And it’s not just the kids right now being more familiar with the parodies than the originals. I learned a few 70s and 80s pop standards first through the parodies on Weird Al cassettes.
I also appreciate that he is by most accounts a decent person.
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The Weirdly Enduring Appeal of Weird Al Yankovic (Published 2020)
National economies collapse; species go extinct; political movements rise and fizzle. But — somehow, for some reason — Weird Al keeps rocking.