Weird Al Wants to Go Digital, Would Rick Roll The World

by Rob Walker | June 20, 2008 at 04:08 pm | 347 views | 7 comments

It's weird really, that he didn't think of it before. Maybe that's why he's called 'Weird Al'. At any rate, the master parodist has decided that youtube, itunes and other means of digital distribution might be the key to his continued success.

And I mean, if anyone is more perfect than Weird Al Yankovich for youtube, I don't know about them. I think I'd rather not.

At least it would beat getting rick rolled.

As a parodist, Weird Al Yankovic notes "timing is off the essence." So the accordion-playing artist, who in the past has lampooned "Star Wars," Michael Jackson, Chamillionaire and Queen, is hoping to use viral tools in the near future to keep things even fresher.

"Certainly there is the possibility of me being a lot more topical," Yankovic tells Billboard.com. "Before I would have to wait until I was getting ready to put an album out and hope I'd be able to latch onto something that was topical and timely -- and even then it would be a couple months before I'd be able to get an album in stores.

"Now, with iTunes and portals like that, ostensibly I could come up with an idea, record it and get it out in the marketplace within a week. That's exciting."

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Jarrett Martineau
good stuff:

You've been Yankovic'd?

marlinsgirl93

it's YankoviC no H,

Heiky
good stuff:

Rob Walker, I like this story. It's good stuff. White and Nerdy is classic.

jordan

It's a match made in heaven, really: Youtube and funnyordie are just now catching up with what Yankovic has been doing for decades.

trix2005

I met this Weird AlBum sleeve in the underground market in Central Seoul, South Korea. It also features here.http://www.flickr.com/groups/sleeveface/

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Redoor2007

2007 Concert at Edmonton EX.

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AlvarezGalloso
good stuff:

Rob Walker, I like this story. It's good stuff.

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June 20, 2008 at 04:08 pm by Rob Walker, 347 views, 7 comments

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