You can't think about the life and career of Michael Jackson without also thinking of Weird Al Yankovic. He did parodies of several Jackson songs, and while a lot of people like "Eat It," I've always liked "Fat," his take on Jackson's "Bad" (Al loves the food references, eh?). Yo, ding dong, man, ding dong!
When you think of Michael Jackson, you also think of Weird Al
Posted Jun 26th 2009 1:28PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Video, Music and Variety, Celebrities, Reality-Free
Tags: bad, fat, im bad, im fat, michael jackson, MichaelJackson, mtv, music video, parody songs, weird al yankovic, yo ding dong
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
6-26-2009 @ 1:59PM
jboursaw said...
This is our favorite! Ham on!
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6-26-2009 @ 3:17PM
Brian said...
Ham on...ham on whole whear...all right!
6-26-2009 @ 2:02PM
jeremy said...
cant we give mj just one full day....
http://hesaidandshesaid.wordpress.com/
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6-26-2009 @ 3:51PM
Tony said...
jeremy? A full day of what? You can't tell me people didn't think of Weird Al Videos when they were showing MJ's stuff on the news! It's all in good taste. They had a good relationship and everything done by Al was with 100% respect.
Speaking of Al this is a great video. Compare the two videos and see how dead on he was with everything. The "dancers" even wore the same outfits...Just about 20 sizes bigger. haha
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6-26-2009 @ 3:47PM
jeremy said...
tony i guess my bottom line is that he was right up there with elvis in terms of what he meant to pop culture, and so we should remember that first...all the other stuff, including weird al parodies, second. but to each their own...
http://hesaidandshesaid.wordpress.com/
6-26-2009 @ 3:31PM
im fat im fat said...
I LOST ON JEOPARDY!!!
still my favorite
see weird al videos here and decide
I watched them all
http://tunecaster.com/artists/y/yankovic-weird-al.html
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6-26-2009 @ 3:55PM
Tony said...
I understand Jeremy. I am all for not talking about the trully bad things that people say about him or the rumors about things he may or may not have done. The Weird Al parodies though? They just celebrate how incredible of a musical talent he was. I think Kurt Cobain said something along the lines was he knew he was a superstar when Weird Al parodied him and how honored he was. I think a story like this shouldn't be a lead article but a day later...I'm not so against it. It made me remember a good song and a good time.
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6-26-2009 @ 6:06PM
Eirik said...
It's also been said that Jackson liked the parodies. Indeed, since Yankovick gets permission from the artists (especially after the Amish Paradise issue) Jackson would have had to give permission for the ones that were done.
6-26-2009 @ 10:15PM
John Truong said...
I may be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that MJ actually provided Weird Al with some of the actual sets he used on the original videos. I really don't think he would have minded these parodies being shown now..
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