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"Weird" Al Yankovic - Amish Paradise (Official Parody of "Gangsta's Paradise") (1996)

4 comments

  1. [4]
    vord
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    Paraphrased from a prior post that included a reference to this song... While I was somewhere in middle-high school, a local DJ (JoJo of WLAN) locked himself in the booth and played 'Amish...

    Paraphrased from a prior post that included a reference to this song...

    While I was somewhere in middle-high school, a local DJ (JoJo of WLAN) locked himself in the booth and played 'Amish Paradise' on loop for 24 hours (in the middle of PA's Amish country), refusing to stop until the police escorted him out. Hard to find on the net, but I am not alone in remembering this.

    Weird Al is the master of musical parody, and the number of other terrible musical parodies on Youtube is proof of that. He also puts on a fantastic concert, and when things are safe again, I highly recommend it for any music lover.

    9 votes
    1. [3]
      MetArtScroll
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      An important detail: the discussion linked to is fifteen years old.

      An important detail: the discussion linked to is fifteen years old.

      3 votes
      1. [2]
        vord
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        Yes, I did forget to mention that I'm old AF. This was my anthem from the day it came out.

        Yes, I did forget to mention that I'm old AF. This was my anthem from the day it came out.

        2 votes
        1. MetArtScroll
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          So am I, so am I. Many of my favourite songs are from the 1980s.

          So am I, so am I. Many of my favourite songs are from the 1980s.

          1 vote