r/weirdal • u/mantooth90 • 1d ago

Article A brief history of Weird Al covering (not parodying) other artists

https://milwaukeerecord.com/music/a-brief-history-of-weird-al-covering-not-parodying-other-artists/

Weird Al Week continues! Chances are very high that on Saturday, fans will hear exactly one cover of a beloved oldie. But what song will it be?

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u/PomegranateFair3973 1d ago

I know last July, he did a pretty nice cover of You Can Call Me Al. Was a nice surprise because, while not a bad thing (kinda expected seeing the same tour twice) the concert was pretty much the same as when I saw him the July before that.

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u/srcarruth 1d ago

He did that this year at the Washington state fair, too!

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u/EggfooDC 23h ago

Yep, it is part of his set list now. Just saw him last week.

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u/Figgy1983 23h ago

I saw him do The Turtles' "Happy Together" with Puddles Pity Party. A little while back he covered "Hot to Go."

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u/Extreme-Wolverine-56 "Weird Al" Yankovic In 3-D (1984) 22h ago

I can't belive nobody had mentioned his cover of "George of the Jungle" on the Dare to be Stupid album

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u/fred_2727 19h ago

But he didnt sing it during the tour

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u/poppopintheattic11 1d ago

He did a cover-of-a-cover of Joe Cocker’s The Letter when I saw him this summer and it was legitimately awesome!

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u/Just_Visiting_Town 1d ago

The Letter is The Box Tops. Joe Cocker covered it.

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u/poppopintheattic11 22h ago

Right. He covered Cocker’s cover.

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u/CHILLAS317 22h ago

Hard to say, but I absolutely love that he's been doing straight covers for a while now. The man can sing!

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u/Max8ooo 20h ago

It is funny that Radio Radio was his go-to cover, when Pump It Up would be the more obvious choice for accordion.

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u/Voorheezie 5h ago

He did Devo The Girl I Want when I saw him, it was great

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u/TransmissionAD 22m ago

Beat on the Brat was cool!