Love it !! The video was shown to Lady Ga Ga's manager who said no to Weird Al releasing it on his album. Weird Al then put it out on RUclips for free and was going to donate all the money to charity. Turns out Lady Ga GA saw it , loved it and authorized it to be released. Her manager never showed it to her !
It was the SONG that was sent to Gaga's manager, not the video. Also, as a avid "Weird Al" Yankovic fan since "The Saga Begins" and "It's All About The Pentiums". I have all his studio albums, at this point in Al's career, I was expecting the shot-for-shot parodies I was used to (Fat, Eat It, Surgeon, Nirvana) and the fact this wasn't a shot-for-shot, that it was visual joke after video joke, and the MAJORITY of the video being spent on C.G.I.-ing his face onto the dancer's body for almost the entire video, I felt like this video ended the era of the classic Weird Al videos.
This one was kind of interesting cause it was the opposite of Coolio. He said no at first and his record label told Weird Al yes, while her manger said no and she said yes.
@@DMSG1981 She got little flack for it when she did it. she was so famous at that point in that country, the powers that be gave her a pass. Unlike American & English press.
@@jrobertlysaght Absolutely, unfortunately most people under 45 (give it take) have no idea who Missing Person's are. But they were (more specifically lead singer Dale Bozzio) most definitely an influence ..just as much - if not ...MORE than Madonna.
To answer your question, that's a female dancer in most of the shots with Al's face digital superimposed over hers. The ones where the outfits are covering the entire body, like the peacock, were just Al, if I remember correctly.
“I bet you never seen a skirt steak worn this way” one of the best lines in a weird al song ever because 50% of the listeners don’t catch it. It’s such a subtle line.
Lady Gaga was completely cool with this. Weird Al always asks permission before he parodies anyone. Legally, he doesn't have to, because Parody is fair use, but he does anyway. Billy Joel and Prince both told him no when he asked and he scrapped projects involving their music out of respect for their wishes. Often, the artist he's parodying will legitimately help him out with the song and video. Sometimes even appearing as a cameo or letting him use the original sets and props. He's one of the classiest people in show business, and has a huge amount of respect for what he does among artists. Coolio tried to make a fuss about Amish Paradise by claiming Al didn't have permission. Al didn't need permission, but still handled it with class and apologized anyway stating that he had asked for permission and was told that he could. Coolio tried to say that it wasn't true and all sorts of artists came to Al's defense and basically shut down Coolio's attempts to create drama at Al's expense, including some artist that rejected his requests. That's what treating people with respect gets you. People who will help you out and have your back when you need it.
On Smells Like Teen Spirit, he called SNL while Nirvana was guest starring, and asked his UHF costar to put Kurt Cobain on the phone so he could ask permission directly. Weird Al says that Kurt said yes, laughed, and asked, "Is it gonna be about food?" To which Am replied, "I think it's gonna be about how no one can understand you!" 😂😂😂
The Coolio thing was apparently not him trying to cause drama, it was that Coolio's manager said yes, without telling Coolio about it, so when Coolio found out, he felt it was a cash grab and lost the point of the original song, thinking it was making fun of him or the message of the song, so he got super pissy about it and caused the Drama. Imagine you do this heartfelt and deep song lamenting the culture going on in every major city of the USA, and here comes a white person seemingly stealing this entire song, and making it a joke, one about white people at that. So of course, Coolio is going to be pissed. Which is why Weird Al was pissed too, not at Coolio, but that he was given the okay without Coolio being looped in and legit felt bad for doing it since he never wanted to piss anyone off. The two ended up talking it out, and are on good terms now once Coolio found out it was paying homage through parody and not meant to try to steal basically Gangster's Paradise as when you even remotely sample part of a song without proper sourcing, it can get you in a lot of legal trouble, and at the time of the song, things like Fair Use weren't as strong and clear-cut as they are today thanks to court cases defining things better in the age of the internet.
Two different bodies - one dancer, one contortionist, but yeah...female body. Love how he noted that "Born This Way" sounded like Madonna's "Express Yourself" too. Lol
When people ask "Which Weird Al Yankovic songs are good?" I say literally every single one of them it's only weather you can get into the genre of the original that decides if you'll like it or not.
Lady Gaga’s agent told him he couldn’t do the song, then when she found out she fired the agent and called him personally and gave him the OK as long as it wasn’t about food.
Actually she was not to keen on the song or music video, however because of the old adage, "when Weird Al does a parody, you have made it." and she agreed to the parody, only if all the proceeds were donated to her charity. You have Curt Cobain confused with Lady Gaga. Curt was a huge fan of Al, and Al wanted to do a song about "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and how you can't understand what he is saying. Curt's Agent kept hanging up on Al when he called 3 or 4 times. AL knew Lorren Michaels personally who ran SNL (Saturday Night Live) and when Nirvana preformed on SNL he call Lorren up and asked to speak to Curt. When Curt finished his set, he was told he had a phone call form Al. When he took it Al asked Curt about making a parody of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and Curt said he was a big fan and he could do a pardoy asked is it going to be about food? Al said no.
Martin Fabian Al said in an interview that he spoke to the manager. The manager wanted to hear the song first so Al cancelled a vacation to record the song over a weekend. The manager heard it and denied it. Al already made the song but was upset it wouldn’t be on his next album but he did post the song online. She heard it and gave Al permission herself because she was a fan. There are a few interviews on RUclips where he talks about it
Shit gaga probably picked out the wardrobe for the vid lol I'll give her props she knows how to entertain ppl. And tbh she probably stalks weird AL for custom ideas
You're right about the female bodies. From Wikipedia: "The video was directed by Yankovic himself, and features Al's head superimposed on the bodies of dancer Vlada Gorbaneva and contortionist Marissa Heart using CG effects."
What I really like about this guy is how long it took him to realize this was Weird Al's head on a woman's body. It was oddly sweet that he thought Weird Al would have that nice if a body.
Al was referring to himself in Perform this Way, as well as parodying Lady Gaga and Madonna. Another song of Al's you would like is called CNR. It's a song in the style of the White Stripes, and it's about Charles Nelson Reilly. It's awesome!
The thing I love about Weird Al is he asks every musician who he parodies their permission to preform the song and a large number say yes obviously but there have been some that have said no including some who have previously said yes to a parody like Michael Jackson he said yes to fat but no to a different song and prince always said no to Al and even though he would have been legally protected he respected their wishes and never commercial released the songs but has preformed them in concert.
When you said that "With Gaga, you'd never know what she'd do next." That is what makes her unique from other pop stars today. One day, you'll see her singing while bleeding, one day, she'll be singing SOund of Music in opera key. She's totally creative and unexpected.
Al requested to do the song and was told no. his reaction was to do a lyrics only audio on youtube . gaga saw it and was upset because her mgr told al no without asking gaga at all. gaga loves al's parodies and perform this way has her approval so Al went forword with the actual video.
I feel like Weird Al is one of the best musicians personality wise. He does make fun of people like Lady Gaga, and it's funny, but it never comes off as mean-spirited.
Really enjoying your Weir Al reactions. Inspired me and my wife to go ahead and buy tickets for his Strings Attached tour. Going to see him live on Thursday.
@@JonnyRicter it was amazing and the second time I have seen him live and wouldn't hesitate to see him live again (if he ever tours again). So much fun and audience participation.
Here's the side-by-side of the video, before and after effects. So you can see the dancers and contortionist Al had his face digitally added to 😂 ruclips.net/video/lo45pBJdcUM/видео.html Gaga LOVED it. She's a fan of his, and is one of those artists who considers a Weird Al parody as an honour.
3:28 My favorite part is where "Gaga" sings about being completely original, and "Madonna" (played by Holly Beavon) looks at her with disbelief. To me, that is a brilliant and hilarious bit of satire.
He superimposed his face over her body for the video. Even more impressive is that he had to have done all of the dance choreography to match her perfectly so his face would match. His attention to detail is 2nd to none.
Despite that the law allows Al to release any parody he wishes, he has never done so without the original artist's consent. Al wanted to make a parody of a Paul McArtney song. Paul said no, so Al didn't do it even though he was legally allowed to. It is said that you know you've made it when Al parodies your song. In fact, MJ loved "Eat It" so much that he lended his set for "Bad" so that Al could make "Fat". MJ asked Al to make parodies of his songs. Also, James Brown lended his dancers and band to Al's to parody "Living in America" to "Living with a Hernia".
Weird Never parodied any song without the original artist's permission. It took him a lot of meetings with Micheal Jackson to parody "bad." But Mike figured out that when Al parodies your song, you know it is going to be good publicity!
Lady Gaga was hired to mentor the singers on American Idol season 10. When she got to Scott Mccreey. She tried to get him a little freakey. Immediately backed off and apologized to him. She said. Ooo!!! Sorry. Didn't mean to almost break you there. This isn't an act is it. It's really you.
Her manager tried to do him dirty. He really wanted to put this song out for charity but her manager said " we want to hear the song first than we'll decide". The poor guy had to cancel a family vacation, go to the studio and record everything. Only for the manager to say No. Weird Al was like " did I do something wrong? Is their something that you want me to change because I really want to do this because the money is going to a good cause?"..after still saying no, weird Al just released it because not only did he put so much time and money into it, he also thought it was out of character for Lady Gaga to say no when it's for a good cause. Remember, he doesn't need permission. He only ask for it because he's a good guy and doesn't want to hurt anyones feelings
Did you know Weird Al made a movie in the 80's called "UHF"? you should check it out sometime, its a whole movie of Weird Al skits basically parodying modern movies at the time with himself inserted... and there is an actual story to the movie too.
Just so you know, at least a few of the costumes are copies of real things she wore. (The bubble dress, the caution tape, meat dress, the black and white bikini, I'm pretty sure the nun's hat too) The French line was bc she sings the bridge of Bad Romance in French.
Just so you know the joke in the video that kind of went over most people's head... the original Lady Gaga song sounds so close to Madonna's sound and unpredictable stage presence , especially Madonna's "Express Yourself" hence "I'm so completely original..." at 3:28, being sarcasm. (Then Madonna's likeness appears and Weird Al pushes her out of the way.) Later in the video she comes back and says "Express Yourself" at 4:21 . And yes, knowing this probably means I'm getting old.
You should watch the side by side pre and post cut of this video. Shows dancer whose body was used with his head later added. Gaga wore meat dress to grammies.
Two different women's bodies were used. Al's head superimposed on the bodies of dancer Vlada Gorbaneva and contortionist Marissa Heart using CG effects.
That's not his body, but Al really is a contortionist. It's something like 85% of people could do if they just trained enough (stretching a bit more each day)
G’day mate from Australia,how’s it going?,These Weird Al videos are halerious mate, can’t stop laughing,the drive thru one was so funny and also has some truth to it as well,keep up the great work👍
Fantastic reaction, as usual. I really enjoy the Weird Al appreciation. In honor of Twenty One Pilots' album Blurryface becoming the most streamed album of all time, you should react to all songs.
Think I wrote this on your last reaction but I recommend watching The Key of Awesome once. They are hilarious and have years worth of Parodies. They go all out for a lot of their videos as well.
for what i heard it seem Lady gaga herself send him the first clip of her song and he added his face on gaga body! For what i heard she was fan of his work! i heard another thing, it seem that when he contacted gaga agent to get gaga blessing for his parody they told him to not do it because gaga was of the process of gatting out a new cd but when she latter heard of this she send him the clip with hare blessing because she was fan and delighted that he will parody her! If it's real lady gaga seem to be a great person!
He had two different women perform the body motions, one for the majority and a contortionist. His body is only actually seen during things like the "I'm Frankenstein" and as Willy Wonka.
In an interview with weird Al someone asked him does he get promission to sing parody songs from the original singer of that song. And he said yes but 1 person said no to him
No, it wasn't actually him. There was a talented woman dancer who had his face computer edited onto hers. There are SOME scenes with just him, but mostly it's the dancer's body.
It's funny to think that the MOMENT GaGa got out of her contract, she went to writing country music and becoming an actress, basically stopped all her showmanship because in many ways... she was forced to dress and act the way she did, basically trying to get popular by being crazy and wild and wacky, by her contract holders.
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Love it !! The video was shown to Lady Ga Ga's manager who said no to Weird Al
releasing it on his album. Weird Al then put it out on RUclips for free
and was going to donate all the money to charity.
Turns out Lady Ga GA saw it , loved it and authorized it to be released.
Her manager never showed it to her !
Yeah, I think she probably takes herself less seriously than he does. IIRC she told him that a Weird Al parody was a "rite of passage"
Awesome
It was the SONG that was sent to Gaga's manager, not the video. Also, as a avid "Weird Al" Yankovic fan since "The Saga Begins" and "It's All About The Pentiums". I have all his studio albums, at this point in Al's career, I was expecting the shot-for-shot parodies I was used to (Fat, Eat It, Surgeon, Nirvana) and the fact this wasn't a shot-for-shot, that it was visual joke after video joke, and the MAJORITY of the video being spent on C.G.I.-ing his face onto the dancer's body for almost the entire video, I felt like this video ended the era of the classic Weird Al videos.
This one was kind of interesting cause it was the opposite of Coolio. He said no at first and his record label told Weird Al yes, while her manger said no and she said yes.
The way all the youtube vloggers make money , by the number of views/clicks
You know she DID wear a meat dress. That wasn't a joke.
Yes. And the "castle" is the Taj Mahal.
Came to the comments just for this
@@DMSG1981 She got little flack for it when she did it. she was so famous at that point in that country, the powers that be gave her a pass. Unlike American & English press.
@@cherylromig3412 Same here ^_^
Yeah, I was thinking the same. I remember when she actually did that and people were not amused. It was at an award show too, I think?
The French part, "Excusez moi, qui a pété?" translates to "Excuse me, who farted?"😂
Of course it does.
That's hilarious... 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Lol I always wondered what she said thanks😉😉😉
@@bdhale34 It actually does... ask any French Canadian.....except we drop the excuse me and add a curse word at the end. ''Qui a pété CALISSE??' 😂
@@GaisSacredCreations I was being sarcastic, I didn't doubt the translation I found it very ironic.
He put the madonna reference in there because a lot of people were comparing born this way to express yourself.
Madonna showed how it is a carbon copy by doing a mashup of Express Yourself/Born This Way/She's Not Me on her Sticky and Sweet tour.
Gaga stated this was the direct descendant of Express Yourself and it's supposed to sound like EY
Not only that but he's pointing out that before Gaga, there was Madonna doing her crazy stunts.
it's funny, so many people compare Gaga to Madonna, but honestly, go back and find any video by Missing Persons, so much influence there.
@@jrobertlysaght Absolutely, unfortunately most people under 45 (give it take) have no idea who Missing Person's are. But they were (more specifically lead singer Dale Bozzio) most definitely an influence ..just as much - if not ...MORE than Madonna.
To answer your question, that's a female dancer in most of the shots with Al's face digital superimposed over hers. The ones where the outfits are covering the entire body, like the peacock, were just Al, if I remember correctly.
A contortionist was in the last scene, who was different from the model in the reat of the video.
Ruin your CGI experience and watch "Born this way Side By Side Comparison".
Please give a shout out to dancer Vlada Gorbaneva and contortionist Marissa Heart, whose bodies hosted Al's CGI-imposed face.
David Scott Indeed. Shout out to them.
There is a video of the behind the scenes of this video.
“I bet you never seen a skirt steak worn this way” one of the best lines in a weird al song ever because 50% of the listeners don’t catch it. It’s such a subtle line.
I thought it was skirt steak warmed this way, but i got the joke
Lady Gaga was completely cool with this. Weird Al always asks permission before he parodies anyone.
Legally, he doesn't have to, because Parody is fair use, but he does anyway. Billy Joel and Prince both told him no when he asked and he scrapped projects involving their music out of respect for their wishes.
Often, the artist he's parodying will legitimately help him out with the song and video. Sometimes even appearing as a cameo or letting him use the original sets and props.
He's one of the classiest people in show business, and has a huge amount of respect for what he does among artists.
Coolio tried to make a fuss about Amish Paradise by claiming Al didn't have permission. Al didn't need permission, but still handled it with class and apologized anyway stating that he had asked for permission and was told that he could. Coolio tried to say that it wasn't true and all sorts of artists came to Al's defense and basically shut down Coolio's attempts to create drama at Al's expense, including some artist that rejected his requests.
That's what treating people with respect gets you. People who will help you out and have your back when you need it.
On Smells Like Teen Spirit, he called SNL while Nirvana was guest starring, and asked his UHF costar to put Kurt Cobain on the phone so he could ask permission directly. Weird Al says that Kurt said yes, laughed, and asked, "Is it gonna be about food?" To which Am replied, "I think it's gonna be about how no one can understand you!" 😂😂😂
A few years later Billy Joel said yes and that how we got old to a superhero
The Coolio thing was apparently not him trying to cause drama, it was that Coolio's manager said yes, without telling Coolio about it, so when Coolio found out, he felt it was a cash grab and lost the point of the original song, thinking it was making fun of him or the message of the song, so he got super pissy about it and caused the Drama.
Imagine you do this heartfelt and deep song lamenting the culture going on in every major city of the USA, and here comes a white person seemingly stealing this entire song, and making it a joke, one about white people at that. So of course, Coolio is going to be pissed. Which is why Weird Al was pissed too, not at Coolio, but that he was given the okay without Coolio being looped in and legit felt bad for doing it since he never wanted to piss anyone off.
The two ended up talking it out, and are on good terms now once Coolio found out it was paying homage through parody and not meant to try to steal basically Gangster's Paradise as when you even remotely sample part of a song without proper sourcing, it can get you in a lot of legal trouble, and at the time of the song, things like Fair Use weren't as strong and clear-cut as they are today thanks to court cases defining things better in the age of the internet.
When he first asked her publisist he was against it until Lady Gaga saw it and loved it.
Yes Lady Gaga management sent No. Never asked her. she found out and within seconds on it been announced it was a yes.
Two different bodies - one dancer, one contortionist, but yeah...female body.
Love how he noted that "Born This Way" sounded like Madonna's "Express Yourself" too. Lol
As Kurt Cobain once said, "You haven't made it until Weird Al has made a parody of one of your songs."
Smells Like Nirvana...one of the best.
“Is it gonna be about FOOD?!” Kurt got it. Probably had all of Al’s albums.
If you are a Star Wars fan you need to react to Weird Al’s “The Saga Begins”
And I love Rocky road (I love rock and roll)
Yoda
i am not a fan of Star Wars but i watched the Saga Begins and i found it funny and informative (SPOILER of the first movie if i am not wrong)
When people ask "Which Weird Al Yankovic songs are good?" I say literally every single one of them it's only weather you can get into the genre of the original that decides if you'll like it or not.
Lady Gaga’s agent told him he couldn’t do the song, then when she found out she fired the agent and called him personally and gave him the OK as long as it wasn’t about food.
Actually she was not to keen on the song or music video, however because of the old adage, "when Weird Al does a parody, you have made it." and she agreed to the parody, only if all the proceeds were donated to her charity. You have Curt Cobain confused with Lady Gaga. Curt was a huge fan of Al, and Al wanted to do a song about "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and how you can't understand what he is saying. Curt's Agent kept hanging up on Al when he called 3 or 4 times. AL knew Lorren Michaels personally who ran SNL (Saturday Night Live) and when Nirvana preformed on SNL he call Lorren up and asked to speak to Curt. When Curt finished his set, he was told he had a phone call form Al. When he took it Al asked Curt about making a parody of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and Curt said he was a big fan and he could do a pardoy asked is it going to be about food? Al said no.
Martin Fabian Al said in an interview that he spoke to the manager. The manager wanted to hear the song first so Al cancelled a vacation to record the song over a weekend. The manager heard it and denied it. Al already made the song but was upset it wouldn’t be on his next album but he did post the song online. She heard it and gave Al permission herself because she was a fan. There are a few interviews on RUclips where he talks about it
Apparently Weird Al does an amazing job in concert!
Your reactions crack ME up!! It's my big smiles for the day...more please. Love them all!
Saw him in concert...beyond amazing and funny! :)
Shit gaga probably picked out the wardrobe for the vid lol I'll give her props she knows how to entertain ppl. And tbh she probably stalks weird AL for custom ideas
You're right about the female bodies. From Wikipedia: "The video was directed by Yankovic himself, and features Al's head superimposed on the bodies of dancer Vlada Gorbaneva and contortionist Marissa Heart using CG effects."
He IS getting old, and using a female stand-in suits the video/visuals better.
React to "I lost on Jeopardy" by Weird Al.
I love that song.
I had his greatest hits from the 80s and loved this song!
Addicted to Spuds is an underrated one too!
@@ryanfoltz1276 How can you not love a song about potatoes?
Highly recommend reviewing Weird Al Yankovic "the saga continues" great song.
Do you mean _The Saga Begins_ ?
@@RJLupin-zu9xv lol yes
What I really like about this guy is how long it took him to realize this was Weird Al's head on a woman's body. It was oddly sweet that he thought Weird Al would have that nice if a body.
Al was referring to himself in Perform this Way, as well as parodying Lady Gaga and Madonna. Another song of Al's you would like is called CNR. It's a song in the style of the White Stripes, and it's about Charles Nelson Reilly. It's awesome!
I love how you're confused if the person you're seeing is actually Weird Al or Weird Al's head on a woman stand-in.
The thing I love about Weird Al is he asks every musician who he parodies their permission to preform the song and a large number say yes obviously but there have been some that have said no including some who have previously said yes to a parody like Michael Jackson he said yes to fat but no to a different song and prince always said no to Al and even though he would have been legally protected he respected their wishes and never commercial released the songs but has preformed them in concert.
Wow Weird Al rocking the C.G. effects.
A step up. ,👌👌👌
I lost on jeopardy is another classic. Keep the Weird AL vids coming the're addictive
When you said that "With Gaga, you'd never know what she'd do next."
That is what makes her unique from other pop stars today. One day, you'll see her singing while bleeding, one day, she'll be singing SOund of Music in opera key. She's totally creative and unexpected.
These are the days I miss from this channel. The Weird Al reactions were the best time.
I absolutaly love weird al and have for years and that just one of the many reasons i love ur channel
Every comedian wants someone like you in the audience! Your laughter is infectious!
I'd love to see you react to Weird Al's Living With a Hernia
"express yourself" - both a Madonna reference AND a reference to the French lyric just sung: "excuse me, who farted?" Weird Al is a GENIUS
Al requested to do the song and was told no. his reaction was to do a lyrics only audio on youtube . gaga saw it and was upset because her mgr told al no without asking gaga at all. gaga loves al's parodies and perform this way has her approval so Al went forword with the actual video.
Weird Al and Lady Gaga are probably the first time in contemporary history in who performance art are backed up by actual talent.
Marilyn Manson has a little talent too.
It's crazy how good the composite effects are in this.
Your reactions are priceless, dude.
“Another Tattoo” is another good one from this album.
Lady Gaga wrote part of this song lol.... that's what she said about this lol. Taylor Swift also wrote part of TMZ.
I feel like Weird Al is one of the best musicians personality wise. He does make fun of people like Lady Gaga, and it's funny, but it never comes off as mean-spirited.
Really enjoying your Weir Al reactions. Inspired me and my wife to go ahead and buy tickets for his Strings Attached tour. Going to see him live on Thursday.
Clarke Staton how did you like the concert? When I saw him live, I thought it was one of the best live performances I had ever seen.
@@JonnyRicter it was amazing and the second time I have seen him live and wouldn't hesitate to see him live again (if he ever tours again). So much fun and audience participation.
Here's the side-by-side of the video, before and after effects. So you can see the dancers and contortionist Al had his face digitally added to 😂 ruclips.net/video/lo45pBJdcUM/видео.html
Gaga LOVED it. She's a fan of his, and is one of those artists who considers a Weird Al parody as an honour.
3:28 My favorite part is where "Gaga" sings about being completely original, and "Madonna" (played by Holly Beavon) looks at her with disbelief. To me, that is a brilliant and hilarious bit of satire.
He sang, “Excuse me, who cut the cheese?” in French, in other words, “Excuse me, who farted?” 😂
his voice going lower at the very end of the song is gold
Luvn this Weird Al journey you're going on, glad sum1 is giving him mad props & doing reactions to his genius songs/vids 👊
"I'm Frankenstein. I'm Avatar." -- funniest 3 seconds ever.
He superimposed his face over her body for the video. Even more impressive is that he had to have done all of the dance choreography to match her perfectly so his face would match. His attention to detail is 2nd to none.
Yessss. Also check out confessions III.
That one is so underrated.
Great.
I love Lady Gaga & Weird Al but, dude I cried laughing see this video😂😂😂😂
Despite that the law allows Al to release any parody he wishes, he has never done so without the original artist's consent. Al wanted to make a parody of a Paul McArtney song. Paul said no, so Al didn't do it even though he was legally allowed to. It is said that you know you've made it when Al parodies your song. In fact, MJ loved "Eat It" so much that he lended his set for "Bad" so that Al could make "Fat". MJ asked Al to make parodies of his songs. Also, James Brown lended his dancers and band to Al's to parody "Living in America" to "Living with a Hernia".
“Wherever did the choreography of killing be”
How I feel watching half of the pop dances 😂
Wow. . Weird Al rocking the C.G. effects. A step up...
Weird Never parodied any song without the original artist's permission. It took him a lot of meetings with Micheal Jackson to parody "bad." But Mike figured out that when Al parodies your song, you know it is going to be good publicity!
I just watched Lady Gaga's video for the first time and Weird Al's version was indeed better and much more sane than the original. LOL.
React to The Night Santa Went Crazy and Christmas at Ground Zero.
Lady Gaga was hired to mentor the singers on American Idol season 10. When she got to Scott Mccreey. She tried to get him a little freakey. Immediately backed off and apologized to him. She said. Ooo!!! Sorry. Didn't mean to almost break you there. This isn't an act is it. It's really you.
Her manager tried to do him dirty. He really wanted to put this song out for charity but her manager said " we want to hear the song first than we'll decide". The poor guy had to cancel a family vacation, go to the studio and record everything. Only for the manager to say No. Weird Al was like " did I do something wrong? Is their something that you want me to change because I really want to do this because the money is going to a good cause?"..after still saying no, weird Al just released it because not only did he put so much time and money into it, he also thought it was out of character for Lady Gaga to say no when it's for a good cause. Remember, he doesn't need permission. He only ask for it because he's a good guy and doesn't want to hurt anyones feelings
Lady Gaga was initially opposed to this parody until she heard what Weird Al was going to do
i still think it's funny that lady gaga actually did show up in this video, she loved the idea of AL making this song and was all for it.
Did you know Weird Al made a movie in the 80's called "UHF"?
you should check it out sometime, its a whole movie of Weird Al skits basically parodying modern movies at the time with himself inserted... and there is an actual story to the movie too.
That film made my childhood
Imagine if Weird Al made a Cliffhanger remake. Insanity spike
I saw Weird Al play this song live, he came out in the peacock outfit as one of his many costume changes for his concert
Just so you know, at least a few of the costumes are copies of real things she wore. (The bubble dress, the caution tape, meat dress, the black and white bikini, I'm pretty sure the nun's hat too) The French line was bc she sings the bridge of Bad Romance in French.
Just so you know the joke in the video that kind of went over most people's head... the original Lady Gaga song sounds so close to Madonna's sound and unpredictable stage presence , especially Madonna's "Express Yourself" hence "I'm so completely original..." at 3:28, being sarcasm. (Then Madonna's likeness appears and Weird Al pushes her out of the way.) Later in the video she comes back and says "Express Yourself" at 4:21 . And yes, knowing this probably means I'm getting old.
This is NIGHTMARE FUEL!
Love to see people still enjoying AL after all these years :D
You should watch the side by side pre and post cut of this video. Shows dancer whose body was used with his head later added. Gaga wore meat dress to grammies.
Two different women's bodies were used. Al's head superimposed on the bodies of dancer Vlada Gorbaneva and contortionist Marissa Heart using CG effects.
The "bodies" are dancer Vlada Gorbaneva and contortionist Marissa Heart
That's not his body, but Al really is a contortionist. It's something like 85% of people could do if they just trained enough (stretching a bit more each day)
You have to check out ‘don’t download this song’
Also, og ptx will give you chills-imagine, Michael Jackson, daft punk and hallelujah are breathtaking
Now that you are doing Weird Al, AND Epic Rap Battles, you need to react to "Sir Isaac Newton vs Bill Nye"
This Weird Al parody was great.
This was a crazy song. Do the Bedrock Anthem or Jurassic Park next.
HELL YES it’s better! Weird Al is a genius, hands down!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
G’day mate from Australia,how’s it going?,These Weird Al videos are halerious mate, can’t stop laughing,the drive thru one was so funny and also has some truth to it as well,keep up the great work👍
Fantastic reaction, as usual. I really enjoy the Weird Al appreciation.
In honor of Twenty One Pilots' album Blurryface becoming the most streamed album of all time, you should react to all songs.
Do "the night Santa went crazy" by wired al
Check out, darryl worley “I miss my friend” and “have you forgotten”
Nobody else has touched these and they will floor you
Don't forget Weird Al has great original songs like You Don't Love Me Anymore and Dare to be Stupid.
I’ve been binge watching your videos. I adore your reactions! I’ve laughed and I’ve ugly-cried 😂. Thanks for sharing your joyful spirit with us.
He does everything!
It's a body double with Al's face super imposed on it
Believe it or not. Lady Gaga laid the backing tracks. She loved being parodied by Weird Al. She felt quite honored.
The song WAS flattering to her. Also good and funny.
My man, you need to react to some "OK Go" music videos. That's amazing stuff right there!
You and Weird Al would have the most beautiful bro-mance !! Love your reviews and love the parody king - Weird Al. 😀
Not a fan of Lady GaGa's music really, but when I learned that she got her name from Queens, "Radio GAGA"... i got some respect for her.
I'm going to see his live tour this Friday, and I cannot wait
Mad props to the background dancers.
Think I wrote this on your last reaction but I recommend watching The Key of Awesome once. They are hilarious and have years worth of Parodies. They go all out for a lot of their videos as well.
You need to watch Weird Al's "Living with a hernia" . Parody of the hardest working man James Brown's, "Living in America".
Congrats on 200k! Awesome dude (and dudette!) You guys are my go to for stress relief! Glad to know y'all are doing alright! 🤗
had a cassette of Weird Al. good times, getting old 😂
for what i heard it seem Lady gaga herself send him the first clip of her song and he added his face on gaga body! For what i heard she was fan of his work! i heard another thing, it seem that when he contacted gaga agent to get gaga blessing for his parody they told him to not do it because gaga was of the process of gatting out a new cd but when she latter heard of this she send him the clip with hare blessing because she was fan and delighted that he will parody her! If it's real lady gaga seem to be a great person!
The most hilarious is her french sentences if you know it...she said "excume me, who has farted
Can't wait to see you get to "Party in the CIA". Easily one of my favorite newer Wired Al.
He had two different women perform the body motions, one for the majority and a contortionist. His body is only actually seen during things like the "I'm Frankenstein" and as Willy Wonka.
I love the Madonna jokes. She was the OG "outrageous" Video star.
Might be me, but I think weird al was also hinting that Born This Way sounds like Express Yourself by madonna.
In an interview with weird Al someone asked him does he get promission to sing parody songs from the original singer of that song. And he said yes but 1 person said no to him
I showed my parents this video. They didn't even last after the first chorus.
No, it wasn't actually him. There was a talented woman dancer who had his face computer edited onto hers. There are SOME scenes with just him, but mostly it's the dancer's body.
It's funny to think that the MOMENT GaGa got out of her contract, she went to writing country music and becoming an actress, basically stopped all her showmanship because in many ways... she was forced to dress and act the way she did, basically trying to get popular by being crazy and wild and wacky, by her contract holders.