A list of Weird Al "Style Parody" songs- songs he's written that don't directly parody another song (www.weirdalstar.com)

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It doesn't include "First World Problems," which was very much a sort of song The Pixies would have written in terms of the music style.

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[-] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

He's so good at that. I know Presidents started replacing the final line of Lump with that of Gump, I wouldn't be surprised if other bands do similar things. Of course that's a parody, not a pastiche, but still.

[-] CuriousRefugee@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 days ago

Don McLean has definitely substituted the chorus from The Saga Begins when he's doing live shows

[-] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

That song is so good that it makes me want to watch that movie again, which is quite the feat.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Mark Knopfler only allowed him to parody Money for Nothing if Knopfler himself played the guitar solo on the recording. So it's a very odd case of a parody song with the guy who wrote and performed the original song playing on the track.

Also, Greg Kihn is in the I Lost on Jeopardy video.

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