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From: chris@scgvaxd.UUCP (Chris Yoder)
Newsgroups: net.music,net.legal
Subject: Re: Song rights
Message-ID: <367@scgvaxd.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 29-Jul-85 21:17:22 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul 29 21:17:22 1985
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Reply-To: chris@scgvaxd.UUCP (Chris Yoder)
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Summary: 

[ Go ahead bug, make my day. ]

>Weird Al has said that he has to ask permission from the singers (probably
>the copyright holders) to dissect their music in such a hysterical way.
>Personally, I was very suprised that MJ allowed him to do 'Eat It'.  I've
>always had the impression that MJ takes himself MUCH too seriously....
>-- 
>					AMBAR
>                    	{the known universe}!ihnp4!ihlpg!jeand

     This weekend I had the pleasure of hearing Weird Al in person (in the
Greek Theater in Griffith Park).  During costume changes they would show
little film clips to keep the audience from becoming bored.  One of these
film clips showed Weird Al aproach an old house in a lightning storm, knock
on a massive door, go inside after the butler (the door closes [slams?] by
itself, naturally) and is led into a long "throne" room where a dark figure
is sitting.  Wierd Al makes a few groveling comments (I bought all your
albums... etc) and from the rear view you see that this figure has a red
rhinestone jacket and one white glove.  This figure never talks, just
gestures with the one gloved hand.  Weird Al eventually getts to the point,
and askes, very hesitantly, if the dark figure would mind him doing a
take-off on one of his famous songs, and have this parody be about food,
call it "Eat It".  The white gloved hand's thumb goes up and down for a
while until it comes thumbs up.  Weird Al shakes his hand, expresses much
joy and goes out of the room.  Then the claws burst out of the white
glove...

     I do no justice to the clip, but I assume that this does lend some
credibilty to the statement that Weird Al asks permision for his parodies.

BTW -- Weird Al is fun in concert, a truely wild and crazy guy who can put on
a decent show.
-- 
				-- Chris Yoder

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