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Mandatory World Tour
The Mandatory World Tour (also known as the Return of the Mandatory World Tour) is the 12th concert tour by American recording artist, "Weird Al" Yankovic. Launched in 2015, the tour supports the singer's 14th studio album, ''Mandatory Fun'' (2014). Running for two years, the tour played nearly 200 shows in North America, Europe and Australasia. Background Yankovic announced the tour in January 2015 via his Twitter account. The tweet featured a 30-second ad, styled as a propaganda film, calling the show, "the greatest musical spectacle ever seen". The tour predominately played in the United States, with a handful of dates in Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Along with standalone gigs, Yankovic also played music festivals, state and county fairs. At the end of 2015, the tour placed 122nd on Pollstar's annual year end list, earning 8.2 million. In 2016, the singer added additional shows marked as the "Return of the Mandatory World Tour". Yankovic remarked many fans were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
"Weird Al" Yankovic
Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic ( ; born October 23, 1959) is an American singer, musician, songwriter, record producer, actor and author. He is best known for creating comedy songs that make light of pop culture and often parody specific songs by contemporary musicians. He also performs original songs that are style pastiches of the work of other acts, as well as polka medleys of several popular songs, most of which feature his trademark accordion. Since having a comedy song aired on '' The Dr. Demento Radio Show'' in 1976 at age 16, Yankovic has sold more than 12 million albums (), recorded more than 150 parodies and original songs, and performed more than 1,000 live shows. His work has earned him five Grammy Awards and a further 11 nominations, four gold records, and six platinum records in the U.S. His first top ten '' Billboard'' album ('' Straight Outta Lynwood'') and single (" White & Nerdy") were both released in 2006, nearly three decades into his career. His l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perform This Way
"Perform This Way" is a song parody by American musician "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of " Born This Way" by Lady Gaga. The lyrics are told from the point of view of Gaga and describe her performance style and fashion sense. The song is the sixth single from Yankovic's 2011 album ''Alpocalypse'', and all the proceeds were donated to the Human Rights Campaign charity. Gaga herself has praised the work and has additionally described herself as a "Weird Al" fan. The song entered and peaked at number six on the Comedy Digital Tracks chart of ''Billboard'', remaining for a total of eight weeks. Development Yankovic had already completed 11 songs for ''Alpocalypse'', but still felt the need for another song to be the lead single. As " Born This Way" was becoming more and more popular, he started to consider parodying it, but he became reluctant after hearing the song, considering that spoofing "such an earnest human rights anthem" could be in bad taste, and also because a Lady G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Idiot
"Canadian Idiot" is a 2006 song and digital single by American parody musician "Weird Al" Yankovic from his album ''Straight Outta Lynwood''. It is a parody of Green Day's song " American Idiot". The song is a sarcastic parody of the stereotypical American view of the Canadian way of life and a satire of American xenophobia. Yankovic pokes fun at an accentuated Canadian dialect and Canadians' love of ice hockey, beer, macaroni and cheese, and doughnuts. At the end of the song, he says that the Canadians are "up to something" and calls for a "preemptive strike". Although critical reception to the song was mixed, "Canadian Idiot" is among Yankovic's best-charting songs, peaking at 82 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. He included it on the set lists of four of his concert tours, and fans responded with hundreds of homemade music videos. Composition and themes "Canadian Idiot" is "Weird Al" Yankovic's parody of " American Idiot", a 2004 punk rock anthem by Green Day. Whil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EBay (song)
"eBay" is a song by American parody musician "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "I Want It That Way" by Backstreet Boys. In the song, the narrator describes how he impulsively purchases unneeded (and bizarre) items on eBay (among them being " Shatner's old toupee", "a ''Dukes of Hazzard'' ashtray", and "a Kleenex used by Dr. Dre"). The song was taken from his eleventh studio album ''Poodle Hat''. Release Released in 2003, "eBay" debuted at number fifteen on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles several years later, due to the number of digital downloads it received. Personnel *"Weird Al" Yankovic – lead and background vocals * Jim West – guitars *Steve Jay – bass guitar *Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz – drum programming *Kim Bullard – keyboards Music video The song "eBay" was performed live at eBay Live! 2003. A portion of this performance can be seen at the beginning of the CNBC documentary ''The eBay Effect: Inside a Worldwide Obsession''. No offic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gump (song)
"Gump" is a song by American musical parodist "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "Lump" by alternative rock group The Presidents of the United States of America and also parodies the 1994 movie ''Forrest Gump''. It is one of a handful of Yankovic songs describing the events of a movie, such as "Jurassic Park" and "The Saga Begins" and currently the only one parodied from a then-recent song. The cover for the single is itself a parody of the Presidents of the United States of America's debut album cover. This is one of Yankovic's shortest album parodies, second only to his remade version of "My Bologna" (a parody of The Knack's "My Sharona"). In the video for this song, Yankovic dons a bald cap. The Presidents of the United States of America themselves praised the parody and has since often referred to the "Weird Al" song during live performances. Comedian Brian Posehn recorded a skit for his 2020 comedy metal album ''Grandpa Metal'' called "My Phone Call with Weird Al", fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ode To A Superhero
An ode (from grc, ᾠδή, ōdḗ) is a type of lyric poetry. Odes are elaborately structured poems praising or glorifying an event or individual, describing nature intellectually as well as emotionally. A classic ode is structured in three major parts: the ''strophe'', the ''antistrophe'', and the ''epode''. Different forms such as the ''homostrophic ode'' and the ''irregular ode'' also enter. Greek odes were originally poetic pieces performed with musical accompaniment. As time passed on, they gradually became known as personal lyrical compositions whether sung (with or without musical instruments) or merely recited (always with accompaniment). The primary instruments used were the aulos and the lyre (the latter was the most revered instrument to the ancient Greeks). There are three typical forms of odes: the Pindaric, Horatian, and irregular. Pindaric odes follow the form and style of Pindar. Horatian odes follow conventions of Horace; the odes of Horace deliberately imitate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
