They couldn't have shut it down even if they wanted to, because parodies do not fall under copyright the same way a cover does. It falls under 1st Ammendment protection of expression. They do fall under fair use, so the original artist gets paid, but they can't stop it.
Yep her producers didn't approve of it. he released it for free. and she later saw it and loved it, knowing it's just him saying'' that's how she performs'.. she loved it.
@@profanepersonality that wasn't the point they were making, the point they were was that Gaga herself loves the song, Monsters (Gaga stans aka me) shouldn't get upset, but ppl are crazy and will always find something to be offended by even when it's on someone else's behalf
@@BricksInAJar Which is the most offensive thing of all, if you think about it. Someone who is offended on someone else's behalf when they themselves are not offended, is pretty much telling them that they "aren't SMART enough to be offended when they should be".
It’s one of the only song suggestions he took from someone else - Madonna asked him when he’d be doing Like a Surgeon and he decided he had to write it.
@Steven Taylor: Not only is it a parody of Madonna's "Like A Virgin", it's also the only parody that Weird Al had done5 that was suggested and endorsed by the original artist
Lady Gaga loved this, and forced her lable to play it. Ms. Germanotta knows what she is doing with Gaga, it's a persona, a character and she definitely realizes the absurdity of it.
This song is in my top 5 Al songs. Especially the story behind it. Apparently, Al tried to contact Lady Gaga for permission for this video being on his album, but her Managers said no. He then uploaded the video for free and that was actually the first time Lady Gaga saw the video at all and loved it. Her managers never showed her the video.
Her managers had never heard of the weird Weird AL guy. The thing is, AL played this like a pro. He released his heartbroken statement about he cut short his vacation only to be turned down. OF COURSE, Ms. Ha-Ha finally heard of the situation and was livid at her management. So AL comes out the hero with a whole bunch of free publicity. The man is a genius.
A funny fact about this song is that Lady Gaga's agent told Weird Al that he couldn't release this song on an album without letting her know he made this song, so Weird Al released it online for free, and Lady Gaga loved it.
He's done a parody of Madonna; so it makes sense for her to be in this video. "Like a Surgeon" (1985); was his take on "Like A Virgin", which the video had a Madonna stand-in as one of the nurses.
Well... Madonna wasn't actually in this video. That was a lookalike named Holly Beavon. But Madonna and Weird Al get along well... IIRC, "Like a Surgeon" was actually _her_ idea. Excerpt from the Wikipedia article: "Although Yankovic generally did not use parody ideas from other musicians, Madonna was partly involved during the writing process of the track. An acquaintance of the singer suggested the idea while with Madonna, noting that it would not take long for Weird Al to satirize her 1984 hit single "Like a Virgin". The acquaintance was a mutual friend of Jay Levey, Yankovic's manager, and brought the idea up to him following the encounter. This is the only known time that Yankovic has obtained an idea directly from the original artist, as he "openly discourages people from giving him parody ideas".
Especially nowadays! And geez you can crank it up, laugh, and sound absolutely nuts and yet not wrong while your neighbors are wondering what is wrong with you and hope their kids don't start playing it also. 🤔
Honestly, my favorite Yankovic song isn't a parody at all, but what he calls a style parody which is "Dare to be Stupid" and the song sounds like something Devo would have written.
@@CTTC Yeah, the lead singer, who I thought was mad at Al for the longest time but turns out he’s got that naturally occurring pissed face, really enjoyed it!
I think at the time there was a controversy of this song from Gaga sounding similar to Madonnas Express Yourself. So I think that's also part of why that's in the video. You even hear her say Express yourself in the video
YES!! I'm so excited because I actually suggested this one. It's honestly one of my favorites. If you liked this, I suggest you watch his video 'Foil' or "Handy" both are hilarious.
He’s done a couple parodies of Madonna’s songs back in the 80’s. Aging myself big time here, but that’s when I first discovered him - he’s freaking hilarious. And if you think that head shove was a shot at Madonna, you should watch his biopic movie, “Weird”. 😂😂😂
The Madonna references are because many believe that Gaga's "Born This Way" was ripped off from Madanna's "Express Yourself". Listen to both and judge for yourself.
"Madonna" showing up in this video wasn't just because Gaga was inspired by some of her looks. "Born This Way" sounds similar to Madonna's "Express Yourself," thus "Madonna" popping up in Weird Al's version to sing a quick "express yourself."
There's a video of the behind scenes of the woman from the video before they added Al's face in there, it's so funny seeing the woman doing all the dances and it's clear that she was having a blast recording this video. Also Weird Al did a Parody of a Madonna song called "Like a Surgeon", you're gonna love it 😂
That was more than an attire shot at Madonna. If you notice, this song sounds an awful lot like Express Yourself, which is why the Madonna lookalike says that.
Thank you for doing this one! I love it! Now for "Trapped in the Drive Thru" like so many others have been saying. Or for something completely different, check out "The Hamilton Polka"!
That is a great one! And yes, I hope he does all the Polka ones as well! Those ones are so fun, like taking a song or songs and playing with the universal dials on them. The Polkafication is an epic ride! ^_^
It would be interesting if a girl dressed up really weird, and went trick or treating. "Trick or treat!" "And what are you supposed to be?" "Lady GaGa."
ALSO, people say this song is a rip-off of Madonna's main riff in Express Yourself: "So if you want it right now, better make him show you how. Express what he's got, oh, baby, ready or not"
I love the Weird Al rabbit hole so much ❤. Gonna request these again: “Foil” (parody of “Royal”), “Trapped In the Drive Thru” (parody of “Trapped In the Closet” - its long but great!), and also “Stop Forwarding This Crap To Me” (a pastiche parody in the style of Jim Steinman/Meat Loaf). You just can’t go wrong with Weird Al!
Foil is one of My favs. And All About the Pentiums. Al's been around 46 years a d sometimes the humor is lost on the age group. But any gen x knows that song was fire bar after bar
I don't know about you but even before everyone else noticed it when Lady Gaga first came out she reminded me of Madonna. But to be fair Madonna and Cyndi Lauper were my favorite singers when I was growing up😂😂
I’d recommend any of his polka medleys, which combine like 10 current songs into a single polka-based song. A music time capsule - alternative polka brings you back to the early 90’s when you listen to it.
They are all fun-filled accordion arrangements of the most popular songs when the album it was on was released. They are not parodies, however, and only one was made into an animated video. Great for the nostalgic time capsule experience.
-And then he looked at me.. and then I looked at him... And then he looked at Me.. And then I LOOked at HIm! It is not a matter of if, it's when! He's gotta see it! ^_^
Al's interviews are gold. Very in-depth, intelligent, and hard-hitting. No chicanery to be had, anywhere. *chokes a laugh* There's one with Eminem and another with Avril Lavigne. Can't recall any others off the top of my head, but those are the two that get showcast the most.
Okay, so the story of this song is basically the photo-negative of Amish Paradise. Al wrote this song and sent it to Lady Gaga's people to get her approval. They wrote back with an emphatic 'no.' Well, Al was disappointed, but he took it in stride and did what he usually does in these situations: he released it for free on his website and linked it to a charity the original artist supported, in this case an LGTBQ+ support group. Well, about 3 days later, Lady Gaga was at a party and saw a group of guests huddled around a laptop. One of them pulled her over and played Perform This Way for her. She LOVED it. She immediately had her agent get Al on the phone and asked him why he hadn't let her know he wanted to do the song. See, it turned out that her people hadn't even mentioned Al's interest to her, let alone gotten her response to his inquiry. She IMMEDIATLY granted her permission for Al to officially release it and they were able to get it on the Alpocalypse album with only a day to spare.
Hey mate My fave Al song is One More Minute. But for a really trippy tribute to eighties gore films watch the official video to Nature Trail to Hell. It's Awesome
I just realised that in Nature Trail to Hell there is one very quick flash of boobies, like in most eighties horror flicks. Plus lots of gore. You might need a short disclaimer 😊
He donated all proceeds from this song to the Human Rights Campaign.
How about the classic “Another One Rides the Bus” ?
Fun fact, lady Gaga loved the ribbing she got in this song and even fought for it to get released even though her team wanted it shut down
They couldn't have shut it down even if they wanted to, because parodies do not fall under copyright the same way a cover does. It falls under 1st Ammendment protection of expression. They do fall under fair use, so the original artist gets paid, but they can't stop it.
@@profanepersonality Not only that, but Weird Al ALWAYS gets the permission of the artists before doing his parodies.
Yep her producers didn't approve of it. he released it for free. and she later saw it and loved it, knowing it's just him saying'' that's how she performs'..
she loved it.
@@profanepersonality that wasn't the point they were making, the point they were was that Gaga herself loves the song, Monsters (Gaga stans aka me)
shouldn't get upset, but ppl are crazy and will always find something to be offended by even when it's on someone else's behalf
@@BricksInAJar Which is the most offensive thing of all, if you think about it. Someone who is offended on someone else's behalf when they themselves are not offended, is pretty much telling them that they "aren't SMART enough to be offended when they should be".
Weird Al’s “like a surgeon” is absolutely hysterical 😂. Its originally from medonna I believe
Madonna's song "Like A Virgin" 🤟
@@Sannoz cutting for the very 1st time 😮
It’s one of the only song suggestions he took from someone else - Madonna asked him when he’d be doing Like a Surgeon and he decided he had to write it.
@Steven Taylor: Not only is it a parody of Madonna's "Like A Virgin", it's also the only parody that Weird Al had done5 that was suggested and endorsed by the original artist
That music video terrified me as a kid. I remember seeing when he was on Hollywood Squares 😂
Lady Gaga loved this, and forced her lable to play it. Ms. Germanotta knows what she is doing with Gaga, it's a persona, a character and she definitely realizes the absurdity of it.
She went the Marilyn Manson route by letting her bizarre image blast her into stardom while also showing her real musical talent.
This song is in my top 5 Al songs. Especially the story behind it. Apparently, Al tried to contact Lady Gaga for permission for this video being on his album, but her Managers said no. He then uploaded the video for free and that was actually the first time Lady Gaga saw the video at all and loved it. Her managers never showed her the video.
Her managers had never heard of the weird Weird AL guy. The thing is, AL played this like a pro. He released his heartbroken statement about he cut short his vacation only to be turned down. OF COURSE, Ms. Ha-Ha finally heard of the situation and was livid at her management. So AL comes out the hero with a whole bunch of free publicity. The man is a genius.
yeah he always asks for permission.
Living With a Hernia is a great Weird Al song. One of my favorites by him.
The fact that James Brown taught Al dance moves for that one makes it one of the coolest examples of Al's greatness.
@@TheNeoVid And got him the set, dancers, and lent him his band.
I think he may have reacted to that one already.
A funny fact about this song is that Lady Gaga's agent told Weird Al that he couldn't release this song on an album without letting her know he made this song, so Weird Al released it online for free, and Lady Gaga loved it.
"The night Santa went crazy" still one of my favorite Christmas songs
He's done a parody of Madonna; so it makes sense for her to be in this video. "Like a Surgeon" (1985); was his take on "Like A Virgin", which the video had a Madonna stand-in as one of the nurses.
Well... Madonna wasn't actually in this video. That was a lookalike named Holly Beavon. But Madonna and Weird Al get along well... IIRC, "Like a Surgeon" was actually _her_ idea.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article:
"Although Yankovic generally did not use parody ideas from other musicians, Madonna was partly involved during the writing process of the track. An acquaintance of the singer suggested the idea while with Madonna, noting that it would not take long for Weird Al to satirize her 1984 hit single "Like a Virgin". The acquaintance was a mutual friend of Jay Levey, Yankovic's manager, and brought the idea up to him following the encounter. This is the only known time that Yankovic has obtained an idea directly from the original artist, as he "openly discourages people from giving him parody ideas".
I think you'd love Germs. You get to see Al sing an original song and you get to see him perform live.
Al is amazing in concert.
Is that the one done in the style of Nine Inch Nails? That one was brilliant.
Especially nowadays! And geez you can crank it up, laugh, and sound absolutely nuts and yet not wrong while your neighbors are wondering what is wrong with you and hope their kids don't start playing it also. 🤔
You gotta do "Complicated Song" 😃🤣🤣🤣
Honestly, my favorite Yankovic song isn't a parody at all, but what he calls a style parody which is "Dare to be Stupid" and the song sounds like something Devo would have written.
Dare to be stupid! 🦸
Yes, this is one of my favourite pastiches by Al. And one of his first. Mark Mothersbaugh said he wishes he'd written it!
I believe Devo even called the track a masterpiece.
@@CTTC Yeah, the lead singer, who I thought was mad at Al for the longest time but turns out he’s got that naturally occurring pissed face, really enjoyed it!
Tacky!!
Foil song is great, but the Weird Al gold mine runs deep; it is always a good time! ^_^
Thank you for doing what you do 👍
I concur a thousand times😂😂😂
foil is amazing!
totally!!!
Everyone like this quick
@Alyumic i like all of his reactions, but every time there is a Weird Al one, I'm already in a good mood before I can even click on the video!
Gotta love it
This man is a national treasure.
More Weird Al, please more, more , more, please do them all.
That's too funny! He says in French : Excusez-moi, qui a pété? (S'cuse me, who farted?).
Trapped in the drive through! Its little long but so worth it.
Its length is part of its parodonius nature, for sure!
It will be awesome.
Request WEIRD AL. trapped in the drive thru. PRETTY PLEASE.
Weird Al is a genius. We all love him!!!! His head superimposed on the woman’s body FREAKS ME OUT!!
Loving the reactions. I'm hoping for Bedrock Anthem. Looking forward to the next one.
Caught Al in concert a few years back in Dallas and he came out wearing the peacock costume when he did this song.
YES! Al interviewing Eminem next!
oh yeah, that was awesome !!!....LMAO
"Living With A Hernia" is one of my favorite songs of his. It's a parody of Living in America by James Brown.
I think at the time there was a controversy of this song from Gaga sounding similar to Madonnas Express Yourself. So I think that's also part of why that's in the video. You even hear her say Express yourself in the video
YES!! I'm so excited because I actually suggested this one. It's honestly one of my favorites. If you liked this, I suggest you watch his video 'Foil' or "Handy" both are hilarious.
That's gotta happen! ^_^
He’s done a couple parodies of Madonna’s songs back in the 80’s. Aging myself big time here, but that’s when I first discovered him - he’s freaking hilarious. And if you think that head shove was a shot at Madonna, you should watch his biopic movie, “Weird”. 😂😂😂
The Madonna references are because many believe that Gaga's "Born This Way" was ripped off from Madanna's "Express Yourself". Listen to both and judge for yourself.
A little less known, "Yoda" parody of "Lola"
I believe the women who appears as Madonna was the contortionist. The full body outfits like the turkey was all Al.
The concert video of Al singing Germs is a must see.
The song is brilliant and his performance is incredible.
You need to do Weird Al's "Dare to be Stupid." It's not a song parody, but a parody of the 80's band Devo. The video is hilarious.
If we keep recommending it, eventually it will come out on top.
I'm hoping we get him through the whole catalog! That will be a very joyous Playlist masterpiece when completed!
Ya gotta do Weird Al's Foil.
Good to see Weird Al still making great parodies
Madonna loves Weird Al, they're friends and she asked him to parody one of her songs, hense, Like A Surgeon was born 🤣🤣🤣🤣
"Madonna" showing up in this video wasn't just because Gaga was inspired by some of her looks. "Born This Way" sounds similar to Madonna's "Express Yourself," thus "Madonna" popping up in Weird Al's version to sing a quick "express yourself."
I don't listen to Lady Gaga's music. But I do have to respect how she came to capture being the face of her own music.
When I saw him perform this live he came out wearing the peacock suit for it.
That’s one of my favs - still hilarious! 😂
Yeah, watch the interview. Worth it.
There's a video of the behind scenes of the woman from the video before they added Al's face in there, it's so funny seeing the woman doing all the dances and it's clear that she was having a blast recording this video.
Also Weird Al did a Parody of a Madonna song called "Like a Surgeon", you're gonna love it 😂
been binge watching all videos I could find of you reacting to Al Yankovic because your videos make me smile.
thanks for the joy!
That was more than an attire shot at Madonna. If you notice, this song sounds an awful lot like Express Yourself, which is why the Madonna lookalike says that.
I truly hope you do all of Weird Al's songs.
😁
Thank you for doing this one! I love it!
Now for "Trapped in the Drive Thru" like so many others have been saying.
Or for something completely different, check out "The Hamilton Polka"!
That is a great one! And yes, I hope he does all the Polka ones as well! Those ones are so fun, like taking a song or songs and playing with the universal dials on them. The Polkafication is an epic ride! ^_^
I love “The Hamilton Polka”!
This song absolutely fucking slaps
I love when something tickles you and you look like a kid that bit into a lemon
Really appreciate you bringing awareness to all the layoffs going on and the difficulties working people are facing. Really cool of you.
He is priceless!
You're as ready as you can be for Albuquerque
He did his own songs : The Night Santa Went Crazy, Christmas at Ground zero, i love.
Weird al is always music to pull you outta a funk. Smile so hard watching his videos.
Funk to funky in seconds! 🎶 🎵
Too damn funny. Al is a genius. I really love Amish Paradise, Like A Surgeon and White & Nerdy too.
another great reaction. And I second all the other votes for "Your Horoscope for Today," one of his funniest original songs.
I'm loving watching these W.A.Y. videos with you! Love & Peace!!!
It would be interesting if a girl dressed up really weird, and went trick or treating.
"Trick or treat!"
"And what are you supposed to be?"
"Lady GaGa."
I half listen to this channel just because of your outro. Thank you for caring for people.
One time in the 80s, Lady Gaga and Madonna had a mock fight on Saturday Night Live!
Weird Al - If that isn't love 🙂
ALSO, people say this song is a rip-off of Madonna's main riff in Express Yourself: "So if you want it right now, better make him show you how. Express what he's got, oh, baby, ready or not"
At his live show he actually comes out in the octopus suit to sing this song.
I love the Weird Al rabbit hole so much ❤. Gonna request these again: “Foil” (parody of “Royal”), “Trapped In the Drive Thru” (parody of “Trapped In the Closet” - its long but great!), and also “Stop Forwarding This Crap To Me” (a pastiche parody in the style of Jim Steinman/Meat Loaf). You just can’t go wrong with Weird Al!
Foil is one of My favs. And All About the Pentiums. Al's been around 46 years a d sometimes the humor is lost on the age group. But any gen x knows that song was fire bar after bar
@@Sleuth_Squad I also like the ebay song its even better than the original its a parody of want it that away by backstreet boys
The King.
The Mission Statement and CNR songs are also quite great, you should check them out too
Great video! You have to do Wolf Totem by the Hu!
Weird Al - Since you've been gone !!!!
you need to do "I Love Rocky-Road" by Weird Al, a parody of I Love Rock'n'Roll by Joan Jett
He was the reason I first tried that ice cream! 🪨
@@thegamesage13 whoever came up with it needs a big reward!
Glad you are back cliff!
I am always looking forward to your videos!!
I don't know about you but even before everyone else noticed it when Lady Gaga first came out she reminded me of Madonna. But to be fair Madonna and Cyndi Lauper were my favorite singers when I was growing up😂😂
Very high up on the list of "Hot body, Weird Face" lol
I’d recommend any of his polka medleys, which combine like 10 current songs into a single polka-based song. A music time capsule - alternative polka brings you back to the early 90’s when you listen to it.
They are all fun-filled accordion arrangements of the most popular songs when the album it was on was released. They are not parodies, however, and only one was made into an animated video.
Great for the nostalgic time capsule experience.
The Hamilton Polka is AMAZING!
Hey dude, your next Weird Al reaction has to be "Trapped In The Drive-Thru"! You are guaranteed to love it!
What a great way to start Monday. As always love to see you experience the joy of Weird Al.
I want to see your reaction to *Dare to be Stupid*
You gotta do "The Night Santa Went Crazy"
Lady Gaga actually wore most, if not all, of these outfits. :)
Your reactions are priceless so this is going to be good.
I love the golden straitjacket scene!
I want that Mad Hatter train hat!
This one was another classic, please do living with a hernia from his early stuff
Cliff, you will not regret ''Trapped In The Drive-Thru'' - Weird Al. Trust us...
-And then he looked at me.. and then I looked at him...
And then he looked at Me..
And then I LOOked at HIm!
It is not a matter of if, it's when! He's gotta see it! ^_^
Al's interviews are gold. Very in-depth, intelligent, and hard-hitting. No chicanery to be had, anywhere. *chokes a laugh* There's one with Eminem and another with Avril Lavigne. Can't recall any others off the top of my head, but those are the two that get showcast the most.
The Paul McCartney one gets shown a lot too! All of the “interviews” crack me up!
I love his song Pancreas. I actually bought a small toy pancreas because of his song. It’s inspired by the Beach Boys I think
Yay I knew you would get to it!😂😂😂😂 I'm going to really enjoy watching this one😂😂😂
I love this one. Polka face, Hamilton Polka and Trap in the drive thru are grat too :)
Tacky is another great one!
Glad you are coming back! 🤜 FXCK UA-cam ❤😂
My brain saw Fix UA-cam for a second! Maybe one day, the system can be more fully stabilized. 🤞
You need to check out Bedrock Anthem. Red Hot Chili Peppers cover…
Great Video Reaction!🙂
The Saga Begins is my favourite
Since it's the Holiday season, I highly recommend The Night Santa Went Crazy by Wierd Al.
Thank you for your reaction.
The woman who keeps butting in is the actual woman Weird Al put his face on.
Weird Al and Michael Jackson rules all music.
There's a fan video for couch potato where the fan is dressed like weird al!
Okay, so the story of this song is basically the photo-negative of Amish Paradise. Al wrote this song and sent it to Lady Gaga's people to get her approval. They wrote back with an emphatic 'no.' Well, Al was disappointed, but he took it in stride and did what he usually does in these situations: he released it for free on his website and linked it to a charity the original artist supported, in this case an LGTBQ+ support group. Well, about 3 days later, Lady Gaga was at a party and saw a group of guests huddled around a laptop. One of them pulled her over and played Perform This Way for her. She LOVED it. She immediately had her agent get Al on the phone and asked him why he hadn't let her know he wanted to do the song. See, it turned out that her people hadn't even mentioned Al's interest to her, let alone gotten her response to his inquiry. She IMMEDIATLY granted her permission for Al to officially release it and they were able to get it on the Alpocalypse album with only a day to spare.
This video is perfect parody of Lady Gaga 🤣 you should do living with a hernia next by weird al. Song and video is hilarious.
On the way 200,000. Letssssssss gooooooooo🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Hey mate
My fave Al song is One More Minute. But for a really trippy tribute to eighties gore films watch the official video to
Nature Trail to Hell.
It's Awesome
I just realised that in Nature Trail to Hell there is one very quick flash of boobies, like in most eighties horror flicks. Plus lots of gore. You might need a short disclaimer 😊