![]() She was talking to a friend of hers one day and happened to wonder aloud when Weird Al was going to turn 'Like a Virgin' into 'Like a Surgeon.' The person she was talking to happened to know Jay and of course word eventually got back to me. Never regretted it for a minute.Īl: "Oddly enough that was suggested by Madonna herself. When Michael gave Weird Al permission to "Beat It" as the template for "Eat It" - he convinced me that this was a cool thing to do. When Michael heard my song - "Gift of Song" - he said to Bruce "He is writing about me." I knew Michael through Bruce Swedien - who was Michael's long-time engineer. Especially like the line "Stay away from the tuna, it smells fishy today." Almost did not grant a license to Al for this song but I am glad that Michael Jackson changed my mind. I am big fan of his parody of Eye of the Tiger. Jim Peterik, co-writer of "Eye of the Tiger," on a Reddit IAmA: Greg Kihn posted a full account of his experience being parodied by Al on his MySpace blog. I just wish they would have asked me to play Lucy in it.Īl:"I tracked down one of the co-writers of "I Love Rocky Road", Jake Hooker, who loved the parody the moment he heard it." An I loved it, and I took it to Bruce Raven, our A&R guy at Capitol Records and said "You gotta sign this guy".īrian May, Queen: There's been a few cover versions of various kinds, notably "Another One Rides the Bus" which is an extremely funny record by a bloke called Mad Al or something, in the States - it's hilarious. I am looking not only for quotes but any amusing anecdotes that might give insight into the original artist's opinion of the song.ĭoug Fieger, The Knack: I don't know how he got my address, but in the mail came this cassette of this guy playing the accordion, Sounded like in his bathroom, singing crazy lyrics to My Sharona. Of course, any other comments or suggestions would be great as well. If you think you can help, please post in this thread a direct quote or link. I will personally compile this list here in the first post of the thread. I know there are a good deal of artists that have given some response and I'd like to get that all collected in one place. ![]() ![]() I am interested in both anecdotes about Al talking to the original artist while getting permission as well as what they've said since they heard the parody.Įveryone knows that Nirvana has said they felt like they finally made it once Weird Al did a parody, but I'm interested in getting as specific as possible with the original quote from the artist. I want to create an official list of what the original artists that Al has parodied, polka'd, and style parodied over the years have said in response to the song.
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