Critical Analysis #3: The Internet Should Have Killed Weird Al If you examine the pop charts from 30 years ago‚ it is hard to identify many artists who’ve managed to stay relevant into today’s generation. Weird Al‚ is one artist that has been active in the music industry since the mid 1970’s and has been able to keep up with the times way before the dawn of social media‚ online media‚ and vlogging. For his most recent album‚ Weird Al designed a creative advertising strategy for the digital age
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to song parodies rather than their original counterparts. Song parodies give people who are either not informed on current mainstream music‚ or people who do not enjoy trending popular songs ways to enjoy the music without the original artist and lyrics‚ while also giving the audience that enjoys the original versions a humorous alternative. Musical artists create song parodies because they are not meant to be taken as a genuine piece of work that they take solemnly. The most famous parody creator
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It was written by Sasha Frere-Jones a writer and music critic. This review covers the reasons behind “Weird Al” Yankovic’s popularity. Weird Al is a comedian who specializes in song parodies. He has been doing this for forty years. In the beginning of the article Sasha Frere-Jones establishes the main idea very clearly by asking a question. The beginning reads “Do people enjoy “Weird Al” Yankovic because he is funny or because he’s not that funny?” This question is an appealing way to start the
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Anthony Ambrose ENG 111 9/2/14 The Perks and Perils of Being a Storm trooper in the 501st Legion Storm troopers are the bad guys that do the bad things. They do things like guard the Emperor‚ capture the princess‚ and look for the lost blue prints to the super weapon known as the Death Star from the Star Wars movie franchise. In real life the Storm troopers of the 501st legion are actually good guys that do extremely good things including raising several million dollars
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Coolio’s Gangsta’s Paradise the first few words are exactly like Weird Al Yankovics: Amish Paradise which goes as I walk through the valley. The fourth paragraphs first sentence in both the songs are either been or we’ve but they both say been livin in a then they change. It goes like that in 2 other verses. Both songs do say fool at the end of some verses. The differences are that one is a “gangster” and the other one is Amish. The Amish song talks about how they harvest‚ feed the chickens‚ churn
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1 Community Immersion Project Delores Turner University of Southern California Dr. Carol Ann Peterson SOWK 534
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Time Period: Enlightenment: 18th century France and England A.K.A. the age of reason climate of inquiry Lessening Control of the Church The Protestant Reformation- Martin Luther The Printing Press Scientific Developments The New World (America!) Philosophies of the Time Rationalism: Rene Descartes (math)- humans‚ by reason alone‚ can discover universal truths Sir Isaac Newton- Mechanical science. All truth found in nature‚ rejection of supernatural religion. Emphasis is placed on
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My bad habits Why everywhere I go bad habits get me in trouble? For example I get in trouble at (1) home (2) school and I even get in trouble for my (3) personal habits. Even though my bad habits might be weird‚ they have caused some real serious consequences. [THESIS] [Clincher] First of all [transition] my bad habit have got me in trouble at (1) home so many times‚ cause I touch to much.my mom gets mad when I touch something and don’t put it back where I found it. For example [transition]
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improve their knowledge with it. Furthermore‚ one of the most important things is changing people cultures. The first man used to eat with their hand but today if you eat your meal with your hand all the people will see you and they think you are weird. So as you see the cultures are improved and each nation wants to learn about other cultures so
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Zebrina Robinson ENG-105 February‚ 18‚ 2013 Russ Schwarz Observation of My Toy Poodle Moca As I began to observe my toy poodle Moca‚ whose name is owed the fact she’s silky and strangely the color of a Mocha Latte. At first glance I notice Moca like to watch me and if this was her paper as much as she observes me‚ she could write for days. Moca is very intelligent and very aware of her surroundings. She will inform you that there is no food or water in her bowls by scratching at the one that
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