Yankovic used al tv to advertise the video for eat it a virtually shotforshot parody of michael jacksons authentic. This video features snippets of every cover song we performed on our 2018 tour. Weird al yankovic miscellaneous i love rocky road i hear those ice cream bells and i start to drool, keep a couple quarts in my locker at school yeah, but chocolates gettin old, and vanilla just leaves me cold, theres just one flavor good enough for me, yeah me, dont. He is known mainly for his parodies of popular songs. May 03, 2001 weird al yankovic is also responsible for a feature length movie, named uhf 3, which was released in 1989. Polka on 45 is the first of many medleys featuring hit songs. This song is by weird al yankovic and appears on the album weird al yankovic 1983. Kathie lee, tom hanks, sean connery, burt reynolds snl. Yankovic said he had originally been nicknamed weird al by fellow students and took it on professionally as his persona for the station.
Alfred matthew weird al yankovic born october 23, 1959 in downey, california is an american singersongwriter, music producer, actor, comedian, satirist, accordion player and kazooist. Weird al yankovic is famous for his parodies of wellknown songs. Weird al yankovic on vevo official music videos, live performances, interviews and more. Although it was an educational tv show by fcc requirement, the show. Alfred matthew weird al yankovic born october 23, 1959 is an american singersongwriter, musician, parodist, record producer, satirist, music video director, movie producer, actor, and author. Weird al yankovic, weird al yankovic in 3d, dare to be stupid, polka party.
Getting weird with weird al yankovic though this site usually focuses on the bizarre, i thought getting weird would also fit in nicelyas in weird al yankovic. Weird al yankovic is also responsible for a feature length movie, named uhf 3, which was released in 1989. Ive heard snippets of i love rock n roll, but listened many times to the entire i love rocky road. Theres no fulllength music video for this one, although a short clip was. A second concert film, weird al yankovic live the alpocalypse tour, aired on comedy central on october 1, 2011, and was released on bluray and dvd three days later.
The mockumentary takes you behind the scenes, beginning with his childhood years, his high school and college days, up through his earlycareer rise to stardom. The complete works of weird al yankovic weird al yankovic on allmusic 2017 squeeze box is the crowning achievement in the. I love rocky road music video by weird al yankovic. Credits original music and lyrics by alan merrill and jake hooker. I must take issue with your entry for weird al yankovicfor in allowing it to remain active, you are perpetrating a great injustice. Mar 23, 2011 mix weird al yankovic i love rocky road youtube.
I love rocky road so werent you gonna buy half a gallon, baby i love rocky road so have another triple scoop with me, ow oh, make it talk when i m all alone, i just grab myself a cone and if i get fat and loose my teeth thats fine with me just lock me in the freezer and throw away the key singing i love rocky road. Jun 27, 2011 the sophomore album is called weird al yankovic in 3d and is received well by fans and critics upon its release in february, 1984. Although it is a mockumentary, it is roughly based on yankovics real life. I love rocky road, weird al didnt need to ask joan jett, the artist known for. I love rocky road, june of 1983, a parody of joan jetts i love rocknroll is a tribute to al s favorite ice cream flavor. The weird al yankovic video library is a vhs release of most of weird al yankovic music videos to date. An abbreviated version premiered on august 7, 1985 on the showtime network before the full film was released on video on. Housed in a plastic replica of yankovic s signature accordion, the box grabs attention and the booklet is gorgeous, filled with memorabilia and rare photos.
I have been a fan of als since i first heard his parody of the kinks lola entitled yoda on the dr. Getting weird with weird al yankovic davids basement. I must take issue with the wikipedia entry for weird al. V svoji karieri je posnel vec kot 150 pesmi parodij in lastnih stvaritev ter prodal. The title of the film is a parody from the 1982 documentary the compleat beatles. I love rocky road media wiki fandom powered by wikia. Weird al yankovic simple english wikipedia, the free. Weird al yankovic wikipedija, prosta enciklopedija. To most people, pairing the music of weird al yankovic with a symphony orchestra probably seems like a ridiculous proposition. The rye or the kaiser theme from rocky xiii duration. Although it was an educational tv show by fcc requirement, the show managed to sneak in a little of al s subversive.
Music video by weird al yankovic performing i love rocky road. Bob shot in june of 2003, this is a homage to bob dylans subterranean homesick blues video which was part of the documentary dont look back. Squeeze box collects all of yankovics 14 studio albums, ranging from his 1983 debut weird al yankovic, to his 2014 studio release mandatory fun. The music video begins with a leather coated weird al appearing in an ice cream shop. In retelling his life story, the film includes several of his music videos, including ricky and eat it. Yankovicfor in allowing it to remain active, you are perpetrating a great injustice. To whomever or whatever is currently in charge of the free encyclopedia and online community portal at, i demand that you remove the mask of anonymity and account for the gross oversights to be found on your site.
During yankovics sophomore year as an architecture student at cal poly, he became a disc jockey at kcpr, the universitys radio station. Use one of the links above or use our search feature which will look through al s lyrics and album titles as well as lyrics from source material. It just happens to star michael richards kramer of seinfeld and fran drescher from the nanny, before they were famous. Dvds and blurays product categories weird al yankovic. Weird al yankovic is a grammy award winning american musician, satirist, parodist, accordionist, and television producer. I love rocky road by weird al yankovic on amazon music. Weird al yankovic i hear those ice cream bells and i start to drool keep a couple quarts in my locker at school yeah, but chocolates gettin old vanilla just leaves me cold theres just one flavor good enough for me, yah me dont gimme no crummy taste spoon i know what i need baby, i love rocky road so werent you gonna buy half a gallon, baby i love rocky road so have another triple. I love rocky road, june of 1983, a parody of joan jetts i love rocknroll is a tribute to als favorite ice cream flavor. Huge thanks to the greatest band in the world jim kimo west on guitar, steve jay on bass, ruben valtierra on keyboards, jon bermuda schwartz on drums and our frontofhouse engineermixer denny jagard. Jul 22, 2019 music, film, tv and political news coverage. Squeeze box is the crowning achievement in the career of weird al yankovic.
The compleat al is a mockumentary about the life of weird al yankovic, from his birth in 1959, to 1985. Dont gimme no crummy tastespoon, i know what i need chorus baby i love rocky road. It is about how the singer is obsessed with rocky road ice cream. The concert was filmed at massey hall in toronto, ontario, canada, during yankovics tour supporting the album alpocalypse. Storyline weird al yankovic performs in the music video i love rocky road from the album weird al yankovic recorded for scotti brothers records. In the world of novelty records a genre noted for its extensive back catalog of flashesinthepan and onehit wonders yankovic was king, scoring smash after smash over the course of an enduring. He is known in particular for humorous songs which make fun of popular culture or parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts, or both. I love rocky road is a 1983 song by weird al yankovic about a mans obsession with rocky road ice cream. The weird al yankovic video library movie facebook. Weird al yankovic i love rocky road releases discogs.
This 100minute mockumentary includes als first 8 videos. He is known for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and often parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts. Freshen up your watchlist with prime videos latest roster of streaming movies and. For hardcore weird al fans, these bells and whistles are reason enough to purchase this set, as its a celebration of yankovic s music and how their own fandom played a part in his legacy. With weird al yankovic, wally burns, billy selby, jane campbell. Aug 01, 2019 getting weird with weird al yankovic though this site usually focuses on the bizarre, i thought getting weird would also fit in nicelyas in weird al yankovic. Demento show for the past 25 yearshe is a master song parodist,par excellencethis 4 cd set serves as a retrospective of al s careerit covers the years 19791994the accompanying booklet written by the aforementioned dr. Weird al yankovic performs in the music video i love rocky road from the album weird al yankovic recorded for scotti brothers records. Welcome to, the ultimate reference for songs by weird al yankovic. Listen free to weird al yankovic i love rocky road radio. With weird al yankovic, steve jay, jim west, barry hansen. Rock 45 weird al yankovic another rides the bus gotta boogie on t. Ricky, i love rocky road, eat it, i lost on jeopardy, this is the. The big squeeze is a chronological trip back through the music of weird al yankovic with two big objectives in mind.
After hooking up with noted session guitarist and producer rick. My musical tastes were forged in the early 70s by dr. It is a parody of i love rock n roll by the band arrows. After graduating in 1980, yankovic cut another one rides the bus, a parody of queens charttopping another one bites the dust recorded live in dr. The foremost song parodist of the mtv era, weird al yankovic carried the torch of musical humor more proudly and more successfully than any performer since allan sherman. Getting weird with weird al yankovic davids basement of. Jul 19, 2016 ive heard snippets of i love rock n roll, but listened many times to the entire i love rocky road. Weird al yankovic has been an integral part of the nationally syndicated dr. The 25 best weird al yankovic parody songs yardbarker.
I love rocky road so werent you gonna buy half a gallon, baby i love rocky road so have another triple scoop with me, ow oh, make it talk when im all alone, i just grab myself a cone and if i get fat and loose my teeth thats fine with me just lock me in the freezer and throw away the key singing i love rocky road. Check out i love rocky road by weird al yankovic on amazon music. I hear those ice cream bells and i start to drool keep a couple quarts in my locker at school yeah, but chocolates getting old vanilla just leaves me cold there. I hear those ice cream bells and i start to drool keep a couple quarts in my locker at school yah, but chocolates gettin old vanilla just leaves me cold theres just one flavor good enough for me, yah me dont. Introductionaltv theme i love rocky road weird al yankovic once in a lifetime talking heads the altv lost weekend contest house of fun madness all of the good ones are taken ian hunter whenever youre on my mind marshall crenshaw. Ricky lyrics by new al yankovic vocals voice of lucy tress macneille writtenby mike chapman, nicky chinn writtenby i love lucy theme eliot daniel, harold adamson.
His works have earned him three gold and five platinum records in the u. Fact and fiction are mingled in this mockumentary about the career of music parodist weird al yankovic. An abbreviated version premiered on august 7, 1985 on the showtime network before the full film was released on video on september 25, 1985. Weird als i love lucythemed song, ricky a spoof of mickey by toni basil. Although it was an educational tv show by fcc requirement, the show managed to sneak in a little of als subversive. The weird al show was a saturday morning in most markets halfhour tv show on cbs starring al and a recurring cast of characters, including the hooded avenger brian haley, madame judy judy tenuta, j. Yankovic is known in particular for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and that often parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts. Introductionaltv theme i love rocky road weird al yankovic once in a lifetime talking heads the altv lost weekend contest house of fun madness all of the good ones are taken ian hunter whenever youre on my mind marshall crenshaw nutrition break. It is a parody of the 1981 joan jett and the blackhearts cover version of the british band arrows 1975 song, i love rockn roll, originally performed, lead vocals, composition and lyrics written by alan merrill. Rock weird al yankovic vinyl records for sale ebay. It was partially written by yankovic and directed by jay levey. Demento is extremely informativebesides his great parody numbers like my bologna,another one. He sings as he wears a leather coat for the people in the ice cream shop. Squeeze box collects all of yankovic s 14 studio albums, ranging from his 1983 debut weird al yankovic, to his 2014 studio release mandatory fun.
I love rocky road 1983 in this parody of joan jetts i love rock n roll, a leatherclad al transplants the action from a tough greaser bar to a family friendly ice cream parlor. Mar 25, 2020 weird al yankovic i love rocky road by alyankovic. I love rocky road simple english wikipedia, the free. Wierd al yankovic wierd al yankovic rocky road i hear those icecream bells and i start to drool, i keep a couple quarts in my locker at scool, yeah, but chocolates gettin old, and vanilla just leaves me cold theres only one flavor good enough for me, yeah me. In 1978, he released his first recording as alfred yankovic, take me down, on the lp, slo grown, as a benefit for. For concerns about coronavirus covid19, please visit the following links. The compleat al is the amazing, hilarious, and notentirelytrue story of weird al yankovic, the grammy awardwinning master of musical parody and rock and roll comedy. Toppersmith stan freberg and of course, harvey the wonder hamster.
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