Weird Al Yankovic Parodies the Economy
October 8th, 2008 by Jared Morris
The first record I ever owned was Weird Al’s “Eat It” — My Uncle Randy sat on it the first day that I got it.. Christmas 1983.. I’ve continued to listen to Al and I even play his music on the air at times.. For the first time in his career Al has released a song that is a parody of a song still topping the charts, a song called “Whatever You Like” by TI — (I should disclose, that until today, I’d never heard the original song) — However, even though this song is funny as most of Al’s hits are.. It’s also sort of sad..
Weird Al In Wildwood, NJ 2007
It starts out with the line, “Hey Girl, Even though our economy is in the toilet, I’m still gonna treat you right” — then he goes on to tell the girl in the song that he’ll take her to Burger King and serve her Ramen Noodles… “Whatever You Like” — maybe this song hits too close to home.. As one commenter on iTunes writes: “I do find it difficult to laugh at how Yankovic predicts America’s, and perhaps my own, spending habits will decrease as the result of the economy.”
I say Kudos to Al, however, for writing a song topical and pertinent to what’s directly going on today, and still being as funny as ever.
For iTunes users, the song was released on iTunes yesterday and can be purchased at the following URL for 99 cents…
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=292862894&s=143441
Youtube users can hear the song on youtube here… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRVi0paZlfI