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That he does. The only snafu he had was with Coolio for Gangster’s Paradise. Apparently the label said yes but didn’t actually check with Coolio and he wasn’t happy about it. Weird Al apologized for the mixup and they made peace with it later. Weird Al said the only star that has consistently turned him down was Prince, who didn’t find the whole parody thing funny.

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Got_Bent@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Many years later, Coolio said that he regrets his reaction and that he realizes it’s an honor to get a Weird Al parody.

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- TrickDacy@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  That warms my old cynical heart just a little
  
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fluckx@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Didn’t Paul McCartney refuse as well with the live and let die cover: “chicken pot pie”.

Or is that just a joke I took too serious?

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- Tolstoshev@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Yep that one is true as well. Paul is a vegetarian and didn’t want a song about non vegetarian food. He didn’t have a problem with parody in general, just that specific instance. Geez, I know way too much trivia about Weird Al :)
  
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- brbposting@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Performed live, ahaha!
  
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