Mathers, Jackson and Yankovic

[den]

Back in May Eminem refused to give Weird Al Yankovic permission to do a parody video of "Lose Yourself" and refused permission to allow Yankovic to release the parody as a single.

So this week Eminem releases a filmclip featuring a parody of Michael Jackson.

When you open the dictionary at "hypocrisy" you'll see a photo of Marshal Mathers.

Comments

Re: Al's wake-up call

[arcturax.livejournal.com]

I've noticed that Al's last album wasn't all that great and yes, It does seem to be a bit down hill. But that reflects that fact that most new music today is utter crap.

It's either cheezy pop songs or whiney rock ballads. It would be nice if he did go back for some older stuff I think.

However Al does have his moments even with some of the rap songs as Couch Potato was really good IMO. He even makes country sound good with the My Baby's in Love with Eddie Vedder. But his funniest moments with some rap and pop have been in his polka versions of them.

But anyway, if you don't like his current stuff, write him or email him. From what I understand he loves to hear from and listens to his fans. If enough people ask for something, I'm sure he will give it a try.

Re: Al's wake-up call

[starcat-jewel.livejournal.com]

Nitpick -- the "Eddie Vedder" song is not country, no way, nohow. It's zydeco! You wouldn't hear something in that style played on any country radio station; they consider it music suitable only for hicks. Irony, anyone?