is a parody of James Brown's (pictured) single "Living in America". On August 4, Yankovic began recording parodies starting with "Living with a Hernia". [1] The song, a spoof of "Living in America" by James Brown—which was also the theme to the 1985 film Rocky IV—is about hernias.
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In 2022, for the film WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story, Yankovic rerecorded the track as well as four others.In the film, Yankovic first plays the song in a bar. Different from the album version, it starts out with just Yankovic and the accordion, and near the end of the first verse Jim Kimo West, Steve Jay, and Jon Bermuda Schwartz spontaneously join in on guitar, bass, and drums.
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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