• Aeao@lemmy.world
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    In if my favorites from him is “don’t download this song”

    “You’ll burn in hell before too long “

    “And you deserve it!”

    “go and buy the cd-“

    “Go out and buy it, you cheap bastard!”

    “-and don’t download this song”

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      22 hours ago

      He made a song that named several popular music sharing sites while mocking industry greed eons ago. He 100% supports your actions.

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        Don’t Download This Song

        Once in awhile, maybe you will feel the urge 
        To break international copyright law 
        By downloading MP3s from file-sharing sites 
        Like Morpheus, or Grokster, or LimeWire, or Kazaa 
        But deep in your heart, you know the guilt would drive you mad 
        And the shame would leave a permanent scar 
        'Cause you start out stealing songs, then you’re robbing liquor stores 
        And selling crack and running over school kids with your car!

        So don’t download this song 
        The record store’s where you belong 
        Go and buy the CD like you know that you should 
        Oh, don’t download this song!

        Oh, you don’t want to mess with the R-I-double-A 
        They’ll sue you if you burn that CD-R 
        It doesn’t matter if you’re a grandma or a seven-year-old girl 
        They’ll treat you like the evil, hard bitten, criminal scum you are!

        So don’t download this song 
        Don’t go pirating music all day long 
        Go and buy the CD like you know that you should 
        Oh, don’t download this song!

        Don’t take away money 
        From artists just like me 
        How else can I afford another solid gold Humvee? 
        And diamond-studded swimming pools 
        These things don’t grow on trees 
        So all I ask is everybody please…

        Don’t download this song (don’t do it, no, no) 
        Even Lars Ulrich knows it’s wrong (you can just ask him) 
        Go and buy the CD like you know that you should (you really should) 
        Oh, don’t download this song!

        Don’t download this song (oh, please don’t you do it or you) 
        Might wind up in jail like Tommy Chong (remember Tommy) 
        Go and buy the CD (right now) 
        Like you know that you should (go out and buy it) 
        Oh, don’t download this song 
        Don’t download this song (no, no, no, no, no, no) 
        Or you’ll burn in hell before too long (and you deserve it) 
        Go and buy the CD (just buy it) 
        Like you know that you should (you cheap bastard)!

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            Absolute legend. He certainly didn’t invent musical comedy, but he’s a paragon of the genre and has brought it into the public eye like no one else.

            I always thought if the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame ever pulls their head out of their collective ass and inducts him, it would be a fantastic tribute for all the living artists he’s parodied to perform his version of their song.

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            21 hours ago

            Weird Al has been relevant longer than most artists he parodied. Its going to be sad day when somebody finally milkshakeducks him and we find out he plays like Sea of Theives and is racist against italians.

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      Back in the days before streaming I had a large folder of Weird Al stuff including stuff that was mistagged because it was a funny song that sounded like it could be him.

    • katy ✨@piefed.blahaj.zone
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      you recorded them to cassette whenever you heard them on the radio so you could make a mix tape for your friends right?

      right?

      please don’t make me depressed by saying anything else T_T

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    9 hours ago

    This is a far cry from the weird al who looked into my would and said that anyone illegally downloading his music was a Hooligan! 😐

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    20 hours ago

    if there is good in the world it would bless us with spaceballs 3: the search for spaceballs 2 and uhf 2 in the same year.

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    There is something about that tweet right at the edge of understanding. Almost subliminal in nature.