Dare to Be Stupid is the third studio album by American musician "Weird Al" Yankovic,released on June 18,1985. The album was one of many Yankovic records produced by former McCoys guitarist Rick Derringer. Recorded between August 1984 and March 1985,the album was Yankovic's first studio album released following the success of 1984's In 3-D,which included the Top 40 single "Eat It".
Al TV is an American comedy TV series created by and starring singer-songwriter "Weird Al" Yankovic,which aired as periodic specials on MTV and VH1,beginning in 1984.
"Amish Paradise" is a 1996 single by satirist "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of the hip hop song "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio featuring L.V.. Featured on the album Bad Hair Day,it turns the original "Gangsta's Paradise",in which the narrator laments his dangerous way of life,on its head by presenting an Amish man praising his relatively plain and uncomplicated existence.
Polka Party! is the fourth studio album by "Weird Al" Yankovic,released on October 21,1986. The album was produced by former The McCoys guitarist Rick Derringer. Recorded between April and September 1986,the album was Yankovic's follow-up to his successful 1985 release,Dare to Be Stupid. The album's lead single,"Living With a Hernia",failed to chart.
"Whip It" is a song by American new wave band Devo from their third studio album Freedom of Choice (1980). It is a new wave and synth-pop song that features a synthesizer,electric guitar,bass guitar,and drums in its instrumentation. The apparently nonsensical lyrics have a common theme revolving around the ability to deal with one's problems by "whipping it". Co-written by bassist Gerald Casale and lead vocalist Mark Mothersbaugh,Devo recorded "Whip It" with producer Robert Margouleff at the Record Plant in Los Angeles.
Gerald Vincent Casale is an American musician. He came to prominence in the late 1970s as co-founder,co-lead vocalist and bass player of the new wave band Devo,which released a top 20 hit in 1980 with the single "Whip It". Casale is the main lyricist and one of the primary composers of Devo's music,as well as the director of most of the band's music videos. He is one of only two members who have been with Devo throughout its entire history. Casale's brother Bob also performed with the band.
Q:Are We Not Men? A:We Are Devo! is the debut studio album by the American new wave band Devo. It was originally released in August 1978 on Warner Bros. in the North America and Virgin Records in Europe. Produced by Brian Eno,the album was recorded between October 1977 and February 1978,primarily in Cologne,West Germany.
"The Saga Begins" is a parody song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It parodies "American Pie" by Don McLean,with lyrics that humorously summarize the plot of the film Star Wars:Episode I –The Phantom Menace through the point of view of Obi-Wan Kenobi,one of the film's protagonists.
DEVO Live 1980 is a live album and video DualDisc release by American new wave band Devo,released by Target Video in 2005.
"Jocko Homo" is the B-side to Devo's first single,"Mongoloid",released in 1977 on Devo's own label,Booji Boy Records and later released in the UK on Stiff Records. The song was re-recorded as the feature song for Devo's first album,Q:Are We Not Men? A:We Are Devo! on Warner Bros. Records in 1978. The original version peaked at No. 62 on the UK Singles Chart.
Greatest Hits Volume II is a compilation album of songs by "Weird Al" Yankovic,featuring his best known songs that did not appear on "Weird Al" Yankovic's Greatest Hits,plus the new single "Headline News" which had first appeared on the box set Permanent Record:Al In The Box,released a month prior. The compilation album was met with mostly positive critical reviews,and it managed to chart on the Billboard 200 at number 198. However,it ranks as one of Yankovic's least-selling records.
"Weird Al" Yankovic's Greatest Hits is a compilation album of parody and original songs by "Weird Al" Yankovic,featuring his best known songs from his first five studio albums,all of which were released in the 1980s. "Weird Al" Yankovic's Greatest Hits was met with mostly positive reviews from critics,with Heather Phrase of AllMusic noting that it provided a good overview of the early part of Yankovic's career. Despite this,the album failed to chart upon release,and ranks as one of Yankovic's lowest-selling records.
"Like a Surgeon" is a song recorded by "Weird Al" Yankovic that appears as the opening track on his third studio album,Dare to Be Stupid (1985). It was released as the album's second single on June 4,1985,by Scotti Brothers Records. It was issued as a 7",12",and picture disc. A parody of the pop song "Like a Virgin" by Madonna,its lyrics describe a hospital environment,with the same melody as Madonna's original. The track was written by Yankovic,Tom Kelly and Billy Steinberg,the latter two are credited as co-writers due to the "Like a Virgin" sample. Madonna came up with the parody's title,an act Yankovic generally discourages. Rick Derringer served as the executive producer.
"Jurassic Park" is a parody of Richard Harris's version of Jimmy Webb's song "MacArthur Park",written and performed by "Weird Al" Yankovic;it was released both as a single and as part of Yankovic's Alapalooza album in October 1993. "Jurassic Park" was penned by Yankovic after he remembered the enjoyment he had when he combined a classic rock track with a recent movie theme with his 1985 song "Yoda". Yankovic decided to combine the plot of the recent movie Jurassic Park—a film about a park on a fictional island where geneticists have succeeded in cloning dinosaurs—with the classic Richard Harris track "MacArthur Park".
DEV-O Live is a live EP by American new wave band Devo. It was recorded during the Freedom of Choice tour on August 16,1980,at the Fox Warfield Theatre in San Francisco.
The "Weird Al" Yankovic Video Library is a VHS release of most of "Weird Al" Yankovic music videos to date.
The Men Who Make the Music was the first home video released by the American new wave band Devo. Finished in 1979,the film was set to be the first Video LP under the title "DevoVision",but was shelved by Time Life due to concerns about its anti-music industry content. It was released in 1981. A DVD of this film was announced in 2000,due to be released by Rhino Records,but this never came to pass. In January 2014,Michael Pilmer,webmaster of the official Devo website,indicated a DVD release by MVD later in the year. The DVD was released the following August,including a bonus feature of Devo's 1996 reunion show at the Sundance Film Festival.
"White &Nerdy" is the second single from "Weird Al" Yankovic's album Straight Outta Lynwood,which was released on September 26,2006. It parodies the song "Ridin'" by Chamillionaire and Krayzie Bone. The song both satirizes and celebrates nerd culture,as recited by the subject,who cannot "roll with the gangstas" because he is "just too white and nerdy". It includes many references to activities stereotypically associated with nerds and/or white people,such as collecting comic books and action figures,being fluent in JavaScript and Klingon,editing Wikipedia,and playing Dungeons &Dragons (D&D).
Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic is an American musician,comedian,and actor. He is best known for writing and performing comedy songs that often parody specific songs by contemporary musicians. He also performs original songs that are style pastiches of the work of other acts,as well as polka medleys of several popular songs,most of which feature his trademark accordion.
"Bob" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic from the 2003 album,Poodle Hat. The song is a parody sung in the style of Bob Dylan,and all of the lyrics are palindromes as is the title. For example,the song's first line is "I,man,am regal—a German am I",which reads the same when reversed.
