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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Geek / Homo / Music Lady Gaga Ruins Everything, Vol. 2,493

Posted by Erik Henriksen on Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 12:58 PM

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Ever since Weird Al sent me a personalized, signed head shot after I wrote him a fan letter—c. age 13, right after Alapalooza came out, right around when I thought "Frank's 2000 Inch TV" was one of the greatest songs ever written—the guy's been pretty aces in my book. On the other hand, Lady Gaga seems like the most annoying person on the goddamn planet, so you can probably guess whose side I'm on here. Says Weird Al:

I wrote and recorded what I thought was going to be the first single off of my new album: a parody of “Born This Way” by Lady Gaga called “Perform This Way.” But after hearing it, Lady Gaga decided not to give me permission to release the song, so… it won’t be coming out commercially anytime in the near future. Sorry.

Weird Al has the details here, but the short version: Lady Gaga told Weird Al she'd need to hear the finished song before she gave her stamp of approval; then, once it was recorded, she said no, joining Coolio and Eminem in the super-small "People Who Like to Be Dicks to Weird Al Club." Making Lady Gaga look like even more of a jackass? The message at the end of this video, which contains the parody song's audio: “Had this been released, all proceeds from the sale of the song and video would have gone to the Human Rights Campaign.”

Nice one, Lady Gaga. YOU RUIN EVERYTHING.

 

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Why is Weird Al using Wordpress hosted blog? I'd asusme that this guy could get a decent website.
Posted by Graham on April 20, 2011 at 1:09 PM · Report
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Because having a Wordpress hosted site is the new recording your first album in your bathroom and mailing the tape to Dr. Demento.
All the cool kids are doing it.
Posted by rich23 on April 20, 2011 at 1:16 PM · Report
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Also, Gaga has to maintain complete control over her image and the illusion that she's 'creative', 'original' and has 'club cred'.
Having Weird Al do a parody treatment of you sort of short circuits all of that.
Posted by rich23 on April 20, 2011 at 1:24 PM · Report
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Dude, I have a signed, personalized headshot of Weird Al, too! I got it when I was like 7, though. My uncle was his tour manager.
Posted by ROM on April 20, 2011 at 1:56 PM · Report
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I got his autograph when I was a kid too. It was after a show at the Hillsboro Fair and he was eating a family sized bucket of KFC... He got chicken grease stains all over the paper I had him sign.
Posted by Chester Copperpot on April 20, 2011 at 2:06 PM · Report
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So she wouldn't give him permission to parody a song that she blatantly ripped off from Madonna? Why does this fail to surprise me? Just further proof that she needs to sit in the corner for eternity.
Posted by Never Alone on April 20, 2011 at 3:45 PM · Report
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The last person who said no to Weird Al was Coolio, and look where he ended up.
Posted by Joneser on April 20, 2011 at 4:36 PM · Report
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Now she's okay with it: http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2011/04/20/135582519/crisis-averted-lady-gaga-approves-weird-al-yankovic-parody-after-all
Posted by pumpkinmidnightorsnowball on April 20, 2011 at 5:11 PM · Report
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@pumpkingmidnightwhatever: Indeed: http://alyankovic.wordpress.com/2011/04/20…

Moral of the story: Lady Gaga's manager is a jerk.
Posted by Erik Henriksen on April 20, 2011 at 5:19 PM · Report
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So what you're saying is that you no longer think that "Frank's 2000 Inch TV" is one of the greatest songs ever written.
YOU RUIN EVERYTHING.
Posted by Todd Mecklem on April 20, 2011 at 10:01 PM · Report
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Apparently it's on like Donkey Kong! Lady Gaga has given Al the green light!

http://alyankovic.wordpress.com/2011/04/20…
Posted by tommyspoon on April 21, 2011 at 6:04 AM · Report
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When do you need permission to do a parody ?
Posted by Rosy on April 21, 2011 at 8:22 PM · Report

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