“Weird Al has been cool for so long because pop makes everybody feel uncool; that he is the only one to admit it has made him a pop star”
Anxiety starts early for pop audiences. For decades, I have had twenty-somethings tell me...
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“Every aspect of Weird Al’s art is enthusiastic and cheerful, a throwback to an earlier era of comedy and pop culture…”
Every aspect of his art is enthusiastic and cheerful, a throwback to an earlier...
Musical verisimilitude is part of what Yankovic provides – it’s a form of comfort that’s slightly different from comedy”
Musical verisimilitude is part of what Yankovic provides—it’s a form of comfort that’s slightly...
Weird Al “has become popular not because he is immensely clever…but because he embodies how many people feel when confronted with pop music”
…what is it that Weird Al actually does? I don’t laugh at his songs,...