Hey! I just directed a music video for my pals The Presidents Of The United States Of America!
Featuring parodies of Chamillionaire, Green Day,
Usher, R. Kelly and Taylor Hicks!
DualDisc includes PCM Stereo, 5.1 Surround and instrumental mixes of the entire album (with on-screen lyrics option), plus a 9-minute behind-the-scenes documentary...
Sincere and enormous thanks to everybody for helping to make Straight Outta Lynwood my first Top 10 album and "White & Nerdy" my first Top 10 single!
Hi. Al here.
No, really, it's Al. Seriously.
What, you don't believe me? Go ahead, check weirdal.com. Hit the MySpace link. See if it brings you right back to this page. Go ahead. I'll wait.
See? It's really me.
I should point out... this means that conversely, all those other people on MySpace who are claiming to be me or implying that they are me... are definitely NOT me. I'm sure they're very nice people... they're just not "Weird Al" Yankovic. I assure you.
You know, I've been wanting to get on MySpace for a while, but I always thought it would be kind of redundant to have both a MySpace page and an official web site. But then I remembered my New Year's resolution: "Try to be more redundant!" So here I am.
Anyway, thanks so much for dropping by. Just because you're still reading this, I already consider you one of my dearest and closest personal friends. So please keep in touch, okay? Don't be a stranger.
Love,
Al
About Your Comments
Thanks for asking, but… I never reply to comments or leave comments on other people’s pages. Believe me, I’d like to, but I just don’t have enough time in my life. Sorry… it’s nothing personal.
I’m also sorry to say that I don’t have time to read private messages, but I do try to read as many comments as I can.
Speaking of which… this page isn’t maintained by my record label or an assistant or an underling or a fan – it’s maintained by me personally. So if you’d like to make my life a little easier, please…
DON’T POST HTML. I disabled HTML a while ago because I was tired of being spammed with inappropriate images. So if you try to post a comment to this page that includes images or links, it will just show up as code. Which isn’t very fun to read. So don’t do it.
DON’T ADVERTISE. Whether it’s obvious spam or just somebody trying to solicit friends for their own page, this isn’t the place for it.
DON’T BE REPETITIVE. Please please please please please please please… don’t post the same thing over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over. Even if it’s something nice. It just annoys everybody.
Also, don't forward chain letters of any kind, don't post ultra-wide messages that stretch out the page, and... well, just don't be a rude, obnoxious jerk.
If you do any of the above things, you will be deleted and/or blocked. Sorry.
Also, I know this is MySpace and all, but in keeping with the whole “family friendly” thing, please try to watch the profanity.
I really do appreciate all of your wonderful comments… they mean a lot to me. Thanks so much!
FAQ Lite
I've found some songs on the Internet that have your name attached to them, but they just don't seem like the kind of songs you'd write. What's the deal here??
Unfortunately, there are many "funny" songs floating around the Internet being attributed to me which are, in fact, NOT by me. "Barney's On Fire," "I Ran Over The Taco Bell Dog," "Weenie In A Bottle," "I'm A Wigga," "The Beer Song," "The Devil Went Down To Jamaica," "Elmo's Got A Gun," "Which Backstreet Boy Is Gay," "What If God Smoked Cannabis" (the list goes on and on)... these are NOT my songs. All of my material is fairly family-friendly, so if you hear one of "my" songs and the lyrics are vulgar or obscene... well, that's an excellent clue that it's not really one of my songs. Hope I've cleared that up. Oh, while you're at it... stop stealing my stuff off the Internet, you hooligan!
How did you get started in the music business?
I started sending in cassette tapes of my material to the Dr. Demento radio show when I was in my early teens. The Good Doctor gave me airplay when any right-thinking disc jockey wouldn't have dreamed of it, and by the time I graduated from college, I had a modest cult following and a couple of nationally-released singles ("My Bologna" and "Another One Rides The Bus"). I signed with Scotti Bros. Records in 1982 and did my first 9 studio albums with them (currently I'm with Way Moby/Volcano/Zomba/Sony BMG).
Do you get permission to do those parodies?
Yes, I do get permission from the original songwriters. While the law supports my ability to parody without permission, it's very important to me to try to maintain the relationships I've built with artists and writers over the years. Thankfully, most artists seem genuinely flattered to get the "Weird Al treatment." Some groups (including Nirvana) have publicly stated that they didn't realize that they had really "made it" until they heard my parody!
When are you going to do some original songs?
Umm... Half of the songs on my albums are original songs. Many of them are done in the style of another artist, or in a specific genre, but they are original compositions. Any other questions?
Are you interested in my incredibly lame idea for a song parody?
To all you other posters and FOA (Friends of Al), you have to listen to 'You're Pitiful' here on Al's MySpace. I hated 'You're Beautiful' but I love the parody!
