NO COMMENT | "Weird" Al Yankovic - Amish Paradise (Official Parody of "Gangsta's Paradise") REACTION 

The music industry as a whole will have suffered a tremendous loss

I would pay good money to see Lady Gaga perform "I Perform This Way"

This... is a brilliant idea.

YAASSSSSS!!!

A lot of the OG artists are older than AL so they’ll likely pass before him...like MJJ RIP. But, this is a fantastic idea.

Al always clears it with the artist he's going to spoof. Evidently Coolio asked him "It's not going to be about food, is it?"

@@HemlockRidge no that was Curt Cobain. Al got permission from Coolio’s people but didn’t realize Coolio didn’t even know about it. That’s why he now makes sure that he’s spoken to the artist directly. Technically because it’s a parody, he doesn’t need to get permission but he believes that’s disrespectful to the artist & if they say no, he respects the no

@@invisigoth510 yes, because Prince, ( far as I know), said no.

@@RandomPau unlike Michael who got a kick out of it. If you notice - eat it - he wore the same clothes

That's really not what happened at all, though. Coolio's managment lied to Al and told him that they got his permission, when they did not, but Al thought that he had the go-ahead. Coolio then later found out about it and believed that it was done without permission and believed that his original song's message was "too important" to be made fun of. Weird Al ALWAYS gets the permission of the artists and even did before this, and later smoothed it over with him after they both became aware the "permission" incident was just a misunderstanding.

I think it was Kurt Cobain that said "I knew I had made it when Weird Al made a parody of me"

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It's the Weird Al experience.

Idk... for me it was "the little omelets want to be like" 😂

Used to live in the area myself and every damn Sunday morning was awakened to the sound of dozens of horse drawn buggies on the way to church. However, I'm an herbalist and there was a nice lady who taught me some of their old remedies. I also learned how to powwow. More recently many are turning to the "New Order" Amish, they DO use cars and have cell phones and proclaim that people and their beliefs MUST change with the times or slowly fade into nothing.

@@FilthyBitchGunClub wow. I don't know that much. I think we might have more Mennonite around here than Amish.

@@kristinewenrich2779 I found out when I went to a restaurant and the waitress was full blown Amish (New Order) She was in the traditional garb, little bonnet and all. I noticed her cell phone and, as I am wont to do, asked directly. She actually sat with me and explained their New Order to me. It was really interesting talking to her.

@@kristinewenrich2779 my ancestors on one aide are all Mennonite.

There's an Amish community way south of me in Illinois. Arcola, IL or Arthur, IL I think... It's pretty rustic, man. But this particular community was a little more modernized-- they had phones and electrical, and I was even tasked with installing a computerized POS system in their main restaurant. TV suuuuuuuuuuuucked in that town, though. And I was stuck there for a week.

Yeah, I have a feeling our man is too young to get some of theses jokes.

True, but he's an "old soul" & that's definitely cool.

Not to mention a Prince reference (party like it's 1699) and Pulp Fiction era Samuel L. Jackson (gonna get medieval on your heiney).

@M 40 🤣🤣

I just noticed that he lip synced the whole last part backwards. Crazy impressive

Yes!! And after all, weird Al is for comedy. Definitely not supposed to be taken seriously. So I'm glad Mr Video laughed!

@@2legit2quitNow yes exactly.

Definitely love seeing Leo laugh, smile and giggle.

Laughter is contagious

Nice comment

lol, not Coolio. At the time this came out he was all kinds of pissed.

@@Scubaguy80 Yeah, I do remember that, but ask him now :-)

When he wanted to do a parody of Dire Straits "Money For Nothing", he called Mark Knopfler to ask his permission. Knopdler agrred but only if he was allowed to play lead guitar on the song. Yankovic agreed.

Thats legit when you know you've made :)

He has received permission from every artist he parodied before he did it (he thought Coolio had also given permission, but Coolio's label had misrepresented it), even though it isn't legally required.

I was getting on an elevator at the Vanderbilt plaza and Roy Rodgers was getting off. Thats my elevator story.

She patted a lot of boys in their heads lmao

@DLAnder absolutely! Everything is QUALITY! For sure!!

Absolutely! I spent a pretty penny in Pennsylvania for things that they made. Some of the best I've ever had even in 5 star restaurants. Stay safe.. 🇺🇸☮🇺🇸

He's in Ohio - won't say where out of respect - but he just needs to drive a short distance and he'll find a lot of amish or mennonite areas to explore. My favorite place is the barn. Where i moved to you'll see a buggy once in a while

@@andreadeamon6419 Ohio--when you look in the rural county white pages and there are hundreds of Yoders

@@deliagolden3742 well 99.999% are not in a phone book. You have to drive by and read the mailboxes

That being said, Eat It is my all time favourite 😄

too late! :D

"Fat" was the first music video I ever saw on MTV 😂🤣😂 Might have been 7 or 8yo 😂🤣😂🤣😂

Yeah, that was funny. Not as pious as he claims.

Yes!

Al has a lot of thinly veiled NSFW humor that I am just now noticing.

Yeah he's pumping that thang hehehe 😂

My favorite part! 😂

Well, they'll use modern tools and such, but are forbidden to own them, some Amish start businesses and they partner up with an "english" (non amish person) who technically own the tools they use. I used to be a trucker and have picked up loads at many Amish owned sawmills. Nicest people you will ever meet.

Florence Henderson is the blond lady.

@@lisamorrison2149 THANK YOU!! I could not think of her name to save my life. Lol

Thank you Hippiemama, I never realized that he was quoting the gilligan's island theme song until I relistened to it. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yfSLuEj99d0.html

@@jimkata77 you're very welcome. I grew up watching reruns when I was little.

Nice nugget of knowledge there

When an Amish needs a barn the whole community pitches in and has a barn raising. If we would do that and work together things would get done but we are all self absorbed

@@darrindickens5227 The 'powers that be' prefer the people in disarray.

Their quilts are pretty awesome too.

Yoda YoYoYoYo Yoda

Guilty!

@C S He always gets permission from the artist, before doing a song. People say you know you made it when Weird Al does one of your songs. Lightin up, it's just to make people laugh.

Exactly. I cannot hear gangsters paradise without singing Amish instead. 🤣

He has saved me from annoying songs, Like Handy

fat not better than bad naah

@@thejackson5thirdalbum955 Your username says it all tbh

@@GenerationalDisappointment uh?

@@thejackson5thirdalbum955 Was it really that hard?

@@GenerationalDisappointment wtf

Yesss!!! This!! Love Weird Al's cover of that song!

Have you ever seen The bad piper's version of Thunderstruck - well worth a look.

@@esthermclauchlan3146 holy shit!!! Why haven't I heard that before?! Thanks for that great suggestion, that guy is awesome.

When Al first came out with Fat, muchmusic did a splitscreen of it and Bad. Weird Als timing was dead on. Crazy good

I did it already

He already did that one!

I believe your other Weird Al theme song (as well as mine) is IT'S ALL ABOUT THE PENTIUMS. What kind of chip you got in there? A Dorito?

lol

Actually the blonde Amish lady was Florence Henderson aka Mrs Brady from the Brady Bunch. Sorry to correct you just thought you'd like to know. Hope you have a great evening 😉

YES!!! Do both, like a part one and part two!

U don’t know how much of a relief this is man they block back to back

@@MrVideo123 You spent a great deal of time and energy on those. It would be a relief for folks to be able to see all of your efforts. You worked hard.

Yes yes yes! The video is fantastic

That video is pretty weird, right?

@@FilthyBitchGunClub Kids os the better MGMT option

Riley Brock yes

I just asked the same thing a few posts down. LOL

Yes it was her, aka Florence Henderson.

Gangster's Paradise was "from" a movie where a white lady (Michelle Pfeifer was an inner city teacher who taught all the black kids how to read. Florence Henderson is doing the Michelle Pfeifer role from the Coolio video.

RUSH is always at the top of my list when I think of Canadian musicians. Different level of awesomeness. UNLESS Weird Al did a parody of one of their songs, and I have yet to see it. Then bring it.

Weird Al is not Canadian, sadly.

with white curly hair...

And then, Germs from Weird Al!

And "Closer" by In This Moment after that.

The Star Trek version? Or the original? Since we the subscribers have started down this slippery slope also known as the mind***k. Mwahahaha. Seriously though, maybe get used to the original a while in future before you jump straight in with parodies. They are all classics and deserve their time of appreciation. It's not fair to you to spoil the deep connection that you showed to Coolio. As most of us did when we first heard also had. I'm sorry if that happened. We don't mean to steer you wrong. We're just a little excitable sometimes. It's infectious, in a good way. I love watching your first exposure to the music that I have loved my whole life. Subscribing to your channel makes me smile, laugh, and sing every day. During lockdown, you have literally saved lives, I'm certain of it. Alternatively, if you liked the comedy, Al has also done some Michael Jackson parodies, since he is more familiar to you. As always, brilliant reaction. Go with whatever you like, whatever appeals to you or however you choose to decide. There is great music to be found in every genre. Have fun. Enjoy it!

That is such a sexy song!

If ya do "Jesus just left Chicago", ya gotta do "Just got paid" at the same time. It's tradition 😆

he did eat it

HAHA YOU EDITED

@@thejackson5thirdalbum955 i saw that. 😊

@@swiftwind0678 😂

Wow. That's a good song but kind of risque.

@grogdizzy oops, my bad 😂

He did lol

Hahahaha too funny

He did Bad and Beat It already.

The merkins did a parody of it being sung by Freddy Krueger