"Weird Al" Yankovic Is Ready To Enter The Digital Age [Rush Releases]

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"Weird Al" Yankovic Is Ready To Enter The Digital Age [Rush Releases]

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Over the summer, accordion-wielding parodist "Weird Al" Yankovic told Billboard that he was prepared to take advantage of the iTunes age by breaking free from the album mold, and using iTunes to release songs that were more of the moment than was possible during the era of "Eat It" and "Like A ...

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Weird Al Yankovic: Weird Al to begin rush-releasing songs
Prefix — ... , to which the world shudders in horror. If he does indeed do Katy Perry s magnum opus, it will only encourage her. Plus, what route could Al go with that one? I Killed A Squirrel? Al promises that if this song works out (as in sells a bunch of copies) this could be how he operates in the future. [ Idolator ]

What Will New Weird Al’s New Single Be?
Vulture — ... bold first step into digital delivery tomorrow with the surprise release of a brand-new single on iTunes. But what pop song will he brilliantly skewer this time? It's top secret for now, but Al drops a hint on his MySpace blog: "It's a parody of a song that very recently was (or perhaps still is) the number one song in the country. That would be another first for me — I don't think I've ever released a parody of a song while the original song was still number one!" Idolator speculates that it's a takeoff of Katy Perry's awful, non–Song of the ...

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