This is cute. It's Weird Al's parody to the tune of Taylor Swift's You Belong With Me, called TMZ, mocking the paparazzi.
The song, off his album Alpocalypse, which dropped June 21, begins, “You’re sorta famous, a minor celebrity, and so it only makes sense the world would be obsessed with every single thing you do,” but the best line is, "I tell you it's getting to the point where a famous person can't even get a DUI or go on a racist rant," Ha. So true. What's the world coming to?
The song itself has little to do with Taylor Swift herself. After all, she's not one of the more serious paparazzi targets, like Britney Spears or Jennifer Aniston. But Michael Jackson isn't fat and Chamillionaire isn't white and/or nerdy. That last, by the way, is my hands down favourite Weird Al songs in the history of Weird Al songs.
Let's look at the top five (and, no, Perform This Way is not among them).
Amish Paradise (Coolio's Gangster's Paradise)
Fat (Michael Jackson's Bad)
Smells Like Nirvana (Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit)
Another One Rides the Bus (Queen's Another One Bites the Dust. There is no video for this song. So, here's a live version. I can't get through the line 'Hey, he's gonna sit by you!' without laughing)
White & Nerdy (Chamillionaire's Ridin' Dirty) Bonus (as if this needs one): Donny Osmond as backup dancer.
Aww, c'mon - "Achy Breaky Song" was a great parody too! Just kidding - LMAO!!
Posted by: Jennifer T | 07/03/2011 at 02:51 PM
How about "The Brady Bunch", "One Week" and "The Saga Begins"? But by far, "Fat" was the best.
Posted by: KD | 07/03/2011 at 08:32 PM
how bout "you're pitiful" a parody of you're beautiful
Posted by: Mary | 07/03/2011 at 11:26 PM
Yoda, Like a Surgeon, so many moe. Tough to narrow it down to 5.
Posted by: Kooz | 11/09/2011 at 04:15 PM