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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2011 13:09:37 GMT -5
I love "American Pie" and his cover of it was so godawful whaaaat The Saga Begins was amazing, in fact the next time I attempt a Star Wars marathon I'll just listen to that song instead of watching The Phantom Menace. It's far more entertaining than the film. I just hate the lyrics and I love the lyrics of the original. I don't find it to be funny; I think it's creative to do a Star Wars parody like that but lyrics, "Maybe Vader some day later but now he's just a small fry" don't do anything for me.
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Post by Spankymac is sick of the swiss on Apr 20, 2011 13:11:25 GMT -5
I'm not sure I would have approved it either. Its a cover of her own song making fun of her. Has weird all ever done that before? I'm sure that Al's intentions were good, I feel like he's probably a nice guy, but it isn't the nicest thing he's ever done. That said, Paul McCartney didn't approve Chicken Pot Pie and no one was outraged Yeah, absolutely. His "Smells Like Nirvana" song is basically all about how no one can understand what the hell Kurt Cobain was saying. Kurt LOVED it.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2011 13:14:01 GMT -5
Well thats a shame since I quite enjoyed the song but (whilst I am a fan) GaGa does strike me as someone who takes themselves super seriously
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Post by Alex Shelley on Apr 20, 2011 13:16:17 GMT -5
I'm torn. On one hand, I hate making judgments without hearing both sides. I can maybe see that she didn't feel it was an appropriate song to make a parody of - but in that case, why make him go through all the effort just to say no?
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Post by FUNK_US/BRODUS on Apr 20, 2011 13:18:03 GMT -5
I'm torn. On one hand, I hate making judgments without hearing both sides. I can maybe see that she didn't feel it was an appropriate song to make a parody of - but in that case, why make him go through all the effort just to say no? If that is her argument, its a lame one. There isnt a song in the world thats above parody.
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Post by HMARK Center on Apr 20, 2011 13:18:34 GMT -5
I try not to get caught up in thinking that popular stuff stinks, but I really haven't found much Lady Gaga has done to be to my liking. That she stands up for human rights is great, and I admire that. I have no issues with celebrities using their status to help others, and encourage it. But hearing things like this and hearing about her wearing one of her stage outfits to her sister's graduation (to get more attention, I guess) is just weak. But, hey, I don't listen to her stuff anyway, so it doesn't really affect me. She stands up for her target market's favourite charites I don't care; as long as it has a positive impact, that's fine by me.
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Post by FinalGwen on Apr 20, 2011 13:20:55 GMT -5
Also, moving away from the whole question of Gaga's reaction, I was struck by how redundant the song was. Other than the rather questionable line about making her fans pay, all it said was "she dresses weird". And I could tell you that. So could she. If this is what passes for parody nowadays, it's a sad state of affairs.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Apr 20, 2011 13:21:17 GMT -5
We're going to drop the "bitch" name-flinging right now. That is NOT what kind of board this is.
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Post by stealthamo on Apr 20, 2011 13:26:10 GMT -5
Also, moving away from the whole question of Gaga's reaction, I was struck by how redundant the song was. Other than the rather questionable line about making her fans pay, all it said was "she dresses weird". And I could tell you that. So could she. If this is what passes for parody nowadays, it's a sad state of affairs. That's usually how Weird Al's songs are though. Smells Like Nirvana was about how nobody could understand Nirvana's lyrics.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Apr 20, 2011 13:26:58 GMT -5
Ah, okay, never mind then. I'm a moron. Nope, it's the source that has gone nuts. Besides the LGBT community probably has a more appropriate term. I've heard "ze" proposed as a gender neutral pronoun. And LGBT has added a letter every year it seems, and is now LGBTQIA (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual, questioning, intersex, asexual). Yeah....English hasn't quite caught up with our social sensibilities. I love Weird Al, but I listen to so little current music that his song parodies tend to ring hollow unless they are of classic songs like The Saga Begins. I've never heard more than 30 seconds of a Lady Gaga song, and from what little I have heard I plan to keep it that way. My wife and I put on a station doing a Top 40 countdown or something, just to try on current music. We heard a brief bit of Telephone, our ears committed seppukku, and we switched back to classic rock.
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Post by FUNK_US/BRODUS on Apr 20, 2011 13:27:37 GMT -5
We're going to drop the "bitch" name-flinging right now. That is NOT what kind of board this is. Gaga is poopy?
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Apr 20, 2011 13:27:56 GMT -5
Also, moving away from the whole question of Gaga's reaction, I was struck by how redundant the song was. Other than the rather questionable line about making her fans pay, all it said was "she dresses weird". And I could tell you that. So could she. If this is what passes for parody nowadays, it's a sad state of affairs. That's usually how Weird Al's songs are though. Smells Like Nirvana was about how nobody could understand Nirvana's lyrics. Really, what else there to make fun of when it comes to her. Autotune? Her derivative nature?
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Post by Big Daddy Bad Booking on Apr 20, 2011 13:32:23 GMT -5
We're going to drop the "bitch" name-flinging right now. That is NOT what kind of board this is. When she grows up, she'll look like a Sharpeis!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2011 13:33:36 GMT -5
whaaaat The Saga Begins was amazing, in fact the next time I attempt a Star Wars marathon I'll just listen to that song instead of watching The Phantom Menace. It's far more entertaining than the film. I just hate the lyrics and I love the lyrics of the original. I don't find it to be funny; I think it's creative to do a Star Wars parody like that but lyrics, "Maybe Vader some day later but now he's just a small fry" don't do anything for me. Yet it becomes far more impressive when you learn that it was written well before the movie was released and the lyrics were based entirely on fan speculation. You wouldn't know that now, because he pretty much nailed the plot.
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Post by Alex Shelley on Apr 20, 2011 13:37:44 GMT -5
Nope, it's the source that has gone nuts. Besides the LGBT community probably has a more appropriate term. I've heard "ze" proposed as a gender neutral pronoun. And LGBT has added a letter every year it seems, and is now LGBTQIA (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual, questioning, intersex, asexual). Yeah....English hasn't quite caught up with our social sensibilities. "Ze" is correct... I also know some people who go by "they", and every once in a while somebody pops up who goes by "it". I think there are a few other gender neutral ones but "ze" is the most common. Although truth be told I don't know a single person who actually prefers these pronouns (although I'm sure they exist), it just tends to be used to refer to a person whose gender or pronoun preference you're unsure of. I have no idea what pronouns GaGa prefers. And yeah, the adding of letters can get out of control. There's actually two Q's - questioning and queer. And I'd heard that the A was for "ally". This is the problem. Believe me, I know that we need to be inclusive of everybody within our label, but... At some point we just need to pick something simple and stick with it. I just call it queer to refer to everybody under the umbrella, but even then there are huge problems with just using that - "queer" is used as a slur in many areas, a lot of people don't want to identify as queer, etc etc. It's just a disaster to come up with a label that is all inclusive that everybody can agree on.
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Post by kevservo on Apr 20, 2011 13:38:44 GMT -5
GG Lady Butthurt.
I wonder if any of the rock stars Weird Al has parodied over the years have not only been cool with being parodied, but asked to help him write it.
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Post by Psychoblue on Apr 20, 2011 13:40:22 GMT -5
She be pullin' a Warryah.
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Post by kevservo on Apr 20, 2011 13:41:42 GMT -5
whaaaat The Saga Begins was amazing, in fact the next time I attempt a Star Wars marathon I'll just listen to that song instead of watching The Phantom Menace. It's far more entertaining than the film. I just hate the lyrics and I love the lyrics of the original. I don't find it to be funny; I think it's creative to do a Star Wars parody like that but lyrics, "Maybe Vader some day later but now he's just a small fry" don't do anything for me. It's no Yoda.
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Post by Vampiro138 on Apr 20, 2011 13:42:32 GMT -5
GG Lady Butthurt. I wonder if any of the rock stars Weird Al has parodied over the years have not only been cool with being parodied, but asked to help him write it.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Apr 20, 2011 13:43:59 GMT -5
I LOVE the Saga Begins/Yoda one-two punch to end the show that he does, with the Emperor's piano solo to kick it all off.
I really need to see Al in concert again, even if most of his new material kinda sucks (I blame music today generally sucking). He's one of the few people I'd ever pay to see live.
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