Music. It's something we (usually) listen to every single day of our lives. Some of us listen to it on the radio on our way to work, others play it from their phones while waiting outside of class. However, some people see it as yet another way to make us laugh. People like "Weird Al" Yankovic, who think that you should just eat it, rather than beat it.
A parody is "an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect." In recent years, however, the meaning of parody has taken on the meaning of any song that has the same music behind the voice, but the lyrics have been changed into something funny. There are many artists that do this for a living and if you have heard any parody before, you must have heard of Weird Al Yankovic.
Alfred Matthew Yankovic aka "Weird Al" is regarded, in my opinion, as the best parody musician in the parody business. He has been making parodies as far back as 1976, (although he was a child back then, not a time traveler), that is 38 years of making parodies, (which is almost 4 decades). He is still making parodies today of the likes of Iggy Azalea, Lorde and even Imagine Dragons. He also has this thing about getting the artist's permission to do the parody of their song even though he doesn't have to. He says it is to keep on the good side of the artists, although that does not seem to be the case with Prince.
My favorite song of Weird Al is Word Crimes, (a parody of Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines.) He uses perfect English and corrects a lot of mistakes that people make these days in a very comedic way. The way he gets so much information across in a funny way is rather impressive and rather AWESOME in the true sense of the word. Weird Al recently did 8 songs in 8 days, (#8videos8days), as a promotion for his new album Mandatory Fun which topped various musical charts.
The YouTube channel Barely Political's series The Key of Awesome, (a.k.a. Ducky of Awesome), is another set of parodies. Their parodies come out more often than Weird Al's though. Making "The Key of Awesome" sound like "Ducky of Awesome" was a really clever thing to do, as it created a mascot for their parodies. They have also made a spoof of Harry Potter which many people have frowned upon, but I personally think is was really clever.
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| This is Duck from Ducky of Awesome |
Tom Lehrer is a Mathematician, teacher, lyricist, pianist, composer, singer and songwriter. He made the infamous song known as The Elements Song. This song is just a list of all the elements. (at the time he wrote the song). Now to memorize this song is really impressive and I shall give anyone who can recite this song, without aid, a cookie, (only for the first 100 people though. Maybe even 2 cookies if you are really good). His song New Maths is strangely funny, which shows how hard maths can be.
The next time you are in the need of a laugh, google some parodies. If you want a cookie, please show us if you can sing The Elements song. If you have any friends who likes cookies or like a good laugh please share this with them too. If you think I missed a parody artist or think I am completely bonkers for offering cookies please let us know down in the comments, over Facebook or tweet us on the Twitter of the Tweeters. If you would like to see what else I or OddballGreg have to say please like us on our official TSCA Facebook page and/or follow us on Twitter so you can get the latest posts as they come out. What ever you do, I thank you for reading and hope you have the most Awesomest day, and I shall speak again soon.
Enjoy the laughs friends.
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