World of Weird Al Yankovic

Posted: **Sat May 14, 2005 4:44 am**

Mad Genius @ May 13 2005, 03:53 PM wrote: Cool, Matt! Say, could you send me whatever you're planning for the compilation? I'd love to have more Matt Hogdson "That One Guy" on rotation for my show. Believe this or not, a few listeners mistook you for Al. 1955 is a huge hit on the show and so is Broke, featuring Jake Waters.

Hey, that's great! I believe it, people mistake me for Al all the time. I'll PM you about that.
- Matt

Posted: **Sat May 14, 2005 3:51 pm**

WeirdAbbott @ May 13 2005, 10:13 PM wrote: hey i know that you guys are sick of me telling you about upcoming parodies, but i just came up with another one, parody of Kinks, Lola (or Al's Yoda, either one) my version is CODA, now for those of you that don't know what a Coda is, in music, its like a second ending of the song in sheet music, i know it may sound lame, but its my idea, and i'm sticking to it

It's PERFECT, due to the fact that composers tell you to repeat Coda, and the tune never ends. Coda, Co-Co-Co-Co-Coda... great!

But a very small bunch of people will get that, really. Well, who knows... not many people really knew who Eddie Vedder is.

SEVA.

Posted: **Sat May 14, 2005 9:35 pm**

Hey, Matt!

Do you know if you can get the music on tapes into a computer, and how you do it? I'm thinking of doing that, like you said!!!!!!!

Thanks.

Posted: **Sun May 15, 2005 12:18 am**

queen_and_weirdal_fan @ May 14 2005, 08:35 PM wrote: Hey, Matt!

Do you know if you can get the music on tapes into a computer, and how you do it? I'm thinking of doing that, like you said!!!!!!!

Thanks.

Yep, you just plug a guitar chord into the tape recorder's head phone jack. Then you run the other end of the chord into your computer mic jack. You will need small jack adapters for each end of the guitar chord. I use Cool Edit as the editing program...I also have a $100 sound card so....good luck with that!
- Matt

Posted: **Sun May 15, 2005 1:32 am**

Thanks for the advice and steps to do it! I'm going to buy a tape recorder with my birthday money!

Posted: **Sun May 15, 2005 1:36 am**

So queen and weird al fan, do you write parodies too? If so what are some that youve written. I love seeing and hearing new parodies or original funny songs.

Posted: **Sun May 15, 2005 1:50 am**

That's cool! I have a whole list of them:

Amazing Race (Basket Case [Green Day])
Fast Food Pig (American Idiot [Green Day])
Pizza To Come (Dawson's Creek Theme Song)
Old and Tired (A Thousand Miles [Vanessa Carlton])
The Simpsons (Not Gonna Get Us [T.A.t.U])
Appetizing Lunches (California Girls [Beach Boys])

and have a lot more, also!!!!!!!

Posted: **Sun May 15, 2005 2:34 am**

those sound pretty good. Post the lyrics here if you want to.

Posted: **Sun May 15, 2005 2:59 am**

queen_and_weirdal_fan @ May 15 2005, 12:32 AM wrote: Thanks for the advice and steps to do it! I'm going to buy a tape recorder with my birthday money!

Good move! That's how I started out back in 1997. I had to learn everything on my own with no Internet or nothing...so hopefully in eight years you'll be as good as me

Good luck, and remember DATE EVERTHING!
- Matt

Posted: **Sun May 15, 2005 3:02 am**

That is good advice to date everything. And I first started recording stuff last year so now I have a good seven years to be as good as you Matt!

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