He refused to do "My Corona" and I think, was probably right.
I would totally buy an album of Weird Al playing Jimmy Shand scots accordion tunes.
I would totally buy an album of Weird Al playing Jimmy Shand scots accordion tunes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojrtwXqqc6g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo7HB-slsm4
...but at this stage it's a bit like making Holocaust jokes, so I'd steer clear too. (The 2nd video above predates spread in the US and has already aged really badly.)
https://www.metrolyrics.com/bologna-lyrics-weird-al-yankovic...
That was on a Weird Al tape that I had back then. I still think of his versions of the songs on that tape (like "Another One Rides the Bus") as the "real" versions. I had almost never heard any of the things he was parodying anywhere else.
It must have been his self-titled album, released in 1983:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_(album...
Looking it up now I just learned that "Rice" was done by the guy who also does the "Richard Cheese" act.
Oh, give a little space to me
away from me.
Please try not to sneeze in my eyes, corona.
Sanitizer isn't free
uh woe is me
couldn't get an N-95, corona.
Kids are home from school
and they're bugging me
stores are out of food, that's no good
there's none left for me
so I say:
"Why, why, why, why why" Ow!So it's not like the subject is off-limits to him. He's just not going to go for the poor-taste, easy joke.