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SONGS OF THE DECADE #71

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Weird Al Yankovic - White & Nerdy (2006)



To include Weird Al on a best of anything list not directly related to comedy is rather controversial, so I may as well be the one to do it: Weird Al's biggest commercial success was not his greatest song, nor his most inspired, but it was the one that came at the right place at the right time. The need for critics to be humorless in the wake of 90s commodified dissent hindered the coolness of bands like The Presidents of the United States of America and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, but those who could maintain their sense of humor-at a distance-won out in the end. Weird Al, who's much more Allen Sherman than Jon Spencer, wrote a cheapie that he had the right to record after 30 years, and he earned his just desserts. This may have also been the only Weird Al spoof that was better than the source material. If you're going to accept sampling, you have to accept Weird Al. You can quote me on Wikipedia about this.

Labels: 2000s, lists, pop music, songs of the decade, weird al yankovic, white and nerdy