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Weird Al
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Weird Al Yankovic is a vegetarian.  his themes seem to revolve around food and Judaism.
graduated Lynwood High School at 16 (valedictorian), obtained a degree in architecture at California Polytechnic State University.  his graduation speech was about the polar ice caps melting, triggering iminent disaster.  he remains interesting even though everything he does is rated PG.
first hit it big with take off on Michael Jackson's _Beat It_ with _Eat It_ MP3.  not only a perfect combination of comedy, parody, spoof, and sonic imitation, but visually on the money in the video.

other spoofed tracks:
 

• _Pretty Fly For A Rabbi_ MP3
•  (_Pretty Fly For A White Guy_ by The Offspring_)
• _Addicted To Spuds_ MP3
•  (_Addicted To Love_ by Robert Palmer)
• _Yoda_ MP3
•  (_Lola_ by The Kinks)
• _I Think I'm A Clone Now_ MP3
•  (_I Think I'm Alone Now_ by.. ? (i know it was covered by Tiffany and Snuff...))
• _I Want A New Duck_ MP3
•  (_I Want A New Drug_ by Huey Lewis & The News)
• _King Of Suede_ MP3
•  (_King Of Pain_ by The Police off of _Synchronicity_ 12")
• _Dirty Deeds Done With Sheep_ MP3
• (_Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap_ by AC/DC off of _Dirty Deeds Done Dirty Cheap_ 12")
• _I Lost On Jeopardy_ MP3
•  (_Our Love's In Jeopardy_ by Steve Miller Band)
• _She Drives Like Crazy_ MP3
•  (_She Drives Me Crazy_ by Fine Young Cannibals)
• _Amish Paradise_ MP3
•  (_Gangster's Paradise_ by Coolio)
• _Alimony_ MP3
•  (_Mony Mony_ by ?)
• _Another One Rides The Bus_
•  (_Another One Bites The Dust_ MP3 by Queen)
• _I Love Rocky Road_
• (_I Love Rock & Roll_ by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts off of _I Love Rock & Roll_ 12")
• _My Bologna_
•  (_My Sharona_ by The Knack off of _Get The Knack_ 12")
• _Ricky_ (ref I Love Lucy)
•  (_Mickey_ by Toni Basil)
• _Stop Draggin' My Car Around_
•  (_Stop Dragging My Heart Around_ by ?)
• _Like A Surgeon_
•  (_Like A Virgin_ by Madonna off of _Like A Virgin_)
• _Girls Just Want To Have Lunch_
•  (_Girls Just Want To Have Fun_ by Cyndi Lauper)
• _Fat_
•  (_Bad_ by Michael Jackson off of _Bad_)
• _(This Song's Just) Six Words Long_
•  (_(I Got My Mind) Set On You_ by George Harrison)
• video _Smells Like Nirvana_ MP3/video (mpg)(38.6megs)
• the janitor in this video is the same one used in the original _Smells Like Teen Spirit_ video by Nirvana

first mention of Weird Al in Usenet:

From: hocda!sra (hocda!sra)
Subject: Re: truly horrible music
Newsgroups: net.music
Date: 1982-05-14 00:55:10 PST
 

More Weird Al Yankovic (that's how it's spelled) songs:
        Yoda    (to the tune of "Lola")
        Stop Draggin' My Car Around    (to the tune of "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around")
        I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead
        Pac Man     (to the tune of "Taxman")

None of these songs are available as records, however they are often heard on the Dr. Demento Show.  By the way, "Yoda" was the most requested song on his show in 1981.
                                        Scott Abbot
                                        hocda!sra

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