So, what's your pick?

My favorite was "Smells Like Nirvana".  He totally ripped into Nirvana  ;D

I loved the chorus.  "Now I'm Mumblin!.....And I'm SCREAMIN'!....And I Don't Know.....What I'm Singin'!...We're a Grunge Band....From Seattle....Well it Sure Beats....Raisin' Cattle!

"Headline News"  :D  ;D

"Headline News" was a good one.  I think the funniest one was probably "All About The Pentiums", he had one of the Funniest lines I ever heard, he said "You're about as Useless as JPEG's to Hellen Keller"  ;D

Also "Gump" was hilarious as well, the whole song was about Forrest Gump

I picked Headline News.  Crash Test Dummies were a Canadian band, and Weird Al tastefully and hilariously trashed that awful song of theirs  ;D

Smells Like Nirvana

Gump
I Can't Watch This
Phony Calls
Amish Paradise
Taco Grande

"Smells Like Nirvana"

I also like the video, which actually featured the same set and most of the original extras from Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit"

It's interesting when you read up the story on how he got to do the "Smells Like Nirvana" Parody, this is taken from Weird Al's IMDb Profile

When he asked Nirvana for permission to parody "Smells Like Teen Spirit", their first question was, "Will it be about food?". When Yankovic explained that "Smells Like Nirvana" would be about how nobody could understand their singing, they agreed that it sounded funny and granted permission.

I'm surprised Nirvana allowed him to do a Parody basically making fun of them, because most of Weird Al's Parodies usually have nothing to do with Making fun of the Actual Song

I would be too embarrassed to have someone parody my song by making it sound as if we aren't talented at all and it's all just some big joke  :D

"Amish Paradise" followed by "Gump", "Pretty Fly For A Rabbi" and "Taco Grande".

eBay ("I Want It That Way" by Backstreet Boys)

I don't know too many Wierd Al parodies, but "Smells Like Nirvana" came on one of the music channels the other day, and I remember being in stitches... he parodied Nirvana so well!

"All About The Pentiums" ("All About The Benjamins" by Puff Daddy)

He had so many, it is hard to pick just one.

I went with "Achey-Breaky Song".  His timing was perfect, just like with "Beat It" a decade before.  He came out with the song after it was so overplayed, it became a joke in and of itself.

Ironically, I saw Al in concert the week after Kurt killed himself.  Right before they played their parody, Al asked for a moment of silence from the audience in memory.

I like Amish Paradise, Smells Like Nirvana and Headline News.





Cat

mine was is not on the boars or polls was he spoofed american pie with the jedi song for the life of me what was it called but headline news was funny mocked the crash test dummies I remember MMM MMMM MMMMM

"Jurassic Park" a parody of  "MacArthur Park" by Richard Harris.....

'Cause they sure don't act like Barney
And they think that I'm their dinner, not their friend.....

;D

The video is funny too...  ;D

mine was is not on the boars or polls was he spoofed american pie with the jedi song for the life of me what was it called but headline news was funny mocked the crash test dummies I remember MMM MMMM MMMMM


"The Saga Begins" was a parody of "American Pie" by Don McLain.  I forgot that was 1999, I was thinking that was 2000 for some reason (probably because I want to forget 1998-1999 ever happened).

I had a friend who was a DJ on a large LA radio station.  He said he hated that song Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm when it was popular.  He would always call it Mmmmmmmmmmm.  I heard him once comment on the air that the title was inspired by Bill & Monica.  ;D

Livin' in the Fridge...think that one was from the 90's

I guess I should have put "The Saga Begins" on the list, but the reason I didn't was because "American Pie" wasn't a 90's song (atleast I don't think it was).  But yeah, "The Saga Begins" is from 1999

Livin' in the Fridge...think that one was from the 90's

Yes, it's from 1993

I guess I should have put "The Saga Begins" on the list, but the reason I didn't was because "American Pie" wasn't a 90's song (atleast I don't think it was).  But yeah, "The Saga Begins" is from 1999

"American Pie" was a big hit for Don McLean in the early 70's. ;) Madonna recorded a lousy cover of it in late 1999/early 2000. :P

"American Pie" was a big hit for Don McLean in the early 70's. ;) Madonna recorded a lousy cover of it in late 1999/early 2000. :P


I liked the "Weird Al" version better than the Madonna one...  ;D

here is a little backstory about amish paradice when weird al parody it coolio was mad and wants to kill him by the way he was mad when I heard about it on behind the music

here is a little backstory about amish paradice when weird al parody it coolio was mad and wants to kill him by the way he was mad when I heard about it on behind the music


I remember....  ;D

I know it's not a song parody but another great Weird Al song is "Christmas at Ground Zero"

Walk Like an Egyptian

"Taco Grande" ("Rico Suave" by Gerardo) ;D

I know it's not a song parody but another great Weird Al song is "Christmas at Ground Zero"


I like that song too!  ;D

I liked the "Weird Al" version better than the Madonna one... ;D

Well, the Weird Al version was a parody; the Madonna one was a cover, like I just got through explaining.




I know it's not a song parody but another great Weird Al song is "Christmas at Ground Zero"
I like that song too! ;D

No it's not a parody. It's an original.

Amish Paradise

Here is all the chart hits Weird Al had in the 90s in North America and the UK ...

1992 - Smells Like Nirvana
1992 - You Don't Love Me
1994 - Jurassic Park
1994 - Headline News
1996 - Amish Paradise
1996 - Gump