'Weird Al' Yankovic Breaks Down His Most Iconic Tracks | GQ

“Weird Al” Yankovic breaks down his most iconic tracks including ‘My Bologna,’ ‘White And Nerdy,’ ‘Another One Rides The Bus,’ ‘Eat It,’ ‘Amish Paraside,’ ‘I Love Rocky Road,’ ‘Smells Like Nirvana,’ ‘Dare To Be Stupid,’ ‘Albuquerque,’ ‘Fat,’ ‘Polka Face,’ ‘Like A Surgeon,’ and ’Hardware Store.’

"My Bologna" music video courtesy of Randy Kerdoon.

Director - Graham Corrigan
Director of Photography - Grant Bell
Editor - Gerard Zarra
Talent - "Weird Al" Yankovich
Producer - Kristen Rakes
Associate Producer - Sam Dennis
Production Managers - Andressa Pelachi & Peter Brunette
Production Coordinator - Carolina Wachockier
Talent Booker - Mica Medoff
Camera Operator - Shay Eberle Gunst
Audio - Paul Cornett
Production Assistant - Brock Spitaels
Groomer - Vanessa Rene
Post Production Supervisor - Rachael Knight
Supervising Editor - Rob Lombardi
Assistant Editor - Justin Symonds

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0:00 “Weird Al” Yankovic’s Iconic Tracks
0:26 My Bologna
2:08 White And Nerdy
3:04 Another One Rides The Bus
4:00 Eat It
5:03 Amish Paradise
6:36 I Love Rocky Road
7:59 Smells Like Nirvana
9:40 Dare To Be Stupid
10:33 Albuquerque
11:26 Fat
13:13 Polka Face
14:24 Like A Surgeon
15:45 Hardware Store
16:37 “The Number 27”


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[SkulShurtugalTCG]

The fact that musicians consider being parodied by Weird Al to be a higher honor than winning a Grammy speaks volumes of this legend.

[ltjgambrose]

It's insane to me that Weird Al is 63. He's still got so much manic, friendly energy.

[ujustgotpwnd]

The fact that Al does NOT legally need permission to make a parody yet he still won't if the artist doesn't approve because he doesn't want to offend their art is legendary.

[DesertDawg-oqfg]

I love the story of Paul McCartney fanboying out the moment Al arrived at a record party. He was fully prepared to walk in there and feel like an outcast and talk to no one, and within two minutes Paul McCartney is hugging him.

[ethansmith]

It amazes me that this man has remained relevant for 40 years doing what he does. Parody is a niche at best. This man has made Parody a career. That's magic.

[sheridanamber]

Tony Hawk being in the Smells Like Nirvana video without Al knowing is the most Tony Hawk thing ever

[jackcallahaniv]

When Al said “we lost A LOT of extras that day” I got concerned for the worst

[henriquebecker]

Weird Al was the friend everyone wanted to have in his 20s, the uncle everyone wanted to have in his 40s and now in his 60s he's the grampa everyone want to have.

[estebanramirez]

He’s the only man to refer to himself as quirky and have everyone around him agree instead of cringe.

[isaacgraham]

I’m surprised he doesn’t mention the greatest thing about “Dare to be Stupid” which is that Mark Mothersbaugh was *insanely* envious about it and never truly forgave him for writing “the perfect Devo song” as he put it.

[soliousdragon]

The fact he heard he was going to have a pony based off him in My Little Pony, and immediately wanted to be the voice of said pony is an amazing

[LaurieSwenson]

I love how down-to-earth Al is and how much joy he seems to have in what he does. Watching him on The Tonight Show was really fun as Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jimmy Fallon were geeking out over Weird Al and the "Hamilton Polka." Al feels genuine and a super nice guy every time I see him in appearances.

[Shark]

He was awesome in concert, he even hung around after to meet fans. Great guy, top tier performer

[Methuslah]

Weird Al is one of those rare performers that’s able to be funny without resorting to being mean

[yournamehere]

I like that he has kept his drummer all these years. It speaks well of him.

[jazznickel]

"Another One Rides the Bus" was his first song I ever heard. It came a record inside my Mad Magazine. The record was a soft flexible page that you cut out and it actually played on a record player!! True Story! I had that record for years.

[donaldburgio]

Weird Al should, without a doubt, be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

[diedampfbrasse]

a great man once said "He who is tired of Weird Al is tired of life." ... I wish noone has ever the misfortune to get tired of the genius Weird Al, this man will get you trough any hardship with just a song or two and yet he gives us many many more just in case.
Thanks "Weird Al" Yankovic

[sheilasmith]

My husband showed Amish Paradise to one of the Amish workers on the job site and he laughed at it and loved it!

[zackfolkestad]

I love how nerdy and genuinely happy he is. I hope that I get to meet him one day. He seems like such an awesome person to be around!