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Legendary pop music parodist Weird Al Yankovic has written a touching remembrance for Rolling Stone about the passing of Michael Jackson.
Yankovic, who parodied both Beat It (Eat It) and Bad (Fat), reveals on the magazine's website that Michael was a gracious man who didn't mind being poked fun of and was an avid fan of Weird Al's movie UHF.
'' The first time around I pursued Michael Jackson about a song parody, it was a shot in the dark. We're talking about the most popular and famous person in the known universe, and here I was, this goofy comedy songwriter. He not only returned our phone calls, but he approved it. He thought it was a funny idea. Then when we did the second parody, "Fat," he was nice enough to let us use his subway set for the video, so he's always been very supportive.
The first time I met him in person was long after I had gotten permission to do "Eat It" back in 1984. There's a contract somewhere that has his signature next to mine, proving that we are the co-writers of "Eat It," which is surrealistic in and of itself. The first time I actually ran into him was backstage at one of his concerts, this was maybe four years later, when Even Worse came out with my second parody, "Fat." I went backstage, and he was seeing a lot of people, but I brought along a gold record of Even Worse to present to him, and he was very gracious and thanked me for it and said some nice things. After the fact, I thought, "That's probably the last thing Michael Jackson needs, another gold record for his storage locker." Seeing him in person was amazing, it was otherworldly. He was and continues to be so iconic, it's hard to even conceive of him as a human being. He always was bigger than life.
Our second meeting was a TV show taping. He was performing "Black or White," and I remember Slash was onstage and I talked to [Michael] briefly afterwards. He told me he would play my movie, UHF, for his friends at Neverland Ranch, and he was very soft-spoken, very quiet, but always very friendly to me.
I considered parodying "Black or White" around that time. Michael wasn't quite so into it, because he thought "Black or White" was more of a message song, and he didn't feel as comfortable with a parody of that one, which I completely understood, and in a way, he did me a huge favor, because I was already getting pegged as the guy who did Michael Jackson parodies, and because he wasn't so into it, I decided to go with Nirvana, which wound up revitalizing my career. I don?t know what kind of career I would have today if it hadn't been for Michael Jackson. In a very real sense, he jump-started my career. "Eat It" basically changed me from an unknown into a guy that got recognized at Burger King. ''
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El famoso comico WEIRD AL YANKOVIC recordo a Michael Jackson tras su muerte en un articulo de la Rolling Stone. Weird Al parodio la cancion Beat it (Eat it) y Bad (Fat), y revela que Michael Jackson era un hombre con sentido del humor, al que no le molestaba ser parodiado y que se habia declarado fan de la película de Yankovic, UHF.
¨Persuadir a Michael Jackson para poder hacer una parodia sobre el, podia ser una mision incierta. Estamos hablando del artista mas famoso del universo, mientras yo, un tonto comediante y compositor. No solo logramos llamar la atención de Michael, sino que finalmente, aprobo la idea. Pensaba que era graciosa. Luego hicimos una segunda parodia, Fat, y Michael para demostrar su apoyo, nos permitio rodar el video en el mismo escenario donde se habia grabado BAD.
La primera vez que lo conoci en persona, fue un tiempo despues de habernos permitido parodiar Beat it, en 1984. Existe un contrato en algun lado, que tiene su firma junto a la mia, que prueba que ambos escribimos EAT IT, algo completamente surreal. La primera vez que me lo encontre, fue en uno de sus conciertos, unos 4 años despues, cuando EVEN WORSE salio a la venta, con la parodia de BAD. Tras bambalinas, Michael estaba rodeado de muchas personas, y le lleve el disco de oro que habia ganado con EVEN WORSE, lo cual me agradecio con cumplidos y palabras bonitas.En ese momento pense que lo ultimo que necesitaba Michael era otro disco de oro. Verlo en persona fue increíble. Fue y es una figura iconica, es difícil pensar en el como un ser humano. Siempre fue mas grande que la vida misma.
La segunda vez que nos vimos, fue en un especial donde el presentaria BLACK OR WHITE con SLASH, hablamos y fue ahí que me conto que en su rancho Neverland, solia presentar mi película UHF a sus invitados. Su voz era suave, el era muy tranquilo, pero siempre muy amigable.
Por un tiempo pense en parodiar BLACK OR WHITE, pero Michael no estaba de acuerdo, porque pensaba que el mensaje de la misma no era apto para parodiarse. Yo lo entendi, y en cierto modo, me hizo un gran favor, porque realmente queria despegarme de la imagen del tipo raro que parodia a Michael Jackson. Asi que decidi hacer una version de una cancion de Nirvana, que termino por revitalizar mi carrera. No se realmente que seria de mi si no fuera por Michael Jackson, el me puso en el mapa. Eat it me hizo pasar de un completo desconocido a una cara familiar.¨
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JktSCd8GIFw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA1ixpdSoYI
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