'Weird Al' Yankovic - Amish Paradise (Live at Red Rocks)

This performance of "Amish Paradise" was recorded on Aug. 1, 2019 at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, CO as part of our Strings Attached tour. This footage was taken directly from the IMAG feed. The Red Rocks performance featured the 71-piece Colorado Symphony, conducted by Scott O'Neil, who also arranged about half of the orchestral charts for the tour. These shows also featured my long-time band members (Jim "Kimo" West on guitar, Steve Jay on bass, Ruben Valtierra on keyboards and Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz on drums).as well as the greatest singers in the world, Lisa Popeil, Monique Donnelly and Scottie Haskell.

[ameliahartford]

Weird Al is the only non controversial celebrity. Like how can anyone have anything against weird al

[skelepunner]

This dude hired an entire orchestra to sing a parody song.
*legend.*

[krollic]

Weird Al, along with his parodies, never seem to age.

[DigiRangerScott]

Posting this the day of the Sonic the Hedgehog Movie’s release seems intentional…

[meeshobatayeh]

He's awesome, weird Al for president

[ggbenanimations]

Now this is good music
Someone even copied the song and changed the lyrics into a prison rap

[MilesCraft]

I was at this concert at red rocks. I live in Colorado and it was the closest tour stop to me. It was awesome!

[UnderfellSansTheEdgySkeleton]

The masterpiece parody




But live

[CobaltMenace]

Beta Sonic: Pastime Paradise
Old Sonic: Gangsta's Paradise
Redesign Sonic: Amish Paradise

[bigfoot]

Seen him 3 times as a kid, met him back stage all 3 times, WEIRD AL IS THE BEST, SO NICE SO AWESOME

[atroxarmy]

He’s hilarious...but I feel like his actual pure talent is so underrated. He can play a harmonica and an accordion. AT THE SAME TIME! Weird Al is a musical GOAT.

[adler]

The closest thing to how the amish would perform this song

[hughhoob]

This was originally released almost exactly 24 years ago
(March 12th 1996)

For Al he probably worked on this 24 years ago

[Roadiedave]

HAHA!! That's me!! Black shirt with red sides 02:08 dead center left, center center at 02:20 next to the girl in yellow (she's great btw), and on the lower right corner at 03:11 I'm famous now, thanks to AL!! This was an AWESOME show!! Got to meet the man himself. Al is just one of those people, like Tom Hanks, or Betty White that are impossible not to like. A rare 10/10 of a human being, the best thing ever to grace the UHF, and a priceless role model for Wonder Hamsters everywhere.

[rarbiart]

when the parody is more persistant and memorized than the original.

[accordion]

You are my hero Weird Al, keep being the most creative man in the music business!

[ShirleyDeeDesigns]

I had the privilege of seeing Al in person twice. He gave his all and it was the most entertaining concert I ever went to.

[jaycaviness]

Ah! I was there that night. The "No Strings Attached" Tour with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. It was fantastic.

[paulleckner]

You know you have made it when Weird Al sings a parody song of your song.

[DavyThomas]

AND, he is IN FACT singing live with no auto-tune - mhmmmm