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[–] [email protected] 153 points 5 months ago (2 children)

But all his stuff is Al generated and it always has been.

[–] [email protected] 135 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Sure, but he was trained on a bunch of other musicians.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 5 months ago

Oh my god this is hilarious

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago

And all Al says is convoluted, kinda off and weird.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 5 months ago (1 children)

He posted this joke himself lol

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

How did he parody me before I wrote that?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Weird Al is a time traveler confirmed

[–] [email protected] 55 points 5 months ago

Frank, they're not here for you.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Wait who is hating on Weird Al?! I still won't forgive Prince's dead ass for being mean to him.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 5 months ago (2 children)

It’s messed up, right? Loads of people are hating and fear mongering Al for absolutely no reason, he’s done nothing wrong.

And to all those saying Al is going to take over the world and cost us all our jobs, Al would never do that to us!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Al is harmless & fun & makes the world better but AI is a threat to human wellness & sanity & employment.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Well, the documentary said he was going to come back with a zombie army after Madonna had him assassinated.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Legit thought this was a bad joke about people mixing up AI (Artificial Intelligence) with Al Yankovic!

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

We're making that happen in the comments.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago

This is one of those times where using a font with serifs would have ruined the joke since l(L) and I(i) look different

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago

I actually saw this post, the amount of people who were getting mad at ai support even after BEING TOLD THE PUNCHLINE was insane

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I saw the biopic, Jackson shamelessly ripped him off.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

It's a disgrace Madonna wasn't even put on trial back then!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

"Al" looks just like "AI".
In fact, "Artificial Intelligence Yankovich" or "A.I. Yankovich" should be the name of his next album.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

And, he should use LLM to write the lyrics.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Al isn't original

Clearly OOP forgot about the best song of all time

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

To get real for a second, he recently did a tour where he did none of his parody songs. He still had enough for a full show.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Oh yeah. Al has a lot of original songs, but they're usually "in the style of" someone. One that stands out for me, is "dare to be stupid" in the style of Devo. Very clearly in that style. But it's not a parody.

In so many cases, I would say that Al is as talented, or more talented than the people he parodies. Taking someone else's song and inventing new lyrics to it that not only make sense, but they're interesting, catchy and fit the song perfectly, can be a real challenge. He reproduces all the music with his own band, and of course also has original content too.

Looking at all of that and thinking "he's unoriginal" is insanity. He's weird, sure, just as his name implies, and that's what's great about him.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Mark Mothersbaugh called Dare to be Stupid more Devo than Devo.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Al is the musical genius of our time, on par with Bach.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

I tried to learn the product list as a kid but it's so hard with how quick he goes. Still a favorite song

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

best song of all time

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

Weird Al Yankovic is America's modern pop rock genius.

—Kurt Kobain

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

Sorry Mister Al

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Can't tell if that's Al or really a photo of Daniel Radcliffe...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Considering Al died in the mid-'80s, I doubt it's him.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yeah, hasn't that person seen the incredibly accurate journalistic masterpiece documentary "Weird: The Al Yankovich Story"?

I don't think he's seen the 100% true film, using only authentic footage from his life, "Weird: The Al Yankovich Story" 😮

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Madonna is still in mourning.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

I'm sorry Mr. Weird Al Yankovich. I will try to be better.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Sure, Al has made a ton of deep fakes, and makes us question the nature of art, and the viability of art as a career in the modern era.... But he is funny.