Original Artists' Response

Post by **AlejandraDD** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:14 am

Nardwuar interviews T-Pain. At the 6:05 mark:

Nardwuar: What do you think about Weird Al covering you? I'm in love with the skipper.
T-Pain: Really? That's awesome. That is awesome. I mean, that is great to have Weird Al do a song and I get-- Makes me feel important enough to have Weird Al do a song.

Post by **TMBJon** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:18 am

Thanks, Alejandra! Great find!

Post by **Big Spoon** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:24 am

Thanks for posting that, Alejandra! Nice find.

Post by **JEDM** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:34 am

Cool find, Alejandra!

Post by **AlejandraDD** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:48 am

Hee! Thank Nardwuar for tagging the video with the words Weird Al. I was just curious to see why. I don't think I would have watched that interview on my own free will otherwise

Post by **TMBJon** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:58 am

I can say with absolute certainty I would never watch a nine minute interview of T-Pain on my own free will. Unless he gave all of his responses through an auto-tune machine.

Post by **TMBJon** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 7:33 am

Just added another interesting nugget I somehow overlooked a few years ago from Chamillionaire:

"That parody was the reason I won the Grammy, because it made the record so big it was undeniable," he says. "It was so big overseas that people were telling me they had heard my version of Weird Al's song."

Post by **anthontherun** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 7:41 am

Don't forget James Blunt's manager saying that he and James would never approve a release of "You're Pitiful."

Post by **RyanHippFTW** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 3:53 pm

Which is odd because it was James who gave Al a go to do it in the first place.

Post by **TMBJon** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 12:01 am

Updated first post to include Brian May's response to Ringtone and Toni Basil's response to Ricky.