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Re: Al's double/triple/etc. dips of an artist (updated!)
Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 9:40 pm
by cromulnt
How about Elvis Costello? "I'm So Sick of You" is a style parody of him, and Al and the band send up his 1977 SNL performance by going into "Radio Radio" when there are technical difficulties.
Re: Al's double/triple/etc. dips of an artist (updated!)
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 10:57 pm
by Way_Moby
TheLazenby wrote:Also added "Don't Download This Song" to Michael Jackson's list, as it's mostly a style parody of "We Are the World."
I disagree with this on the grounds that DDTS is more of a style parody of over-produced charity songs, not specifically Michael Jackson.
Re: Al's double/triple/etc. dips of an artist (updated!)
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 11:49 pm
by BIGAlfan2711
Ho...Lee...CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's awesome!!!!!!
Re: Al's double/triple/etc. dips of an artist (updated!)
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 2:45 am
by JCM
Way_Moby wrote:TheLazenby wrote:Also added "Don't Download This Song" to Michael Jackson's list, as it's mostly a style parody of "We Are the World."
I disagree with this on the grounds that DDTS is more of a style parody of over-produced charity songs, not specifically Michael Jackson.
Yeah, but it mostly spoofed We Are the World musically. And wasn't WATW an MJ thing?
Re: Al's double/triple/etc. dips of an artist (updated!)
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 3:23 am
by Way_Moby
JCM wrote:And wasn't WATW an MJ thing?
Well, he wrote it, but he didn't perform the whole things. Plus, DDTS is very similar to "Hands Across America", and "Heal the World." It's not 100% a spoof on any one charity single, just the whole charity single 'genre.' A quick scan of Wikipedia under Charity Record (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charity_record) reveals tons of them.
Re: Al's double/triple/etc. dips of an artist (updated!)
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 4:42 am
by Bruce the Duck
To be specific, the chorus of DDTS sounds like "Hands Across America" and the verses sound like "We Are the World". It was smart to use the lesser known song for the verses, otherwise it would have sounded too much like WATW.
Re: Al's double/triple/etc. dips of an artist (updated!)
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 5:05 am
by JCM
Bruce the Duck wrote:It was smart to use the lesser known song for the verses, otherwise it would have sounded too much like WATW.
But isn't WATW what the verses are based off of? I'm confused now.
Re: Al's double/triple/etc. dips of an artist (updated!)
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 8:37 pm
by TheLazenby
Yeah, the verses are DEFINITELY "We Are The World." Perfect spoof of the 'there comes a time...' melody. But the choruses are more "Hands Across America."
Re: Al's double/triple/etc. dips of an artist (updated!)
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 11:11 pm
by Bruce the Duck
JCM wrote:Bruce the Duck wrote:It was smart to use the lesser known song for the verses, otherwise it would have sounded too much like WATW.
But isn't WATW what the verses are based off of? I'm confused now.
My bad, I meant to say the lesser known song was used for the choruses, which, again, was very smart to do.
Re: Al's double/triple/etc. dips of an artist (updated!)
Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2011 2:47 am
by JCM
Oh, I get it now. Thanks for clarifying.