• @ummthatguy
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    556 months ago

    Frank, they’re not here for you.

  • @[email protected]
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    346 months ago

    Wait who is hating on Weird Al?! I still won’t forgive Prince’s dead ass for being mean to him.

    • @[email protected]
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      556 months ago

      It’s messed up, right? Loads of people are hating and fear mongering Al for absolutely no reason, he’s done nothing wrong.

      And to all those saying Al is going to take over the world and cost us all our jobs, Al would never do that to us!

      • @LemmyKnowsBest
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        56 months ago

        Al is harmless & fun & makes the world better but AI is a threat to human wellness & sanity & employment.

      • VindictiveJudge
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        26 months ago

        Well, the documentary said he was going to come back with a zombie army after Madonna had him assassinated.

    • @Brekky
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      96 months ago

      Legit thought this was a bad joke about people mixing up AI (Artificial Intelligence) with Al Yankovic!

  • @[email protected]
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    216 months ago

    This is one of those times where using a font with serifs would have ruined the joke since l(L) and I(i) look different

  • @[email protected]
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    206 months ago

    I actually saw this post, the amount of people who were getting mad at ai support even after BEING TOLD THE PUNCHLINE was insane

    • @CitizenKong
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      76 months ago

      It’s a disgrace Madonna wasn’t even put on trial back then!

  • @niktemadur
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    6 months ago

    “Al” looks just like “AI”.
    In fact, “Artificial Intelligence Yankovich” or “A.I. Yankovich” should be the name of his next album.

    • @zarathustrad
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      16 months ago

      And, he should use LLM to write the lyrics.

    • Flying SquidOPM
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      106 months ago

      To get real for a second, he recently did a tour where he did none of his parody songs. He still had enough for a full show.

      • @[email protected]
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        86 months ago

        Oh yeah. Al has a lot of original songs, but they’re usually “in the style of” someone. One that stands out for me, is “dare to be stupid” in the style of Devo. Very clearly in that style. But it’s not a parody.

        In so many cases, I would say that Al is as talented, or more talented than the people he parodies. Taking someone else’s song and inventing new lyrics to it that not only make sense, but they’re interesting, catchy and fit the song perfectly, can be a real challenge. He reproduces all the music with his own band, and of course also has original content too.

        Looking at all of that and thinking “he’s unoriginal” is insanity. He’s weird, sure, just as his name implies, and that’s what’s great about him.

    • @lapping6596
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      46 months ago

      I tried to learn the product list as a kid but it’s so hard with how quick he goes. Still a favorite song

  • Wolfeh
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    106 months ago

    Weird Al Yankovic is America’s modern pop rock genius.

    —Kurt Kobain

    • Davel23
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      86 months ago

      Considering Al died in the mid-'80s, I doubt it’s him.

      • @neatchee
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        Yeah, hasn’t that person seen the incredibly accurate journalistic masterpiece documentary “Weird: The Al Yankovich Story”?

        I don’t think he’s seen the 100% true film, using only authentic footage from his life, “Weird: The Al Yankovich Story” 😮

  • @zarathustrad
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    16 months ago

    Sure, Al has made a ton of deep fakes, and makes us question the nature of art, and the viability of art as a career in the modern era… But he is funny.