World of Weird Al Yankovic

Posted: **Mon Jul 24, 2006 10:50 pm**

Pete Man @ Jul 24 2006, 11:33 AM wrote: Their was a song called We Are The Worms that was played on Dr Demento a long time ago but he had to stop playing it because the original music was still there (it is credited to some other people but it wasnt really by them). It is sort of irrelevant to this conversation but I was wondring if anybody has a tape of the song being played on the show ( I have the full song but i am looking for Dr D talking about it).

Is this it?

We Are the Worms

I'm at work, so I can't really listen to it yet. Is it any good?

(Surely it's better than that last attempt at a parody!)

Meadows

Posted: **Mon Jul 24, 2006 10:53 pm**

The point that Jeremy brought up is an excellent one. I never thought about the fact that the proceeds from a direct parody could be donated to charity. I'm not sure if that strengthens the argument that "Don't Download This Song" is a direct parody, but it does make a pretty good case for it.

Posted: **Mon Jul 24, 2006 10:57 pm**

Jon @ Jul 24 2006, 03:04 PM wrote: (neither does the original)

Um, yes it does. It follows the "every other line rhymes" scheme.

Anyway, that awful song is too wordy.

Posted: **Tue Jul 25, 2006 4:06 am**

mrmeadows @ Jul 24 2006, 09:50 PM wrote: Is this it?

We Are the Worms

I'm at work, so I can't really listen to it yet. Is it any good?

(Surely it's better than that last attempt at a parody!)

Meadows

Yeah, thats the right one but I am just looking for any talk about it.

Posted: **Tue Jul 25, 2006 4:13 am**

I heard We Are the Worms on Dr. Demento a while back... that song actually isn't bad at all. The squeaky voices make it very funny.

Although Al's song will definiately be more clever than that.

Posted: **Thu Jul 27, 2006 1:31 am**

It occurs to me that "Don't Download This Song" isn't a very good match, phoenetically or syllabically, for "We Are The World". Is IS, however, spot-for-spot if it were a parody of "Don't Disturb This Groove."

Posted: **Wed Aug 09, 2006 6:24 am**

There is NOT a parody of We are the World on the new album. Speculations can end.

Posted: **Wed Aug 09, 2006 9:53 am**

Yeah, style parody is definitely seeming like the most probable label right now.

Posted: **Wed Aug 09, 2006 10:06 pm**

i dont think dont download this song be on the album parody or style parody

Posted: **Wed Aug 09, 2006 11:09 pm**

I definitely think it will be on the album. I just think it will be a style parody. I mean, Bill Plympton did say that he was animating a video for a song called "Don't Download This Song". Unless the title was just something used to throw us off, it seems pretty safe to say that it will be on the album.