Yankovics success comes in part from his effective use of music video to further parody popular culture, the songs original artist, and the original music videos themselves, scenefor. Weird al yankovic on vevo official music videos, live performances, interviews and more. Yankovic is known for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and that often parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts. Peters jr the music video for weird al yankovic s eat it, which is a parody of beat it by michael jackson. Weird al yankovic lyrics, songs, and albums genius. Alfred matthew weird al yankovic born october 23, 1959 in downey, california is an american singersongwriter, music producer, actor, comedian, satirist, accordion player and kazooist. Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it get yourself an egg and beat it have some more chicken, have some more pie it doesnt matter if it s boiled or fried just eat it, eat it, just eat it, eat it just eat it, eat it, just eat it, eat it, ooh your table manners are some cryin shame youre playin with your food, this aint some kind of game. The videos, with the exception of the most recent video, spy hard. When weird al yankovic sings about business jargon, hes mocking.
Download weird al yankovic discography torrent or any other torrent from category. The first single eat it, a parody of the michael jackson song beat it, became popular, thanks in part to the music video, a shotforshot parody of jacksons beat it music video, and what yankovic described as his uncanny resemblance to jackson. Original motion picture soundtrack and other stuff. The track was both a commercial and critical success, earning yankovic a grammy award. Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it get yourself an egg and beat it have some more chicken, have some more pie it doesnt matter if its boiled or fried just eat it, eat it, just eat it, eat it just eat it, eat it, just eat it, eat it, ooh your table manners are some cryin shame youre playin with your food, this aint some kind of game. Some of the songs on the food album are on other weird al cds, so make sure that you dont already have all of the songs before you buy this cd. Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it get yourself an egg and beat it have some more chicken, have some more pie it doesnt matter if it s boiled or fried just eat it, eat it, just eat it, eat it just eat it, eat it, just eat it, eat it, ooh your table manners are a cryin shame youre playin with your food, this aint some kind of game. With his new album mandatory fun, weird al yankovic is up to his usual hijinks selecting some of the most defining pop songs of the past. It took 30plus years and 14 albums, but weird al yankovic has finally reached the top of the music mountain. It looks like we dont have any akas for this title yet. He is a fine musician in his own right, but his definitive skill is writing alternative lyrics to classic pop songs and then producing superb parodies, which are usually almost indistinguishable to the original until you start listening to the words. My zippers bust, my buckles break im too much man for you to take the pavement cracks when i fall down ive got more chins than chinatown. Weird al yankovic has made a very long career out of making musical parodies. Weird al yankovic is a multigrammy awardwinning american musician, satirist, parodist.
Nathan rabins the weird accordion to al and lily hirschs weird al seriously are both out now chia al. So eat it dont you tell me youre full just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it get yourself an egg and beat it have some more chicken, have some more pie it doesnt matter if it s broiled or fried just eat it, eat it, just eat it, eat it just eat it, eat it, just eat it, eat it, ooh your table manners are a cryin shame. Have a light snack if you dont like it, you cant send it back just eat it. Yankovic s success comes in part from his effective use of music video to further parody popular culture, the songs original artist, and the original music videos themselves, scenefor. Peters jr the music video for weird al yankovics eat it. Have some more pie it doesnt matter if its boiled or fried just eat it. Provided to youtube by sony music entertainment eat it weird al yankovic in 3d. Weird al yankovics new album includes a song called mission. Click here to return to the weird al yankovic albums list. Have some more yogurt, have some more spam it doesnt matter if its fresh or canned just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it dont you make me repeat it have a banana, have a whole bunch it doesnt matter what you have for lunch video. Just click the edit page button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the akas submission guide. The ridiculously selfindulgent, illadvised vanity tour.
It is also his only fulllength lp to focus chiefly on his accordianplaying abilities. Weird al yankovic biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. June 22, 2010 even after 12 million albums sold in more than three decades, yankovic and his band still hadnt played their first tiny desk concert. Eat it by weird al yankovic music video eat me daily. Recorded between october and december 1983, the album was yankovics followup.
If you want the weird al yankovic email address for his management team, or booking agency, we have that available for you to view by signing up. After producing 2014s mandatory fun the final record of his contract with rca records the master song parodist. And it is also true that only someone who is missing important brain cells would suggest this artists original songs are any good, although there are a few small signs of improvement here on dare to be stupid. Weird al yankovic in 3d often referred to simply as in 3d is the second studio album by american singersongwriter weird al yankovic, released on february 28, 1984, by rock n roll records. Your butt is wide, well mine is too just watch your mouth or ill sit on you the word is out, better treat me right cause im the king of cellulite ham on, ham on, ham on whole wheat, all right. It s amazing how al can make his songs sound so much like the songs he parodies.
The videos is a dvd and laserdisc release of every weird al yankovic music video to the date of release. Heres the music video for eat it, weird al yankovics take on michael jacksons beat it. Download weird al yankovic discography 320kbps torrent. It is true that weird al yankovic went into this third album with a huge hit behind him, the first of several satires of michael jackson he would be involved in, entitled eat it. Weird al yankovic contact info agent, manager, publicist. Weird al yankovic contact information is available for you to look at. The first single eat it, a parody of the michael jackson song beat it, became popular, thanks in part to the music video, a shotforshot parody of jacksons beat it music video, and what yankovic sarcastically described as his uncanny resemblance to jackson. The album also produced one of yankovic s most famous singles, eat it a parody of michael jacksons beat it, which peaked at number twelve on the billboard hot 100. Off his 1988 album even worse, fat was yankovics second parody of a michael. Al contributed the song polkamon to this soundtrack album. Alfred matthew weird al yankovic, born october 23, 1959, is widely praised as one of the greatest comedy musicians of all time. Trust weird al yankovic to name an album even worse even as his recordings were getting better again.
Jun 25, 2009 heres the music video for eat it, weird al yankovic s take on michael jacksons beat it. Video played a big part in the success of im fat, based on im bad. Direct download weird al yankovic discography 320kbps torrent. Eat it by weird al yankovic follow weird al yankovic on spotify. Lyrics are identical, music is about twice as fast and adds polka beats and sound effects. Yankovic released his second album weird al yankovic in 3d in 1984. Yankovics most unique and outstanding musical effort to date. Check out eat it by weird al yankovic on amazon music. Fat, fat, really really fat you know im fat, im fat, you know it fat, fat, really really fat you know im fat, im fat, come on you know fat, fat, really really fat dont you call me pudgy, portly or stout just now tell me once again whos fat when i walk out to get my mail it measures on the richter scale down at the beach im a lucky man. Oooh, i think the toast is done, the toast is done. How come youre always such a fussy young man dont want no captain crunch, dont want no raison bran well, dont you know that other kids are starving in japan so eat it, just eat it dont want to argue, i dont want to debate dont want to hear about what kind of. Have some more pie it doesnt matter if it s boiled or fried just eat it.
Hes best known for direct parodies that rewrite the lyrics. The dvd contains 21 music videos, which all previously appeared on the vhs tapes the weird al yankovic video library, alapalooza. Here are the lyrics, with links to actual corporate statements that use the terms. Weird al yankovic lyrics 254 song lyrics sorted by album, including albuquerque, your horoscope for today, eat it.
Hes got a backup band with guitars by rick derringer. How come youre always such a fussy young man dont want no capn crunch, dont want no raisin bran well dont you know that other kids are starvin in japan so eat it, just. The album was one of many produced by former the mccoys guitarist rick derringer. It is a spoof of michael jacksons 1983 single beat it, with the contents changed to be about an exasperated parent attempting to get their picky child to eat. Its amazing how al can make his songs sound so much like the songs he parodies. Click here to return to the weird al yankovic site main page. Sometime in elementary school, i first heard weird al yankovics classic song eat it, a parody of michael jacksons beat it. Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it get yourself an egg and beat it have some more chicken, have some more pie it doesnt matter if its boiled or fried just eat it, eat it, just eat it, eat it just eat it, eat it, just eat it, eat it, ooh your table manners are a cryin shame youre playin with your food, this aint some kind of game. Weird al will stop recording albums, start releasing music. If you have any email regarding the weird al yankovic portion of hotel xvr27, send it to either. You have to listen to the cd quite a few times before you notice all of the hysterical lyrics. List of songs recorded by weird al yankovic wikipedia.
Direct download weird al yankovic discography 320kbps. Just eat it, eat it, just eat it, eat it just eat it, eat it, just eat it, eat it, ooh your table manners are a cryin shame youre playin with your food, this aint some kind of game now, if you starve to death, youll just have yourself to blame so eat it, just eat it you better listen, better do what youre told. Weird al yankovic celebrity profile check out the latest weird al yankovic photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. We have weird al yankovics manager information, along with his booking agents info as well. Tips on church visioning from weird al yankovic the. Vinyl 7 weird al yankovic eat it 1984, vinyl discogs. Its got snarky lyrics, the music video is genius, and, well, there arent many songs that sing. Have some more yogurt, have some more spam it doesnt matter if it s fresh or canned just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it dont you make me repeat it have a banana, have a whole bunch it doesnt matter what you have for lunch video. After a bit of a slump, he rebounded in 1988 by making fun of the same old guy again, michael jackson.
After putting my lady gaga parody on youtube this morning and announcing that it wouldnt be on my next album because gaga didnt approve it there was a huge outpouring of disappointment from the internet. Since his firstaired comedy song in 1976, he had sold more than 12 million albums as of 2007, recorded more than 150 parody and original songs, and has performed more than 1,000 live shows. So eat it dont you tell me youre full just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it get yourself an egg and beat it have some more chicken, have some more pie it doesnt matter if its broiled or fried just eat it, eat it, just eat it, eat it just eat it, eat it, just eat it, eat it, ooh your table manners are a cryin shame. Eat it is a 1984 song by american comedy music artist weird al yankovic. It peaked at number 17 on the billboard 200 and was certified platinum by the riaa, 5 7 while also charting in australia and canada. Yankovic is known in particular for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and that often parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts.